FOR KIDS: Hitting streaks spread success
A baseball player?s streak may boost teammates? batting averages
Web edition: January 14, 2013
A baseball player?s streak may boost teammates? batting averages
By Stephen Ornes
Web edition: January 14, 2013
These baseball all-stars played in 1937. Joe DiMaggio, fourth from left, had a 56-game hitting streak in 1941. That record remains unbroken.
Credit: Harris & Ewing
For baseball players who want to increase their batting success, a new study offers this tip: Get on a team with a slugger. When one player experiences a hitting streak, his teammates do better as well. The finding emerges from a new analysis of baseball stats. (In baseball, as in life, some people are improved by the company they keep!)
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Citations
N. Seppa. Hitting streaks in baseball may be contagious. Science News, Vol. 183, January 26, 2013, p. 13. [Go to]
Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/347589/title/FOR_KIDS_Hitting_streaks_spread_success
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