On the distribution of career longevity and the evolution of home-run prowess in professional baseball

EPL

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Petersen, Alexander M ^a   Jung, Woo Sung ^a   Eugene Stanley, H ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 79051470517     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: 12864854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/83/50010     Document Type: Article

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