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Pitching Data set

This article will analyze some of the realtionships between different pitch data coming from the statcast website. The data includes a lot of advanced data from MLB pitchers

How hard is the average fastball velocity

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Most pitchers are throwing in the mid-90s

What is the distribution of fb spin rates

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Most fastballs are spinning between 2300-2400 rpms. This is important because it is in theory easier to hit pitches with average spin rates.

Are fb spin and velocity correlated?

Also, does this affect xslg%?

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As pitchers thow harder, spin seems to go up. Xslg does not seem to be correlated with this. However, this is not a perfect statistic because xslg takes into account the whole pitchers arsenal in this data set.

What years had the highest fb velo and spin?

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Fb velo goes up over time. Spin peaks around 2019-2020, this seems to correlate with the foreign substance ban.

Do lefty’s or righty’s throw harder on average, who has higher spin?

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Rightys’ tend to throw harder but the spin stays about the same.