The Astros probability in 2009
by DyingQuail
on Jan 12, 2009 9:17 AM CST
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So yesterday I made a rather shameful mistake in trying to report the probability that the Astros WAR project would come to fruition. Well, I finally corrected my mistake and then cranked out a nifty little chart. What follows is a graph depicting the Astros probability of winning (x) number of games. The number of games is graphed along the X-axis (the horizontal one, for HLP) and the probability of winning that many games, is found along the Y-axis (the vertical one, again for HLP).
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wait
there’s an x AND a y axis?? well that explains a lot..
by HighLeveragePerformer on
Jan 12, 2009 12:18 PM CST
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It would have made Calculus easier
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by DyingQuail on
Jan 12, 2009 12:24 PM CST
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you were giving me too much credit..
assuming that I knew the meaning of vertical and horizontal
by HighLeveragePerformer on
Jan 12, 2009 12:28 PM CST
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HAHAHA
Certainly explains a lot.
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by DyingQuail on
Jan 12, 2009 12:29 PM CST
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lefty-righty and upy-downy
got me through many a freshman economics class…
by Only_A_Lad on
Jan 12, 2009 1:52 PM CST
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I wonder
If there’s some child’s math education program with those exact terms?
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by DyingQuail on
Jan 12, 2009 2:23 PM CST
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I'm lost
How can you have a 100% probability for multiple outcomes? The graph is telling me there’s a 100% chance we win 50 games and a 100% chance we win 60 games. Shouldn’t you show us more of the x-axis to the left, seeing how 100% occurs at the boundary? What’s the chances of winning < 50 games? And what does HLP stand for?
by goingforthecorner on
Jan 12, 2009 2:24 PM CST
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That's saying
That’s there’s a 100% from everywhere from 1-60 games are won, given our projected win percentage of 51-ish%. It’s the results of various inquests of a binomial distribution with the winning percentage from the WAR project.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by DyingQuail on
Jan 12, 2009 2:41 PM CST
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HLP = HighLeveragePerformer
It doesn’t mean anything stat-wise or whatever.. he was just poking fun at another blogger.
by entropic soul on
Jan 12, 2009 4:24 PM CST
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Oh, I missed that
Yeah, I was just giving HLP crap because we I carried him, kicking and screaming, on my back through Cal I.
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
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Jan 12, 2009 4:29 PM CST
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NL Central Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
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St. Louis
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43 | 38 | .530 | 0 | Won 2 |
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Milwaukee
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42 | 38 | .525 | 0.5 | Lost 3 |
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Chicago
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39 | 38 | .506 | 2 | Won 3 |
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Cincinnati
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39 | 38 | .506 | 2 | Won 2 |
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Houston
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38 | 39 | .493 | 3 | Won 2 |
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Pittsburgh
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36 | 43 | .455 | 6 | Lost 2 |
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