{"id":12524,"date":"2011-03-07T14:06:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T21:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=12524"},"modified":"2011-03-07T14:06:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T21:06:05","slug":"umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I recently read an article about NBA referees and their ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If more fouls are called, teams shoot additional free throws and play less than optimal defense. MLB umpires may also have the ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If they call more balls, which result in additional walks, more runs may score. Other umpires may call fewer balls, which decreases walks and potentially reduces the number of runs scored. Bettors would benefit from having more information on the performance of each MLB umpire.<\/p>\n<p>Total Line Betting \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Placing a wager on the total number of points, runs, or goals scored in a game.<\/p>\n<p>Over\/Under \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Betting that the total number of points, runs, or goals will be larger or smaller than expected.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Methodology<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I used a web site called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covers.com\/pageLoader\/pageLoader.aspx?page=\/data\/mlb\/umpires\/umpires.html\">Covers.com<\/a> to analyze the 2010 performance of 62 MLB umpires. Data was collected in the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Games Over Total Line<\/li>\n<li>Games Under Total Line<\/li>\n<li>Percentage of Games Over Total Line<\/li>\n<li>Total Balls Per Game<\/li>\n<li>Walks Per Game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Results<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Out of the 62 MLB umpires in the sample, eighteen qualified for the Over category. Twelve other umpires were eligible for the Under category. Their performance data is listed in the tables below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Over<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpover.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12525\" title=\"hitchensumpover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpover.png 600w, https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpover-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Under<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpunder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12527\" title=\"hitchensumpunder\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpunder.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpunder.png 600w, https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpunder-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Analysis<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>48.4% of the sample qualified for the Over or Under category (Over \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 29.3%, Under \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 19.1%). Jim Reynolds (64.29%), Fieldin Culbreth (63.64%), and Mike Reilly (63.33%) are the most notable members of the Over category. Greg Gibson (21.88%), Jim Wolf (31.25%), and Doug Eddings (33.33%) are the most conspicuous members of the Under category. Surprisingly, there wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a strong correlation between games over, games under, total balls per game, and walks per game.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Conclusions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Almost half of the umpires in this sample qualified for the Over or Under category. Bettors may have an opportunity to make money by carefully examining the performance of each member of an umpiring crew.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpires.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12529\" title=\"hitchensumpires\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpires.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"1645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpires.png 500w, https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpires-91x300.png 91w, https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpires-311x1024.png 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction I recently read an article about NBA referees and their ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If more fouls are called, teams shoot additional free throws and play less than optimal defense. MLB umpires may also have the ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If they call more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":762,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,9,5],"tags":[13363,13366,10134,13365,13364,13360,3712,13367,13369,13368,13359,13370,42,13362,13358,13356,13355,13357,5833,13361],"class_list":["post-12524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","category-general","category-statistical-analysis","tag-betting-baseball","tag-conspicuous-members","tag-correlation","tag-doug-eddings","tag-fieldin-culbreth","tag-fouls","tag-game-results","tag-greg-gibson","tag-jim-reynolds","tag-jim-wolf","tag-line-games","tag-mike-reilly","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-betting","tag-mlb-umpire","tag-mlb-umpires","tag-nba-referees","tag-optimal-defense","tag-performance-data","tag-wager"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.5 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Introduction I recently read an article about NBA referees and their ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If more fouls are called, teams shoot additional free throws and play less than optimal defense. MLB umpires may also have the ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If they call more\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Curt Hitchens\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"ZC2u-xAzmBB3LwWFMVKHIDadqgqy8zeJuFAhAC_F2e8\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.5\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Seamheads.com | Celebrating baseball history one pitch at a time\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball? | Seamheads.com\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Introduction I recently read an article about NBA referees and their ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If more fouls are called, teams shoot additional free throws and play less than optimal defense. MLB umpires may also have the ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If they call more\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"fb:admins\" content=\"1469251561\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NeL.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NeL.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"features\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"general\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"what&#039;s on second: statistical analysis\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"betting baseball\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"conspicuous members\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"correlation\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"doug eddings\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"fieldin culbreth\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"fouls\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"game results\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"greg gibson\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"jim reynolds\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"jim wolf\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"line games\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mike reilly\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mlb\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mlb betting\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mlb umpire\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mlb umpires\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"nba referees\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"optimal defense\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"performance data\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"wager\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-03-07T21:06:05+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-03-07T21:06:05+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seamheads\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball? | Seamheads.com\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Introduction I recently read an article about NBA referees and their ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If more fouls are called, teams shoot additional free throws and play less than optimal defense. MLB umpires may also have the ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If they call more\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NeL.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball? | Seamheads.com\",\"headline\":\"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball?\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/curt-hitchens\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/hitchensumpover.