MLB Favorites winning stats

[AnyAce]

Can anyone give me a sense of what percent of the time favorites win (moneyline) over the course of a season?

Thanks in advance.
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[rjp]

Just wondering... why does it matter?

[whipsaw]

52.3%

[AnyAce]

Thanks for the replies. I am a noob and have been handicapping some games since the beginning of May and the favorites have been winning more than 60% of the games or so, which seemed really high, so I was just curious what a realistic number was. Since I posted this I saw on Statshark says favorites win about 56% of the time.

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[crockpot]

i really can't see how this statistic could possibly be helpful in handicapping, considering that it covers teams from -110 to -400.

[whipsaw]

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Obv it matters because if you know that favorites win 60% of the time, you can make mad moniez betting any dog over +150 and any fav -149 and under.

[TheRover]

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TOO [censored] OFTEN

[AnyAce]

I was not using it as part of my handicapping, but rather just surprised but how often its happened lately.

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[New001]

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