STEROIDS AND HOME RUNS

• Published in: Economic inquiry Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 489 - 511
• Main Author: DE VANY, ARTHUR
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2011; Western Economic Association International; Blackwell Publishers Ltd; Western Economic Association
• Series: Economic Inquiry
• Subjects: Analysis; Baseball; Drugs and athletes; Pareto efficiency; Pareto optimum; Probability distribution; Professional baseball; Records & achievements; Sports; Sports associations; Statistical analysis; Steroids; Studies; U.S.A; United States; United States > US

There has been no change in Major League Baseball home run hitting for 45 yr, in spite of the new records. Players hit with no more power now than before. Records are the result of chance variations in at bats, home runs per hit, and other factors. The clustering of records is implied by the intermi...