The Intentional Loss

Overview

Objectives/Goals The goal was to determine whether or not the intentional walk in baseball is a good idea or not, using two separate C++ programs. One program with the intentional walk, and one without. After that, the objective was determining how many more runs were gained/lost from doing this. Methods/Materials The Method used was a C++ program. Our materials, being general, consisted of a computer, C++ software, bored materials, text books, and the internet. Results Running each program 50 times, and finding the averages, we found that with the intentional walk the SF Giants gain over 3x's more runs. The program with the intentional walk's percentage of runs being 77%, and the program without the intentional walk's percentage of runs being 23% Conclusions/Discussion After running our project, we decided that using the intentional walk is a bad idea. The team up to bat gains a lot more runs if you use the intentional walk. It is a better idea to pitch to the batter and hope for a strike out.

Competition history

• CSEF 2002 Mathematics & Software · Entry S1208

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