# Filter the data for the pitcher Luczak
Luczak_data <- Newport65 %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Luczak, Andrew")
# Create a detailed table for each pitch
detailed_pitch_table <- Luczak_data %>%
select(AutoPitchType, RelSpeed, SpinRate, SpinAxis, HorzBreak, InducedVertBreak, PitchCall) %>%
rename(
ReleaseSpeed = RelSpeed,
Tilt = SpinAxis,
HorizontalBreak = HorzBreak,
InducedVerticalBreak = InducedVertBreak
) %>%
mutate(
ReleaseSpeed = round(ReleaseSpeed, 2),
SpinRate = round(SpinRate, 2),
Tilt = round(Tilt, 2),
HorizontalBreak = round(HorizontalBreak, 2),
InducedVerticalBreak = round(InducedVerticalBreak, 2),
ClockTilt = round((Tilt / 30) %% 12, 1) # Interpret Tilt as clock face
)
# Display the detailed table
knitr::kable(detailed_pitch_table, caption = "Detailed Pitch Table for Luczak")
Detailed Pitch Table for Luczak
| Sinker |
89.74 |
2474.79 |
229.48 |
22.19 |
20.27 |
BallCalled |
7.6 |
| Sinker |
87.75 |
2163.56 |
241.68 |
20.16 |
12.11 |
StrikeCalled |
8.1 |
| Slider |
78.56 |
2510.58 |
95.06 |
-16.70 |
3.11 |
BallCalled |
3.2 |
| Sinker |
89.09 |
2244.60 |
238.45 |
21.21 |
14.26 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
7.9 |
| Slider |
77.84 |
2378.71 |
71.67 |
-12.65 |
-2.40 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
2.4 |
| Sinker |
88.78 |
1968.43 |
244.68 |
19.44 |
10.43 |
InPlay |
8.2 |
| Sinker |
88.48 |
2245.69 |
241.64 |
21.25 |
12.72 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
8.1 |
| Changeup |
82.87 |
1816.01 |
247.93 |
19.01 |
9.13 |
BallCalled |
8.3 |
| Changeup |
83.42 |
1782.55 |
247.98 |
18.12 |
8.72 |
BallCalled |
8.3 |
| Sinker |
90.45 |
2105.00 |
230.48 |
18.39 |
16.39 |
BallCalled |
7.7 |
| Sinker |
89.40 |
2071.83 |
241.82 |
20.26 |
12.06 |
InPlay |
8.1 |
| Sinker |
88.93 |
2240.54 |
234.35 |
22.32 |
17.27 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
7.8 |
| Changeup |
83.23 |
1940.43 |
242.80 |
18.49 |
10.84 |
BallCalled |
8.1 |
| Changeup |
84.02 |
1750.13 |
232.54 |
15.60 |
13.21 |
BallCalled |
7.8 |
| Sinker |
89.53 |
2013.76 |
245.66 |
19.73 |
10.07 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
8.2 |
| Sinker |
89.98 |
2229.51 |
245.54 |
20.44 |
10.54 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
8.2 |
| Changeup |
84.19 |
1952.70 |
230.46 |
16.62 |
15.01 |
InPlay |
7.7 |
| Sinker |
90.35 |
2333.75 |
229.88 |
19.77 |
17.80 |
BallCalled |
7.7 |
| Sinker |
90.23 |
2316.55 |
234.23 |
18.98 |
14.80 |
InPlay |
7.8 |
| Slider |
77.81 |
2445.10 |
89.95 |
-15.08 |
1.44 |
BallCalled |
3.0 |
| Sinker |
89.04 |
2194.80 |
253.79 |
22.42 |
7.69 |
BallCalled |
8.5 |
| Sinker |
90.31 |
2152.38 |
243.75 |
20.28 |
11.09 |
StrikeSwinging |
8.1 |
| Sinker |
89.75 |
2226.01 |
235.65 |
18.36 |
13.66 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
7.9 |
| Slider |
78.10 |
2549.55 |
85.08 |
-15.94 |
0.18 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
2.8 |
| Four-Seam |
90.75 |
2256.04 |
218.87 |
14.40 |
19.11 |
StrikeSwinging |
7.3 |
| Sinker |
89.70 |
2123.82 |
245.58 |
21.74 |
11.11 |
StrikeCalled |
8.2 |
| Slider |
78.25 |
2473.17 |
82.11 |
-10.58 |
0.06 |
BallCalled |
2.7 |
| Slider |
77.58 |
2409.56 |
91.39 |
-9.96 |
1.79 |
InPlay |
3.0 |
# Create a summary table
pitch_summary <- detailed_pitch_table %>%
group_by(AutoPitchType) %>%
summarise(
TotalPitches = n(),
Balls = sum(PitchCall == "BallCalled"),
Strikes = sum(PitchCall != "BallCalled"), # Count everything not a ball as a strike
BallPercentage = sprintf("%.2f%%", Balls / TotalPitches * 100),
StrikePercentage = sprintf("%.2f%%", Strikes / TotalPitches * 100),
AvgVelocity = round(mean(ReleaseSpeed, na.rm = TRUE), 2),
AvgSpinRate = round(mean(SpinRate, na.rm = TRUE), 2),
AvgInducedVertBreak = round(mean(InducedVerticalBreak, na.rm = TRUE), 2),
