# Filter the data for the pitcher Reed Interdonato
Reed_Interdonato_data <- data %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Interdonato, Reed")
# Create a detailed table for each pitch
detailed_pitch_table <- Reed_Interdonato_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 Reed Interdonato")
Detailed Pitch Table for Reed Interdonato
Sinker |
90.88 |
2401.00 |
239.53 |
20.32 |
13.11 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.39 |
2.42 |
5.56 |
8.0 |
Sinker |
92.24 |
2438.68 |
239.21 |
20.65 |
13.45 |
StrikeCalled |
5.37 |
2.27 |
6.01 |
8.0 |
Sinker |
93.22 |
2418.87 |
239.65 |
19.90 |
12.72 |
BallCalled |
5.51 |
2.27 |
5.88 |
8.0 |
Sinker |
92.50 |
2416.28 |
249.76 |
21.20 |
8.93 |
InPlay |
5.35 |
2.30 |
6.04 |
8.3 |
Slider |
84.88 |
2343.71 |
206.07 |
3.39 |
8.19 |
StrikeCalled |
5.06 |
2.34 |
5.76 |
6.9 |
Slider |
85.28 |
2295.14 |
207.27 |
2.93 |
7.08 |
BallCalled |
5.22 |
2.53 |
5.63 |
6.9 |
Sinker |
93.02 |
2451.96 |
236.60 |
20.59 |
14.74 |
BallCalled |
5.49 |
1.87 |
6.11 |
7.9 |
Slider |
85.72 |
2296.80 |
198.69 |
1.56 |
5.95 |
StrikeSwinging |
4.95 |
2.34 |
5.70 |
6.6 |
Sinker |
94.51 |
2479.58 |
232.13 |
19.15 |
16.04 |
InPlay |
5.61 |
1.90 |
5.91 |
7.7 |
Changeup |
84.36 |
1792.20 |
253.20 |
14.53 |
5.65 |
BallinDirt |
4.89 |
2.50 |
6.55 |
8.4 |
Sinker |
92.45 |
2477.22 |
238.19 |
21.07 |
14.08 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.32 |
2.25 |
6.20 |
7.9 |
Sinker |
94.08 |
2460.85 |
237.45 |
21.07 |
14.52 |
BallCalled |
5.45 |
2.30 |
6.01 |
7.9 |
Sinker |
92.23 |
2449.98 |
238.62 |
20.75 |
13.69 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.36 |
2.26 |
6.17 |
8.0 |
Slider |
85.24 |
2383.08 |
215.59 |
2.00 |
3.85 |
BallCalled |
5.11 |
2.56 |
5.71 |
7.2 |
Four-Seam |
93.87 |
2520.32 |
233.43 |
20.34 |
16.06 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.47 |
2.09 |
6.28 |
7.8 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
StrikeSwinging |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Slider |
86.12 |
2408.81 |
239.58 |
1.76 |
2.23 |
BallCalled |
5.16 |
2.41 |
5.72 |
8.0 |
Sinker |
92.65 |
2519.90 |
244.19 |
20.83 |
11.21 |
BallCalled |
5.45 |
2.21 |
6.15 |
8.1 |
Sinker |
91.15 |
2456.30 |
243.27 |
21.09 |
11.78 |
BallCalled |
5.49 |
2.15 |
6.14 |
8.1 |
Sinker |
92.64 |
2409.45 |
244.92 |
20.40 |
10.62 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.33 |
2.29 |
6.53 |
8.2 |
Four-Seam |
93.39 |
2484.82 |
229.34 |
17.87 |
16.54 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.46 |
2.09 |
5.91 |
7.6 |
Changeup |
85.90 |
2047.98 |
251.47 |
18.32 |
7.40 |
StrikeCalled |
5.02 |
2.55 |
6.28 |
8.4 |
Sinker |
93.59 |
2513.40 |
240.61 |
21.16 |
13.10 |
BallCalled |
5.41 |
2.18 |
5.95 |
8.0 |
Changeup |
85.74 |
1840.52 |
241.70 |
16.26 |
10.01 |
BallinDirt |
4.98 |
2.33 |
6.30 |
8.1 |
Sinker |
91.87 |
2482.22 |
235.87 |
20.36 |
14.95 |
StrikeCalled |
5.35 |
2.40 |
6.24 |
7.9 |
Sinker |
93.58 |
2370.81 |
226.49 |
19.13 |
19.31 |
BallCalled |
5.61 |
2.00 |
6.17 |
7.5 |
Sinker |
