# Filter the data for the pitcher Ryan
Ryan_data <- Valley68 %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Ryan, Dillon")
# Create a detailed table for each pitch
detailed_pitch_table <- Ryan_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 Ryan")
Detailed Pitch Table for Ryan
Sinker |
88.40 |
2300.13 |
238.33 |
21.11 |
14.20 |
StrikeCalled |
7.9 |
Sinker |
88.50 |
2332.28 |
244.09 |
19.67 |
10.73 |
BallCalled |
8.1 |
Sinker |
88.29 |
2203.41 |
244.89 |
22.94 |
12.04 |
BallCalled |
8.2 |
Sinker |
88.70 |
2312.58 |
248.16 |
20.02 |
9.22 |
BallCalled |
8.3 |
Sinker |
88.34 |
2205.32 |
245.18 |
19.34 |
10.15 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
8.2 |
Sinker |
87.82 |
2266.50 |
245.09 |
21.34 |
11.12 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
8.2 |
Sinker |
88.77 |
2227.81 |
246.69 |
20.57 |
10.03 |
StrikeCalled |
8.2 |
Curveball |
80.48 |
2308.30 |
41.03 |
-7.93 |
-7.75 |
HitByPitch |
1.4 |
Sinker |
87.88 |
2282.73 |
239.67 |
20.95 |
13.50 |
StrikeCalled |
8.0 |
Curveball |
81.75 |
2455.06 |
43.89 |
-8.78 |
-7.95 |
StrikeCalled |
1.5 |
Curveball |
82.23 |
2305.49 |
39.72 |
-8.03 |
-8.49 |
StrikeSwinging |
1.3 |
Curveball |
81.10 |
2354.41 |
28.95 |
-5.15 |
-8.12 |
InPlay |
1.0 |
Sinker |
87.68 |
2329.39 |
248.57 |
23.18 |
10.43 |
InPlay |
8.3 |
Sinker |
88.29 |
2362.96 |
243.45 |
23.01 |
12.80 |
BallCalled |
8.1 |
Changeup |
87.17 |
2328.84 |
241.21 |
20.84 |
12.67 |
StrikeCalled |
8.0 |
Curveball |
81.82 |
2350.99 |
31.06 |
-5.33 |
-7.68 |
InPlay |
1.0 |
Sinker |
87.76 |
2362.79 |
242.89 |
24.12 |
13.61 |
BallCalled |
8.1 |
Sinker |
87.52 |
2371.30 |
241.02 |
22.25 |
13.61 |
StrikeCalled |
8.0 |
Curveball |
81.87 |
2289.23 |
28.55 |
-4.17 |
-6.19 |
StrikeSwinging |
1.0 |
Slider |
82.52 |
2360.33 |
6.34 |
-0.46 |
-2.83 |
BallCalled |
0.2 |
Sinker |
87.96 |
2281.14 |
249.86 |
23.91 |
9.96 |
BallCalled |
8.3 |
Sinker |
87.57 |
2321.44 |
249.35 |
24.33 |
10.38 |
StrikeCalled |
8.3 |
Sinker |
86.80 |
2322.66 |
229.62 |
17.85 |
16.29 |
HitByPitch |
7.7 |
Sinker |
86.86 |
2220.62 |
239.35 |
19.45 |
12.72 |
StrikeCalled |
8.0 |
Changeup |
86.07 |
2275.84 |
245.75 |
22.50 |
11.35 |
BallCalled |
8.2 |
Changeup |
87.00 |
2281.72 |
245.32 |
20.58 |
10.60 |
BallCalled |
8.2 |
Changeup |
85.81 |
2204.78 |
239.15 |
20.67 |
13.59 |
BallCalled |
8.0 |
Changeup |
86.34 |
2233.66 |
238.93 |
20.37 |
13.53 |
StrikeSwinging |
8.0 |
Sinker |
87.11 |
2240.76 |
242.87 |
21.42 |
12.23 |
StrikeSwinging |
8.1 |
Slider |
80.04 |
2297.37 |
68.35 |
-8.40 |
-1.84 |
BallCalled |
2.3 |
Sinker |
86.93 |
2186.26 |
