Teams that rely more heavily on home runs score more often during the regular season and also retain a larger percentage of their offensive ability in October, according to data from 1995 to 2011.

There has been a common misconception that teams need to manufacture runs in October rather than hit homers.

In the postseason, teams more reliant on home runs have a decrease of runs per game of 22.4 percent, while teams less reliant on home runs have a 26.5 percent decrease.