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
Sanford625 <- read_excel("C:/Users/Franco Castagliuolo/OneDrive - Bentley University/Neers 24/Pitchers/Sanford 625/Sanford 625.xlsx")
# Filter the data for the pitcher Brandon Adams
Brandon_Adams_data <- Sanford625 %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Adams, Brandon")
# Create a detailed table for each pitch
detailed_pitch_table <- Brandon_Adams_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 Brandon Adams")
Detailed Pitch Table for Brandon Adams
Curveball |
75.02 |
2194.05 |
74.09 |
-11.51 |
-1.85 |
BallCalled |
5.58 |
2.40 |
5.98 |
2.5 |
Four-Seam |
89.45 |
2143.08 |
212.75 |
11.65 |
19.14 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.77 |
2.19 |
6.64 |
7.1 |
Curveball |
77.75 |
2429.73 |
50.60 |
-6.90 |
-4.32 |
StrikeCalled |
5.67 |
2.26 |
5.94 |
1.7 |
Curveball |
78.20 |
2319.95 |
59.80 |
-9.86 |
-4.44 |
BallCalled |
5.70 |
2.19 |
5.98 |
2.0 |
Four-Seam |
90.34 |
2174.27 |
210.19 |
10.30 |
18.78 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.82 |
2.07 |
6.35 |
7.0 |
Four-Seam |
89.49 |
2155.46 |
220.35 |
14.12 |
17.67 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.80 |
2.28 |
6.54 |
7.3 |
Curveball |
77.50 |
2359.60 |
46.67 |
-7.33 |
-5.56 |
StrikeCalled |
5.63 |
2.35 |
5.73 |
1.6 |
Curveball |
78.43 |
2495.54 |
67.30 |
-13.48 |
-4.30 |
BallCalled |
5.63 |
2.15 |
5.96 |
2.2 |
Four-Seam |
90.07 |
2141.27 |
205.97 |
8.79 |
19.10 |
InPlay |
5.80 |
2.08 |
6.32 |
6.9 |
Four-Seam |
88.57 |
2186.01 |
211.87 |
11.33 |
19.51 |
StrikeCalled |
5.74 |
2.26 |
6.77 |
7.1 |
Changeup |
80.25 |
2005.03 |
255.93 |
20.25 |
6.52 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.45 |
2.74 |
6.16 |
8.5 |
Changeup |
81.66 |
2087.87 |
235.99 |
14.30 |
11.04 |
InPlay |
5.47 |
2.76 |
6.15 |
7.9 |
Four-Seam |
89.99 |
2196.45 |
211.10 |
11.68 |
20.59 |
StrikeCalled |
5.77 |
2.13 |
6.50 |
7.0 |
Curveball |
78.38 |
2367.91 |
59.18 |
-8.35 |
-3.49 |
BallCalled |
5.55 |
2.11 |
6.03 |
2.0 |
Curveball |
77.50 |
2323.17 |
46.52 |
-8.61 |
-6.59 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.54 |
2.26 |
5.91 |
1.6 |
Curveball |
77.64 |
2363.32 |
45.22 |
-9.39 |
-7.87 |
InPlay |
5.58 |
2.28 |
5.76 |
1.5 |
Slider |
77.72 |
2286.10 |
96.85 |
-10.92 |
2.63 |
StrikeCalled |
5.48 |
2.31 |
5.92 |
3.2 |
Curveball |
77.72 |
2345.80 |
49.51 |
-12.43 |
-9.10 |
StrikeCalled |
5.54 |
2.29 |
5.97 |
1.7 |
Sinker |
89.46 |
2305.01 |
230.80 |
18.01 |
15.91 |
InPlay |
5.61 |
2.29 |
6.34 |
7.7 |
Curveball |
75.74 |
2347.33 |
27.55 |
-6.24 |
-10.32 |
BallCalled |
5.63 |
2.35 |
5.66 |
0.9 |
Four-Seam |
88.84 |
2269.98 |
202.05 |
7.89 |
20.66 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.77 |
1.99 |
6.70 |
6.7 |
Curveball |
77.12 |
2288.83 |
51.66 |
-8.72 |
-5.68 |
BallCalled |
5.59 |
2.29 |
5.80 |
1.7 |
Slider |
75.68 |
2347.11 |
86.44 |
-14.58 |
0.39 |
StrikeCalled |
5.56 |
2.26 |
5.94 |
2.9 |
Changeup |
80.64 |
1962.47 |
251.84 |
19.83 |
