Baseball has some unusual numbers to measure success.  I heard in a movie that batters who hit the ball 2 out of 10 times are pretty good.  If they hit 3 out of 10, they're considered great.  What an odd concept.  Numbers in the range of 20-30% would amount to failure in pretty much every other aspect of life.  If you showed up to work 2 days in 2 weeks (10 working days), you'd be fired without a second thought.  If you stopped at 30% of the traffic lights you encountered, you'd lose your drivers license, assuming you didn't get killed first. 

Another number to consider is wins vs. losses.  A good team wins half its games.  A great team wins maybe 60% of its games.  That's ridiculous.  A football team that won half its games would be a failure (unless all the other teams in its division have even worse records, in which case it might clinch a wildcard playoff spot).  A great team in football can win 100% of its games.  Now that's a pretty good measure of success. #sports