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Case

Reference no. UVA-QA-0385

Subject category: Case Method and Specialist Management Disciplines

Authors: Phillip E Pfeifer (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia)

Published by: Darden Business Publishing

Originally published in: 1989

Version: 13 September 2017

Revision date: 25-Sep-2017

Length: 7 pages

Data source: Published sources

Topics: Data analysis; Performance evaluation; Performance management; Performance measurement; Quantitative analysis, general; Regression analysis; Sampling; Statistics

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Abstract

This case discusses the so-called sophomore jinx: professional athletes who perform superbly as rookies never seem to do as well in their second--sophomore--season. The case gives performance data for Rookie of the Year award winners in major-league baseball through 2003 (29 pitchers and 83 nonpitchers). Data cover both the first and second years. Students must decide for themselves, based on the data, whether the sophomore jinx is real or imagined.

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