NAME: DRAFTED MINOR LEAGUE HITTERS, 1992-2006 TYPE: Census SIZE: 6318 observations , 47 variables (45 numeric, 2 character) DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT: This dataset consists of a listing of all hitters who were drafted in Major League Baseball's Amateur Draft in a 15-year period between 1992 and 2006, their attributes, and the number of games played and plate appearances in the minor leagues. SOURCE: Cohen, G. (2008). The Baseball Cube: http://www.thebaseballcube.com Major League Baseball (2008). 2008 First-Year Player Draft : June Regular Phase | MLB.com: History: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/ draft/draft.jsp. Sports Reference LLC. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. http://www.baseball-reference.com/. VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS: Year when drafted Columns 1-4 Round drafted Column 5 Overall pick Columns 6-8 Name Columns 9-24 Position Column 25 Organization Columns 26-27 School Columns 28-61 Age when drafted Columns 62-63 Birth Date Columns 64-73 Bats Column 74 Throws Column 75 Education Type Column 76 Drafted Before Column 77 Minor-League Level Started At Column 78 If the player appeared in Rookie Leagues Column 79 Number of games played in Rookie Leagues Columns 80-82 Number of plate appearances in Rookie Leagues Columns 83-85 If the player appeared in Short-Season-A Column 86 Number of games played in Short-Season-A Columns 87-88 Number of plate appearances in Short-Season-A Columns 89-91 If the player appeared in Low-A Column 92 Number of games played in Low-A Columns 93-95 Number of plate appearances in Low-A Columns 96-99 If the player appeared in High-A Column 100 Number of games played in High-A Columns 101-104 Number of plate appearances in High-A Columns 105-108 If the player appeared in Double-A Column 109 Number of games played in Double-A Columns 110-112 Number of plate appearances in Double-A Columns 113-116 If the player appeared in Triple-A Column 117 Number of games played in Triple-A Columns 118-120 Number of plate appearances in Triple-A Columns 121-124 If the player appeared in the Major Leagues Column 125 Number of seasons spent in the minor leagues Columns 126-127 Total number of games played in the minor leagues Columns 128-130 Total number of plate appearances in the minor leagues Columns 131-134 Total games played in Short-Season and lower levels Columns 135-137 Total plate appearances in Short-Season and lower levels Columns 138-140 Total games played in Low-A and lower levels Columns 141-142 Total plate appearances in Low-A and lower levels Columns 143-146 Total games played in High-A and lower levels Columns 147-149 Total plate appearances in High-A and lower levels Columns 150-153 Total games played in Double-A and lower levels Columns 154-156 Total plate appearances in Double-A and lower levels Columns 157-160 Total games played in Triple-A and lower levels Columns 161-163 Total plate appearances in Triple-A and lower levels Columns 164-167 Average plate appearances per game Columns 168-175 STORY BEHIND THE DATA: The author, who is interested in baseball and player development, used this data for his master's thesis at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A similar dataset was used for pitchers during this time period. PEDAGOGICAL NOTES: This data can be used for both descriptive and inferential statistics. In the author's thesis, for example, the data was used for survival analysis tests and logistic regression. SUBMITTED BY: Paul Rossman M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania 783 Route 31 Ruffs Dale, PA 15679 psrossman@gmail.com