Baseball Odds

Baseball Odds There are 104,077,934 adult baseball fans in the US of those, 35% 70 consider baseball their favorite sport SUPERSTITIOUS FANS: 1 in 7.69 adults try to bring good luck to their team or avoid jinxing it of 18 presidents since 1909, only 1 never threw out a first pitch at an MLB game (Jimmy Carter) The odds a team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.85 (54% of the time) The odds a National League team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.88 (53% of the time) The odds an American League team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.81 (55% of the time) Home field 55%0 of games were won by the home team in 2009 (odds are 1 in 1.82) advantage throughout the season: National league: 1 in 1.76 American league: 1 in 1.88 The Dodgers have the highest average home game attendance: 40,440 per game The lowest? Oakland A's with 17,392. The difference over the whole season is 2,352,888 people, which is more than the population of New Mexico. 1 in 6 men and 1 in 9 women will attend an MLB game in a year CUB OS22 408 21 A GATE K UPR AX * HOME GAME #19 408 CA 345 8.00 Average MLB ticket price in 2009: $26.54 CHICACO CUBS A ticket to a Yankees game can cost up to $1,25O vs ATLANTA BRAVES but you can see the Rockies for $4 CURO92 A 9MAY MRIGLEY FIELD FRI MAY 22 1987 3:05 PM .which is $1less than a hot dog at Dodgers Stadium 1 in 1.14 (88%) sports fans will eat a hot dog at a sporting event in a year 21,733,839 1 in 5.56sports fans cannot live hot dogs served during the 2009 season without peanuts at the ballpark the San Francisco Giants sell the most expensive beer: $8.75 The odds a boy will grow up to be a major league baseball player? 1 in 11,437 Sources: US Census Population Estimates Gallup, Inc. Jones JM. Less Than Half of Americans Are Baseball Fans. October 24, 2007:2. http://www.gallup.com Professional Football Continues Dominance over Baseball as America's Favorite Sport. Harris. January 27, 2009. http://surveys.ap.org/data/Ipsos/national/2007-10-19%20AP20SportsN2OSuperstition2oStudy%2otopline.pdf http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/daily/graphics/president_041305.html http://www.baseball-almanac.com/opening day/charts/AL opening day_games.shtml http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable_team_stats.jsp?c_id=mlb&baseballScope=mlb&statType=1&sitSplit=&timeSubFrame 2009&groupByTeametrue&Submit-Submit&timeFrame-1 http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendanoe/_/year/2009 http://teammarketing.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Fan2oCost%zolndex/MLB/MLBN20FCIN2009.pdf http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-ticketprices.html http://www.hot-dog.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/48167 http://www.baseball-reference.com/ Book /Odds. Baseball Odds There are 104,077,934 adult baseball fans in the US of those, 35% 70 consider baseball their favorite sport SUPERSTITIOUS FANS: 1 in 7.69 adults try to bring good luck to their team or avoid jinxing it of 18 presidents since 1909, only 1 never threw out a first pitch at an MLB game (Jimmy Carter) The odds a team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.85 (54% of the time) The odds a National League team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.88 (53% of the time) The odds an American League team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.81 (55% of the time) Home field 55%0 of games were won by the home team in 2009 (odds are 1 in 1.82) advantage throughout the season: National league: 1 in 1.76 American league: 1 in 1.88 The Dodgers have the highest average home game attendance: 40,440 per game The lowest? Oakland A's with 17,392. The difference over the whole season is 2,352,888 people, which is more than the population of New Mexico. 1 in 6 men and 1 in 9 women will attend an MLB game in a year CUB OS22 408 21 A GATE K UPR AX * HOME GAME #19 408 CA 345 8.00 Average MLB ticket price in 2009: $26.54 CHICACO CUBS A ticket to a Yankees game can cost up to $1,25O vs ATLANTA BRAVES but you can see the Rockies for $4 CURO92 A 9MAY MRIGLEY FIELD FRI MAY 22 1987 3:05 PM .which is $1less than a hot dog at Dodgers Stadium 1 in 1.14 (88%) sports fans will eat a hot dog at a sporting event in a year 21,733,839 1 in 5.56sports fans cannot live hot dogs served during the 2009 season without peanuts at the ballpark the San Francisco Giants sell the most expensive beer: $8.75 The odds a boy will grow up to be a major league baseball player? 