Are Canadian-born Major League Baseball players more likely to bat left-handed? A partial test of the hockey-influence on batting hypothesis

• John Cairney ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: john.cairney@utoronto.ca

  Affiliations Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Infant and Child Health Lab, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2856-3967

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• Daniele Chirico,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infant and Child Health Lab, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Exercise Physiology and Cardiovascular Health Lab, Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Yao-Chuen Li,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Infant and Child Health Lab, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Child Health Research Center, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

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• Emily Bremer,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infant and Child Health Lab, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Jeffrey D. Graham

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infant and Child Health Lab, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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