92.82 |
2501.38 |
239.14 |
21.78 |
14.15 |
InPlay |
5.37 |
2.24 |
6.18 |
8.0 |
Slider |
86.65 |
2348.92 |
259.12 |
5.25 |
2.13 |
BallCalled |
5.23 |
2.20 |
6.06 |
8.6 |
Slider |
85.76 |
2302.76 |
239.22 |
4.76 |
3.91 |
BallinDirt |
5.12 |
2.40 |
5.95 |
8.0 |
Sinker |
92.31 |
2430.36 |
237.88 |
21.57 |
14.63 |
StrikeCalled |
5.55 |
2.03 |
6.19 |
7.9 |
Slider |
85.68 |
2358.16 |
143.11 |
-0.87 |
2.19 |
BallCalled |
5.27 |
2.33 |
5.59 |
4.8 |
Sinker |
91.83 |
2495.40 |
231.71 |
20.52 |
17.31 |
StrikeCalled |
5.55 |
2.10 |
6.52 |
7.7 |
Four-Seam |
92.98 |
2415.53 |
233.99 |
21.17 |
16.45 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.55 |
1.88 |
6.34 |
7.8 |
Slider |
86.74 |
2370.22 |
206.25 |
1.56 |
4.50 |
InPlay |
5.22 |
2.26 |
5.61 |
6.9 |
Slider |
84.92 |
2364.07 |
241.04 |
5.28 |
4.40 |
BallCalled |
5.10 |
2.33 |
5.70 |
8.0 |
Slider |
86.07 |
2299.30 |
210.86 |
4.86 |
9.35 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.12 |
2.22 |
5.78 |
7.0 |
Sinker |
92.32 |
2504.19 |
234.50 |
19.73 |
15.17 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.71 |
1.80 |
6.29 |
7.8 |
Slider |
86.20 |
2450.01 |
228.36 |
7.04 |
7.41 |
BallinDirt |
5.20 |
2.18 |
5.86 |
7.6 |
Four-Seam |
93.09 |
2454.53 |
221.29 |
15.97 |
19.14 |
BallCalled |
5.50 |
1.83 |
6.11 |
7.4 |
Slider |
85.45 |
2271.00 |
244.91 |
4.17 |
3.16 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.21 |
2.16 |
5.65 |
8.2 |
Changeup |
85.83 |
1985.61 |
230.67 |
16.93 |
15.05 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.03 |
2.37 |
6.19 |
7.7 |
Four-Seam |
93.26 |
2555.00 |
232.36 |
20.44 |
16.81 |
BallCalled |
5.40 |
2.12 |
6.13 |
7.7 |
Slider |
84.53 |
2297.91 |
220.30 |
2.97 |
4.64 |
StrikeCalled |
5.11 |
2.41 |
5.56 |
7.3 |
Four-Seam |
93.51 |
2529.76 |
226.57 |
17.82 |
17.90 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.50 |
1.92 |
5.91 |
7.6 |
Slider |
86.64 |
2320.04 |
210.63 |
2.18 |
4.83 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.11 |
2.40 |
5.96 |
7.0 |
Four-Seam |
92.71 |
2499.26 |
226.24 |
15.36 |
15.62 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.52 |
1.78 |
6.23 |
7.5 |
Slider |
83.64 |
2166.15 |
243.47 |
2.60 |
2.27 |
BallinDirt |
5.01 |
2.17 |
5.84 |
8.1 |
Slider |
85.56 |
2231.30 |
277.12 |
3.60 |
0.60 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.39 |
2.16 |
5.72 |
9.2 |
Changeup |
83.20 |
1795.19 |
234.06 |
17.76 |
14.16 |
BallCalled |
5.08 |
2.56 |
6.24 |
7.8 |
Sinker |
91.14 |
2467.47 |
230.19 |
17.58 |
15.85 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.58 |
2.13 |
5.78 |
7.7 |
Changeup |
85.20 |
1983.82 |
243.77 |
18.04 |
10.16 |
BallCalled |
5.13 |
2.35 |
5.99 |
8.1 |
Sinker |
91.21 |
2554.69 |
233.84 |
18.85 |
15.02 |
BallCalled |
5.52 |
2.13 |
6.27 |
7.8 |
Four-Seam |
92.08 |
2582.81 |
232.86 |
19.09 |
15.62 |
BallCalled |
5.55 |
2.21 |
6.25 |
7.8 |
Slider |
83.44 |
2306.95 |
219.02 |
4.67 |
7.10 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.33 |
2.39 |
5.85 |
7.3 |
Slider |
83.80 |
2336.98 |
176.96 |
