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Quintile Analysis of Baseball Salaries
by Nicholas
Simpson
on 03/08/2005
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Much has been made about the robust growth of baseball salaries
and its effect on the competitive balance of the game. With this in
mind I compiled the total payrolls of the Major League Baseball teams
from information provided by the USA Today Baseball Salaries database
(http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/salaries/default.aspx)
for the past 10 seasons. I then divided the teams into Quintiles (or Fifths)
and created a summary page with data on winning seasons, playoff appearances and World Series championships.
My original intention was to write an article for Brewerfan.net, but I think
it would make for better discussion to just post the information and let the
great minds here decipher it. With that in mind I
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