Baseball durations after the pitch clock
4 days ago
- #sports analytics
- #data analysis
- #baseball
- Major League Baseball introduced a pitch clock, leading to a significant reduction in game durations.
- Game durations dropped notably in 2023, with a further slight reduction in 2024.
- The median game duration and interquartile range were analyzed using data from Retrosheet.
- A Python script processed game logs to calculate yearly quartiles for game durations.
- The resulting data was visualized using Matplotlib, showing trends from 1920 to 2024.
- The author plans to update the analysis once 2025 game logs become available.