The chance of the home team winning, at the start of each inning (or bases empty with no outs), based on probability theory.
Assumptions:
The first cell is read as "The home team, in the top of the 1st, with 0 outs and bases empty, down by 4, has a .186 chance of winning the game, given the above assumptions".
See also Probability Theory: both teams equals, no HFA
See also Empirical Data
Home Score Differential | ||||||||||
Inning | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Top | 1 | 0.186 | 0.255 | 0.340 | 0.437 | 0.539 | ||||
Bottom | 1 | 0.209 | 0.285 | 0.376 | 0.479 | 0.585 | 0.685 | 0.770 | 0.839 | 0.891 |
Top | 2 | 0.168 | 0.238 | 0.325 | 0.427 | 0.537 | 0.644 | 0.739 | 0.815 | 0.874 |
Bottom | 2 | 0.191 | 0.268 | 0.362 | 0.471 | 0.586 | 0.693 | 0.783 | 0.852 | 0.903 |
Top | 3 | 0.150 | 0.219 | 0.308 | 0.416 | 0.535 | 0.651 | 0.751 | 0.829 | 0.887 |
Bottom | 3 | 0.171 | 0.247 | 0.346 | 0.462 | 0.588 | 0.704 | 0.798 | 0.868 | 0.916 |
Top | 4 | 0.129 | 0.196 | 0.287 | 0.401 | 0.533 | 0.661 | 0.766 | 0.846 | 0.902 |
Bottom | 4 | 0.149 | 0.224 | 0.325 | 0.450 | 0.590 | 0.719 | 0.817 | 0.885 | 0.931 |
Top | 5 | 0.107 | 0.170 | 0.261 | 0.383 | 0.531 | 0.674 | 0.786 | 0.865 | 0.918 |
Bottom | 5 | 0.124 | 0.196 | 0.299 | 0.434 | 0.594 | 0.739 | 0.840 | 0.905 | 0.946 |
Top | 6 | 0.084 | 0.141 | 0.229 | 0.357 | 0.528 | 0.693 | 0.810 | 0.887 | 0.935 |
Bottom | 6 | 0.098 | 0.164 | 0.266 | 0.410 | 0.601 | 0.768 | 0.869 | 0.928 | 0.962 |
Top | 7 | 0.059 | 0.108 | 0.189 | 0.320 | 0.526 | 0.723 | 0.842 | 0.913 | 0.954 |
Bottom | 7 | 0.070 | 0.127 | 0.222 | 0.374 | 0.611 | 0.812 | 0.905 | 0.953 | 0.977 |
Top | 8 | 0.036 | 0.071 | 0.138 | 0.263 | 0.524 | 0.771 | 0.884 | 0.942 | 0.972 |
Bottom | 8 | 0.043 | 0.085 | 0.165 | 0.312 | 0.627 | 0.882 | 0.949 | 0.978 | 0.990 |
Top | 9 | 0.015 | 0.033 | 0.075 | 0.168 | 0.522 | 0.853 | 0.937 | 0.973 | 0.988 |
Bottom | 9 | 0.018 | 0.040 | 0.091 | 0.204 | 0.655 | ||||