Up until this point, the most troubling part of my project was gathering contract details, especially ones from the 1970’s and 1980’s.  I thought the data would be readily available and all contained in one place.  However, I was mistaken.  Baseball Reference, the site that I was expecting to find the details on, was inconsistent. …

Professional athletes often draw the ire of the public for getting paid ludicrous amounts of money to play a game for a living.  Baseball players are no exception, with today’s superstars often getting paid upwards of $300 million.  However, this sort of compensation has not always been the norm.  According to a New York Times…

Project Charter The Evolution of Statistics in MLB Free Agency Danny Nolan The first goal of this project is to study the history of free agency and salaries in Major League Baseball.  Players have earned compensation for playing baseball since at least the 1870’s, and so naturally the financial landscape of the sport has shifted…

As I searched for potential research opportunities over the summer, I was looking for three things.  First, I wanted to participate in research that gave me the opportunity to learn along the way.  I was hoping that any fellowship I pursued would help supplement my learning during the school year and provide me with tools…