1 in 11,437 Sources: US Census Population Estimates Gallup, Inc. Jones JM. Less Than Half of Americans Are Baseball Fans. October 24, 2007:2. http://www.gallup.com Professional Football Continues Dominance over Baseball as America's Favorite Sport. Harris. January 27, 2009. http://surveys.ap.org/data/Ipsos/national/2007-10-19%20AP20SportsN2OSuperstition2oStudy%2otopline.pdf http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/daily/graphics/president_041305.html http://www.baseball-almanac.com/opening day/charts/AL opening day_games.shtml http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable_team_stats.jsp?c_id=mlb&baseballScope=mlb&statType=1&sitSplit=&timeSubFrame 2009&groupByTeametrue&Submit-Submit&timeFrame-1 http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendanoe/_/year/2009 http://teammarketing.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Fan2oCost%zolndex/MLB/MLBN20FCIN2009.pdf http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-ticketprices.html http://www.hot-dog.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/48167 http://www.baseball-reference.com/ Book /Odds. Baseball Odds There are 104,077,934 adult baseball fans in the US of those, 35% 70 consider baseball their favorite sport SUPERSTITIOUS FANS: 1 in 7.69 adults try to bring good luck to their team or avoid jinxing it of 18 presidents since 1909, only 1 never threw out a first pitch at an MLB game (Jimmy Carter) The odds a team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.85 (54% of the time) The odds a National League team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.88 (53% of the time) The odds an American League team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.81 (55% of the time) Home field 55%0 of games were won by the home team in 2009 (odds are 1 in 1.82) advantage throughout the season: National league: 1 in 1.76 American league: 1 in 1.88 The Dodgers have the highest average home game attendance: 40,440 per game The lowest? Oakland A's with 17,392. The difference over the whole season is 2,352,888 people, which is more than the population of New Mexico. 1 in 6 men and 1 in 9 women will attend an MLB game in a year CUB OS22 408 21 A GATE K UPR AX * HOME GAME #19 408 CA 345 8.00 Average MLB ticket price in 2009: $26.54 CHICACO CUBS A ticket to a Yankees game can cost up to $1,25O vs ATLANTA BRAVES but you can see the Rockies for $4 CURO92 A 9MAY MRIGLEY FIELD FRI MAY 22 1987 3:05 PM .which is $1less than a hot dog at Dodgers Stadium 1 in 1.14 (88%) sports fans will eat a hot dog at a sporting event in a year 21,733,839 1 in 5.56sports fans cannot live hot dogs served during the 2009 season without peanuts at the ballpark the San Francisco Giants sell the most expensive beer: $8.75 The odds a boy will grow up to be a major league baseball player? 1 in 11,437 Sources: US Census Population Estimates Gallup, Inc. Jones JM. Less Than Half of Americans Are Baseball Fans. October 24, 2007:2. http://www.gallup.com Professional Football Continues Dominance over Baseball as America's Favorite Sport. Harris. January 27, 2009. http://surveys.ap.org/data/Ipsos/national/2007-10-19%20AP20SportsN2OSuperstition2oStudy%2otopline.pdf http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/daily/graphics/president_041305.html http://www.baseball-almanac.com/opening day/charts/AL opening day_games.shtml http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable_team_stats.jsp?c_id=mlb&baseballScope=mlb&statType=1&sitSplit=&timeSubFrame 2009&groupByTeametrue&Submit-Submit&timeFrame-1 http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendanoe/_/year/2009 http://teammarketing.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Fan2oCost%zolndex/MLB/MLBN20FCIN2009.pdf http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-ticketprices.html http://www.hot-dog.