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World Series Simulation, Game #2

I used my simulator to simulate 100000 baseball games between the Phillies and Yankees using what to the best of my knowledge will be close to today's starting lineups.  The simulator outputs a win probability for each team, along with the average total runs scored, a distribution matrix of all the final scores and how often they occurred, and an averaged box score tally of all games combined.  You may find it strange that there are so many one run games listed as the most likely score, and that the home team is always favored to win in the top couple of scores.  This is due to basic math and the way that baseball rules play out of having the home team bat last.  Here is a great article explaining this phenomenon.

Today's Results... (Last simulation ran on Thursday at 10:30AM)

 

Visitors Home Pitching Matchup Favorite Vegas Win Prob Simulator Win Prob AccuScore
PHI NYA P.Martinez vs A.Burnett NYA 66.10% 58.48% 58%

 Skinny:  Simulator Fun Facts... The simulator and AccuScore are in pretty good agreement as to the level the Yankees should be favored.  Meanwhile, Vegas is once again drinking the Yankees kool-aid.  I think the Vegas line is the way it is due to the pressure on the Yankees to win this game.  More of a psychological than a logical reason.

 

Top 50 Most Likely Scores

1 NYA 4-3
2 NYA 3-2
3 NYA 5-4
4 NYA 2-1
5 NYA 4-2
6 PHI 4-3
7 PHI 3-2
8 NYA 6-5
9 NYA 3-1
10 PHI 5-4
11 NYA 5-3
12 PHI 4-2
13 NYA 5-2
14 NYA 4-1
15 NYA 6-4
16 NYA 6-3
17 PHI 2-1
18 PHI 3-1
19 NYA 7-6
20 PHI 5-3
21 PHI 6-5
22 NYA 5-1
23 PHI 5-2
24 PHI 6-4
25 NYA 6-2
26 NYA 1-0
27 PHI 6-3
28 NYA 6-1
29 NYA 7-4
30 PHI 4-1
31 NYA 4-0
32 NYA 2-0
33 NYA 3-0
34 NYA 7-5
35 NYA 7-2
36 PHI 7-5
37 NYA 7-3
38 PHI 7-4
39 PHI 7-3
40 PHI 6-2
41 PHI 5-1
42 NYA 7-1
43 PHI 7-6
44 PHI 7-2
45 NYA 8-7
46 NYA 5-0
47 PHI 2-0
48 PHI 6-1
49 NYA 8-3
50 NYA 8-2

 

Game Pitching Results

Pitcher IP SO BB HR WHIP FIP
P.Martinez 6.7 3.978 2.371 1.132 1.349 5.283
A.Burnett 6.7 5.957 3.274 0.864 1.284 4.567

 


Note: Keep in mind I did this simulation before knowing the actual starting lineups, so some of the players I used may not be starting.   Many of the "Players Most Likely To" stats depend on having the correct lineup.  The lineups  I used are listed below.  Chances are you won't see a big difference in win probability from having the lineup order slightly off.  Picking the correct starters is more important, especially if one of the better players is taking the day off.  But you still won't see a big change in win probability if the starter and backup are interchangeable.

Simulation Lineups
  Name wOBA Name wOBA
1 J.Rollins .2822 D.Jeter .3142
2 S.Victorino .2857 J.Damon .3287
3 C.Utley .3256 M.Teixeira .3693
4 R.Howard .3333 A.Rodriguez .3700
5 J.Werth .2993 H.Matsui .3454
6 R.Ibanez .3090 R.Cano .3155
7 M.Stairs .2932 N.Swisher .3406
8 P.Feliz .2481 M.Cabrera .2930
9 C.Ruiz .2658 J.Molina .2350

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FWIW – Hairston is starting over Swisher.

by David Young on Oct 29, 2009 2:54 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks. Stuck at work until game time, so I won’t be able to rerun the sims. I did manage to run it with Molina in for Posada, so it should be pretty correct.
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Oct 29, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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