Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 08, 2006
Minor League Bias

Chris Constancio looks at home team bias among minor league replacement umps. His conclusion:

The season is still young and we need to collect more information to better understand the effects of the replacement umpires, but so far all the evidence all points in the same direction. Home team batters appear to have an advantage at the plate. Furthermore, there may be other effects of the new umpiring population that are more difficult to quantify or assess with traditional statistics such as strikeouts and walks. It is clear, however, that we need to be more careful than ever when analyzing minor leaguers' performance. The initial evidence suggests an appreciation for a prospect's home and away splits may be particularly important this year.

Posted by David Pinto at 08:12 AM | Umpires | TrackBack (0)
Comments

I'm not seeing any such bias here in Toledo. Just inferior umping (though I think the guys are giving an honest effort. They just aren't up to snuff)

Posted by: rbj at May 8, 2006 12:59 PM
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