The Sports Collection

Introduction

This Webquest is going to teach you how to use different statistics and teach you how to find certain statistics for different positions on a baseball field. Not only will this enhance your knowledge about sports statistics, but also help you gain knowledge about baseball. 

Task

Your task is to look up one of the 9 positions in baseball and research how the statistics are created in order to show that player's perfomance numbers. Since there are a lot of different stats that are involved with one player, only research 5 things that a player has that is apart of their statistics. 

Process

Section 1: 

1.) What position are you researching?

2.) Choose 5 different statistics to study.( Batting Average, Slugging Percentage, On Base Percentage, Runs Batted In, Home Runs, Fielding Percentage, Earned Run Average, etc.)

3.) How is your position's statistics measured in a game?

4.) Name 3 or 4 players that are well-known for playing your chosen position.

5.) Find the team that has the most successful players that have ever played based on your research and statistics. 

 

Section 2: 

Create a summary about what you learned about statistics and how they are used in baseball. 

Section 3: 

Find 10 fun facts about your position that you are researching. If you can't find any, just find 10 fun facts about baseball in general. 

Evaluation

You will be evaluated on the quality of your work, the accuracy of your data, and how well you wrote your essay.  This projcect is worth a total of 90 points. Each section is worth 30 points a piece. 

Rubric:

Baseball Stats Rubric

90 total points possible

Late policy applies-10 points lost each day that is late

 

Criteria

4 – Advanced

3 – Proficient

2 – Progressing

1 – Non Proficient

Mechanics

  • Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.

  • Needs little or no editing

  • Good word choice

  • Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.

  • Needs editing but doesn’t distract from reading

  • Good word choice

  • Writer makes 3-5  errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.

  • Needs editing

  • Decent word choice

  • Writer makes more than 5 errors in grammar or spelling that distracts from understanding/communication

  • Needs major editing

  • Poor word choice

Content

  • There is one clear, well-focused topic.

  • Main idea stands out and is supported by detailed information.

  • Topic sentence is well written

  • The conclusion sentence is well written and sums up the paragraph.

  • Main idea is clear, but the supporting information is general.

  • Attempts topic sentence

  • Conclusion attempts to sum up the paragraph

  • Main idea is somewhat clear, but there is a need for more supporting information.

  • Topic sentence is poorly written

  • Poor attempt at conclusion

  • The main idea is not clear. There is a seemingly random collection of information.

  • No topic sentence

  • No conclusion.

Data Accuracy

The data is 100% accurate. All the numbers are correct

The data is mostly accurate. Only one or two errors are made.

There are more than 5 errors in the data. The data is not reliable nor accurate.

The data is completely inaccurate. What were you thinking when you were finding the data?!
Conclusion

Well done! You have finished this Webquest! Hopefully you have gained an understanding on how statistics are used in baseball and how statistics are very important in sports.