Leap Day Research
There are 17,534 major leaguers currently listed in the Baseball Almanac. Leap Day occurs every 1461 days. This data suggests that there should be 12.00137 players with Leap Day Birthdays. 11 have been cited. Are we missing one (or 1.00137)?
Probably not, from a statistical point of view with this sample size, one would expect the result to be in the 10-14 range. Any number higher or lower would be very unlikely.
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