Abstract:
This study provided insight into the relationship between the usage of performance
enhancing drugs and Major League Baseball performance analytics. This study utilized a
logistical hierarchical model to analyze the performance analytics of twenty Major League
Baseball players, ten of whom are suspected of using performance enhancing drugs and ten who
were not suspected of using performance enhancing drugs. This study found evidence that the
use of performance enhancing drugs was significantly related to heightened on-base percentage
statistics, but was not significantly related to fielding percentages. This shows us that there is a
statistically significant relationship between performance enhancing drugs and on-base
percentage, but there is no significant relationship between performance enhancing drugs and
fielding percentages.