1868.2

"Hits Per Game" Added to Standard Batting Stats

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Stats and Box ScoresStats and Box Scores
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City/State/Country:	New York, NY, United States
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	A seasonal analysis of the “Club Averages” for the Cincinnati Club in the 1868 season was included in the December 5, 1868 issue of the New York Clipper. “Average to game of bases on hits” is included for the first time for each player, in addition to “Average runs to game,” “Average outs to game,” and “Average runs to outs.” Each of these averages was represented in decimal form for the first time in the Clipper.
Sources	New York Clipper (New York City, NY), 5 December 1868: p. 275. .
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Comment	For a short history of batting measures, see Colin Dew-Becker, “Foundations of Batting Analysis,” p 1 – 9: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0btLf16riTacFVEUV9CUi1UQ3c/ Edit with form to add a comment
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Submitted by	Colin Dew-Becker
Submission Note	Email of 9/15/2014
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