knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE, message = FALSE, warning = FALSE)
library(readxl)
library(dplyr)
##
## Attaching package: 'dplyr'
## The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
##
## filter, lag
## The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
##
## intersect, setdiff, setequal, union
library(ggplot2)
library(knitr)
# Load the data
Bristol621 <- read_excel("C:/Users/Franco Castagliuolo/OneDrive - Bentley University/Neers 24/Pitchers/Bristol 621/Bristol 621.xlsx")
# Filter the data for the pitcher Kutz
Kutz_data <- Bristol621 %>%
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
Sinker |
89.02 |
2288.88 |
106.56 |
-15.46 |
5.79 |
StrikeCalled |
5.33 |
-1.94 |
6.15 |
3.6 |
Sinker |
89.53 |
2246.46 |
104.75 |
-14.09 |
4.90 |
BallCalled |
5.33 |
-2.09 |
5.68 |
3.5 |
Sinker |
88.62 |
2414.26 |
120.53 |
-14.12 |
9.66 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.45 |
-1.98 |
6.26 |
4.0 |
Curveball |
81.48 |
2719.46 |
313.28 |
10.51 |
-8.43 |
StrikeCalled |
5.16 |
-2.19 |
5.62 |
10.4 |
Slider |
80.28 |
2650.64 |
281.85 |
8.52 |
-0.43 |
BallCalled |
5.19 |
-2.16 |
5.57 |
9.4 |
Slider |
83.16 |
2695.69 |
340.73 |
1.67 |
-3.50 |
StrikeCalled |
5.16 |
-2.19 |
5.86 |
11.4 |
Sinker |
88.66 |
2478.13 |
82.36 |
-10.46 |
-0.31 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.34 |
-2.16 |
6.00 |
2.7 |
Curveball |
82.49 |
2711.80 |
328.95 |
6.10 |
-8.69 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.10 |
-2.17 |
5.70 |
11.0 |
Sinker |
88.79 |
2475.24 |
116.48 |
-13.16 |
7.71 |
BallCalled |
5.39 |
-2.10 |
6.16 |
3.9 |
Sinker |
90.24 |
2505.15 |
111.45 |
-16.54 |
7.75 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.35 |
-2.09 |
6.10 |
3.7 |
Slider |
81.29 |
2729.93 |
286.84 |
8.92 |
-1.27 |
InPlay |
5.28 |
-2.15 |
5.62 |
9.6 |
Sinker |
89.21 |
2500.30 |
108.97 |
-15.49 |
6.45 |
BallCalled |
5.35 |
-2.15 |
6.09 |
3.6 |
Sinker |
88.87 |
2467.31 |
102.99 |
-14.79 |
4.55 |
BallCalled |
5.31 |
-2.18 |
6.15 |
3.4 |
Sinker |
88.78 |
2388.64 |
106.05 |
-16.25 |
5.82 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.57 |
-1.95 |
6.68 |
3.5 |
Sinker |
89.42 |
2459.52 |
118.45 |
-15.13 |
9.39 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.47 |
-2.19 |
6.37 |
3.9 |
Slider |
82.17 |
2741.75 |
297.67 |
11.05 |
-4.45 |
HitByPitch |
5.12 |
-2.11 |
5.73 |
9.9 |
Changeup |
86.70 |
2405.29 |
109.86 |
-18.31 |
7.91 |
BallCalled |
5.48 |
-2.02 |
6.20 |
3.7 |
Sinker |
88.06 |
2456.90 |
114.05 |
-16.53 |
8.61 |
InPlay |
5.40 |
-2.21 |
6.22 |
3.8 |
Changeup |
87.26 |
2333.62 |
114.44 |
-16.73 |
8.87 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.36 |
-1.90 |
6.24 |
3.8 |
Sinker |
88.36 |
2455.89 |
125.80 |
-14.63 |
11.68 |
BallCalled |
5.30 |
-2.08 |
6.04 |
4.2 |
Slider |
79.88 |
2526.39 |
257.42 |
7.44 |
2.91 |
BallCalled |
5.23 |
-2.27 |
5.88 |
8.6 |
Changeup |
87.73 |
2402.04 |
116.04 |
-15.81 |
8.93 |
InPlay |
5.38 |
-2.16 |
6.30 |
3.9 |
Curveball |
79.73 |
2738.89 |
293.49 |
13.00 |
-4.36 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.23 |
-2.16 |
5.54 |
9.8 |
Slider |
80.15 |
2797.54 |
290.43 |
14.85 |
-4.21 |
BallCalled |
5.30 |
-2.23 |
5.49 |
9.7 |
Changeup |
87.02 |
2431.38 |
109.70 |
-16.00 |
6.86 |
HitByPitch |
5.53 |
-2.06 |
6.09 |
3.7 |
# 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")
## 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 |
16.00% |
4 |
1 |
3 |
25.00% |
75.00% |
87.18 |
2393.08 |
8.14 |
-16.71 |
112.51 |
3.8 |
5.44 |
-2.04 |
6.21 |
Curveball |
12.00% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
81.23 |
2723.38 |
-7.16 |
9.87 |
311.91 |
10.4 |
5.16 |
-2.17 |
5.62 |
Sinker |
48.00% |
12 |
5 |
7 |
41.67% |
58.33% |
88.96 |
2428.06 |
6.83 |
-14.72 |
109.87 |
3.6 |
5.38 |
-2.09 |
6.16 |
Slider |
24.00% |
6 |
3 |
3 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
81.16 |
2690.32 |
-1.82 |
8.74 |
292.49 |
9.8 |
5.21 |
-2.18 |
5.69 |
# 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: 90.24 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
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")
)
