Baseball. American League baseball teams play theirgames

Chapter 5, Problem 34

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Baseball. American League baseball teams play theirgames with the designated hitter rule, meaning thatpitchers do not bat. The League believes that replacingthe pitcher, typically a weak hitter, with another player inthe batting order produces more runs and generates moreinterest among fans. Following are the average number ofruns scored in American League and National Leaguestadiums for the first half of the 2001 season: a) Create an appropriate graphical display of these data.b) Write a few sentences comparing the average numberof runs scored per game in the two leagues. (Remem-ber: shape, center, spread, unusual features!) c) Coors Field in Denver stands a mile above sea level,an altitude far greater than that of any other majorleague ball park. Some believe that the thinner airmakes it harder for pitchers to throw curveballs andeasier for batters to hit the ball a long way. Do you seeany evidence that the 14 runs scored per game there isunusually high? Explain.