Rookies vs. ’27 Yankees
Blog post featuring simulation Notes Data file Stata analysis script Generic 7-game series script
Can a team of rookies beat the best major league team of all time?!
Okay, after the last post, it had to be done: the all-time best collection of rookie performers ever versus the best team in MLB history—the 1927 Yankees! Could these Super Rookies really compete? I built a Monte Carlo simulation to figure that out. But I’ll get to that in a minute. First let’s take a […]