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Monday, July 11, 2011

Home field advantage on pitch calls, by count

By Tangotiger, 03:19 PM

Phil continues his look.

Conclusion: from 2000 to 2009, home teams were somewhat more likely to get a strike call in higher-leverage situations than in lower-leverage situations. This is significant only at approximately p=0.1.

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