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Batting averages for 18 major league baseball players, first 45 at bats of the 1970 season.

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name

character, name of player

team

character, team of player, abbreviated

league

character, National League or American League

r

numeric, hits in 1st 45 at bats

y

numeric, r/45, batting average over 1st 45 at bats

n

numeric, number of at bats, remainder of 1970 season

p

numeric, batting average over remainder of 1970 season

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Source

Efron, Bradley and Carl Morris. 1975. Data Analysis Using Stein's Estimator and Its Generalizations. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 70:311-319.

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