Baseball batting averages versus wins. Is the number of games won by a major league...

Baseball batting averages versus wins. Is the number of games won by a major league baseball team in a season related to the team’s batting average? Consider data from the Baseball Almanac on the number of games won and the batting averages for the 14 teams in the American League for the 2013 Major League Baseball season. The data are listed in the next table.

a. If you were to model the relationship between the mean (or expected) number of games won by a major league team and the team’s batting average x, using a straight line, would you expect the slope of the line to be positive or negative? Explain.