The New York Yankees are one of the most famous sports teams in the world. It is therefore unsurprising that the baseball team, based at Yankee Stadium in New York City, generated the second-highest revenue in the league at *** million U.S. dollars in 2024. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the list that year with a revenue of *** million U.S. dollars. Baseball's most successful franchises As well as financial success off the field, the New York Yankees are one of the most successful teams in the MLB. The Yankees have won a record ** World Series Championships, with their closest rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals, having lifted the trophy on ** occasions. However, the Bronx-based team have found success harder to come by in recent years, with the last World Series title coming back in 2009. MLB revenue The MLB has seen its total league revenue grow steadily since the turn of the century. Despite the inevitable hit during the coronavirus pandemic, revenues exceeded ** billion U.S. dollars for the first time in 2023. This revenue comes from a variety of sources including local media, team sponsorships, and concessions. In the 2022 season, just over *********** of the MLB's revenue came from national media, while almost ********* was generated through seating and suites.

During a March 2022 survey in the United States, some 46 percent of respondents with a favorite MLB team stated that where they grew up influenced which team they supported. Meanwhile, only eight percent of respondents chose their favorite team based on the team's record.

Comparative Analysis of MLB Players wOBA Statistics

Analyzing Skillsets in The Old Ballgame

By Devi Ramanan [source]

About this dataset

This dataset features a comprehensive look into the performance of 311 professional Major League Baseball players. It comprises key batting statistics including name, team, age, plate appearances (PA), batting average (AVG), on-base plus slugging percentage - average (OBP-AVG), isolated power (ISO), stolen bases (SB), and ultimate zone rating per 150 games (UZR/150). Additionally, the dataset contains more detailed and complex metrics for each player such as weighted values for singles (1Bw), doubles (2Bw), triples(3Bw), home runs(HRw) unintentional walks(uBBw), hit by pitches(HBPw) ,stolen bases attempted/successful(SBW/CSW) and weighted On-Base Average(WOBA). All these data points create an effective way to measure the offensive performance that is both insightful and objective. Jeff Long's Spira Award winning article analyzed this very same data to compare MLB players who have similar skillsets than would otherwise be expected

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How to use the dataset

This dataset can be used to analyse the wOBA stats of MLB players with at least 250 plate appearances (PA). This dataset has data on 31 baseball players. The data includes the player's name, their team, age, PA, batting average (AVG), on-base percentage minus batting average (OBP-AVG), isolated power (ISO), stolen bases (SB), Ultimate Zone Rating per 150 games (UZR/150), weighted value of singles(1Bw) , weighted value of doubles(2Bw) , weighted value of triples(3Bw) , weighted value of home runs(HRw) ,weighted value of unintentional walks(uBBw) ,weighted value of hit by pitches(HBPw )and stolen base attempt success rate (CSW). By using this dataset you can compare different MLB Players' stats in the same year.

Research Ideas

• Analyzing and predicting batting performance. With this dataset, researchers could create models to observe correlations between batting metrics such as strikeouts, walks, home runs, stolen bases etc and overall wOBA scores for the players. This could be used to generate insights into the most important batting factors that contribute the greatest benefit for a team's success.
• Comparing players from different teams in terms of their batting performance. By comparing two players with similar stats (for example two offensive power hitters) across different teams it would be possible to analyze whether certain teams consistently have better offensive players or if they just have higher quantity in particular positions of play.
• Creating a predictive model for MLB draft prospects or free agents signing potentials based on their stats and previous yearly changes in OBP-AVG or UZR/150 score could provide meaningful insight into which emerging talents are likely to see substantial improvement in their career trajectory over time when compared with aging stars who may gradually decline over time due to age related attrition factors such as injury and fatigue amongst others

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. Data Source

License

Unknown License - Please check the dataset description for more information.

