# Filter the data for the pitcher Keevan
Keevan_data <- Mystic612 %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Keevan, Josh")
# Create a detailed table for each pitch
detailed_pitch_table <- Keevan_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 Keevan")
Detailed Pitch Table for Keevan
Changeup |
81.73 |
2230.08 |
130.43 |
-20.07 |
18.70 |
StrikeCalled |
5.41 |
-1.07 |
6.83 |
4.3 |
Changeup |
77.55 |
1569.85 |
106.87 |
-18.88 |
7.16 |
BallinDirt |
5.05 |
-1.27 |
7.07 |
3.6 |
Splitter |
83.69 |
2207.38 |
137.96 |
-14.38 |
17.40 |
FoulBallFieldable |
5.48 |
-0.94 |
6.78 |
4.6 |
Curveball |
74.06 |
2215.66 |
267.35 |
7.91 |
1.99 |
BallCalled |
5.14 |
-1.19 |
6.10 |
8.9 |
Splitter |
83.97 |
2276.08 |
138.31 |
-17.66 |
21.30 |
InPlay |
5.60 |
-0.81 |
6.68 |
4.6 |
Splitter |
83.85 |
2264.10 |
130.75 |
-20.62 |
19.16 |
StrikeCalled |
5.55 |
-0.84 |
6.79 |
4.4 |
Changeup |
78.08 |
1821.83 |
122.22 |
-19.54 |
13.78 |
BallinDirt |
4.99 |
-1.42 |
6.97 |
4.1 |
Splitter |
84.47 |
2338.03 |
136.51 |
-17.86 |
20.17 |
BallCalled |
5.46 |
-0.80 |
6.80 |
4.6 |
Changeup |
83.46 |
2200.96 |
129.52 |
-17.65 |
16.25 |
HitByPitch |
5.50 |
-0.90 |
6.92 |
4.3 |
Splitter |
83.50 |
2270.84 |
134.30 |
-19.48 |
20.47 |
StrikeCalled |
5.40 |
-0.99 |
6.55 |
4.5 |
Curveball |
73.39 |
2295.87 |
279.21 |
6.05 |
0.80 |
BallinDirt |
4.94 |
-1.30 |
6.14 |
9.3 |
Curveball |
71.23 |
2218.72 |
290.64 |
9.78 |
-1.81 |
BallinDirt |
4.92 |
-1.35 |
5.67 |
9.7 |
Splitter |
83.57 |
2250.09 |
133.31 |
-20.23 |
20.44 |
BallCalled |
5.31 |
-1.13 |
6.80 |
4.4 |
Changeup |
81.06 |
2186.01 |
128.57 |
-20.88 |
18.06 |
InPlay |
5.31 |
-0.95 |
6.98 |
4.3 |
Splitter |
84.53 |
2286.26 |
138.39 |
-17.81 |
21.42 |
StrikeCalled |
5.48 |
-0.93 |
6.86 |
4.6 |
Changeup |
76.20 |
1522.00 |
124.88 |
-18.80 |
14.64 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.11 |
-1.12 |
6.85 |
4.2 |
Changeup |
76.33 |
1821.33 |
110.12 |
-21.27 |
9.34 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.02 |
-1.32 |
6.73 |
3.7 |
Changeup |
80.51 |
2204.69 |
131.02 |
-17.63 |
16.74 |
InPlay |
5.40 |
-0.74 |
7.06 |
4.4 |
Splitter |
82.61 |
2153.08 |
133.00 |
-17.51 |
17.67 |
BallCalled |
5.48 |
-0.71 |
6.89 |
4.4 |
Splitter |
83.56 |
2206.81 |
132.27 |
-18.06 |
17.68 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.41 |
-0.83 |
6.87 |
4.4 |
Curveball |
73.44 |
2098.87 |
181.68 |
0.05 |
3.41 |
StrikeCalled |
5.04 |
-1.24 |
6.22 |
6.1 |
Curveball |
72.19 |
2081.83 |
278.81 |
3.62 |
1.27 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.12 |
-0.99 |
6.00 |
9.3 |
Changeup |
83.35 |
2282.38 |
129.99 |
-20.94 |
19.04 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.41 |
-0.78 |
6.92 |
4.3 |
Changeup |
75.53 |
1629.24 |
101.29 |
-17.73 |
5.06 |
InPlay |
5.02 |
-1.26 |
7.11 |
3.4 |
Splitter |
82.31 |
2183.07 |
141.80 |
-14.60 |
19.86 |
StrikeCalled |
5.38 |
-0.75 |
7.01 |
4.7 |
Changeup |
76.88 |
1659.93 |
106.13 |
-19.34 |
7.04 |
BallinDirt |
4.87 |
-1.14 |
7.08 |
3.5 |
Changeup |
82.21 |
2096.48 |
132.42 |
-18.75 |
18.47 |
InPlay |
5.40 |
-0.98 |
6.92 |
4.4 |
# 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: 27
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Keevan")
Summary Pitch Table for Keevan
Changeup |
44.44% |
12 |
0 |
12 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
79.41 |
1935.40 |
13.69 |
-19.29 |
121.12 |
4.0 |
5.21 |
-1.08 |
6.95 |
Curveball |
18.52% |
5 |
1 |
4 |
20.00% |
80.00% |
72.86 |
2182.19 |
1.13 |
5.48 |
259.54 |
8.7 |
5.03 |
-1.21 |
6.03 |
Splitter |
37.04% |
10 |
3 |
7 |
30.00% |
70.00% |
83.61 |
2243.57 |
19.56 |
-17.82 |
135.66 |
4.5 |
5.46 |
-0.87 |
6.80 |
# 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("Keevan maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Keevan maximum FB velocity: -Inf mph
# Prepare data for plotting pitch locations
pitch_location_data <- Keevan_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 Keevan",
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 Keevan",
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")
)
