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Effectively Wild Episode 2013: The League Looks More Level

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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The Effects of the Zombies on Baseball

Major league teams before the zombie runner were about 11 points worse in their winning percentage in extra innings. Once the zombie runner came in, they had a 515 winning percentage in the first nine innings went down. Their winning percentage in extras actually went up 53.9%. The sample in the minors is obviously more robust, would suggest that maybe what we've seen so far as a mirage isn't true. But I guess you sum it all up and presumably there's even less time now for the team to separate itself from its home field advantage.

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