Y2CJ41 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 As most of you know, I am a stats person and I have always wondered if it was an advantage for a wrestler to be born in certain months. There was actually a study done with major league baseball players in that most US born players were born in August and September because August is(maybe was) the cut-off date for little leaguers(article http://www.slate.com/id/2188866/ ). So I decided to do a little study on the finalists from Fargo the past four years and here is the data. Month Jr Cadet January 20 33 February 16 21 March 20 38 April 13 23 May 14 22 June 18 34 July 30 20 August 27 24 September 14 14 October 20 18 November 21 6 December 25 17 By three month breakdown Month Jr Cadet Jan-Mar 56(23.5%) 92(34.0%) April-June 45(18.9%) 79(29.3%) July-Sept 71(29.8%) 58(21.5%) Oct-Dec 66(27.7%) 41(15.2%) *Should be 25% if perfect By six month breakdown Month Jr Cadet Jan-June 101(42.4%) 171(63.3%) July-Dec 127(57.6%) 99(36.7%) *Should be 50% if perfect Average Age of Finalists Cadets Avg Age 2009 15.89 2008 15.93 2007 15.80 2006 15.94 Total 15.89 *Note the age range is 16.5 years to 14.5 years Juniors Avg Age 2009 17.83 2008 17.61 2007 17.18 2006 17.25 Total 17.47 *Note the age range is 16.5 years to 19.9 years It looks more even for Juniors, but it is very much different when you compare the Cadet age division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drooke Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Thanks for the info Y2. But, I could have used this a few years ago when my wife and I were planning to have children. I would have been involved in "the negotiations" about the conception date. At the time I was just happy to participate. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Haha. Good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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