Your math here is off a bit...

First, you have an extra factor of two in your calculation. Yes, there are two starting pitchers in each game, but there are not 162*30 games each year since each team plays another team in every game. There are 162*15=2430 regular season games every year, so there are 4860 starts each year for pitchers.

Going back historically, MLB only expanded to 30 teams relatively recently. As late as 1960 there were only 16 MLB teams.

Here is a good link that shows that there were 182,000 MLB games between 1900 and June 2012 (so 364,000 MLB starts). With 20 perfect games, that gave them odds of a pitcher throwing a perfect game of 1/18,192.

In response to this post by halesvb11

Posted: 01/17/2017 at 12:27PM

Tougher to accomplish - shooting sub 60 or a perfect game? -- halesvb11 01/17/2017 09:33AM

You can make a mistake and still break 60. Not so with a -- Brown Water 01/17/2017 6:36PM

Hate to brag, but... -- EDGEMAN 01/17/2017 3:27PM

Perfect lifetime free-throw shooter -> -- `lag 01/17/2017 11:31AM

Me too. Summer league game. Missed every shot. ** -- Hokie CPA 01/17/2017 11:34AM

Everyone is perfect in their own way ** -- `lag 01/17/2017 11:55AM

Do you mean sub-60? ** -- 48zip 01/17/2017 10:12AM

Yes, sub 60. I changed it -- halesvb11 01/17/2017 10:19AM

Threw a perfect game once------------>>>> ** -- Stork 01/17/2017 09:58AM

I've broken 100 bowling several times. Never in duck pins, though. ** -- Coach McGuirk 01/17/2017 11:16AM

Missed my 300 game with a stuck 10 pin the 11th frame. ** -- AZHokie59 01/17/2017 12:26PM

Is 289 your all-time best? ** -- statmanfromHCyrs 01/17/2017 1:28PM

Yep. never got the 300. At least not in league play. ** -- AZHokie59 01/21/2017 1:14PM

Assuming he picked up the spare. ** -- 48zip 01/17/2017 2:24PM

Guess the answer must be sub-60 -- statmanfromHCyrs 01/17/2017 10:45AM

If a chick has shot under 59, obviously that's easier (TIC). -- Hokie360 01/17/2017 09:52AM

I would say perfect game because there is more potential -- 133743Hokie 01/17/2017 09:51AM

Also., the ump can make a yuge difference in a perfect game. -- 48zip 01/17/2017 10:11AM

Roughly ~13,000 rounds of golf v 2,500 BB games per year. -- 48zip 01/17/2017 09:48AM

I think I want to revise my calculation a little bit -- halesvb11 01/17/2017 11:33AM

Your math here is off a bit... -- BB Hokie 01/17/2017 12:27PM

That's my fault. I didn't count 2 pitchers in a game. D'uh.. ** -- 48zip 01/17/2017 1:57PM

162 games, yes, but each starting pitcher only gets about 32-40 starts in a -- Hokie CPA 01/17/2017 10:28AM

Each team has a starter. It doesn't matter who it is. They could have 162 ** -- 48zip 01/17/2017 10:46AM

I'm picturing an individual's chances to pitch a perfect game, not a team's -- Hokie CPA 01/17/2017 11:32AM

So for any ONE, less opportunity, but for anyone, the math stands ** -- Ti Hokie 01/17/2017 1:51PM

Yep. Golf participation varies week to week as well. ** -- 48zip 01/17/2017 1:58PM

I didn't think about the # of opportunities to accomplish. -- halesvb11 01/17/2017 09:56AM

Your math here is off a bit...

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