# Filter the data for the pitcher Max Simpson
Max_Simpson_data <- data %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Simpson, Max")
# Create a detailed table for each pitch
detailed_pitch_table <- Max_Simpson_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 Max Simpson")
Detailed Pitch Table for Max Simpson
Four-Seam |
85.91 |
2057.99 |
201.19 |
6.28 |
17.58 |
BallCalled |
5.99 |
1.86 |
6.85 |
6.7 |
Sinker |
85.55 |
2010.23 |
226.93 |
16.73 |
17.10 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.69 |
2.15 |
6.86 |
7.6 |
Changeup |
86.11 |
1986.61 |
242.89 |
18.07 |
10.69 |
BallCalled |
5.78 |
2.00 |
6.71 |
8.1 |
Sinker |
87.38 |
1993.02 |
244.54 |
17.84 |
9.77 |
InPlay |
5.64 |
2.16 |
6.68 |
8.2 |
Changeup |
85.73 |
1973.71 |
238.13 |
17.26 |
12.21 |
BallCalled |
5.62 |
2.11 |
6.68 |
7.9 |
Curveball |
76.54 |
1812.72 |
64.21 |
-9.72 |
-3.01 |
BallCalled |
5.82 |
1.86 |
6.03 |
2.1 |
Sinker |
87.91 |
2039.69 |
237.49 |
16.04 |
11.49 |
StrikeCalled |
5.54 |
2.16 |
6.68 |
7.9 |
Changeup |
86.64 |
1959.17 |
245.81 |
18.38 |
9.61 |
InPlay |
5.51 |
2.12 |
6.72 |
8.2 |
Curveball |
76.72 |
1782.84 |
33.15 |
-5.81 |
-6.94 |
StrikeCalled |
5.99 |
1.57 |
6.06 |
1.1 |
Curveball |
76.39 |
1874.89 |
104.54 |
-13.93 |
5.36 |
InPlay |
5.71 |
2.03 |
6.12 |
3.5 |
Curveball |
76.48 |
1862.09 |
60.00 |
-9.22 |
-3.61 |
StrikeCalled |
5.81 |
1.96 |
6.34 |
2.0 |
Sinker |
87.90 |
2078.50 |
237.54 |
16.56 |
11.86 |
BallCalled |
5.54 |
2.11 |
6.75 |
7.9 |
Curveball |
76.04 |
1785.82 |
68.04 |
-9.62 |
-2.13 |
InPlay |
5.77 |
1.97 |
6.33 |
2.3 |
Four-Seam |
85.35 |
1976.17 |
215.94 |
13.53 |
19.95 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.59 |
2.08 |
6.90 |
7.2 |
Splitter |
81.30 |
1174.02 |
247.34 |
7.15 |
4.35 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.43 |
2.38 |
6.30 |
8.2 |
Curveball |
77.75 |
1917.97 |
57.93 |
-5.71 |
-2.06 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.82 |
1.98 |
6.35 |
1.9 |
Curveball |
77.48 |
1835.64 |
89.03 |
-5.90 |
1.48 |
StrikeCalled |
6.04 |
1.72 |
6.43 |
3.0 |
Four-Seam |
87.57 |
2108.35 |
210.62 |
9.47 |
17.17 |
BallCalled |
5.94 |
1.94 |
6.70 |
7.0 |
Curveball |
76.66 |
1991.95 |
66.92 |
-5.84 |
-0.82 |
InPlay |
5.97 |
1.85 |
6.05 |
2.2 |
Sinker |
86.89 |
2045.85 |
232.73 |
14.90 |
12.55 |
StrikeCalled |
5.67 |
2.01 |
6.76 |
7.8 |
Curveball |
76.22 |
1853.08 |
67.17 |
-6.51 |
-1.12 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.82 |
1.78 |
6.25 |
2.2 |
Four-Seam |
88.34 |
2151.50 |
210.55 |
11.09 |
20.21 |
InPlay |
5.97 |
1.71 |
6.78 |
7.0 |
Changeup |
87.64 |
2106.71 |
249.33 |
16.69 |
7.48 |
InPlay |
5.43 |
2.25 |
6.70 |