Columns

File: Batting Key Stats2.csv | Column name | Description | |:--------------|:--------------------------------------------------| | Name | Name of the player. (String) | | Team | Team the player is on. (String) | | Age | Age of the player. (Integer) | | PA | Plate Appearances. (Integer) | | AVG | Batting Average. (Float) | | OBP-AVG | On-Base Percentage minus Batting Average. (Float) | | ISO | Isolated Power. (Float) | | SB | Stolen Bases. (Integer) | | UZR/150 | Ultimate Zone Rating per 150 games. (Float) |

File: 2014 wOBA Stats 3.csv | Column name | Description | |:--------------|:-----------------------------------------------| | Name | Name of the player. (String) | | Team | Team the player is on. (String) | | PA | Plate Appearances. (Integer) | | 1Bw | Weighted value of singles. (Float) | | 2Bw | Weighted value of doubles. (Float)...

In 2023, the average of players within each MLB team was between around 26-30 years old. This is considered to be the prime of a player's career, as they are typically at their peak physical and athletic ability at this age.

Who is the oldest player in the MLB?

In 2023, the average age of the players on the New York Yankees' roster was 28.3 years. Out of all the teams in MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers had the highest average player age. In the same year, the Toronto Blue Jays' average player age was 29.6 years.

What is Major League Baseball? Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada. It comprises 30 teams, 29 of which are located in the United States and one in Canada. The teams are divided into two leagues: the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), and each league is further divided into three divisions: East, Central, and West. The teams play a 162-game regular season schedule, with the goal of earning a spot in the postseason, which consists of the AL and NL Championship Series, and the World Series. The team that wins the World Series is declared the champion of the MLB.

Fans watch at home and live in the stadiums There are many ways to enjoy MLB games, whether you are a die-hard fan, a casual viewer, or a player yourself. You can watch games on TV, or stream them live online. In 2022, the average TV viewership of MLB World Series games stood at 11.8 million. Additionally, many teams have their own websites, social media accounts, and mobile apps that allow fans to stay up-to-date with the latest news, scores, and player stats. It is also possible to purchase tickets to games and watch the action live at the stadium. In 2022, the average attendance at the games in the MLB was 26,808.

This public data includes pitch-by-pitch data for Major League Baseball (MLB) games in 2016. This dataset contains the following tables: games_wide (every pitch, steal, or lineup event for each at bat in the 2016 regular season), games_post_wide(every pitch, steal, or lineup event for each at-bat in the 2016 post season), and schedules ( the schedule for every team in the regular season). The schemas for the games_wide and games_post_wide tables are identical. With this data you can effectively replay a game and rebuild basic statistics for players and teams. Note: This data was built via a denormalization process over raw game log files which may contain scoring errors and in some cases missing data. For official scoring and statistical information please consult mlb.com , baseball-reference.com , or sportradar.com . This public dataset is hosted in Google BigQuery and is included in BigQuery's 1TB/mo of free tier processing. This means that each user receives 1TB of free BigQuery processing every month, which can be used to run queries on this public dataset. Watch this short video to learn how to get started quickly using BigQuery to access public datasets. What is BigQuery .

In 2024, Major League Baseball, the North American professional baseball league, reported overall revenue of **** billion U.S. dollars, corresponding to an average revenue of roughly ***** million U.S. dollars per team. The MLB's revenue is generated from several sources such as broadcast rights, merchandise sales, ticket sales, and sponsorships. The MLB continues to be one of the most profitable sports leagues in the world, with revenues consistently growing year over year. MLB franchise values MLB teams have some of the highest franchise values out of all professional sports leagues worldwide. For instance, as of 2024, the New York Yankees were the fourth most valuable sports team worldwide. The average franchise value of MLB teams has experienced positive year-on-year growth since 2002, registering an increase of over *** million U.S. dollars between 2024 and 2025. Overall, the New York Yankees were the highest valued MLB team in 2024, worth an estimated *** billion U.S. dollars and significantly higher than the second most valuable franchise in the league, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Broadcasting MLB in the U.S. The profitability of Major League Baseball in the United States can partly be explained by the millions of fans who consistently watch their favorite franchises compete on television. Championship games are especially busy for broadcasters, with the average TV viewership of the MLB World Series games in the U.S. attracting over **** million fans in 2024. The league’s strong TV viewership has led to lucrative deals with broadcasters in the country, with the annual value of MLB TV deals in the U.S. totaling **** billion U.S. dollars in the 2024 season.

