Questions tagged [statistics]
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How the Net RunRate for each team is calculated in IPL?
A team's net run rate is calculated by deducting from the average runs
per over scored by that team throughout the season, the average runs
per over scored against that team throughout the season. ...
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How is the Net Run Rate calculated in ICC World Twenty 20 events?
I have some doubts regarding net run rate in the ongoing ICC world twenty 20 2014 event.It takes a while to read so please don't hesitate and give me a solution regarding this.
My doubt is that in ...
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What team has the shortest "longest losing streak" within a season in MLB history?
Don't know if the wording of the title makes sense, but I want to know what team had the longest losing streak that was the shortest in MLB history (or at least the live ball era)
A completely made ...
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Tiebreakers to decide league position in football (soccer)?
In the English Premier League, the league standing is decided using total points scored over the season, then goal difference, then goals scored - in that order.
What happens if two (or more) teams ...
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Do the laws of cricket allow running on the last ball, even after winning?
Say, teamA score is 368 (369 to win), and teamB is batting at 368 (or 366). One run (or 3 runs) will make them win. The batsman hits the ball for a six, so score is 374 (or 372) which is more than the ...
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In tennis, how much is the server's advantage diminished if the game goes to "deuce?"
In tennis, the person with the serve has a clear advantage. This is is certainly true at love-love, where four points are needed to win a game.
A server who lets the game go to "deuce" has squandered ...
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Which is more likely to result in a goal: a penalty shot or a power play?
Statistically speaking, is a hockey team (in the NHL) more likely to score on a power play or with a penalty shot?
Often times this is something I wonder when a player is tripped on a near breakaway ...
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When does a point count as a winner and when as unforced error?
The tennis statistics at the end of a set always show the number of winners and unforced errors of the players. But when does a point count as a winner and when as unforced error?
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Do batting scores in abandoned matches still count for your career stats?
In the most recent T20I between England and New Zealand, only two balls were bowled before the match was called off.
However, in that time, Lumb scored two runs, and then was caught behind.
Does ...
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How to find "distance covered" for players during the World Cup?
I was curious about the in-depth player stats from yesterdays game, Brazil - Croatia (specifically to assess Ivan Perisic's impact in the game) and came across a bunch of sites that provide basic ...
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How do I calculate the run rate in cricket?
I know the run rate is calculated by dividing the number of runs scored by number of overs.
How do I calculate the run rate midway through an over? If say a team scores 223 runs in 43.5 overs, what ...
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Calculation of bowling strike rate
Batting strike rate is calculated as (No. of runs / No. of balls faced) * 100.
How is bowling strike rate calculated?
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Who is the best striker (best goals/appearances ratio) with 25/50/100+ national caps?
Zlatan Ibrahimovic recently had his 50 goals milestone (also a national record for Sweden) prior to with 100 appearance for the team. With 50 goals in 100 games he's averaging a goal in every second ...
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What percentage of football goals originate from corner kicks?
What are the odds that getting a corner kick result in a goal?
Note, I am not asking the percentage of corner kicks that result in a goal. I am after stats from pro-level soccer, for example, the EPL....
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Where can I find the points per game throughout many NBA seasons?
Where can I find the points per game (of both teams) throughout many NBA seasons?
To illustrate my point, what I mean is something like:
2000/01 average points per NBA game: 200;
2001/02 average ...
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How are shorter power-plays counted in power play percentage?
One of the team statics in ice-hockey is power play percentage. From example, you can see it here for the currently played World Chapmionship or here for this year's NHL season.
I understand that ...
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Is there a connection between serious injuries/deaths in boxing and having one's father in one's corner?
In the commentary on the tragic 2005 Leavander Johnson/Jesus Chavez fight, which claimed the life of Leavander Johnson, commentator Jim Lampley said that there are two things that seem to be "constant"...
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Most number of extra-time Goals
On 30-Oct-2012, Arsenal defeated Reading with an incredible score of 7-5. A more astonishing fact is that 4 goals were scored in Extra-time.
Is this the record for the most number of goals in extra-...
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What percent of corner kicks turn into goals?
I have looked around for this statistic without luck. I just wondered what percentage of corner kicks actually result in a goal? Not necessarily straight in, but from the same passage of play. I have ...
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In ice hockey, how is plus/minus calculated?
In ice hockey, how is plus/minus calculated when it comes to individual player's stats. Also, on a broader scale, what does plus/minus mean exactly? Unsure if I'm being redundant here.
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American football yards after contact stats
I'm trying to find a breakdown of passing plays that takes into account yards after contact so I can subtract it out of a quarterbacks throwing yards to give a better picture of QB versus receiver ...
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In which part of ice hockey game most goals are scored?
It is quite natural that various part of hockey game have different dynamics and also different likelihood of scoring a goal. There are several factors. Players get more tired with time. In second ...
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Double Minor Penalty Kill Counts as 1 or 2 Kills?
In NHL hockey when you receive a double minor penalty (4:00 penalty given for example high sticking leading to bleeding) does this count as 2 separate penalty kills if no goals are scored during the 4 ...
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Batting average greater than on-base percentage
While watching a New York Mets game early this season, before one plate appearance the broadcast graphics displayed that catcher John Buck had a batting average (AVG) of .400 and an on-base percentage ...
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Career of a cricketer
I need to clarify some doubts about the career of a cricketer.
If a player played for Under-19 international matches, will they be added in his ODI career?
If a player played any domestic matches ...
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What teams have won the Champions League undefeated?
With the Champions League finals coming this weekend, I was wondering if any team has ever won the Champions League or the European Cup without ever losing a game in both the Qualification rounds and ...
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What's the rarest event in professional baseball?
What is the rarest feat in professional baseball?
Unassisted triple play?
Pitching a perfect game?
Pitching more than 9 innings, perfect game?
Using a statistic or terminology that can be ...
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What is the estimated point value of deferring after winning the coin toss?
In American football, the winner of the coin toss can make a choice now (usually to receive the kick-off which starts the game), or can defer their choice to the second half (thus having the option to ...
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How are football players objectively rated?
Football (soccer) by comparison to many other sports has very little in the way of personal player statistics. This is particularly true for defenders, who don't even have the number of goals scored ...
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Which soccer players have more goals than games at the club level?
Are there some football players who have better average than 1 goal per game in their club career? Or if we restrict only to one competition, not the whole career? Or to one season of a competition?
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Who is awarded the assist when a receiving player deliberately leaves the ball for another player, who scores?
Who is assisting the goal, if a player [1] passes the ball to a teammate [2], who is missing the ball on purpose and is leaving it for a third player, who scores? For example, who is assisting the ...
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Is an NHL defender credited with a block if the puck still enters the goal?
If the puck hits a defender, but the puck proceeds to enter the goal they are defending anyway, is that defender still credited with a block (against that shot)?
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Why did penalty kick success rates suddenly drop from 2004 to 2005?
As featured in this answer, the penalty kick success rate in the Premier League was 92.3% in 2004, and consistently around 95% in the preceding seasons, but in 2005 it dropped to 77% and has stayed at ...
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Worst first serve percentage in a match during a grand slam
Is there a record of who has had the worst first serve percentage during a singles match in a grand slam event? This question includes both men's and women's games.
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Where can I get data for individual player statistics in European football? [closed]
I am doing a research paper on European football, and I am looking for individual player statistics. For example, numbers on detailed stats like shots, shots on target, passes, tackles, blocks, ...
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Which test player had 99.9 average in his test career?
Which test player has 99.9 average in his test career and in last match of his career he was out on 0 ? As if he had just one score in his last inning then his average would have became 100.
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