Thursday, January 31, 2013
Evidence of makeup calls
?A long research piece, which I might get to read at the office tomorrow.
The data shows that there is an overall "opposite effect": "bad" calls
help the parties they were called against; for example, a ball called a
strike will- on average- help the batter get on base at a higher rate
than an at-bat in which the correct call was made, and a strike called a
ball will- on average- lessen the likelihood that a batter reaches
base, favoring the pitcher. This supports previous research that umpires
may utilize "make-up" calls, whether consciously or unconsciously. Data
for this "opposite effect" wanes, or reverses, as the count grows long,
as umpires have less chance to provide a "make-up" call.
()
Comments
•
•
Ball_Tracking
Recent comments
Older comments
Page 1 of 150 pages 1 2 3 > Last ›Complete Archive – By Category
Complete Archive – By Date
FORUM TOPICS
Jul 12 15:22 MarcelsApr 16 14:31 Pitch Count Estimators
Mar 12 16:30 Appendix to THE BOOK - THE GORY DETAILS
Jan 29 09:41 NFL Overtime Idea
Jan 22 14:48 Weighting Years for NFL Player Projections
Jan 21 09:18 positional runs in pythagenpat
Oct 20 15:57 DRS: FG vs. BB-Ref
Apr 12 09:43 What if baseball was like survivor? You are eliminated ...
Nov 24 09:57 Win Attribution to offense, pitching, and fielding at the game level (prototype method)
Jul 13 10:20 How to watch great past games without spoilers