7.82 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.35 |
2.63 |
6.35 |
8.4 |
Four-Seam |
90.26 |
2310.03 |
212.20 |
12.04 |
20.37 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.78 |
2.12 |
6.27 |
7.1 |
Curveball |
77.64 |
2420.77 |
67.54 |
-12.48 |
-3.57 |
BallCalled |
5.59 |
2.27 |
5.98 |
2.3 |
Curveball |
75.57 |
2249.28 |
66.02 |
-10.45 |
-3.16 |
BallCalled |
5.50 |
2.47 |
5.90 |
2.2 |
Four-Seam |
89.36 |
2210.37 |
219.98 |
13.45 |
17.26 |
StrikeCalled |
5.53 |
2.10 |
6.99 |
7.3 |
Four-Seam |
89.64 |
2284.99 |
212.14 |
11.75 |
19.88 |
BallCalled |
5.70 |
1.86 |
6.88 |
7.1 |
Sinker |
88.61 |
2298.43 |
235.19 |
16.44 |
12.66 |
BallCalled |
5.48 |
2.13 |
6.81 |
7.8 |
Sinker |
88.66 |
2153.56 |
229.51 |
16.88 |
15.61 |
StrikeCalled |
5.57 |
2.28 |
6.82 |
7.7 |
Changeup |
81.44 |
2074.79 |
245.46 |
18.52 |
9.86 |
BallinDirt |
5.39 |
2.70 |
6.35 |
8.2 |
Sinker |
88.03 |
2139.90 |
225.23 |
14.73 |
15.85 |
StrikeCalled |
5.53 |
2.12 |
6.72 |
7.5 |
Changeup |
82.09 |
2006.01 |
262.89 |
20.52 |
3.87 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.45 |
2.60 |
6.53 |
8.8 |
Changeup |
81.28 |
2081.00 |
247.79 |
17.97 |
8.88 |
BallinDirt |
5.33 |
2.62 |
6.25 |
8.3 |
Sinker |
88.22 |
2063.64 |
220.96 |
12.52 |
15.53 |
InPlay |
5.54 |
2.20 |
6.85 |
7.4 |
Four-Seam |
87.93 |
2124.62 |
206.12 |
9.34 |
20.18 |
BallCalled |
5.70 |
2.04 |
7.00 |
6.9 |
Curveball |
77.30 |
2350.61 |
56.70 |
-6.40 |
-2.71 |
BallCalled |
5.41 |
2.27 |
6.28 |
1.9 |
Sinker |
88.18 |
2179.18 |
244.21 |
19.50 |
10.68 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.53 |
2.22 |
6.80 |
8.1 |
Four-Seam |
88.44 |
2115.09 |
201.46 |
6.63 |
18.12 |
InPlay |
5.56 |
2.06 |
6.79 |
6.7 |
# 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: 40
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Brandon Adams")
Summary Pitch Table for Brandon Adams
Changeup |
15.00% |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
81.23 |
2036.19 |
8.00 |
18.56 |
249.98 |
8.3 |
5.41 |
2.67 |
6.30 |
Curveball |
35.00% |
14 |
9 |
5 |
64.29% |
35.71% |
77.25 |
2346.85 |
-5.21 |
-9.44 |
54.88 |
1.8 |
5.58 |
2.28 |
5.92 |
Four-Seam |
30.00% |
12 |
2 |
10 |
16.67% |
83.33% |
89.36 |
2192.64 |
19.27 |
10.75 |
210.51 |
7.0 |
5.73 |
2.10 |
6.65 |
Sinker |
15.00% |
6 |
1 |
5 |
16.67% |
83.33% |
88.53 |
2189.95 |
14.37 |
16.35 |
230.98 |
7.7 |
5.54 |
2.21 |
6.72 |
Slider |
5.00% |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
76.70 |
2316.60 |
1.51 |
-12.75 |
91.64 |
3.0 |
5.52 |
2.29 |
5.93 |
# 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("Brandon Adams maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Brandon Adams maximum FB velocity: 90.34 mph
# Prepare data for plotting pitch locations
pitch_location_data <- Brandon_Adams_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 Brandon Adams",
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 Brandon Adams",
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")
)
