An Evaluation of Performance Regarding the Contract Year in Professional Baseball

The introduction of free agency in the 1970’s granted veteran players bargaining power, which lead to more lucrative contracts. Such contracts are hypothesized to influence the actions of players during years of free agency. Statistics suggest player performance increases during the contract year, y...

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Main Author: Menthen, MacKenzie
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2016
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1250
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2309&context=cmc_theses