# Filter the data for the pitcher Moss
Moss_data <- Mystic612 %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Moss, Max")
# Create a detailed table for each pitch
detailed_pitch_table <- Moss_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 Moss")
Detailed Pitch Table for Moss
Curveball |
77.44 |
2015.66 |
60.86 |
-4.32 |
-0.67 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
4.62 |
3.19 |
5.65 |
2.0 |
Changeup |
85.48 |
1533.18 |
246.22 |
15.31 |
8.05 |
StrikeSwinging |
4.72 |
3.05 |
6.04 |
8.2 |
Changeup |
78.04 |
1637.38 |
270.98 |
19.58 |
1.25 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
4.60 |
3.06 |
6.02 |
9.0 |
Curveball |
77.38 |
1864.07 |
81.71 |
-6.82 |
0.71 |
InPlay |
4.59 |
3.16 |
5.73 |
2.7 |
Changeup |
85.74 |
1453.14 |
237.76 |
12.32 |
9.07 |
BallCalled |
4.71 |
3.33 |
5.90 |
7.9 |
Changeup |
86.23 |
1687.78 |
232.21 |
14.06 |
12.16 |
StrikeSwinging |
4.73 |
3.27 |
6.03 |
7.7 |
Changeup |
77.06 |
1485.14 |
251.86 |
15.84 |
6.75 |
StrikeSwinging |
4.54 |
3.52 |
5.93 |
8.4 |
Changeup |
77.44 |
1605.51 |
262.98 |
17.65 |
3.79 |
BallCalled |
4.56 |
3.32 |
5.88 |
8.8 |
Changeup |
86.59 |
1691.98 |
238.80 |
15.38 |
10.54 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
4.72 |
3.33 |
5.93 |
8.0 |
Changeup |
77.88 |
1809.60 |
244.26 |
15.58 |
9.16 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
4.52 |
3.34 |
6.19 |
8.1 |
Changeup |
87.25 |
1854.40 |
231.46 |
15.89 |
14.09 |
BallCalled |
4.76 |
3.12 |
6.09 |
7.7 |
Changeup |
78.50 |
1739.60 |
248.89 |
15.04 |
7.32 |
BallCalled |
4.44 |
3.35 |
6.35 |
8.3 |
Changeup |
77.88 |
1832.71 |
252.43 |
15.82 |
6.59 |
BallCalled |
4.63 |
3.23 |
6.18 |
8.4 |
Changeup |
79.14 |
2038.97 |
254.85 |
21.30 |
7.45 |
BallinDirt |
4.60 |
3.31 |
6.23 |
8.5 |
Changeup |
87.54 |
1962.01 |
242.46 |
17.71 |
10.62 |
BallCalled |
4.68 |
3.36 |
5.83 |
8.1 |
Changeup |
87.21 |
1907.17 |
223.29 |
13.63 |
15.81 |
BallCalled |
4.80 |
3.25 |
6.03 |
7.4 |
Sinker |
88.41 |
1991.82 |
227.20 |
15.48 |
15.62 |
StrikeCalled |
4.75 |
3.15 |
6.20 |
7.6 |
Changeup |
79.15 |
2073.14 |
257.32 |
18.20 |
5.68 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
4.56 |
3.26 |
6.07 |
8.6 |
Changeup |
77.13 |
1812.83 |
262.19 |
17.94 |
4.12 |
StrikeSwinging |
4.52 |
3.49 |
6.26 |
8.7 |
Changeup |
86.15 |
1767.15 |
235.37 |
15.62 |
12.16 |
BallCalled |
4.73 |
3.19 |
5.85 |
7.8 |
Changeup |
78.54 |
1820.21 |
250.52 |
15.80 |
7.17 |
BallCalled |
4.59 |
3.23 |
6.18 |
8.4 |
Changeup |
78.71 |
1840.93 |
249.49 |
14.33 |
6.87 |
BallCalled |
4.49 |
3.34 |
6.05 |
8.3 |
Sinker |
88.21 |
1955.98 |
238.92 |
16.87 |
11.42 |
BallCalled |
4.69 |
3.21 |
6.03 |
8.0 |
# 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: 23
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Moss")
Summary Pitch Table for Moss
Changeup |
82.61% |
19 |
10 |
9 |
52.63% |
47.37% |
81.67 |
1765.94 |
8.35 |
16.16 |
247.02 |
8.2 |
4.63 |
3.28 |
6.05 |
Curveball |
8.70% |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
77.41 |
1939.87 |
0.02 |
-5.57 |
71.28 |
2.4 |
4.61 |
3.17 |
5.69 |
Sinker |
8.70% |
2 |
1 |
1 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
88.31 |
1973.90 |
13.52 |
16.18 |
233.06 |
7.8 |
4.72 |
3.18 |
6.12 |
# 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("Moss maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Moss maximum FB velocity: 88.41 mph
# Prepare data for plotting pitch locations
pitch_location_data <- Moss_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 Moss",
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 Moss",
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")
)
