What are the odds of a player going 6-6..

[SBR Lou]

In a single MLB game?

This guy just did it...Won the game w/ his 6th hit bottom of 9th..

[rm18]

well depends on how good your team is, how good you are, how much of a free swinger, home team or road team etc.

[rm18]

probably 1 in 20,000 maybe

[SBR Lou]

probably 1 in 20,000 maybe

Had to figure it was something like that. He certainly is a great leadoff hitter when he wants to be.

[fearless]

Had to figure it was something like that. He certainly is a great leadoff hitter when he wants to be.

Aren't you gonna make any picks in your duel? I've made six and you've only made one.

[pavyracer]

I wouldn't call beating the team with less payroll than A-Rod by one run in the 9th as great achievement. It's actually an embarassment if you have a $300 million payroll.

[SBR Lou]

Aren't you gonna make any picks in your duel? I've made six and you've only made one.

Sorry about that bud, I was meaning to put my g/f down but fell asleep, are we allowed to use a 1st quarter bet too? I will put that down as I have Lakers 1Q..

[BeatTheJerk]

JD's bat is on fire good for him because he was struggling early on this season ............... top 3 leadof hitters in the game right behind my main man hanley.ramirez

[Nicky Santoro]

well, damon is a .288 lifetime hitter, so the odds of him getting 6 hits in 6 ab's are 1 in 2,000..


So the odds that damon gets 6 straight hits are in 1 in 2,000..

however, the odds of going 6 for 6 are nowhere near 1 in 2,000..


reason why is first of all, how often will a player get 6 AB's.. secondly, the odds of him getting 1 walk would just about ruin his chances for 6 for 6.. It's very rare a player goes to the plate 6 times, let alone get 6 hits because for any walks, hit by pitch, sac bunt or anything else that happens, no way he goes 6 for 6..


So the odds of him going 6 for 6 is nowhere near 1 in 2,000.. but if i had to guess, i'd say about 1 in 10,000 if not more..

If someone asked me before this game how much will they give me on damon going 6 for 6, i wouldn't take anything less than 10,000 to 1.

The odds might be even 20,000 to 1, like rm18 said.. it's impossible to know..

[fearless]

Sorry about that bud, I was meaning to put my g/f down but fell asleep, are we allowed to use a 1st quarter bet too? I will put that down as I have Lakers 1Q..

We're only allowed to put down the lines that are up for the bracket contest:

http://forum.sbrforum.com/handicapping-contests/79430-sbr-tournament-lines-saturday-june-7th.html

Obviously there will be new lines for the games tomorrow but I don't if they'll include quarters. You'll have to check.

[Tsoprano]

Excellent game today, everybody seemed to step up, for pitchers stepping down.

[rm18]

well, damon is a .288 lifetime hitter, so the odds of him getting 6 hits in 6 ab's are 1 in 2,000..


So the odds that damon gets 6 straight hits are in 1 in 2,000..

however, the odds of going 6 for 6 are nowhere near 1 in 2,000..


reason why is first of all, how often will a player get 6 AB's.. secondly, the odds of him getting 1 walk would just about ruin his chances for 6 for 6.. It's very rare a player goes to the plate 6 times, let alone get 6 hits because for any walks, hit by pitch, sac bunt or anything else that happens, no way he goes 6 for 6..


So the odds of him going 6 for 6 is nowhere near 1 in 2,000.. but if i had to guess, i'd say about 1 in 10,000 if not more..

If someone asked me before this game how much will they give me on damon going 6 for 6, i wouldn't take anything less than 10,000 to 1.

The odds might be even 20,000 to 1, like rm18 said.. it's impossible to know..

that was the calculations i did, 1 in 2k to get 6 straight hits

and 1/10 to get exactly 6 AB's

[rm18]

but maybe that was a bad guess, because he had had 5 or less all season before today