The final in a series of 15 polls: Who has the 2008 AL East's top home field advantage (park, fans, etc.)?
BAL | 0 (0.00%) |
BOS | 74 (69.81%) |
NYY | 27 (25.47%) |
TB | 3 (2.83%) |
TOR | 2 (1.89%) |
Rather than looking at individual player home/road splits, I thought I'd take a more macro approach and simply contrast each team's home and road wins. What follows, are the total deltas of the past three seasons where delta=home wins minus road wins.
TB +42 (2007: 8, 2006: 21, 2005: 13)
Bos +29 (6, 10, 13)
NY +24 (10, 3, 11)
Tor +22 (3, 13, 6)
Bal +9 (1, 10, -2)
Give ayjackson the prize for picking TB. They are the team most helped by playing at home.
I don't see how. Can you explain?
What if the argument were flipped and the means I used to address this problem were to find the team most hurt on the road (arguably the equivalent of most helped at home)? And what if my delta were road losses minus home losses. Tampa Bay would be at -42 and thus the team most hurt on the road (and arguably the team most helped at home). One could then argue that the teams that lose the most are best positioned to chalk up big (albeit negative) deltas. A team like New York, with just 60 losses a year, would have less wiggle room than a team like Tampa Bay, with over 90 losses a year.