@storywithdata The number of penalties awarded has risen significantly too. In the 90s it was about one penalty every six and a half games. In the 2000s about once every five games and in the current decade just under one in every four games. @SimonBeaumont04
Waffle chart for this month's #SWDChallenge on the rate at which penalties in the premier league have been missed, by decade. Seems like they are much less of a sure thing than they once were.
@katebrown_5 @VizWizBI@TriMyData The suggestion is that there were not many "average" African American players in MLB and they had to be excellent to get a game whereas this may not have been the case for white players.
@katebrown_5 @VizWizBI@TriMyData Hi Kate. WAR isn't based on position specifically, it is a measure of a player's total contribution to a team. The discrepancy between WAR and the % of players in the league, particularly in the late 40s-60s, was very high. So the few black players who played were very good.
#MakeoverMonday 2018 Week 6 - looking at how African American representation in MLB has changed over the last 70 years @VizWizBI@TriMyData
https://t.co/myZ1PUwDff