Is it conditioning or is it steroids?
By
John Dewan
December 14, 2004
I won't speculate on the answer, but I'll give you the evidence. In the last eighty years, a player has increased his home run totals by 30 from one season to the next 16 times. Dave Johnson holds the record, going from 5 dingers in 1972 to 43 the next season. If it all evened out, there would be two occurrences of a 30+ increase every ten years. However, here are the actual numbers:
1925-1934
→
2
1935-1944
→
0
1945-1954
→
1
1955-1964
→
0
1965-1974
→
2
1975-1984
→
0
1985-1994
→
1
1995-2004
→
10
COMMENTS
Leave a comment
Name:
You may use the following tags: [b]
Bold
[/b], [u]
underline
[/u], [i]
italic
[/i]
Report inappropriate comment
Type of Abuse:
Uncouth Language
Misapplication of Statistical Principles
Spam
Comments:
No comments have been posted.
© 2011 Be Jolly, Inc. All Rights Reserved.