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Friday, May 06, 2011

Run Expectancy Matrix - 2011 is 1969-1992

By Tangotiger, 04:09 PM

This is the run expectancy matrix for 1969-1992, which had 0.477 runs per inning.

1B    2B    3B    0 outs    1 outs    2 outs
__    __    __     0.477      0.252      0.094 
1B    __    __     0.853      0.504      0.216 
__    2B    __     1.102      0.678      0.325 
1B    2B    __     1.476      0.902      0.435 
__    __    3B     1.340      0.943      0.373 
1B    __    3B     1.715      1.149      0.484 
__    2B    3B     1.967      1.380      0.594 
1B    2B    3B     2.343      1.545      0.752

This is the RE matrix from BPro, for current 2011 (0.479 runs per inning):

1B    2B    3B    0 outs    1 outs    2 outs
__    __    __     0.479      0.261      0.094 
1B    __    __     0.853      0.519      0.215 
__    2B    __     1.057      0.671      0.311 
1B    2B    __     1.431      0.929      0.432 
__    __    3B     1.311      0.928      0.344 
1B    __    3B     1.686      1.186      0.465 
__    2B    3B     1.889      1.338      0.561 
1B    2B    3B     2.264      1.596      0.683

The numbers in the two charts are quite similar, with a few gaps.  Since my chart is based on games played from 1969-1992, and BPro’s chart is based on the five weeks of 2011, we can see why my chart would be expected to be more stable.

I’m not surprised that there is such strong agreement, since the run expectancy matrix is run-environment driven.  It’s not like they’d both agree that you start at 0.48 runs per inning, but then be wildly off in some other base/out state.

In any case, I’ve been pleading for baseball to return to the baseball of my youth, and that’s what we are getting.  Get ready for the return of small ball!  Speedsters, split screens of pitchers/runners, tons of useless pickoffs (that part should be addressed if small ball is the reality), jack rabbits in the outfield.  And hopefully the end of highlights that are just run-of-the-mill home runs.

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