Please tell me either about a pro american baseball game:

1) the average time between pitches  

or, if that cannot be found, the average number of pitches thrown.

thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 04 Oct 2005 20:09 PDT

Would the average time between pitches in Major League Baseball in
2004 be a sufficient answer?

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 04 Oct 2005 20:10 PDT

Incidentally, I ask because have I found that statistic.

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Clarification of Question by askip-ga on 05 Oct 2005 06:43 PDT

absolutely.

Hello askip,

In 2004, the average time between pitches in Major League Baseball was
approximately 26.3 seconds.

"Fast doesn't impress Snow" (Associated Press, updated March 5, 2005)
ESPN.com
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=2006085

"Notes: Haren handles Cubs," by Mychael Urban (03/03/2005) [near bottom of article]
MLB.com
https://secure.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050303&content_id=955930&vkey=spt2005news&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

- justaskscott


Search strategy --

Searched on Google for:

"time between pitches" site:mlb.com
"26.3 seconds" pitches

Thanks!!

Scott --

The average MLB games have been running between 2:45 and 2:56. 
There's a 2-minute break between each half of the inning (though
umpires have been known to snip it short).

Here's a Baseball Prospectus study that you may find useful:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1118

Note that there's high variance in time-between-pitches, particularly
because when there are runners on-base, it's the pitcher's
responsibility to hold them close to the base.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

thanks but I am missing something...

you are saying the avg game time is "between 2:45 and 2:56"?

what abbout the average time between pitches?  variable?

Of course there are certain pitchers who take very little time between
pitches.  For example, the pitcher Mark Buehrle of the White Sox is
known for his practice of wasting no time in throwing a pitch.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_5_64/ai_n14702595

And then there are other pitchers who seem to wait for the planets to
align every time they want to throw a pitch.