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‎Batting Average: - formatting first row

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=== Problems ===

The baseball guides from which I transcribe sometimes contain errors. I notice these in mostly in the averages, either batting or fielding.

In this example (1916 Tri-Copper League, data taken from 1917 ''Spalding's Official Base Ball Record''), there are 52 players listed. 15 of them have a different calculated batting average than is printed (29%). Four of them are within one point, so I consider that a rounding error. It would appear that some are transposition errors (.314 for .341). The AB or H might have been printed wrong.

What is a researcher to do with faulty data from sources such as this? I have been second guessing some of the math, making assumptions and 'correcting' as I see fit. I don't think that is proper. I'll be reformatting the data I've put up on this site, to include the original figures, as well as the 'corrected' figures.

In theory, the thing to do is find the original box scores and re-tabulate all the data. This will be very difficult, if not impossible to do with some leagues. We do the best with what we have.

Dr. George Schweitzer told me, regarding genealogy research, "Write down what you have. Cite your source. Keep looking for more information. It is better than nothing."

=== Batting Average ===

Yellow boxes indicate a difference in the calculated figures from the printed figures.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Year !! League Name !! Last Name !! Team !! AB !! H !! Printed BA !! Calculated BA
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Brady || Mines || 2 || 1 || .500 || .500
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Garrity || Mill || 14 || 6 || .428 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .429
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Arbogast || Mill || 68 || 23 || .338 || .338
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Bayless || Mill || 48 || 16 || .333 || .333
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || McDonnell || Mill || 110 || 35 || .318 || .318
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Boeckel || Smelter || 41 || 14 || .314 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .341
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Garrity || Mines || 56 || 17 || .304 || .304
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Metz || Mines || 10 || 3 || .300 || .300
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Davis || Mill || 40 || 12 || .300 || .300
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Scanlon || Mines || 70 || 16 || .296 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .229
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Delhi || Mines || 72 || 20 || .288 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .278
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Carisch || Mill || 98 || 28 || .286 || .286
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || DeMaggio || Mines || 128 || 31 || .284 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .242
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Conley || Mines || 14 || 4 || .263 || .286
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Hearn || Mill || 78 || 20 || .258 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .256
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Duddy || Smelter || 105 || 27 || .257 || .257
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Whaling || Smelter || 32 || 8 || .250 || .250
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Rose || Mill || 52 || 13 || .250 || .250
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Hosp || Mines || 116 || 29 || .247 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .250
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Stadelli || Smelter || 126 || 31 || .246 || .246
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Rammage || Mines || 61 || 17 || .245 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .279
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Pierce || Smelter || 107 || 26 || .243 || .243
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Beaumiller || Mines || 96 || 23 || .239 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .240
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Sorey || Mines || 46 || 11 || .239 || .239
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Tonneman || Mines || 51 || 13 || .237 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .255
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Bender || Smelter || 97 || 23 || .237 || .237
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Tobin || Mines || 47 || 11 || .234 || .234
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Fentress || Mill || 13 || 3 || .231 || .231
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Meusel || Mill || 13 || 3 || .231 || .231
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Reiger || Mill || 22 || 5 || .227 || .227
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Mitchell || Mines || 98 || 23 || .226 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .235
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Wachob || Mines || 8 || 2 || .225 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .250
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Flick || Smelter || 77 || 17 || .221 || .221
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Callan || Smelter || 96 || 21 || .219 || .219
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Schwind || Mill || 33 || 7 || .212 || .212
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Schilz || Mill || 33 || 7 || .212 || .212
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Galena || Mill || 107 || 22 || .206 || .206
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Hester || Mines || 31 || 6 || .194 || .194
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || MacMurdo || Smelter || 102 || 18 || .176 || .176
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Guest || Mill || 101 || 17 || .169 || .168
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Hughes || Smelter || 49 || 8 || .163 || .163
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Dent || Mill || 31 || 5 || .162 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .161
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Carnes || Smelter || 57 || 9 || .158 || .158
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Munsell || Smelter || 46 || 7 || .152 || .152
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Callan || Smelter || 27 || 4 || .148 || .148
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Bromley || Mines || 42 || 6 || .143 || .143
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Stoloff || Mill || 28 || 4 || .143 || .143
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Downey || Mines || 43 || 5 || .116 || .116
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Wachob || Mill || 17 || 2 || .108 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .118
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Johnson || Mill || 19 || 2 || .105 || .105
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Lush || Mill || 29 || 3 || .104 || style="background: #ffff00;"| .103
|-
| 1916 || Tri-Copper || Miller || Smelter || 4 || 0 || .000 || .000
|}

== Sources / References ==
* [https://archive.org/stream/spaldingsofficia02#page/230/mode/2up/ 1917 ''Spalding's Official Base Ball Record'' - pages 230-231] at archive.org

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 {| class="wikitable sortable"  style="text-align:center"
-! Year !! League Name !! Last Name !! Team !! AB !! H !! Printed BA !! Calculated BA
+! Year !! League Name !! Last Name !! Team !! AB !! H !! Printed<br> BA !! Calculated<br> BA
 |-
 | 1916 || Tri-Copper || Brady || Mines || 2 || 1 || .500 || .500

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