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Review
. 2015 Dec;121(3):791-804.
doi: 10.2466/26.PMS.121c25x1. Epub 2015 Dec 10.

THE HOME ADVANTAGE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Marshall B Jones  1
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THE HOME ADVANTAGE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Marshall B Jones. Percept Mot Skills. 2015 Dec.

Abstract

Home advantage is smaller in baseball than in other major professional sports for men, specifically football, basketball, or soccer. This paper advances an explanation. It begins by reviewing the main observations to support the view that there is little or no home advantage in individual sports. It then presents the case that home advantage originates in impaired teamwork among the away players. The need for teamwork and the extent of it vary from sport to sport. To the extent that a sport requires little teamwork it is more like an individual sport, and the home team would be expected to enjoy only a small advantage. Interactions among players on the same side (teamwork) are much less common in baseball than in the other sports considered.

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