Dodgers Simulation, September 20th
I used my simulator to simulate 25000 baseball games between the Giants and Dodgers 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.
Today's Results... (Last simulation ran at 11:00PM)
| Visitors | Home | Pitching Matchup | Favorite | Vegas Win Prob | Simulator Win Prob | AccuScore |
| SF | LAN | T.Lincecum vs R.Wolf | LAN | 50.98% | 50.49% | 54% |
Skinny: Simulator Fun Facts... Both my simulator and vegas have today's game as a tossup. AccuScore is the outlier today as they try to make the Dodgers a slight favorite to win. There are many low scoring game scores in the "Top 20 Most Likely Scores" table today!
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Top 20 Most Likely Scores |
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| 1 | LAN 3-2 |
| 2 | LAN 2-1 |
| 3 | LAN 4-3 |
| 4 | SF 3-2 |
| 5 | SF 2-1 |
| 6 | LAN 5-4 |
| 7 | SF 3-1 |
| 8 | SF 4-3 |
| 9 | SF 4-2 |
| 10 | LAN 3-1 |
| 11 | LAN 4-2 |
| 12 | LAN 1-0 |
| 13 | SF 4-1 |
| 14 | SF 5-4 |
| 15 | LAN 6-5 |
| 16 | SF 5-2 |
| 17 | SF 5-3 |
| 18 | SF 2-0 |
| 19 | LAN 5-2 |
| 20 | SF 1-0 |
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Game Pitching Results |
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| Pitcher | WHIP | FIP |
| T.Lincecum | 1.216 | 2.579 |
| R.Wolf | 1.222 | 3.373 |
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 | ||
| 1 | E.Velez | R.Furcal |
| 2 | F.Sanchez | M.Kemp |
| 3 | P.Sandoval | A.Ethier |
| 4 | B.Molina | M.Ramirez |
| 5 | R.Garko | C.Blake |
| 6 | N.Schierholtz | J.Loney |
| 7 | A.Rowand | R.Martin |
| 8 | E.Renteria | O.Hudson |
| 9 | T.Lincecum | R.Wolf |
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Apparently Bochy said yesterday that Renteria won’t start the rest of the year. He’s fighting nagging injuries. Uribe should be the SS going forward.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 20, 2009 8:57 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
LAN 6-2
This final score was the 31st most likely score to occur for those keeping score of this stuff at home. :)
There were 547 occurrences of LAN 6-2. 2330 occurrences of the #1 most likely score. I ran 50K sims of the game today.
vr, Xei

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