Finished up something I've been working on for a few months. These are PER CAPITA rankings for states based on where the players graduated High School. The range is all MLB players who appeared in a game in 2005 from Opening Day to July 31, as well as guys (like Bonds) who didn't play because they've been on the DL all year.
01) North Dakota (4 guys, thank you Erstad, Hafner, Helling and Olson)
02) California
03) Florida
04) Nevada
05) Louisiana
06) Washington
07) Alabama
08) Mississippi
09) Delaware
10) Kentucky
11) Utah
12) Georgia
13) Texas
14) Arizona
15) Hawaii
16) West Virginia
17) Illinois
18) Oklahoma
19) Kansas
20) Iowa
21) Tennessee
22) Colorado
23) Virginia
24) Pennsylvania
25) Indiana
26) Connecticut
27) Rhode Island
28) Massachusetts
29) New Jersey
30) Ohio
31) South Carolina
32) Oregon
33) Maryland
34) New Mexico
35) New Hampshire
36) Alaska
37) Arkansas
38) North Carolina
39) Wisconsin
40) Missouri
41) Minnesota
42) South Dakota
43) New York
44) Nebraska
45) Michigan
46) Idaho
47) (tied at 0) DC, Maine, Montana, Vermont, Wyoming
Other findings:
The Dominican Republic produces MLB players at a rate of 25.29 players per 1 million male population (the US' highest state, North Dakota, is half of this at 12.48).
18% of all MLB players come from California (202 in total).
These results represent about 2 of 10 questions I've been trying to answer, I'll finish processing the final data to answer the other 8 questions in a few days and post up some of the more interesting findings because I assume that because you all are playing fantasy baseball players, you have some level of curiosity surrounding just exactly who these guys you're controlling are.
01) North Dakota (4 guys, thank you Erstad, Hafner, Helling and Olson)
02) California
03) Florida
04) Nevada
05) Louisiana
06) Washington
07) Alabama
08) Mississippi
09) Delaware
10) Kentucky
11) Utah
12) Georgia
13) Texas
14) Arizona
15) Hawaii
16) West Virginia
17) Illinois
18) Oklahoma
19) Kansas
20) Iowa
21) Tennessee
22) Colorado
23) Virginia
24) Pennsylvania
25) Indiana
26) Connecticut
27) Rhode Island
28) Massachusetts
29) New Jersey
30) Ohio
31) South Carolina
32) Oregon
33) Maryland
34) New Mexico
35) New Hampshire
36) Alaska
37) Arkansas
38) North Carolina
39) Wisconsin
40) Missouri
41) Minnesota
42) South Dakota
43) New York
44) Nebraska
45) Michigan
46) Idaho
47) (tied at 0) DC, Maine, Montana, Vermont, Wyoming
Other findings:
The Dominican Republic produces MLB players at a rate of 25.29 players per 1 million male population (the US' highest state, North Dakota, is half of this at 12.48).
18% of all MLB players come from California (202 in total).
These results represent about 2 of 10 questions I've been trying to answer, I'll finish processing the final data to answer the other 8 questions in a few days and post up some of the more interesting findings because I assume that because you all are playing fantasy baseball players, you have some level of curiosity surrounding just exactly who these guys you're controlling are.
