Fudin R, Renninger L, Hirshon J
Psychology Department, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
Percept Mot Skills. 1994 Jun;78(3 Pt 1):1043-8. doi: 10.1177/003151259407800367.
In 1989 Coren concluded right-handed Major League pitchers whose careers began up to 1975 are significantly taller and heavier than left-handed pitchers. His source of data, Reichler's 1979 edition of The Baseball Encyclopedia, however, lists heights and weights for pitchers whose careers began through 1978 and for individuals who pitched but who almost always appeared at a different position or positions. Coren did not indicate why he did not analyze all of the relevant data in Reichler nor did he explain how he decided that an individual's usual position was that of pitcher. Further, there is evidence from Topp which suggests that the era during which the pitchers began their careers should be considered when comparing their heights and weights because relatively recent rookies (from 1980 through 1986) are taller and heavier than rookies who began their careers 50 and 100 years prior to that era. Classifying an individual as a pitcher if he pitched in at least 50% of the games in which he played at a position, using all relevant data in Reichler, and considering the era during which dextral and sinistral pitchers began their careers, we found strong corroborative evidence for Coren's 1989 findings.
1989年，科伦得出结论，职业生涯始于1975年以前的美国职业棒球大联盟右投手比左投手明显更高更重。然而，他的数据来源，即赖克勒1979年版的《棒球百科全书》，列出了职业生涯始于1978年以前的投手以及那些投过球但几乎总是出现在不同位置的球员的身高和体重。科伦没有说明他为什么没有分析赖克勒书中所有的相关数据，也没有解释他是如何确定一个人的常规位置是投手的。此外，托普的证据表明，在比较投手的身高和体重时，应该考虑他们开始职业生涯的时代，因为相对较新的新手（1980年至1986年）比在那个时代之前50年和100年开始职业生涯的新手更高更重。如果一个人在他所担任位置的至少50%的比赛中担任投手，使用赖克勒书中所有的相关数据，并考虑右投手和左投手开始职业生涯的时代，我们发现了有力的佐证证据来支持科伦1989年的研究结果。
