Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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263
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 5, 2013 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics in Sports
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| Abstract - #307936 |
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Title:
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The Effect of 'Freebies' on Run Production in Major League Baseball
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Author(s):
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Jay Schaffer*+ and Daniel Mundfrom and Michelle L Smith
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Companies:
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University of Northern Colorado and Eastern Kentucky University and Eastern Kentucky University
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Keywords:
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Major League Baseball ;
Freebies
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Abstract:
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What is the impact of "Freebies" on run production in Major League Baseball? Let Freebies be defined as when a team walks a batter, commits an error, allows a stolen base, balks, issues a passed ball, throws a wild pitch, or hits a batter. Data from the 30 Major League Baseball teams was collected for the 2003-2012 seasons. It was determined that for every two Freebies committed by a team led to one additional run being scored. Coefficients of determination for the regression models studied indicated that on average 52.82% of the variation in run production was explained by Freebies.
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