The general form of the increasingly misnamed Pythagorean formula in baseball
The definitions
W = Wins/Games - 1/2 S = Runs scored per 9 innings A = Runs allowed per 9 inningsX = (S+A) * 2^-0.5
Y = (S-A) * 2^-0.5
The predictor
W = Y * Sum[0:n] ( a[n] X ^ b[n] ) Y^2n
June 25, 2004 10:38 PM
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