https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/203077 Lottery Post Forum Topic: Playing the Statistics en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/203077/1446465 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/203077/1446465 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:28:21 GMT Coin Toss bomatt

333 batting average 3 at bats gets a hit. So if he is 0 for 2 he is probably going to get a hit at the next at bat.

Things just aren't that consistent.

What more likely happens is the .333 hitter goes 0 for 8 in two games and then 6 for 10 in the next two games. Over the long run he's hitting .333, but it definiyly doesn't happen every game.

Assuming a .333 hitter that is 0 for 2 will get a hit the next time up is about the same as standing at a dice table and waiting for 35... [ More ]

]]> Coin Toss https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/203077 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/203077 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:23:21 GMT bomatt Running some numbers through the database on GA F5 gives some interesting stats.

Got to play the percentages, just like baseball. .333 batting average means that one out of

3 at bats gets a hit. So if he is 0 for 2 he is probably going to get a hit at the next at bat.

But if the doesn't, he will be at 0 for 3 then 2 for 6 is expected.

The same with right handed pitchers vs right and left handed batters.

In GA F5, there are 56 combinations of 0s, 10s, 20s, 30s.

Numbers from... [ More ]

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