I asked the SABR-L community: "What Percentage Of MLB Players Reach Free Agency?" I wondered how many major league players last long enough to put themselves on the "open market".
Two responses came in today:
Pete Ridges wrote:
Or, Do most players have short careers?
1) Let's start by looking at all the position players whose last game was in 2012, say. I count 98 players.
86 of 98 played at least 10 games in their career.
60 of 98 played at least 100 games.
21 of 98 played at least 1000 games.