AvgHorzBreak = round(mean(HorizontalBreak, na.rm = TRUE), 2),
AvgTilt = round(mean(Tilt, na.rm = TRUE), 2),
AvgClockTilt = round(mean(ClockTilt, na.rm = TRUE), 1) # Clock face interpretation
)
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Luczak")
Summary Pitch Table for Luczak
| Changeup |
5 |
4 |
1 |
80.00% |
20.00% |
83.55 |
1848.36 |
11.38 |
17.57 |
240.34 |
8.0 |
| Four-Seam |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
90.75 |
2256.04 |
19.11 |
14.40 |
218.87 |
7.3 |
| Sinker |
16 |
4 |
12 |
25.00% |
75.00% |
89.47 |
2194.06 |
13.27 |
20.43 |
239.79 |
8.0 |
| Slider |
6 |
3 |
3 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
78.02 |
2461.11 |
0.70 |
-13.48 |
85.88 |
2.9 |
# Prepare data for plotting pitch locations
pitch_location_data <- Luczak_data %>%
select(AutoPitchType, PlateLocHeight, PlateLocSide, PitchCall) %>%
rename(
PitchHeight = PlateLocHeight,
PitchSide = PlateLocSide
) %>%
mutate(
SwingTake = ifelse(PitchCall %in% c("StrikeSwinging", "FoulBallNonSwinging", "FoulBallFieldable", "FoulBallNotFieldable", "InPlay"), "Swing", "Take"),
Chase = ifelse(SwingTake == "Swing" & (PitchSide < -0.75 | PitchSide > 0.75 | PitchHeight < 1.5 | PitchHeight > 3.5), "Chase", "Non-Chase")
)
# Create the scatter plot with specified strike zone boxes
ggplot(pitch_location_data, aes(x = PitchSide, y = PitchHeight, color = SwingTake, shape = Chase)) +
geom_point(size = 3) + # Increase point size
geom_rect(aes(xmin = -0.5, xmax = 0.5, ymin = 1.75, ymax = 3.25), fill = NA, color = "red", linetype = "solid", size = 1) + # Red box
geom_rect(aes(xmin = -0.75, xmax = 0.75, ymin = 1.5, ymax = 3.5), fill = NA, color = "black", linetype = "solid", size = 1) + # Black box
geom_rect(aes(xmin = -1.25, xmax = 1.25, ymin = 1.25, ymax = 3.75), fill = NA, color = "gray", linetype = "solid", size = 1) + # Gray box
scale_x_continuous(limits = c(-2, 2)) +
scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, 5)) +
coord_fixed(ratio = 1) + # Adjust ratio to shrink vertical distance
labs(title = "Pitch Locations for Luczak",
x = "Horizontal Location (feet)",
y = "Vertical Location (feet)",
color = "Swing/Take",
shape = "Chase") +
facet_wrap(~ AutoPitchType) + # Create individual graphs for each pitch type
geom_text(aes(x = -1.75, y = 5, label = "RHH"), color = "black", size = 3, hjust = 0) + # Label for RHH
geom_text(aes(x = 1.75, y = 5, label = "LHH"), color = "black", size = 3, hjust = 1) + # Label for LHH
theme_minimal() +
theme(
legend.position = "right",
panel.grid.major = element_line(color = "grey80"),
panel.grid.minor = element_line(color = "grey90"),
axis.text = element_text(color = "black"),
axis.title = element_text(color = "black"),
plot.title = element_text(color = "black"),
legend.background = element_rect(fill = "white", color = NA),
legend.key = element_rect(fill = "white", color = NA),
legend.text = element_text(color = "black"),
legend.title = element_text(color = "black")
)
# Create the scatter plot for horizontal and vertical breaks
ggplot(detailed_pitch_table, aes(x = HorizontalBreak, y = InducedVerticalBreak, color = AutoPitchType)) +
geom_point(size = 3) + # Increase point size
labs(title = "Pitch Movement for Luczak",
x = "Horizontal Break (inches)",
y = "Induced Vertical Break (inches)",
color = "Pitch Type") +
theme_minimal() +
theme(
legend.position = "right",
panel.grid.major = element_line(color = "grey80"),
panel.grid.minor = element_line(color = "grey90"),
axis.text = element_text(color = "black"),
axis.title = element_text(color = "black"),
plot.title = element_text(color = "black"),
legend.background = element_rect(fill = "white", color = NA),
legend.key = element_rect(fill = "white", color = NA),
legend.text = element_text(color = "black"),
legend.title = element_text(color = "black")
)