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/48167 http://www.baseball-reference.com/ Book /Odds. Baseball Odds There are 104,077,934 adult baseball fans in the US of those, 35% 70 consider baseball their favorite sport SUPERSTITIOUS FANS: 1 in 7.69 adults try to bring good luck to their team or avoid jinxing it of 18 presidents since 1909, only 1 never threw out a first pitch at an MLB game (Jimmy Carter) The odds a team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.85 (54% of the time) The odds a National League team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.88 (53% of the time) The odds an American League team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.81 (55% of the time) Home field 55%0 of games were won by the home team in 2009 (odds are 1 in 1.82) advantage throughout the season: National league: 1 in 1.76 American league: 1 in 1.88 The Dodgers have the highest average home game attendance: 40,440 per game The lowest? Oakland A's with 17,392. The difference over the whole season is 2,352,888 people, which is more than the population of New Mexico. 1 in 6 men and 1 in 9 women will attend an MLB game in a year CUB OS22 408 21 A GATE K UPR AX * HOME GAME #19 408 CA 345 8.00 Average MLB ticket price in 2009: $26.54 CHICACO CUBS A ticket to a Yankees game can cost up to $1,25O vs ATLANTA BRAVES but you can see the Rockies for $4 CURO92 A 9MAY MRIGLEY FIELD FRI MAY 22 1987 3:05 PM .which is $1less than a hot dog at Dodgers Stadium 1 in 1.14 (88%) sports fans will eat a hot dog at a sporting event in a year 21,733,839 1 in 5.56sports fans cannot live hot dogs served during the 2009 season without peanuts at the ballpark the San Francisco Giants sell the most expensive beer: $8.75 The odds a boy will grow up to be a major league baseball player? 1 in 11,437 Sources: US Census Population Estimates Gallup, Inc. Jones JM. Less Than Half of Americans Are Baseball Fans. October 24, 2007:2. http://www.gallup.com Professional Football Continues Dominance over Baseball as America's Favorite Sport. Harris. January 27, 2009. http://surveys.ap.org/data/Ipsos/national/2007-10-19%20AP20SportsN2OSuperstition2oStudy%2otopline.pdf http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/daily/graphics/president_041305.html http://www.baseball-almanac.com/opening day/charts/AL opening day_games.shtml http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable_team_stats.jsp?c_id=mlb&baseballScope=mlb&statType=1&sitSplit=&timeSubFrame 2009&groupByTeametrue&Submit-Submit&timeFrame-1 http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendanoe/_/year/2009 http://teammarketing.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Fan2oCost%zolndex/MLB/MLBN20FCIN2009.pdf http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-ticketprices.html http://www.hot-dog.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/48167 http://www.baseball-reference.com/ Book /Odds. Baseball Odds There are 104,077,934 adult baseball fans in the US of those, 35% 70 consider baseball their favorite sport SUPERSTITIOUS FANS: 1 in 7.69 adults try to bring good luck to their team or avoid jinxing it of 18 presidents since 1909, only 1 never threw out a first pitch at an MLB game (Jimmy Carter) The odds a team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.85 (54% of the time) The odds a National League team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.88 (53% of the time) The odds an American League team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.81 (55% of the time) Home field 55%0 of games were won by the home team in 2009 (odds are 1 in 1.82) advantage throughout the season: National league: 1 in 1.76 American league: 1 in 1.88 The Dodgers have the highest average home game attendance: 40,440 per game The lowest? Oakland A's with 17,392. The difference over the whole season is 2,352,888 people, which is more than the population of New Mexico. 1 in 6 men and 1 in 9 women will attend an MLB game in a year CUB OS22 408 21 A GATE K UPR AX * HOME GAME #19 408 CA 345 8.00 Average MLB ticket price in 2009: $26.54 CHICACO CUBS A ticket to a Yankees game can cost up to $1,25O vs ATLANTA BRAVES but you can see the Rockies for $4 CURO92 A 9MAY MRIGLEY FIELD FRI MAY 22 1987 3:05 PM .which is $1less than a hot dog at Dodgers Stadium 1 in 1.14 (88%) sports fans will eat a hot dog at a sporting event in a year 21,733,839 1 in 5.56sports fans cannot live hot dogs served during the 2009 season without peanuts at the ballpark the San Francisco Giants sell the most expensive beer: $8.75 The odds a boy will grow up to be a major league baseball player? 