Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site oasys.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!hao!nbires!oasys!rhoads From: rhoads@oasys.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: No-hitter/BA stays the same Message-ID: <109@oasys.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 12:38:49 EDT Article-I.D.: oasys.109 Posted: Wed Aug 21 12:38:49 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 18:50:58 EDT References: <240@mb2c.UUCP> <969@houxf.UUCP> Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 16 > Is a team's batting average = .000 before the season begins? I > think that 0/0 is not all that well defined whereas 0/27 [or > whatever] is well defined. Are these two really equal? > > Ken Glass > ...ihnp4 One could probably argue just as well that a team's B.A. is 1.000 on opening day, as they have a hit for every time at bat, but this is just as incorrect (or correct?) mathematically, although what does the rulebook say? However, a SECOND DAY no-hitter after an opening day no-hitter would definetly keep the other team's B.A. the same, as both 0/27 [or whatever] and 0/54 [or whatever] are both well-defined. Unfortunately, Feller was never allowed to pitch two days in a row (of course if started to rain on opening night (AFTER the game) and rained for 40 days and 40 nights...)