{"id":1139,"date":"2016-09-27T20:03:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T20:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.rose-hulman.edu\/rickert\/?page_id=1139"},"modified":"2016-10-20T20:05:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T20:05:41","slug":"ma331-some-possible-project-ideas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.rose-hulman.edu\/rickert\/ma331-some-possible-project-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"MA331 Some Possible Project Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Distribution of runs scored<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At what age do batter peak?<\/li>\n<li>Who will have a longer career (on average), a young pitcher who strikes out many batters, or a young pitcher who gets by on finesse (&#8220;knows how to pitch&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>When does it make sense to intentionally walk a batter?<\/li>\n<li>Analysis of strategies &#8211; intentional walks, ssac bunts, steal attempts<\/li>\n<li>How significant is home field advantage?<\/li>\n<li>Markov chain analysis incorporating double-plays, advancement on groundball outs, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Where should Barry Bonds and Rey Ordonez bat?<\/li>\n<li>What would Barry Bonds\/Alex Rodriguez\/&#8230; hit playing home games in Coors Field?<\/li>\n<li>How would playing home games in Coors field affect the performance of Roger Clemens\/ Randy Johnson\/Greg Maddux\/Pedro Martinez\/&#8230;?<\/li>\n<li>If a player is a .300 (or .250 or &#8230;) hitter, consider a string of 200AB. Beginning from 10AB, what&#8217;s the highest\/lowest batting average that teh player will have over the stretch?<\/li>\n<li>In Playoffs and World Series, does the game 1 margin of victory correlate with eventual victory (or scoring margin)?<\/li>\n<li>Stolen Base percentage with LH batter\/ RH batter at teh plate<\/li>\n<li>With the pitcher coming up and two outs, should the runner on third base take a chance and try to score the run?<\/li>\n<li>Should fast runnerss be kept together in the batting order? Does breaking them up with a slow runner clog the bases?<\/li>\n<li>How should tickets be proiced to maximize revenue?<\/li>\n<li>Analyze the forces on a spinning baseball.<\/li>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>How do people track and catch flyballs?<\/li>\n<li>Sweet-spot analysis &#8211; the bat-ball collision.<\/li>\n<li>What difference does altitude make?<\/li>\n<li>Effect of rain\/cold on the baseball.<\/li>\n<li>Analyze the coefficient of restitution as relative velocity between bat and ball increases.<\/li>\n<li>How should an outfielder throw the ball to make sure that it reaches the catcher at home plate in the minimum amount of time?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8220;peripheral quality indicators&#8221; for quality of play as listed by Bill James:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hitting by Pitchers<\/li>\n<li>The average distance of players, in age, from 27<\/li>\n<li>The percentage of players who are less than six feet tall or more that 6&#8217;3&#8243;<\/li>\n<li>Fielding percentage and passed balls<\/li>\n<li>Double plays\/ ratio of Double Plays to Errors<\/li>\n<li>Usage of pitchers at other positions<\/li>\n<li>The percentage of fielding plays made by pitchers<\/li>\n<li>The percentage of games which are blowouts<\/li>\n<li>The average attendance and seating capacity of the game location<\/li>\n<li>The condition of the field<\/li>\n<li>The use of players in specialized roles<\/li>\n<li>The average distance of teams from .500<\/li>\n<li>The percentage of games which go nine innings<\/li>\n<li>The standard deviation of offensive effectiveness<\/li>\n<li>The standard of record-keeping<\/li>\n<li>The percentage of managers who have 20 years or more experience in the game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I would add<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The percentage of players born within 50 miles of the place home games are played. The percentage of players born more than 1000(or 2000) miles away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #880088\"> The revised project schedule:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #880088\">\r\nPreliminary proposal       Thursday, January 17      Week 6\r\nFinal Proposal             Tuesday, January 22       Week 7\r\nInterim Report             Tuesday, January 29       Week 8 <\/span>\r\nOral Reports                                         Week 10\r\nFinal Written Report       Friday, February 15       Week 10\r\n<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Go to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.rose-hulman.edu\/rickert\/ma331-mathematical-modeling-the-mathematics-and-physics-of-baseball\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u><span style=\"color: #000080\">class page<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li>the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rose-hulman.edu\/academics\/academic-departments\/mathematics.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><u><span style=\"color: #000080\">Mathematics Department Home Page. <\/span><\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li>my <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.rose-hulman.edu\/rickert\/jhrs-class-pages-list\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u><span style=\"color: #000080\">classes page<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li>my <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.rose-hulman.edu\/rickert\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u><span style=\"color: #000080\">home page<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Distribution of runs scored At what age do batter peak? 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