baseball: leadoff walks and runs scored?

Factual Questions
1

I don’t know if the James abstract deals with this, but I think I heard once that nearly 75% of leadoff walks score. Is this true? I imagine that the statistic, even if true, might vary with position in the batting order. None-the-less, after watching the Cubs give one away last night as three leadoff walks in three consecutive innings became the winning runs, I’m wondering if there is, in fact, a stat that addresses that. I’ve also thought that if that is true, it would be a great way to make some $ on bar bets. any help, dopers? xo C.

2

Can’t believe it - no baseball nuts all day? Ok - how about this: where can I find out what proportion of leadoff walks (in an inning) score? thanks.

3

I’ve nothing add, other than, show some respect. The Cubs didn’t give it away, the Cardinals took it from them. :wink:

4

:smack: Ok, the Cards took three leadoff walks and a passed ball from the Cubs. But the question remains - what percentage of leadoff walks turn into runs?

5

Here’s a site that reports a study covering every ML game for 29 years:

http://www.diamond-mind.com/newsletter/en021213.htm

If I read it correctly, 40% of the time a leadoff batter scored.

6

Ah, the SDMB - ya gotta love it. Thanks, dude.