NJIT Newsroom tagged with "baseball predictions"

NJIT Mathematician Publishes 2013 Major League Baseball Projections

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

It looks like 2013 will be a thrilling season for baseball fans as four of the six divisions can be expected to deliver tight races, says baseball guru NJIT Associate Professor and Associate Dean Bruce Bukiet. Over the years, Bukiet has applied mathematical analysis to compute the number of regular season games each Major League Baseball team should win. Though his expertise is in mathematical modeling, his projections have compared well with those of so-called experts.

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NJIT Mathematician Publishes 2012 Major League Baseball Projections

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Diamondbacks should win their divisions, while the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds will make it to Major League Baseball’s post-season as wild card teams in the National League (NL) in 2012, according to NJIT’s baseball guru Bruce Bukiet.

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NJIT Math Professor Announces Who Deserves the Cy Young and Most Valuable Player Awards; Calls Rangers Solid Favorite for World Series

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

With Major League Baseball’s World Series set to begin tomorrow, NJIT math professor Bruce Bukiet has once again analyzed the players most deserving of winning baseball’s most important awards for the 2011 season.

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NJIT Math Professor Calls Rangers and Brewers Solid Favorites for Championships

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

The Major League Baseball Division Series is underway and NJIT math professor Bruce Bukiet has once again analyzed the probability of each team advancing to the World Series.

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NJIT Mathematician Publishes 2011 Major League Baseball Projections

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants should win their divisions, while the Atlanta Braves will take the wild card slot in the National League (NL), according to NJIT’s baseball guru Bruce Bukiet.

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Texas Rangers Will Take the Series, Says NJIT Math Guru

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

There’s a 65 percent chance that the Texas Rangers will beat the San Francisco Giants in the World Series starting tomorrow, said NJIT’s Bruce Bukiet, an associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences.

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NJIT Math Guru Right for Baseball: So Far Phillies, Rangers, Yanks, Giants Winning

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

So far, so good for NJIT’s Bruce Bukiet, who’s been calling the cards right when it comes to winning baseball teams. In the first round of the Major League Baseball Division Series last week, Bukiet, an associate professor of mathematics at NJIT, said the Phillies, Rangers, Yanks and Giants would be ahead. And, they are thanks to his mathematical model.

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NJIT Math Professor Named 2010 MLB Predictions Champ

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Bruce Bukiet, PhD, of West Orange, an associate professor in NJIT's Department of Mathematical Sciences who applies mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, has won the 2010 Major League Baseball Predictions contest sponsored by Baseball PhD.

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NJIT Prof Sees 70 Percent Chance for Yanks to Win the 2009 World Series: Mauer, Hanley Ramirez Deserve MVP; Greinke, Lincecum Deserve Cy Young

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT’s Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, has computed the probability of the Yankees and Phillies winning the World Series. He also has computed the most deserving of Major League Baseball’s prestigious 2009 Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Cy Young awards.

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NJIT Mathematician Foresees Tight Races in Major League Baseball’s Eastern Divisions

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels should make the playoffs in the American League (AL) in 2009 with most other teams lagging well behind.

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Mathematician Foresees Romps for Major League Baseball’s American League and Tight Races in National League in 2008

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT’s indefatigable math professor Bruce Bukiet is once again opining on outcomes for this season’s Major League Baseball teams. His picks are based on a mathematical model he developed in 2000.

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NJIT Math Professor Issues Baseball Playoff Predictions

Fri, 08 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Bruce Bukiet, PhD, an associate professor of mathematical sciences at NJIT, has issued his baseball playoff predictions for 2004. The series between the Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees should be the most hotly contested, with the Twins having a slight edge of 51 to 49 percent. “The Twins’ edge in pitching makes up for the Yankees’ dominance in hitting,” says Bukiet, an expert in numerical methods and mathematical modeling.

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