Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Thu Jun 12 15:35:49 2003

Dear Jack,
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> > Why do you claim that Mac had a bad year in 1992? He had a .267 avg., 42 hrs., and homered once every 11.12 abs. Perhaps you mean in 1991, the year he had a .201 avg., 22 hrs., and homered once every 21.95 abs.
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> > However, I can understand how you can be "a year" off on a inadvertent typo mistake.
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> > Just my imput. I would check the year listed for Mac's "bad" year.
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> > Sincerely,
> > BHL
> > Knight1285@aol.com
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> BHL, since we are into checking stats, Mr. McGwire hit .268 in 1992, not .267. And to be exact, he hit a HR every 11.11904762 at bats.
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> sincerely, Doug

Dear Doug,

I made a typo too (.267 vs. .268)--my mistake. But when hr frequency is recorded in statistic books, it is usually rounded to the nearest hundreth, so, if you round the figure off, I am statistically correct on the frequency.

However, a year makes a big difference. We all make mistakes. I am just trying to correct a statistical mistake by Jack, just as you corrected me.

My mistake was forgetting to round the .267 avg. to the nearest thousandth too!

We can all learn from each other.

Sincerely,
BHL
Knight1285@aol.com