Tables 12-23 and 12-24 present statistics for the Major League Baseball 2005 season (source: The Sports Network).

(a) Consider the batting data. Use model-building methods to predict Wins from the other variables. Check that the assumptions for your model are valid.

(b) Repeat part

(a) for the pitching data.

(c) Use both the batting and pitching data to build a model to predict Wins. What variables are most important? Check that the assumptions for your model are valid.