Big data in MLB

2020/6/2
陳玠甫 D0778594
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https://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/2019/03/baseball-big-data-statistics-analytics-changing-game/ https://www.bnext.com.tw/article/34393/BN-ARTICLE-34393

I am a baseball lover, I watch MLB since I was a kid, so I was thinking that is the big data also do anything in the ball game?And no surprise, the answer is yes.After finishing the research, big data is pretty important if you want to strengthen your team and win the games.So here is some information for the big data in MLB.

The US media Sporttechie has disclosed that Big Data has become an important manifestation of the MLB Major League Baseball in the United States. It is an important strategic analysis tool for American baseball events, including the strategy of the game, how the coach manages the players, or even changes the fan’s experience of watching. Have a huge impact.
Datanami company statistics, since 2000, the US baseball data has shown explosive growth. In a baseball game, you can collect more than 1TB of data, which is equivalent to more than 300,000 high-quality photos. Judging by the number of balls used by the starting pitcher, about 100 balls, more than 20 kinds of data can be collected by throwing a ball. To the information. Experts even predict that with the introduction of sensing devices and various technologies, the technical threshold for collecting sports events will become lower and lower. The amount of data collected in a baseball game in the future may even explode to 7TB.Another important influence of Big Data in the US MLB game is to change the defensive strategy.Compared with attacks, since 2000, the number of "defensive shifts" adopted by the U.S. professional baseball has increased significantly. The key is that infield coaches can use Big Data to analyze when an opponent may hit a hit to determine player defense Position, should you retreat to the outfield, or move forward to defend, etc.
Major league teams use defense instead of offense to reduce the opponent's hit rate. In 2010, the number of MLB defensive conversion strategies was only about 2,400, but in 2013 it increased to 8,000.

Big data is not only use in the business industry, but many things in our life. As you can see  almost everything in baseball game is relative to the big data.

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