Basic statistics for the MLB and NBA Twitter networks using mathematica.

Analysis of ‘Moneyball’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/wduckett/moneyball-mlb-stats-19622012 on 30 September 2021.

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Context

In the early 2000s, Billy Beane and Paul DePodesta worked for the Oakland Athletics. While there, they literally changed the game of baseball. They didn't do it using a bat or glove, and they certainly didn't do it by throwing money at the issue; in fact, money was the issue. They didn't have enough of it, but they were still expected to keep up with teams that had much deeper pockets. This is where Statistics came riding down the hillside on a white horse to save the day. This data set contains some of the information that was available to Beane and DePodesta in the early 2000s, and it can be used to better understand their methods.

Content

This data set contains a set of variables that Beane and DePodesta focused heavily on. They determined that stats like on-base percentage (OBP) and slugging percentage (SLG) were very important when it came to scoring runs, however they were largely undervalued by most scouts at the time. This translated to a gold mine for Beane and DePodesta. Since these players weren't being looked at by other teams, they could recruit these players on a small budget. The variables are as follows:

• Team
• League
• Year
• Runs Scored (RS)
• Runs Allowed (RA)
• Wins (W)
• On-Base Percentage (OBP)
• Slugging Percentage (SLG)
• Batting Average (BA)
• Playoffs (binary)
• RankSeason
• RankPlayoffs
• Games Played (G)
• Opponent On-Base Percentage (OOBP)
• Opponent Slugging Percentage (OSLG)

Acknowledgements

This data set is referenced in The Analytics Edge course on EdX during the lecture regarding the story of Moneyball. The data itself is gathered from baseball-reference.com. Sports-reference.com is one of the most comprehensive sports statistics resource available, and I highly recommend checking it out.

Inspiration

It is such an important skill in today's world to be able to see the "truth" in a data set. That is what DePodesta was able to do with this data, and it unsettled the entire system of baseball recruitment. Beane and DePodesta defined their season goal as making it to playoffs. With that in mind, consider these questions:

• How does a team make the playoffs?
• How does a team win more games?
• How does a team score more runs?

They are all simple questions with simple answers, but now it is time to use the data to find the "truth" hidden in the numbers.

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Total time played in inutes and wins by each team in the 2016 MLB regular season. Data gathered from MLB public data set found in bigquery-public-data.baseball.

The Sports Leagues Dataset (SLD) contains statistical data of the major professional sports leagues in the United States: NFL (National Football League), NBA (National Basketball Association), NHL (National Hockey League) and MLB (Major League Baseball). One collect five topics (Player Expenses, Player Salaries, Players Performance, Team Salaries, Team Valuation) of two dimensions (Finance and Performance) in different seasons (2000-2007) from three data sources (Forbes, Spotrac and Sports Reference).

Please consider citing https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3256432 if you found this dataset useful:

[1] André Albino Bastos, Matheus de Oliveira Salim, Wladmir Cardoso Brandão. (2019). SLD: The Sports Leagues Dataset (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo.

Based on the longitudinal data of 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) teams over seasons from 2017 to 2020, we used random effect (RE) models to conduct regression analyses on the detailed data of pitchers and fielders. Cultural distance (CD) was measured in terms of Hofstede’s cultural indicators and Global Preference Survey (GPS) data. The results showed that salary premiums for foreign MLB players existed and CD was significantly positively correlated with salaries. Further, the risk preference (/altruism) difference between foreign pitchers and American pitchers was significantly positively (/negatively) correlated with the salaries of foreign pitchers. Salary estimation data showed that the salary premium was nearly 20% for players from South Korea and Panama, the lowest (only 0.11%) for players from Australia, and only 6.13% for players from Dominican Republic (accounting for the largest proportion of foreign MLB players), indicating that the MLB’s foreign player recruitment policy is correct.