8.3 |
Curveball |
75.01 |
1846.16 |
46.05 |
-6.74 |
-4.75 |
StrikeCalled |
5.88 |
1.89 |
6.25 |
1.5 |
Four-Seam |
85.84 |
2058.32 |
200.14 |
5.89 |
17.32 |
BallCalled |
5.66 |
2.11 |
6.82 |
6.7 |
Curveball |
74.99 |
1835.93 |
47.04 |
-5.29 |
-3.18 |
InPlay |
5.96 |
1.63 |
6.41 |
1.6 |
Slider |
78.89 |
2003.12 |
143.08 |
-7.25 |
11.54 |
StrikeCalled |
5.78 |
1.87 |
6.24 |
4.8 |
Curveball |
76.35 |
1883.10 |
44.52 |
-7.90 |
-6.25 |
BallCalled |
5.90 |
1.71 |
6.27 |
1.5 |
Changeup |
86.58 |
1977.71 |
245.52 |
19.75 |
10.39 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.61 |
2.17 |
6.71 |
8.2 |
Curveball |
78.08 |
2006.40 |
60.08 |
-5.65 |
-1.64 |
BallCalled |
5.92 |
1.85 |
6.25 |
2.0 |
Sinker |
87.36 |
1952.74 |
237.67 |
15.93 |
11.35 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.53 |
2.21 |
6.86 |
7.9 |
Sinker |
87.41 |
2115.35 |
248.55 |
17.41 |
8.06 |
InPlay |
5.63 |
2.11 |
6.77 |
8.3 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
BallCalled |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Sinker |
87.25 |
2028.79 |
224.15 |
13.29 |
14.90 |
InPlay |
5.62 |
2.04 |
6.74 |
7.5 |
Changeup |
87.87 |
1950.10 |
245.76 |
17.19 |
8.97 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.55 |
2.11 |
6.95 |
8.2 |
Splitter |
80.66 |
1094.65 |
245.42 |
3.39 |
2.97 |
InPlay |
5.34 |
2.41 |
6.53 |
8.2 |
Curveball |
75.89 |
1932.61 |
70.89 |
-6.35 |
-0.66 |
BallCalled |
5.81 |
2.00 |
6.24 |
2.4 |
Sinker |
87.35 |
1988.10 |
234.71 |
13.43 |
10.70 |
BallCalled |
5.68 |
2.25 |
6.53 |
7.8 |
Sinker |
87.30 |
1964.00 |
235.92 |
14.38 |
10.92 |
InPlay |
5.63 |
2.25 |
6.62 |
7.9 |
Curveball |
76.47 |
1800.47 |
66.20 |
-3.04 |
0.26 |
StrikeCalled |
5.82 |
1.75 |
6.51 |
2.2 |
Curveball |
76.22 |
1850.93 |
66.76 |
-4.53 |
-0.36 |
StrikeCalled |
5.95 |
1.77 |
6.48 |
2.2 |
Curveball |
76.28 |
1935.34 |
53.13 |
-3.74 |
-1.18 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.88 |
1.69 |
6.42 |
1.8 |
Curveball |
75.55 |
1792.75 |
63.43 |
-7.46 |
-2.17 |
StrikeCalled |
5.90 |
1.68 |
6.41 |
2.1 |
Curveball |
75.53 |
1893.15 |
61.55 |
-6.67 |
-2.15 |
StrikeCalled |
5.95 |
1.63 |
6.42 |
2.1 |
Curveball |
75.08 |
1841.88 |
65.44 |
-4.25 |
-0.38 |
InPlay |
5.92 |
1.69 |
6.26 |
2.2 |
Curveball |
75.09 |
1849.20 |
64.15 |
-8.89 |
-2.76 |
StrikeCalled |
5.72 |
1.84 |
6.31 |
2.1 |
Changeup |
82.08 |
1230.36 |
259.69 |
7.57 |
2.60 |
StrikeCalled |
5.39 |
2.25 |
6.44 |
8.7 |
Changeup |
84.27 |
1289.92 |
269.72 |
12.24 |
1.34 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.45 |
2.32 |
6.38 |
9.0 |
Sinker |
88.89 |
2136.16 |
226.06 |
14.19 |
14.85 |
StrikeCalled |
5.79 |
1.75 |
6.96 |
7.5 |
