Red Sox Hitting Recap, 4 April to 3 October 2010

Between Sunday 4 April 2010 and Sunday 3 October 2010, the Boston Red Sox played one hundred sixty-two games – winning eighty-nine and losing seventy-three.

The hypothesis is that when the Boston Red Sox have double digit hits (ten or more) in a game, the team is likely to win the game. When the Boston Red Sox have single digit hits (zero to nine) in a game, the team is likely to lose the game.

Hitting (Season-To-Sunday 3 October 2010)

Red Sox wins when hitting in double digits = 54
Red Sox losses when hitting in double digits = 21
Total number of games = 75
Red Sox won 72.00% of the games when hitting in double digits

Red Sox wins when hitting in single digits = 35
Red Sox losses when hitting in single digits = 52
Total number of games = 87
Red Sox won 40.23% of the games when hitting in single digits

The hypothesis remains valid.


NOTE:

With my perception of the Boston Red Sox as being a power-hitting team, I would have predicted that the total number of double digit games would be greater than the total number of single digit games. This was not the case in 2010. Establishing 82 double digit games as the minimum number necessary to confirm my theoretical prediction and with the Red Sox having a total of 75 double digit games; they fell short by seven games, which is an 8.54% difference


Images:
Left: Pie chart of Red Sox percentage wins and losses when double digit hitting
Right: Pie chart of Red Sox percentage wins and losses when single digit hitting