Starting Pitcher Rotation in the Chinese Professional Baseball League based on AHP and TOPSIS

The rotation of starting pitchers is a strategic issue which has a significant impact on the performance of a professional team. Choosing an optimal starting pitcher from among many alternatives is a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem. In this study, a model using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to the Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) is proposed with which to arrange the starting pitcher rotation for teams of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. The AHP is used to analyze the structure of the starting pitcher selection problem and to determine the weights of the criteria, while the TOPSIS method is used to make the final ranking. An empirical analysis is conducted to illustrate the utilization of the model for the starting pitcher rotation problem. The results demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed model.

Authors:

• Chih-Cheng Chen
• Meng-Lung Lin
• Yung-Tan Lee
• Tien-Tze Chen

Keywords:

• AHP
• TOPSIS
• starting pitcher rotation
• CPBL

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