Post by astrosdoug on May 28, 2019 10:33:12 GMT -6
some very interesting numbers have come out of a Boston University study based in pitch f/x and other data. summary:
"Botched calls and high error rates are rampant. Between 2008 and 2018, MLB home plate umpires made incorrect calls over 12 percent of the time. In the 2018 season, MLB umpires made 34,246 incorrect ball and strike calls for an average of 14 per game, or 1.6 per inning. Last season, 55 games – 2.2 percent of the total played – ended with an incorrect call.
When batters had two strikes, the error rate for all umpires increased – incorrect calls happen 29 percent of the time, almost double the error rate when the batter had one or no strikes.
We also found that the highest error rates did not come from younger, less experienced umpires; they came from the older, veteran umpires."
theconversation.com/an-analysis-of-nearly-4-million-pitches-shows-just-how-many-mistakes-umpires-make-114874
Hopefully, MLB is getting ready to introduce electronic ball/strike calling. I'm tired of bad calls unjustly punishing and rewarding players, and sometimes flipping the rightful result of individual games.
"Botched calls and high error rates are rampant. Between 2008 and 2018, MLB home plate umpires made incorrect calls over 12 percent of the time. In the 2018 season, MLB umpires made 34,246 incorrect ball and strike calls for an average of 14 per game, or 1.6 per inning. Last season, 55 games – 2.2 percent of the total played – ended with an incorrect call.
When batters had two strikes, the error rate for all umpires increased – incorrect calls happen 29 percent of the time, almost double the error rate when the batter had one or no strikes.
We also found that the highest error rates did not come from younger, less experienced umpires; they came from the older, veteran umpires."
theconversation.com/an-analysis-of-nearly-4-million-pitches-shows-just-how-many-mistakes-umpires-make-114874
Hopefully, MLB is getting ready to introduce electronic ball/strike calling. I'm tired of bad calls unjustly punishing and rewarding players, and sometimes flipping the rightful result of individual games.
