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Created Sun 6th Apr 10:22am PDT by bostongraf
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MLB -How many pitchers will record 20 wins in the 2008 regular season?

Settled as Four

4

http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/league_leaders.jsp?c_id=mlb&Submit=Submit&sortByStat=W&baseballScope=mlb&statType=2&timeFrame=1&timeSubFrame=2008

Background:

One pitcher did it in 2007, none in 2006, four in 2005. How many will do it this year?


Settlement details: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/stats/byposition

Regular Season only. Both AL and NL are included. Question suspends with 3 weeks left in the season, but settlement will occur after the last regular season game is played, unless outcome is decided before then.

 
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 None
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One
6%
Two
25%
Three
40%
Four
25%
Five or more
3%
Activity: H$10,895
Settled as Four on Mon 29th Sep 6:41am PDT

Suspend date: Tue 9th Sep 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Mon 29th Sep 6:41am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 9th Sep 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: None: 10%, One: 20%, Two: 20%, Three: 20%, Four: 20%, Five or more: 10%

Action history:

Suspend date: Tue 9th Sep 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Mon 29th Sep 6:41am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 9th Sep 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (69)

69 predictions

12 weeks ago
bout3fitty predicted Four (H$281 at 21%)
12 weeks ago
keyeshoveden predicted Three (H$500 at 44%)
12 weeks ago
spurt34 predicted Three (H$10 at 34%)
12 weeks ago
spurt34 predicted Two (H$10 at 35%)
12 weeks ago
stewart_lightfoot predicted Three (H$50 at 34%)

Comments (4)

  1 bostongraf
Here's a more better URL for this exact question:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/stats/byposition?pos=SP,RP&conference=MLB&year=season_2008&qualified=1&sort=100
posted 34 weeks ago
  2 bostongraf
(ugh..."more better"...can we just let that one go?)
posted 34 weeks ago
  3 buckeyetom
Right now there are 18 pitchers who are at least 1/2 way there. (7/9/08)
posted 20 weeks ago
  4 buckeyetom
Webb and Lee are all I would bet on.
posted 14 weeks ago

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