Branch Rickey’s Equation Fifty Years Later (2008)
Ray C. Fair, Danielle Catambay
NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture - Volume 17, Number 1, Fall 2008
Branch Rickey’s Equation Fifty Years Later
Ray C. Fair, Danielle Catambay
This paper analyzes Branch Rickey's 1954 equation in a regression context. The results for 1934--1953 are consistent with Rickey's conclusions, and the equation holds up well when extended 51 years....