John Wilbur Wood and Bryce Jones
In the first part, we looked at how big the home field advantage (HFA) stats were for the Kansas City Royals and other teams during the regular season of baseball and in other major league sports in the playoffs. It turns out that while home field plays a definite role in the regular season in baseball, it appears to be a lesser factor in the post-season—and not nearly so important as compared to the NBA, NHL, or NFL.
So, first some stats from this year’s regular season relating to home field.