1 in 11,437 Sources: US Census Population Estimates Gallup, Inc. Jones JM. Less Than Half of Americans Are Baseball Fans. October 24, 2007:2. http://www.gallup.com Professional Football Continues Dominance over Baseball as America's Favorite Sport. Harris. January 27, 2009. http://surveys.ap.org/data/Ipsos/national/2007-10-19%20AP20SportsN2OSuperstition2oStudy%2otopline.pdf http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/daily/graphics/president_041305.html http://www.baseball-almanac.com/opening day/charts/AL opening day_games.shtml http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable_team_stats.jsp?c_id=mlb&baseballScope=mlb&statType=1&sitSplit=&timeSubFrame 2009&groupByTeametrue&Submit-Submit&timeFrame-1 http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendanoe/_/year/2009 http://teammarketing.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Fan2oCost%zolndex/MLB/MLBN20FCIN2009.pdf http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-ticketprices.html http://www.hot-dog.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/48167 http://www.baseball-reference.com/ Book /Odds. Baseball Odds There are 104,077,934 adult baseball fans in the US of those, 35% 70 consider baseball their favorite sport SUPERSTITIOUS FANS: 1 in 7.69 adults try to bring good luck to their team or avoid jinxing it of 18 presidents since 1909, only 1 never threw out a first pitch at an MLB game (Jimmy Carter) The odds a team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.85 (54% of the time) The odds a National League team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.88 (53% of the time) The odds an American League team will win its home opener: 1 in 1.81 (55% of the time) Home field 55%0 of games were won by the home team in 2009 (odds are 1 in 1.82) advantage throughout the season: National league: 1 in 1.76 American league: 1 in 1.88 The Dodgers have the highest average home game attendance: 40,440 per game The lowest? Oakland A's with 17,392. The difference over the whole season is 2,352,888 people, which is more than the population of New Mexico. 1 in 6 men and 1 in 9 women will attend an MLB game in a year CUB OS22 408 21 A GATE K UPR AX * HOME GAME #19 408 CA 345 8.00 Average MLB ticket price in 2009: $26.54 CHICACO CUBS A ticket to a Yankees game can cost up to $1,25O vs ATLANTA BRAVES but you can see the Rockies for $4 CURO92 A 9MAY MRIGLEY FIELD FRI MAY 22 1987 3:05 PM .which is $1less than a hot dog at Dodgers Stadium 1 in 1.14 (88%) sports fans will eat a hot dog at a sporting event in a year 21,733,839 1 in 5.56sports fans cannot live hot dogs served during the 2009 season without peanuts at the ballpark the San Francisco Giants sell the most expensive beer: $8.75 The odds a boy will grow up to be a major league baseball player? 1 in 11,437 Sources: US Census Population Estimates Gallup, Inc. Jones JM. Less Than Half of Americans Are Baseball Fans. October 24, 2007:2. http://www.gallup.com Professional Football Continues Dominance over Baseball as America's Favorite Sport. Harris. January 27, 2009. http://surveys.ap.org/data/Ipsos/national/2007-10-19%20AP20SportsN2OSuperstition2oStudy%2otopline.pdf http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/daily/graphics/president_041305.html http://www.baseball-almanac.com/opening day/charts/AL opening day_games.shtml http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable_team_stats.jsp?c_id=mlb&baseballScope=mlb&statType=1&sitSplit=&timeSubFrame 2009&groupByTeametrue&Submit-Submit&timeFrame-1 http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendanoe/_/year/2009 http://teammarketing.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Fan2oCost%zolndex/MLB/MLBN20FCIN2009.pdf http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-ticketprices.html http://www.hot-dog.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/48167 http://www.baseball-reference.com/ Book /Odds.