BBSP for the entire MLB 2006

To respond to the comment made to the last post, "is it possible to create the graphs for the entire league for a year? ... ...", I have created a BBSP for the entire MLB 2006 season.

Here's the plot (in pdf format).

Note:
There were 2429 games. (Each game is counted twice; once for "us" and for "opponent")
Home games (2429 of them) are highlighted.
Home teams were 1327 - 1102 (0.546).
The marginal plots on the top and on the left are exactly the same shape as they should.
The blue marginal plot on the top is the score distribution of the Home team, and the blue marginal on the left is of the Away team.
Home teams scored 20 twice (6/20 White Sox vs Cardinals, 9/18 Rockies vs Giants).

Here's the plot (in pdf format) without the details (w/o inside dots).

The MLB games are fairly competitive; one-run-games are very common. If you count the dots you will find that the most frequent scores were:
4-3 (123 times),
5-4 (105 times),
3-2 (101 times),
6-5 (97 times),
2-1 (78 times),
5-3 (77 times),
4-2 (76 times),
6-3 (76 times).

Bob Gibson in 1968

The example mentioned in a comment to the last post.
http://data.vanderbilt.edu/bbplot/png/SLN-1968-19-1.png

Gibson was great in '68 by Baseball Analysts.

JSM handout available

Last Sunday, the 29th of July, I presented the BBSP at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Salt Lake City as a 15-minute talk in a session run by the Statistics in Sports Section of the American Statistical Association. A copy of the handout that I, um, handed out at the talk is available (in pdf) for your viewing pleasure.

The handout contains description of how to read the plots and the Roger Clemens / Houston Astros example. As high-resolution pdf, it is suitable to be blown up from its normal size (8.5 x 11 inches), and might make a pretty print if printed at 17 x 22. I'm not sure if it is 'suitable for framing', but it might make a unique and inexpensive Christmas (or your favorite gift-giving holiday!) present for your favorite baseball fan.

Pittsburgh Pirates 2006

Click to open >> Pirates 2006 one-run games.

This is the plot that motivated the BBSP.

One-run games (games decided by one run) appear right above the diagonal if the Pirates lost these games, and right below the diagonal if the Pirates were on the winning side. You could count the blue x's and black dots, but you can get the general idea just by looking at the plot.

Many blue x's right above the diagonal indicating a terrible record in the one-run games in the first half. Some black dots right below the diagonal indicating the subsequent improvement in such games in the second half.

In any case, it's tough being a Pirate fan. 2-13 since All-Star Break. Ouch.