World Series Simulation, Game #6
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 Monday at 930PM)
| Visitors | Home | Pitching Matchup | Favorite | Vegas Win Prob | Simulator Win Prob | AccuScore |
| PHI |
NYA |
P.Martinez vs A.Pettitte | NYA | 64.97% |
64.66% |
61% |
Skinny: Simulator Fun Facts... Vegas and my simulator are in almost perfect agreement on the Yankees win probability. Once again the key for the Phillies will be to silence the heart of the Yankees order as much as possible. Not an easy thing to do. AccuScore has come in with the lowest win probability of the three for the Yankees. Meanwhile, the Vegas line has moved up to 65.87% since the opening lines came out.
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Top 100 Most Likely Scores |
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| 1 | NYA 4-3 |
| 2 | NYA 3-2 |
| 3 | NYA 5-4 |
| 4 | NYA 6-5 |
| 5 | NYA 2-1 |
| 6 | PHI 4-3 |
| 7 | NYA 4-2 |
| 8 | PHI 3-2 |
| 9 | PHI 5-4 |
| 10 | NYA 5-3 |
| 11 | NYA 3-1 |
| 12 | NYA 4-1 |
| 13 | NYA 5-2 |
| 14 | NYA 7-6 |
| 15 | NYA 6-2 |
| 16 | NYA 6-4 |
| 17 | NYA 6-3 |
| 18 | NYA 5-1 |
| 19 | PHI 4-2 |
| 20 | PHI 5-3 |
| 21 | PHI 2-1 |
| 22 | NYA 3-0 |
| 23 | NYA 7-2 |
| 24 | PHI 6-5 |
| 25 | PHI 6-4 |
| 26 | NYA 7-1 |
| 27 | NYA 4-0 |
| 28 | NYA 7-3 |
| 29 | PHI 5-2 |
| 30 | NYA 7-4 |
| 31 | PHI 3-1 |
| 32 | PHI 6-3 |
| 33 | NYA 6-1 |
| 34 | NYA 7-5 |
| 35 | NYA 8-3 |
| 36 | PHI 4-1 |
| 37 | NYA 8-7 |
| 38 | NYA 1-0 |
| 39 | NYA 2-0 |
| 40 | PHI 7-4 |
| 41 | NYA 5-0 |
| 42 | PHI 7-5 |
| 43 | PHI 7-6 |
| 44 | NYA 8-4 |
| 45 | PHI 6-2 |
| 46 | NYA 6-0 |
| 47 | NYA 8-2 |
| 48 | NYA 8-1 |
| 49 | NYA 9-3 |
| 50 | PHI 7-3 |
| 51 | PHI 5-1 |
| 52 | NYA 8-5 |
| 53 | NYA 8-6 |
| 54 | NYA 9-2 |
| 55 | PHI 2-0 |
| 56 | PHI 8-6 |
| 57 | NYA 9-4 |
| 58 | PHI 8-4 |
| 59 | NYA 9-8 |
| 60 | PHI 8-3 |
| 61 | NYA 7-0 |
| 62 | NYA 10-2 |
| 63 | NYA 9-1 |
| 64 | PHI 6-1 |
| 65 | PHI 8-5 |
| 66 | PHI 4-0 |
| 67 | PHI 8-7 |
| 68 | NYA 9-5 |
| 69 | NYA 8-0 |
| 70 | PHI 7-2 |
| 71 | NYA 10-4 |
| 72 | PHI 3-0 |
| 73 | NYA 10-3 |
| 74 | PHI 1-0 |
| 75 | PHI 8-2 |
| 76 | NYA 9-6 |
| 77 | PHI 7-1 |
| 78 | NYA 10-1 |
| 79 | NYA 10-5 |
| 80 | NYA 9-0 |
| 81 | PHI 9-8 |
| 82 | PHI 9-4 |
| 83 | PHI 5-0 |
| 84 | NYA 11-3 |
| 85 | NYA 11-5 |
| 86 | PHI 9-5 |
| 87 | PHI 8-1 |
| 88 | PHI 9-2 |
| 89 | PHI 9-3 |
| 90 | NYA 11-2 |
| 91 | NYA 11-1 |
| 92 | PHI 9-6 |
| 93 | NYA 9-7 |
| 94 | NYA 10-6 |
| 95 | NYA 11-4 |
| 96 | PHI 10-3 |
| 97 | PHI 9-7 |
| 98 | PHI 6-0 |
| 99 | NYA 10-9 |
| 100 | PHI 10-5 |
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Game Pitching Results |
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| Pitcher | IP | SO | BB | HR | WHIP | FIP |
| P.Martinez | 6.4 | 3.994 | 2.521 | 1.17 | 1.465 | 5.524 |
| A.Pettitte | 7.0 | 5.164 | 2.746 | 0.78 | 1.255 | 4.360 |
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 | .2986 | D.Jeter | .3301 |
| 2 | S.Victorino | .2937 | J.Damon | .3450 |
| 3 | C.Utley | .3195 | M.Teixeira | .3843 |
| 4 | R.Howard | .3124 | A.Rodriguez | .3837 |
| 5 | J.Werth | .3282 | H.Matsui | .3533 |
| 6 | R.Ibanez | .3052 | J.Posada | .3590 |
| 7 | B.Francisco | .2921 | N.Swisher | .3454 |
| 8 | P.Feliz | .2810 | R.Cano | .3233 |
| 9 | C.Ruiz | .2821 | B.Gardner | .3003 |
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Does your simulator account for defense?
by Tommy Bennett on Nov 4, 2009 11:59 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Good question. Yes it does, but defense and weather are two areas that I will be spending time this offseason improving/tweaking in my model.
vr, Xei
by Xeifrank on Nov 4, 2009 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Score #28 Hits
and with it the Yankees advance on to the next round to likely play the winner of the SEC Championship game.
vr, Xei
by Xeifrank on Nov 5, 2009 12:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

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