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/#articleImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-07T14:06:05-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-07T14:06:05-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":4,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Features, General, What's on Second: Statistical Analysis, Betting Baseball, Conspicuous Members, Correlation, Doug Eddings, Fieldin Culbreth, Fouls, Game Results, Greg Gibson, Jim Reynolds, Jim Wolf, Line Games, Mike Reilly, MLB, Mlb Betting, Mlb Umpire, Mlb Umpires, Nba Referees, Optimal Defense, Performance Data, Wager\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/features\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Features\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/features\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Features\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/features\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/features\\\/statistical-analysis\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"What's on Second: Statistical Analysis\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/features\\\/statistical-analysis\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"What's on Second: Statistical Analysis\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/features\\\/statistical-analysis\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/features\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Features\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/features\\\/statistical-analysis\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"What's on Second: Statistical Analysis\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Seamheads.com\",\"description\":\"Celebrating baseball history one pitch at a time\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"telephone\":\"+15038886604\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Seamheads-2018-Header-1.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":613,\"height\":95,\"caption\":\"Seamheads Logo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/seamheads\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/curt-hitchens\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/curt-hitchens\\\/\",\"name\":\"Curt Hitchens\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f54dd8a4e99c20885f7e5235da1db5e22f1c154ee4ebba9492f058a7c7bba09a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Curt Hitchens\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/\",\"name\":\"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball? | Seamheads.com\",\"description\":\"Introduction I recently read an article about NBA referees and their ability to impact the over\\\/under in total line betting. If more fouls are called, teams shoot additional free throws and play less than optimal defense. MLB umpires may also have the ability to impact the over\\\/under in total line betting. If they call more\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/07\\\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/curt-hitchens\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/curt-hitchens\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-07T14:06:05-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-07T14:06:05-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Seamheads.com\",\"description\":\"Celebrating baseball history one pitch at a time\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seamheads.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball? | Seamheads.com","description":"Introduction I recently read an article about NBA referees and their ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If more fouls are called, teams shoot additional free throws and play less than optimal defense. MLB umpires may also have the ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If they call more","canonical_url":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"ZC2u-xAzmBB3LwWFMVKHIDadqgqy8zeJuFAhAC_F2e8","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/#article","name":"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball? | Seamheads.com","headline":"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball?","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/author\/curt-hitchens\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hitchensumpover.png","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/#articleImage"},"datePublished":"2011-03-07T14:06:05-05:00","dateModified":"2011-03-07T14:06:05-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":4,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Features, General, What's on Second: Statistical Analysis, Betting Baseball, Conspicuous Members, Correlation, Doug Eddings, Fieldin Culbreth, Fouls, Game Results, Greg Gibson, Jim Reynolds, Jim Wolf, Line Games, Mike Reilly, MLB, Mlb Betting, Mlb Umpire, Mlb Umpires, Nba Referees, Optimal Defense, Performance Data, Wager"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/category\/features\/#listItem","name":"Features"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/category\/features\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Features","item":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/category\/features\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/category\/features\/statistical-analysis\/#listItem","name":"What's on Second: Statistical Analysis"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/category\/features\/statistical-analysis\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"What's on Second: Statistical Analysis","item":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/category\/features\/statistical-analysis\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/#listItem","name":"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/category\/features\/#listItem","name":"Features"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/category\/features\/statistical-analysis\/#listItem","name":"What's on Second: Statistical Analysis"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Seamheads.com","description":"Celebrating baseball history one pitch at a time","url":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/","telephone":"+15038886604","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seamheads-2018-Header-1.png","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/#organizationLogo","width":613,"height":95,"caption":"Seamheads Logo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seamheads"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/author\/curt-hitchens\/#author","url":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/author\/curt-hitchens\/","name":"Curt Hitchens","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f54dd8a4e99c20885f7e5235da1db5e22f1c154ee4ebba9492f058a7c7bba09a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Curt Hitchens"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/","name":"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball? | Seamheads.com","description":"Introduction I recently read an article about NBA referees and their ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If more fouls are called, teams shoot additional free throws and play less than optimal defense. MLB umpires may also have the ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If they call more","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/author\/curt-hitchens\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/author\/curt-hitchens\/#author"},"datePublished":"2011-03-07T14:06:05-05:00","dateModified":"2011-03-07T14:06:05-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/","name":"Seamheads.com","description":"Celebrating baseball history one pitch at a time","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Seamheads.com | Celebrating baseball history one pitch at a time","og:type":"article","og:title":"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball? | Seamheads.com","og:description":"Introduction I recently read an article about NBA referees and their ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If more fouls are called, teams shoot additional free throws and play less than optimal defense. MLB umpires may also have the ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If they call more","og:url":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/umpires-how-do-they-impact-total-line-betting-in-baseball\/","fb:admins":"1469251561","og:image":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NeL.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NeL.jpg","og:image:width":1536,"og:image:height":864,"article:tag":["features","general","what's on second: statistical analysis","betting baseball","conspicuous members","correlation","doug eddings","fieldin culbreth","fouls","game results","greg gibson","jim reynolds","jim wolf","line games","mike reilly","mlb","mlb betting","mlb umpire","mlb umpires","nba referees","optimal defense","performance data","wager"],"article:published_time":"2011-03-07T21:06:05+00:00","article:modified_time":"2011-03-07T21:06:05+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seamheads","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Umpires: How Do They Impact Total Line Betting in Baseball? | Seamheads.com","twitter:description":"Introduction I recently read an article about NBA referees and their ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If more fouls are called, teams shoot additional free throws and play less than optimal defense. MLB umpires may also have the ability to impact the over\/under in total line betting. If they call more","twitter:image":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NeL.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"12524","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-28 15:37:05","updated":"2025-06-04 02:25:47","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/762"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}