# Filter the data for the pitcher Foley
Foley_data <- Mystic612 %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Foley, Brian")
# Create a detailed table for each pitch
detailed_pitch_table <- Foley_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 Foley")
Detailed Pitch Table for Foley
Sinker |
93.30 |
2223.83 |
233.05 |
15.35 |
12.64 |
StrikeCalled |
5.93 |
1.61 |
6.97 |
7.8 |
Sinker |
93.48 |
2431.64 |
243.57 |
16.70 |
9.36 |
StrikeCalled |
5.99 |
1.41 |
7.19 |
8.1 |
Slider |
87.25 |
2866.00 |
182.67 |
0.16 |
4.57 |
BallCalled |
5.69 |
1.62 |
6.58 |
6.1 |
Sinker |
92.57 |
2415.07 |
241.15 |
16.89 |
10.37 |
BallCalled |
5.93 |
1.47 |
7.16 |
8.0 |
Slider |
87.61 |
2730.94 |
183.95 |
0.32 |
5.69 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.61 |
1.87 |
6.47 |
6.1 |
Sinker |
93.01 |
2321.11 |
239.41 |
13.87 |
9.22 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.82 |
1.59 |
6.85 |
8.0 |
Slider |
86.90 |
2804.30 |
147.59 |
-4.31 |
7.87 |
BallCalled |
5.73 |
1.92 |
6.47 |
4.9 |
Sinker |
92.12 |
2410.11 |
228.83 |
12.46 |
11.99 |
InPlay |
5.74 |
1.54 |
6.94 |
7.6 |
Sinker |
92.37 |
2423.35 |
244.22 |
19.71 |
10.67 |
BallinDirt |
5.87 |
1.82 |
7.11 |
8.1 |
Four-Seam |
92.05 |
2398.79 |
222.44 |
12.07 |
14.39 |
InPlay |
5.79 |
1.61 |
6.92 |
7.4 |
Sinker |
93.12 |
2335.16 |
237.55 |
15.94 |
11.25 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.71 |
1.91 |
6.88 |
7.9 |
Sinker |
92.36 |
2371.07 |
235.60 |
16.55 |
12.60 |
BallCalled |
5.81 |
1.79 |
6.74 |
7.9 |
Slider |
87.45 |
2752.74 |
182.89 |
0.27 |
6.62 |
BallCalled |
5.61 |
2.00 |
6.57 |
6.1 |
Sinker |
92.74 |
2387.94 |
246.54 |
18.77 |
9.41 |
BallCalled |
5.76 |
1.83 |
6.69 |
8.2 |
Slider |
87.99 |
2626.02 |
210.03 |
2.98 |
6.26 |
StrikeCalled |
5.54 |
1.94 |
6.76 |
7.0 |
Sinker |
92.10 |
2459.69 |
234.62 |
13.60 |
10.83 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.71 |
1.71 |
7.06 |
7.8 |
Four-Seam |
93.97 |
2466.95 |
229.16 |
14.12 |
13.28 |
BallCalled |
5.84 |
1.64 |
6.96 |
7.6 |
Four-Seam |
92.71 |
2395.35 |
229.10 |
14.44 |
13.58 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.90 |
1.17 |
7.03 |
7.6 |
Slider |
88.04 |
2814.30 |
201.62 |
1.49 |
4.87 |
StrikeCalled |
5.60 |
1.68 |
6.60 |
6.7 |
Curveball |
77.01 |
2720.82 |
84.29 |
-17.43 |
-0.27 |
BallCalled |
5.54 |
1.87 |
6.40 |
2.8 |
Four-Seam |
93.74 |
2493.31 |
222.97 |
12.08 |
13.99 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.90 |
1.46 |
7.21 |
7.4 |
Slider |
87.84 |
2844.57 |
144.92 |
-6.95 |
11.01 |
InPlay |
5.61 |
1.74 |
6.57 |
4.8 |
Four-Seam |
93.22 |
2554.23 |
224.08 |
12.40 |
14.09 |
BallCalled |
5.77 |
1.67 |
6.73 |
7.5 |
Slider |
87.11 |
2843.17 |
161.82 |
-1.81 |
6.68 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.49 |
2.02 |
6.68 |
5.4 |
Sinker |
93.52 |
2539.19 |
257.52 |
13.47 |
4.15 |
BallinDirt |
5.74 |
1.81 |
7.11 |
8.6 |
Four-Seam |
93.02 |
2460.83 |
224.52 |
13.78 |
15.34 |
BallCalled |
5.77 |
1.62 |
6.74 |
7.5 |
Sinker |
92.40 |
2381.12 |
234.30 |
13.50 |
10.92 |
StrikeCalled |
5.78 |
1.72 |
6.97 |
7.8 |
Slider |
87.67 |
2781.95 |
141.03 |
-5.35 |
7.86 |
BallCalled |
5.54 |
2.00 |
6.58 |
4.7 |
Sinker |
91.48 |
2550.97 |
241.13 |
13.79 |
8.92 |
BallCalled |
5.71 |
1.72 |
7.08 |
8.0 |
Sinker |
91.19 |
2509.10 |
229.52 |
11.72 |
11.22 |
FoulBallFieldable |
5.66 |
1.87 |
7.01 |
7.7 |
Cutter |
87.62 |
2749.69 |
158.17 |
-3.65 |
10.20 |
StrikeCalled |
5.58 |
2.21 |
6.52 |
5.3 |
Sinker |
93.78 |
2420.64 |
234.38 |
17.20 |
13.50 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.84 |
1.68 |
7.00 |
7.8 |
Slider |
86.98 |
2826.90 |
171.54 |
-0.83 |
6.68 |
InPlay |
5.49 |
2.09 |
6.65 |
5.7 |
Sinker |
93.10 |
2511.12 |
234.16 |
13.94 |
11.15 |
InPlay |
5.89 |
1.52 |
6.98 |
7.8 |
# 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: 34
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Foley")
Summary Pitch Table for Foley
Curveball |
2.94% |
1 |
1 |
0 |
100.00% |
0.00% |
77.01 |
2720.82 |
-0.27 |
-17.43 |
84.29 |
2.8 |
5.54 |
1.87 |
6.40 |
Cutter |
2.94% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
87.62 |
2749.69 |
10.20 |
-3.65 |
158.17 |
5.3 |
5.58 |
2.21 |
6.52 |
Four-Seam |
17.65% |
6 |
3 |
3 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
93.12 |
2461.58 |
14.11 |
13.15 |
225.38 |
7.5 |
5.83 |
1.53 |
6.93 |
Sinker |
47.06% |
16 |
4 |
12 |
25.00% |
75.00% |
92.67 |
2418.19 |
10.51 |
15.22 |
238.47 |
7.9 |
5.81 |
1.69 |
6.98 |
Slider |
29.41% |
10 |
4 |
6 |
40.00% |
60.00% |
87.48 |
2789.09 |
6.81 |
-1.40 |
172.81 |
5.8 |
5.59 |
1.89 |
6.59 |
# 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("Foley maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Foley maximum FB velocity: 93.97 mph
# Prepare data for plotting pitch locations
pitch_location_data <- Foley_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 Foley",
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 Foley",
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")
)
