# Filter the data for the pitcher Kutz
Kutz_data <- Danbury611 %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Kutz, Charlie")
# Create a detailed table for each pitch
detailed_pitch_table <- Kutz_data %>%
select(AutoPitchType, RelSpeed, SpinRate, SpinAxis, HorzBreak, InducedVertBreak, PitchCall, RelHeight, RelSide, Extension) %>%
rename(
ReleaseSpeed = RelSpeed,
Tilt = SpinAxis,
HorizontalBreak = HorzBreak,
InducedVerticalBreak = InducedVertBreak,
ReleaseHeight = RelHeight,
ReleaseSide = RelSide
) %>%
mutate(
ReleaseSpeed = round(ReleaseSpeed, 2),
SpinRate = round(SpinRate, 2),
Tilt = round(Tilt, 2),
HorizontalBreak = round(HorizontalBreak, 2),
InducedVerticalBreak = round(InducedVerticalBreak, 2),
ReleaseHeight = round(ReleaseHeight, 2),
ReleaseSide = round(ReleaseSide, 2),
Extension = round(Extension, 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 Kutz")
Detailed Pitch Table for Kutz
Changeup |
85.92 |
2364.92 |
110.75 |
-17.28 |
8.07 |
StrikeCalled |
5.32 |
-2.57 |
6.35 |
3.7 |
Curveball |
79.40 |
2730.37 |
264.73 |
4.76 |
2.08 |
BallCalled |
5.10 |
-2.61 |
5.82 |
8.8 |
Changeup |
87.45 |
2527.03 |
116.24 |
-16.46 |
9.54 |
BallCalled |
5.37 |
-2.57 |
6.42 |
3.9 |
Changeup |
88.14 |
2392.75 |
114.51 |
-18.59 |
9.93 |
BallCalled |
5.34 |
-2.51 |
6.63 |
3.8 |
Changeup |
88.09 |
2472.64 |
114.60 |
-20.80 |
11.03 |
StrikeCalled |
5.37 |
-2.67 |
6.64 |
3.8 |
Slider |
80.53 |
2760.84 |
254.26 |
9.34 |
4.30 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.19 |
-2.69 |
5.76 |
8.5 |
Slider |
80.27 |
2571.89 |
243.26 |
2.09 |
2.79 |
BallCalled |
5.17 |
-2.77 |
5.82 |
8.1 |
Slider |
81.22 |
2603.14 |
261.71 |
2.07 |
1.86 |
BallCalled |
5.10 |
-2.77 |
5.89 |
8.7 |
Changeup |
88.25 |
2410.69 |
108.25 |
-18.74 |
7.58 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.17 |
-2.71 |
6.43 |
3.6 |
Slider |
81.32 |
2713.04 |
299.57 |
6.31 |
-1.88 |
BallCalled |
5.14 |
-2.69 |
5.81 |
10.0 |
Changeup |
85.55 |
2443.19 |
119.31 |
-13.66 |
9.11 |
StrikeCalled |
5.21 |
-2.66 |
6.33 |
4.0 |
Slider |
82.15 |
2779.82 |
306.69 |
5.93 |
-2.95 |
FoulBall |
5.17 |
-2.82 |
5.76 |
10.2 |
Slider |
81.31 |
2716.94 |
293.92 |
6.00 |
-1.23 |
StrikeCalled |
5.13 |
-2.70 |
5.88 |
9.8 |
Slider |
79.52 |
2624.67 |
250.00 |
10.61 |
5.45 |
BallCalled |
5.18 |
-2.77 |
6.05 |
8.3 |
Sinker |
89.13 |
2387.88 |
112.19 |
-18.70 |
8.93 |
StrikeCalled |
5.31 |
-2.52 |
7.04 |
3.7 |
Sinker |
88.38 |
2487.36 |
102.98 |
-15.84 |
5.00 |
FoulBall |
5.27 |
-2.64 |
6.48 |
3.4 |
Slider |
81.92 |
2680.94 |
257.94 |
9.66 |
3.62 |
BallCalled |
5.08 |
-2.74 |
5.81 |
8.6 |
Slider |
80.65 |
2678.47 |
269.64 |
10.04 |
1.54 |
FoulBall |
5.04 |
-2.76 |
5.82 |
9.0 |
Sinker |