In 2025, the Major League Baseball (MLB) team with the lowest franchise value was the Miami Marlins. The Florida-based team had a franchise value of 1.05 billion U.S. dollars that year. Meanwhile, the New York Yankees ranked as the most valuable franchise in 2025, with a value of 8.2 billion U.S. dollars. MLB revenue streams Major League Baseball teams have numerous sponsorship deals, which provide them with income from advertising on stadiums and in broadcast media. Another revenue stream for MLB teams is the sale of food, drinks, and other concessions at games. This includes the sale of traditional game day fare such as hot dogs, popcorn, and beer, as well as official merchandise such as jerseys, caps, and other memorabilia which provide additional revenue streams for the franchise. Take me out to the ball game MLB teams also generate revenue from ticket sales for regular season and playoff games, which includes individual game tickets, season tickets, and suite rentals. Overall, MLB attendance is consistently high, with many teams regularly selling out their stadiums. Despite a significant reduction in 2021 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, attendance at MLB matches has rebounded in recent years, exceeding 28.5 thousand in 2024.

Context

The top ranked 144 hitters in MLB during 2017's regular season.

Content

The data for each player includes:
Team - MLB Team Pos - Field Position G - Games Played AB - At Bats R - Runs Scored H - Hits 2B - Doubles 3B - Triples HR - Home Runs RBI _ Runs Batted In BB - Walks SO - Strike Outs SB - Stolen Bases CS - Times picked off while trying to steal AVG - Batting Average (hits/At Bats) OBP - On Base Percentage (H+BB+HBP)/(AB+BB+HBP+SF) SLG - Slugging Percentage (TB/AB) Total bases divided by at bats
OPS - On base percentage plus slugging (OBP + SLG)

Acknowledgements

Major League Baseball makes a lot of statistics available for you at: http://mlb.mlb.com/stats

Inspiration

This is just a fun data set to play with for nebies. Inspired by the fun of Baseball.

In 2024, the total attendance at Major League Baseball games was just over ** million. This marked a slight increase on the number of fans who attended MLB games during the 2023 season. MLB is the highest standard North American professional baseball league comprising 30 teams competing for the Commissioner’s Trophy. How valuable are MLB teams? MLB teams rake in hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars in revenue each year. In 2024, the New York Yankees were the MLB team which generated the most revenue, with the figure totaling almost *** million U.S. dollars that year. Meanwhile, the average MLB team valuation stood at over *** billion U.S. dollars in 2024. Overall, the Yankees were the most valuable MLB franchise that year, with an estimated valuation of **** billion U.S. dollars. How expensive is it to attend an MLB game? Average ticket prices for MLB games have increased annually between 2006 and 2023. In 2023, the average ticket price to attend MLB games was ** U.S. dollars, with the Los Angeles Dodgers charging the highest average price from all MLB franchises that year. Despite this, the Dodgers were not the most expensive franchise to take a family to that year. The Fan Cost Index – which calculates the cost of taking a family to an MLB game – showed that attending Boston Red Sox games was the most expensive for families, with the experience priced at around *** U.S. dollars in 2023.

The New York Yankees spent an average of over 2.5 million U.S. dollars on payroll for each regular season win between the 2011 season and the 2023 season. Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Rays' cost per win was a league low of just under 825 thousand U.S. dollars.

The Fan Cost Index strives to calculate the cost for taking a family to a MLB game. The Fan Cost Index of the New York Mets was at ****** U.S. dollars in 2024. The MLB average for the season was ****** U.S. dollars.

This graph depicts the total regular season home attendance of all Major League Baseball teams in the 2024 season. The Los Angeles Dodgers took the top spot with a total season home attendance of **** million people. Conversely, the team with the lowest total season home attendance was the Oakland Athletics, who registered an attendance of around **** million fans in 2024.

The Major League Baseball is a North American sports organization comprising two leagues with a total of 30 teams: the National League and the American League. Over the past years, MLB has gained significant popularity, which has increased its fan base and number of followers worldwide. In 2019, the New York Yankees had around 14.51 million followers worldwide across its social media channels.

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional sports league in North America made up of 30 teams that compete in the American League and the National League. In 2023, just over ** percent of players within the league were Hispanic or Latino.

The Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason pits the top 12 teams from the league against each other, culminating in a best-of-seven World Series to crown that year's champion. During a November 2023 survey among MLB fans in North America, just under one quarter of respondents stated that eight teams was the ideal size of the MLB playoff field.