Irving and Goldstein (1990) Effect of home-field advantage on peak performance of baseball pitchers

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CONTRIBUTORS:

	Author:	Irving, P. G.
	Author:	Goldstein, S. R.

JOURNAL:

Journal of Sport Behavior (JSB), 13(1), 23 - 27.

YEAR:

1990

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

longitudinal-study; baseball; pitching; home-advantage

DISCIPLINE:

No discipline assigned

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https://secure.sportquest.com/su.cfm?articleno=252102&title=252102

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-343-391 (Last edited on 2002/02/27 18:44:13 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
Numerous studies have demonstrated that teams playing on their home field win significantly more often than visiting teams, an effect which is often marginally significant in baseball. Therefore, focusing on extraordinary physical feats, this study attempted to determine whether and to what extent a relationship existed between no-hitters and homefield setting. All no-hitters pitched since the turn of the century were examined to determine if such a relationship existed, using a chi-square goodness of fit test. Results suggested that territoriality does exist when using nohitters as a measure of peak performance. The home-field advantage seems to increase as the superiority of performance increases.

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