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Both teams have that, though.
Can someone explain to me why it's supposedly harder to sweep a doubleheader than to, say, win back-to-back games 24 hours apart?
Using data from Retrosheet, I found that there have been 231 doubleheaders from 2008 to 2017. How many were sweeps? 120. That’s approximately 51.9 percent of all doubleheaders. This amazes me because the figure regresses so well to the theoretical probability. It’s like flipping a coin; the more you do, the more likely you will see your heads and tails figures move towards 50 percent.
I've never checked but I bet 50% of double headers are swept, and 50% are split. Maybe even more than 50% swept, since one team is typically superior to the other.
https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/platform/2017/7/19/15982598/doubleheader-sweep-probability-analysis
If both games are coin flips, then 75% of DHs would be swept.
30+ pitch 1st inning here we come
Let's run that through FP's stats guy.
another long start that will show up on the other end
Mmm. Outback Steak on my screen. I actually had a good filet last night at a restaurant here. Seasons 52. Is that a chain?