246.10 |
20.43 |
10.21 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
8.2 |
Sinker |
87.14 |
2175.17 |
241.75 |
20.33 |
12.11 |
InPlay |
8.1 |
Changeup |
86.44 |
2215.17 |
236.83 |
19.95 |
14.35 |
StrikeCalled |
7.9 |
Curveball |
80.52 |
2364.76 |
14.36 |
-1.17 |
-3.17 |
BallCalled |
0.5 |
Curveball |
79.98 |
2273.76 |
20.32 |
-2.88 |
-6.29 |
BallCalled |
0.7 |
Changeup |
86.68 |
2308.99 |
244.59 |
21.02 |
11.15 |
StrikeCalled |
8.2 |
Changeup |
86.79 |
2359.29 |
244.52 |
20.99 |
11.17 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
8.2 |
Slider |
82.54 |
2226.97 |
347.34 |
1.24 |
-4.08 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
11.6 |
Slider |
81.22 |
2217.28 |
334.49 |
1.44 |
-1.73 |
InPlay |
11.1 |
Changeup |
86.42 |
2254.64 |
242.65 |
19.89 |
11.60 |
BallCalled |
8.1 |
Changeup |
86.49 |
2286.90 |
243.32 |
21.64 |
12.22 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
8.1 |
Curveball |
81.33 |
2259.14 |
356.19 |
0.61 |
-7.75 |
BallCalled |
11.9 |
Changeup |
86.93 |
2274.96 |
244.91 |
20.47 |
10.76 |
StrikeCalled |
8.2 |
Curveball |
81.78 |
2263.36 |
13.57 |
-1.72 |
-5.82 |
BallCalled |
0.5 |
Changeup |
86.58 |
2259.34 |
233.06 |
18.93 |
15.43 |
BallCalled |
7.8 |
Changeup |
86.33 |
2259.40 |
240.26 |
19.61 |
12.35 |
StrikeCalled |
8.0 |
Curveball |
80.76 |
2398.09 |
8.40 |
-0.48 |
-1.79 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
0.3 |
Curveball |
80.40 |
2349.02 |
27.07 |
-3.69 |
-5.57 |
BallCalled |
0.9 |
Changeup |
86.96 |
2219.61 |
242.22 |
17.49 |
10.45 |
BallCalled |
8.1 |
Curveball |
79.59 |
2325.00 |
6.77 |
-1.17 |
-7.99 |
BallCalled |
0.2 |
Sinker |
86.87 |
2207.01 |
236.98 |
20.54 |
14.65 |
StrikeCalled |
7.9 |
Curveball |
80.95 |
2210.92 |
0.53 |
-0.08 |
-7.36 |
InPlay |
0.0 |
Changeup |
86.47 |
2355.86 |
240.64 |
21.77 |
13.60 |
InPlay |
8.0 |
# 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 Ryan")
Summary Pitch Table for Ryan
Changeup |
15 |
6 |
9 |
40.00% |
60.00% |
86.57 |
2274.60 |
12.32 |
20.45 |
241.56 |
8.1 |
Curveball |
14 |
6 |
8 |
42.86% |
57.14% |
81.04 |
2321.97 |
-6.57 |
-3.57 |
47.17 |
1.6 |
Sinker |
20 |
6 |
14 |
30.00% |
70.00% |
87.76 |
2275.61 |
12.00 |
21.34 |
243.20 |
8.1 |
Slider |
4 |
2 |
2 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
81.58 |
2275.49 |
-2.62 |
-1.55 |
189.13 |
6.3 |
# Prepare data for plotting pitch locations
pitch_location_data <- Ryan_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 Ryan",
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 Ryan",
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")
)
