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Descriptive Statistics

One of the most beloved sports in America is Major League
Baseball. This professional sport spends billions of dollars each year
enhancing the chances to reach the ultimate goal in winning the World
Series. Major League Baseball is one of the few remaining sports that
have an uneven balance in the franchise wage capacity to acquire top
talented players. The areas of concentration in this research paper will
be player salaries, winning percentage, player performance, and salary
caps.

The disparity in payroll numbers among the lowest and highest-market
capitalizations brings about the question; Can a small-market team be
viable and compete against the marquee players? The data examined here
may or may not illustrate a relationship between payroll dollars and
wins. The question arises if Major League Baseball (MLB) owners can
guarantee wins by spending more money. A lack of a clear relationship
between wins and salary indicates that wins are......

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