The Bulldogs, a baseball team, has nine starting players. The heights of the starting players are 72 in., 71 in ., 78 in., 70 in., 72 in., 72 in., 73 in., 70 in., and 72 in. Which term BEST describes the data value 78 in.?

A) mean
B) median
C) mode
D) outlier