McGwire. In his 16-year career as a player in major league baseball, Mark McGwire hit 583 home runs, placing him eighth on the all-time home run list (as of 2008). Here are the number of home runs that McGwire hit for each year from 1986 through 2001:
3, 49, 32, 33, 39, 22, 42, 9, 9, 39, 52, 58, 70, 65, 32, 29
a) Create a stem-and-leaf display.
b) Sketch a boxplot.
c) Briefly describe this distribution.
d) What unusual features do you see in this distribution? What might explain this?