Big guys hit the ball far

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A really fas­ci­nat­ing analy­sis of home run hit­ting rel­a­tive to dif­fer­ent vari­ables: height, weight, age, pitch loca­tion, etc.
clipped from www.feedly.com

Next up I graphed stan­dard dis­tance against a batter’s weight. It’s a stan­dard assump­tion that heav­ier play­ers have more raw power. And even though listed player weights are some of the more unre­li­able base­ball data avail­able, the rela­tion­ship is still undeniable.

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