TABLE 3.

Statistics for Players by Position^a

Statistic	Pitchers			Nonpitchers
	Surgery	Control	P Value	Surgery	Control	P Value
No. of seasons	3.8 ± 2.3	4.8 ± 3.0	.013	2.9 ± 2.4	3.0 ± 2.5	.505
Innings pitched	68.6 ± 44.6	68.2 ± 43.9	.961
Plate appearances				327.0 ± 168.9	376.8 ± 171.2	.334
Walks plus hits per inning pitched	1.30 ± 0.35	1.30 ± 0.36	.740
On-base plus slugging				0.753 ± 0.088	0.715 ± 0.120	.347

^aData are shown as mean ± SD. P value as determined by a 2-tailed paired Student t test.