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Originally Posted by sporr
The other thing to keep in mind is that, correct me if I'm wrong, MLB homefield advantage is significantly less than that in other sports.
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I took a little look at that going back a roughly equal amount of games in each of the big four pro sports in North America, working backwards from 2003.
The numbers looked like this:
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| | OVERALL | HOME | AWAY |
| GP | W L T PCT | W L T PCT | W L T PCT | W% DIFF
NBA | 4756 | 2378 2378 - .5000 | 1450 928 - .6098 | 928 1450 - .3902 | 21.95 .2195
NFL | 4816 | 2405 2405 6 .5000 | 1410 995 3 .5862 | 995 1410 3 .4138 | 17.23 .1723
NHL | 4920 | 2155 2155 610 .5000 | 1203 952 305 .5510 | 952 1203 305 .4490 | 10.20 .1020
MLB | 4850 | 2425 2425 - .5000 | 1313 1112 - .5414 | 1112 1313 - .4586 | 8.29 .0829
As you can see, the NBA came out on top, with the NFL coming in second, the NHL third, and MLB last. It's interesting to note how fairly similar the NHL and MLB figures are.