Question

In the 1996 regular baseball season, the World Series Champion New York Yankees played 80 games at home and 82 games away. They won 49 of their home games and 43 of the games played away. We can consider these games as samples from potentially large populations of games played at home and away. How much advantage does the Yankee home field provide

Answer 1

Answer: 61.25% of games where won at home 49/80

Explanation: the yankees home field has a high advantage due to statistics from home matches played in 1996 season.

80 home games

49 wins

49/80 X 100 = 61.25

Games won at home in that season was above 50% which is a huge number considering there are hardly home advantages in baseball, so Yes Yankees home provide them an home advantage above 61%.