For those who don& #39;t remember HS math, mean isn& #39;t statistically significant compared to median. Basically, average salary doesn& #39;t matter.

The median salary is $1M, meaning just as many players are making below $1M as are above.

Nothing to sneeze at, but more representative.

1/ https://twitter.com/spotrac/status/1260952178124042240">https://twitter.com/spotrac/s...

I came to that with these 2 sources:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/12XSXOQpjDJDCJKsA4xC1e_9FlS11aeioZy_p1nqpclg/htmlview

https://docs.google.com/spreadshe... href=" https://apnews.com/e4ec65ed068d9b636ac9c302453eac26?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP_Sports&utm_source=Twitter

Cots">https://apnews.com/e4ec65ed0... has 491 players listed, while AP survey had 899. Meaning 408 around min salary.

Make total 780 (26*30) & still $1,787,500, or $3M less than average. Also, 525 players below average.

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AP study: MLB average at around $4.4M for 5th year in row

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s average salary ahead of a postponed opening day remained at around $4.4 million for the fifth straight season, according to a study of contracts by The...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/12XSXOQpjDJDCJKsA4xC1e_9FlS11aeioZy_p1nqpclg/htmlview

In conclusion, saying average is $4.4M doesn& #39;t tell you anything, because outliers ruin averages. At least 2/3s of the league isn& #39;t there.

Go alegbra! (Or whatever mean, median, and more are considered)

Oh yeah, mode is league minimum, so they helps too.

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