Sinker |
88.74 |
2183.78 |
238.60 |
16.81 |
11.39 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.63 |
1.96 |
6.75 |
8.0 |
Sinker |
88.20 |
2022.00 |
229.67 |
12.72 |
12.03 |
BallCalled |
5.69 |
1.85 |
6.72 |
7.7 |
Slider |
79.09 |
1928.38 |
110.76 |
-7.46 |
4.59 |
BallCalled |
5.51 |
2.00 |
6.03 |
3.7 |
Sinker |
87.73 |
1985.50 |
233.71 |
15.99 |
13.00 |
InPlay |
5.60 |
1.90 |
6.89 |
7.8 |
Sinker |
88.73 |
2213.05 |
224.68 |
12.53 |
13.79 |
InPlay |
5.72 |
1.94 |
6.75 |
7.5 |
# 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: 54
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Max Simpson")
Summary Pitch Table for Max Simpson
Changeup |
14.81% |
8 |
2 |
6 |
25.00% |
75.00% |
85.86 |
1809.29 |
7.91 |
15.89 |
249.61 |
8.3 |
5.54 |
2.17 |
6.66 |
Curveball |
38.89% |
21 |
4 |
17 |
19.05% |
80.95% |
76.23 |
1865.95 |
-1.81 |
-6.80 |
62.87 |
2.1 |
5.87 |
1.80 |
6.29 |
Four-Seam |
9.26% |
5 |
3 |
2 |
60.00% |
40.00% |
86.60 |
2070.47 |
18.45 |
9.25 |
207.69 |
6.9 |
5.83 |
1.94 |
6.81 |
Sinker |
27.78% |
15 |
3 |
12 |
20.00% |
80.00% |
87.64 |
2050.45 |
12.25 |
15.25 |
234.20 |
7.8 |
5.64 |
2.06 |
6.75 |
Slider |
3.70% |
2 |
1 |
1 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
78.99 |
1965.75 |
8.06 |
-7.36 |
126.92 |
4.2 |
5.64 |
1.94 |
6.14 |
Splitter |
3.70% |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
80.98 |
1134.34 |
3.66 |
5.27 |
246.38 |
8.2 |
5.38 |
2.40 |
6.42 |
NA |
1.85% |
1 |
1 |
0 |
100.00% |
0.00% |
NaN |
NaN |
NaN |
NaN |
NaN |
NaN |
NaN |
NaN |
NaN |
# 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("Max Simpson maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Max Simpson maximum FB velocity: 88.89 mph
# Prepare data for plotting pitch locations
pitch_location_data <- Max_Simpson_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) +
geom_rect(aes(xmin = -0.5, xmax = 0.5, ymin = 1.75, ymax = 3.25), fill = NA, color = "red", linetype = "solid", size = 1) +
geom_rect(aes(xmin = -0.75, xmax = 0.75, ymin = 1.5, ymax = 3.5), fill = NA, color = "black", linetype = "solid", size = 1) +
geom_rect(aes(xmin = -1.25, xmax = 1.25, ymin = 1.25, ymax = 3.75), fill = NA, color = "gray", linetype = "solid", size = 1) +
scale_x_continuous(limits = c(-2, 2)) +
scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, 5)) +
coord_fixed(ratio = 1) +
labs(title = "Pitch Locations for Max Simpson",
x = "Horizontal Location (feet)",
y = "Vertical Location (feet)",
color = "Swing/Take",
shape = "Chase") +
facet_wrap(~ AutoPitchType) +
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 Max Simpson",
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")
)
