๐ŸŽ‚ Birthday Paradox ยท Sports
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Baseball

Team

3,591 team lists ยท 125,323 player entries ยท avg team size 34.9

Read this sport as a comparison between raw coincidence and what team size alone predicts. Here, the real rate is +1.3 points above the birthday-paradox baseline.

Real team lists
75.6%
teams with shared birthdays
Why it matters: This is the headline rate, but it should never be read without team size.
Expected from size
74.3%
from avg team size
Why it matters: This is the fair baseline: what same-size random teams would do.
Gap from expected
+1.3 points
real โˆ’ expected
Why it matters: Positive means the sport has more birthday matches than size alone predicts.
Team lists
3,591
teams analysed
Why it matters: Enough team lists for a useful sport-level read.
What to notice: The best question on a sport page is not "is the real rate high?" but "is it high after accounting for team size?" That is what the gap card is answering.

Country comparison

Countries with the most team lists for Baseball, charted by the share of teams with at least one shared birthday.

What to compare: This view is best for spotting sample-shape differences inside a sport. Among the highest-sample countries, USA has the highest observed rate, with an average team size of 34.9.

Gender split inside this sport

Real and expected rates for labelled team lists in this sport.

Why it matters: The gender gap is mostly a team-size story. Men have the larger average team size here (34.9 athletes), so their birthday-match rate naturally rises.

By country

Top 40 countries by team-list count.

CountryTeam listsAvg playersReal
USA3,59134.975.6%
What to notice: Countries with larger average teams will naturally show more shared birthdays. The country list is most useful for finding which samples are driving this sport's overall rate.

By gender

Where the dataset records it.

GenderTeam listsRealExpectedGap
Men3,59175.6%74.3%+1.3 points

Sample team lists

Largest teams in the dataset.

TeamSeasonPlayersRepeatsExpected chance
Atlanta Braves ยท USA202571799.9%
Miami Marlins ยท USA202470199.9%
Baltimore Orioles ยท USA202570699.9%
Chicago Cubs ยท USA202169299.9%
Pittsburgh Pirates ยท USA202268599.9%
Seattle Mariners ยท USA201967699.8%
Cincinnati Reds ยท USA202266599.8%
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ยท USA202266999.8%
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ยท USA202366499.8%
San Francisco Giants ยท USA202265799.8%
What to notice: The sample team lists show the mechanics: once the player count gets large, the expected chance climbs quickly, and each repeat is another player landing on a date already present.