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Convergence characteristics of Pythagorean winning percentage in baseball

야구 피타고라스 승률의 수렴특성

  • Lee, Jangtaek (Department of Applied Statistics, Dankook University)
  • Received : 2016.09.05
  • Accepted : 2016.10.11
  • Published : 2016.11.30
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Abstract

The Pythagorean theorem for baseball based on the number of runs they scored and allowed has been noted that in many baseball leagues a good predictor of a team's end of season won-loss percentage. We study the convergence characteristics of the Pythagorean expectation formula during the baseball game season. The three way ANOVA based on main effects for year, rank, and baseball processing rate is conducted on the basis of using the historical data of Korean professional baseball clubs from season 2005 to 2014. We perform a regression analysis in order to predict the difference in winning percentage between teams. In conclusion, a difference in winning percentage is mainly associated with the ranking of teams and baseball processing rate.

본 연구에서는 한국프로야구에서 팀의 득점과 실점을 가지고 시즌 승률을 예측하는 야구의 피타고라스 정리에 의한 기대승률의 수렴특성을 살펴보았다. 사용한 자료는 2005년부터 2014년까지의 한국프로야구 정규시즌 초부터 정규시즌 말까지의 팀대 팀 전체기록이며, 그 결과 야구 팀의 특징 중에서 팀의 순위와 경기진행률이 수렴특성에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 팀의 순위는 하위 팀들의 기대승률이 최종 기대승률에 빨리 수렴하였으며, 경기진행률은 20% 이하에는 최종 기대승률과 많은 차이를 보였으나 70% 이상부터는 통계적으로 최종 기대승률과 유의한 차이가 발생하지 않았다.

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