-0.13 |
3.78 |
BallCalled |
5.19 |
2.13 |
5.65 |
5.9 |
Slider |
83.36 |
2231.20 |
234.69 |
4.04 |
4.27 |
BallinDirt |
5.22 |
2.07 |
5.84 |
7.8 |
Sinker |
91.20 |
2495.93 |
224.49 |
16.35 |
17.69 |
InPlay |
5.44 |
2.04 |
6.00 |
7.5 |
Changeup |
84.76 |
1985.77 |
246.50 |
21.09 |
10.39 |
StrikeCalled |
5.12 |
2.44 |
6.00 |
8.2 |
Sinker |
91.05 |
2428.71 |
237.07 |
23.03 |
15.99 |
BallCalled |
5.31 |
2.29 |
5.98 |
7.9 |
Changeup |
85.41 |
1975.02 |
228.94 |
14.91 |
14.11 |
StrikeCalled |
5.05 |
2.42 |
6.10 |
7.6 |
Changeup |
84.55 |
1817.13 |
230.59 |
12.33 |
11.22 |
BallCalled |
5.02 |
2.16 |
6.35 |
7.7 |
Sinker |
92.16 |
2479.06 |
235.06 |
20.31 |
15.18 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.41 |
2.31 |
6.27 |
7.8 |
Slider |
85.71 |
2338.82 |
185.43 |
0.45 |
5.88 |
InPlay |
5.12 |
2.30 |
5.73 |
6.2 |
Sinker |
92.09 |
2334.55 |
229.39 |
18.78 |
17.20 |
StrikeCalled |
5.52 |
2.24 |
6.13 |
7.6 |
Changeup |
85.68 |
2015.87 |
241.35 |
16.37 |
10.18 |
BallCalled |
5.08 |
2.34 |
6.33 |
8.0 |
Changeup |
85.35 |
2068.46 |
244.15 |
17.46 |
9.70 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.01 |
2.29 |
6.43 |
8.1 |
Four-Seam |
92.36 |
2547.15 |
231.76 |
19.27 |
16.32 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.73 |
2.21 |
6.13 |
7.7 |
Changeup |
85.03 |
1890.19 |
244.14 |
14.68 |
8.31 |
BallCalled |
5.09 |
2.31 |
6.28 |
8.1 |
Four-Seam |
93.02 |
2415.01 |
216.59 |
13.15 |
18.73 |
BallCalled |
5.48 |
2.17 |
6.10 |
7.2 |
Four-Seam |
92.17 |
2394.59 |
223.18 |
14.88 |
16.89 |
BallCalled |
5.51 |
2.25 |
6.22 |
7.4 |
# 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")
## Total number of pitches thrown: 70
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Reed Interdonato")
Summary Pitch Table for Reed Interdonato
Changeup |
17.14% |
12 |
5 |
7 |
41.67% |
58.33% |
85.08 |
1933.15 |
10.53 |
16.56 |
240.88 |
8.0 |
5.04 |
2.38 |
6.25 |
Four-Seam |
15.71% |
11 |
5 |
6 |
45.45% |
54.55% |
92.95 |
2490.80 |
16.92 |
17.76 |
227.96 |
7.6 |
5.52 |
2.05 |
6.15 |
Sinker |
35.71% |
25 |
9 |
16 |
36.00% |
64.00% |
92.35 |
2457.53 |
14.42 |
20.25 |
236.79 |
7.9 |
5.46 |
2.18 |
6.11 |
Slider |
30.00% |
21 |
7 |
14 |
33.33% |
66.67% |
85.30 |
2320.06 |
4.65 |
3.05 |
219.41 |
7.3 |
5.16 |
2.30 |
5.76 |
NA |
1.43% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
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("Reed Interdonato maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Reed Interdonato maximum FB velocity: 94.51 mph
# Prepare data for plotting pitch locations
pitch_location_data <- Reed_Interdonato_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 Reed Interdonato",
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
scale_x_continuous(limits = c(-25, 25)) + # Set horizontal limits to +/- 25 inches
scale_y_continuous(limits = c(-25, 25)) + # Set vertical limits to +/- 25 inches
labs(title = paste("Pitch Movement for", unique(detailed_pitch_table$AutoPitchType)),
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")
)
