Just in time for the start of the Dodgers vs. Yankees, we sat down and discussed our own personal thoughts on how to win a World Series in BaseHit and looked at what the database has to say about teams that win the WS.

For fun, I also took a quick look at 17,202 World Series winners and losers in 24-team leagues in the database, to see if we saw any patterns in the World Series-winning season stats, and the data we discuss is below the vid for you non-watchers…

(Audio version of this weeks podcast: https://basehit.podbean.com/e/this-week-in-basehit-how-to-win-a-world-series/)

World Series winning percentage for teams with better season-long stats than their opponents in each category. (Example: Teams that scored more runs during the regular season won the World Series 55.13% of the time.)

Higher Runs Scored (RS): 55.1%
Lower Runs Allowed (RA): 58.6%
Higher Run Differential: 60.7%
Higher RS and Lower RA: 66.6%

Batting stats
Higher BBs: 52.4%
Higher HRs: 54.2%
Higher Flyball/Groundball Ratio: 60.2%

Pitching/Fielding stats
More strikeouts: 51.9%
Less errors committed: 52.5%
Less SB allowed: 52.5%
Less BBs allowed: 52.7%

More Holds: 45.4%
More Saves: 47.6%
More Complete Games: 54.3%

Lower Opponent BABIP: 57.8%
Lower ERA: 58.8%
Lower ERA: 58.8%
Lower WHiP: 59.1%
Lower Opponent Avg: 59.4%