whip is simple reason. let say you have a ump going that's a solid under ump and a pitcher going that .805 whip. ump will be no help, he always throws strikes. now on the other hand you have a pitcher who whip is 1.890 and you draw an eddings, it sure will
let me know if that answers them
makes total sense. i assume a solid over ump would have a bigger impact on poor pitchers because of the tighter strike zone and the likelyhood of more walks.
i tried to test this theory that both solid over and under umps would have a bigger impact on poor pitchers. i'll now try to explain what i tried to do to test this theory and the one problem i encountered.
according to the 2006 thread notes, pitching is the biggest factor in determining a games run line. based on the assumption that both over and under umps have a bigger impact on poor pitchers i wanted to see if the games with higher run lines had a significantly better chance of going over with a over ump and under with a under ump.
looking at the spreadsheet umps04_05_06 i found ten umpires who had an over % greater than 53%(i could have used a higher %, but i wanted to try this on a larger sample first) for both the 04-05 seasons and the 2006 season. using the worksheet labeled OUbyLine found in the mlb2006master spreadsheet i then proceeded to calculate what the over % for these umpires would be if the run line was less than 9.5, less than 8, greater than 9.5, and greater than 10.5 for ther 2006 season. this is where i noticed that there is a discrepancy between the two spreadsheets in the umpire statistics. for example, according to spreadsheet umps04_05_06 jerry crawford umpired 19 overs and 13 unders in 2006, but worksheet OUbyLine indicates that crawford umpired 17 overs and 12 unders. also the last worksheet labeled AL & NL Combined found in the mlb2006master spreadsheet indicates that crawford umped 16 overs and 12 unders.
pops, do you know why there is a discrepancy in the spreadsheets?
is there a way to check how each ump did over/under against the different run lines for the 04-05 seasons like you can for the 2006 season with the OUbyLine worksheet?