Baseball Statistics Project
Major League Baseball has just terminated all long-term contracts, and every team in the league
now has to re-negotiate the salaries for each player. The new salaries will be re-negotiated every
year. You are the board members of your team, and your job is to decide how much each player on
the team will be paid this year, based on their performance last year.
You have a roster of 15 players, their statistics from last year, and a team salary budget. The players
include 10 position players and 5 pitchers. You have been given hitting statistics for the position
players and pitching statistics for the pitchers. You will need to decide how to use these statistics in
order to figure out how much you want to pay each of your players, keeping in mind the constraints
of your budget.
The class may choose to agree on certain restrictions, such as a cap on salaries or a base salary. We
will make this decision before everyone begins working, and all groups must follow the restrictions
that the class agrees on.
You will turn in your list of players and their salaries, an explanation of how you made your
decisions about those salaries, and all the work that you did to complete the project. You may type
or hand-write your list and explanation. Your explanation must include a description of how you
decided how much each player was worth and which statistics you found most useful in making
your decisions.
Groups will be graded using the following rubric:
 Player salaries: 15 points
o Player salaries reflect the player’s value to the team: 10 points
o Player salaries use the full budgeted amount: 5 points
 Group participation: 15 points
o Each member of the group contributes meaningfully to the project: 10 points
o Completion of Group Participation Analysis: 5 points
 Written Explanation: 20 points
o Explains how the group decided the player salaries: 15 points
o Explains which statistics were used: 5 points
 TOTAL POINTS: 50
This project is due on Friday, January 10, at the beginning of class. The Group Participation Analysis
will be completed in class on Friday.