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Getaway Days: A Regression Analysis of Team Travel in Major League Baseball
Description
In a season that spans 162 games over the course of six months, MLB teams that travel more face additional fatigue and jetlag from travel. This factor could negatively impact them on the field. To explore this issue, I tested the significance of different variables by creating four models, which compared travel with a team's ability to win games as well as its ability to hit home runs. Based on these models, it appears as though changing time zones does not affect the outcome of games. However, these results did indicate that visiting teams with a greater time zone advantage over their opponent are less likely to hit a home run in a game.
Date Created
2014-05
Contributors
- Aronson, Sean Matthew (Author)
- MacFie, Brian (Thesis director)
- Eaton, John (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- Department of Economics (Contributor)
- WPC Graduate Programs (Contributor)
- Department of Finance (Contributor)
- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (Contributor)
- W. P. Carey School of Business (Contributor)
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22 pages
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2013-2014
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.22761
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minimal
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