89.31 |
2453.99 |
96.55 |
-15.70 |
3.08 |
BallCalled |
5.21 |
-2.67 |
6.30 |
3.2 |
Slider |
80.66 |
2624.01 |
290.52 |
6.93 |
-0.96 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.08 |
-2.77 |
5.86 |
9.7 |
Curveball |
78.92 |
2787.81 |
259.83 |
7.29 |
2.99 |
StrikeCalled |
5.20 |
-2.84 |
5.93 |
8.7 |
Sinker |
87.92 |
NA |
126.47 |
-14.01 |
11.77 |
BallCalled |
5.27 |
-2.70 |
6.50 |
4.2 |
Curveball |
79.81 |
2646.75 |
300.05 |
8.73 |
-3.48 |
StrikeSwinging |
4.95 |
-2.85 |
5.84 |
10.0 |
Curveball |
78.91 |
2786.55 |
289.11 |
10.37 |
-2.05 |
BallCalled |
4.99 |
-2.86 |
5.73 |
9.6 |
Slider |
80.07 |
2642.66 |
268.50 |
10.85 |
1.90 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.15 |
-2.76 |
5.99 |
8.9 |
# Calculate the total number of pitches
total_pitches <- nrow(detailed_pitch_table)
# Create a summary table
pitch_summary <- detailed_pitch_table %>%
group_by(AutoPitchType) %>%
summarise(
TotalPitches = n(),
Usage = sprintf("%.2f%%", n() / total_pitches * 100),
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
AvgReleaseHeight = round(mean(ReleaseHeight, na.rm = TRUE), 2),
AvgReleaseSide = round(mean(ReleaseSide, na.rm = TRUE), 2),
AvgExtension = round(mean(Extension, na.rm = TRUE), 2)
) %>%
select(AutoPitchType, Usage, everything())
# Display the total number of pitches
cat("Total number of pitches thrown: ", total_pitches, "\n\n")
## Total number of pitches thrown: 25
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Kutz")
Summary Pitch Table for Kutz
Changeup |
24.00% |
6 |
2 |
4 |
33.33% |
66.67% |
87.23 |
2435.20 |
9.21 |
-17.59 |
113.94 |
3.8 |
5.30 |
-2.61 |
6.47 |
Curveball |
16.00% |
4 |
2 |
2 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
79.26 |
2737.87 |
-0.11 |
7.79 |
278.43 |
9.3 |
5.06 |
-2.79 |
5.83 |
Sinker |
16.00% |
4 |
2 |
2 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
88.68 |
2443.08 |
7.20 |
-16.06 |
109.55 |
3.6 |
5.26 |
-2.63 |
6.58 |
Slider |
44.00% |
11 |
5 |
6 |
45.45% |
54.55% |
80.87 |
2672.40 |
1.31 |
7.26 |
272.36 |
9.1 |
5.13 |
-2.75 |
5.86 |
# Calculate maximum fastball velocity
max_fb_velocity <- detailed_pitch_table %>%
filter(AutoPitchType %in% c("Four-Seam", "Two-Seam", "Sinker", "Cutter")) %>%
summarise(MaxFBVelocity = max(ReleaseSpeed, na.rm = TRUE)) %>%
pull(MaxFBVelocity)
# Display the maximum fastball velocity
cat("Kutz maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Kutz maximum FB velocity: 89.31 mph
# Prepare data for plotting pitch locations
pitch_location_data <- Kutz_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 Kutz",
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 Kutz",
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")
)
