Clipping:A proposal for batting average

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Date Saturday, March 11, 1871
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[from H. A. Dobson, a correspondent for the Clipper] According to a man’s chances, so should his record be. Every time he goes to the bat he either has an out, a run, or is left on his base. If he does not go out he makes his base, either by his own merit or by an error of some fielder. Now his merit column is found in “times first base on clean hits,” and his average is found by dividing his total “times first base on clean hits” by his total number of times he went to the bat. Then what is true of one player is true of all, no matter what the striking order...

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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