END TO END MACHINE LEARNING PROJECT ON HITTERS DATASET

Can a machine learning project be implemented to estimate the salaries of baseball players whose salary information and career statistics for 1986 are shared?

DATA SET STORY:

This dataset was originally taken from the StatLib library at Carnegie Mellon University.
This is part of the data that was used in the 1988 ASA Graphics Section Poster Session.
The salary data were originally from Sports Illustrated, April 20, 1987.
The 1986 and career statistics were obtained from The 1987 Baseball Encyclopedia Update published by Collier Books, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York.

ATTRIBUTES:
A data frame with 322 observations of major league players on the following 20 variables.

AtBat: Number of times at bat in 1986-1987 season
Hits: Number of hits in 1986-1987 season
HmRun: Number of home runs in 1986-1987 season
Runs: Number of runs in 1986-1987 season
RBI: Number of runs batted in 1986-1987 season
Walks: Number of walks in 1986-1987 season
Years: Number of years in the major leagues
CAtBat: Number of times at bat during his career
CHits: Number of hits during his career
CHmRun: Number of home runs during his career
CRuns: Number of runs during his career
CRBI: Number of runs batted in during his career
CWalks: Number of walks during his career
League: A factor with levels A and N indicating player’s league at the end of 1986
Division: A factor with levels E and W indicating player’s division at the end of 1986
PutOuts: Number of put outs in 1986-1987 season
Assists: Number of assists in 1986-1987 season
Errors: Number of errors in 1986-1987 season
Salary: 1996-1987 annual salary on opening day in thousands of dollars
NewLeague: A factor with levels A and N indicating player’s league at the beginning of 1987