In 2001, due to injury, McGwire hit only 29 home runs; Sosa hit 64 home runs; Bonds hit 73 home runs for a new major league record; and Griffey hit 22. Their current career home runs are as follows:

McGwire 49, 32, 33, 39, 22, 42, 9, 9, 39, 52, 58, 70, 65, 32, 29 Sosa 4, 15, 10, 8, 33, 25, 36, 40, 36, 66, 63, 50, 64 Bonds 16, 25, 24, 19, 33, 25, 34, 46, 37, 33, 42, 40, 37, 34, 49, 73 Griffey 16, 22, 22, 27, 45, 40, 17, 49, 56, 56, 48, 40, 22

a. Find the seasonal median number of home runs for each player.

b. For each player, determine the minimum, the first quartile, the median, the third quartile and the maximum of their home run totals. Use these results to construct comparative box-and-whisker plots.

c. What are the similarities and differences among these famous sluggers?

d. Did the results from 2001 change your conclusions from the previous problem? If so, how did they change and why?