Data for some baseball players in 1970, from Efron and Morris (1975) and The Baseball Encyclopedia. Table 6.1 of Bayesian Data Analysis player y.bar post.median previous.avg previous.atbats avg.1970 A .267 .264 .118 51 .224 B .156 .239 .249 3514 .183 C .311 .273 .246 2244 .276 D .200 .249 .264 3210 .279 E .400 .290 .314 8142 .352 F .356 .281 .275 4826 .283 G .333 .277 .255 1139 .238 H .289 .268 .248 2753 .266 I .178 .243 .256 86 .302 J .222 .255 .255 2281 .261 K .378 .286 .303 7542 .306 L .222 .255 .234 291 .225 M .244 .259 .281 5658 .267 N .222 .254 .250 2065 .296 O .311 .273 .244 454 .274 P .244 .259 .244 1967 .233 Q .222 .255 .257 1216 .258 R .222 .254 .271 888 .251