Team: A code for the name of the team League: The Major League Baseball league the team belongs to, either AL (American League) or NL (National League) Year: The year of the corresponding record RS: The number of runs scored by the team in that year RA: The number of runs allowed by the team in that year W: The number of regular season wins by the team in that year OBP: The on-base percentage of the team in that year SLG: The slugging percentage of the team in that year BA: The batting average of the team in that year Playoffs: Whether the team made the playoffs in that year (1 for yes, 0 for no) RankSeason: Among the playoff teams in that year, the ranking of their regular season records (1 is best) RankPlayoffs: Among the playoff teams in that year, how well they fared in the playoffs. The team winning the World Series gets a RankPlayoffs of 1. G: The number of games a team played in that year OOBP: The team’s opponents’ on-base percentage in that year OSLG: The team’s opponents’ slugging percentage in that year

R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It’s not only a powerful statistical programming language but also the go-to data analysis tool for many computational genomics experts. We will explore how high-dimensional genomics datasets can be analyzed with core R packages and functions.