# Filter the data for the pitcher Colin Dowlen
Colin_Dowlen_data <- data %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Dowlen, Colin")
# Create a detailed table for each pitch
detailed_pitch_table <- Colin_Dowlen_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 Colin Dowlen")
Detailed Pitch Table for Colin Dowlen
Curveball |
74.16 |
2810.92 |
59.09 |
-16.74 |
-8.53 |
StrikeCalled |
5.14 |
1.90 |
6.11 |
2.0 |
Four-Seam |
88.90 |
2042.93 |
219.56 |
12.58 |
16.23 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
4.92 |
1.85 |
6.35 |
7.3 |
Curveball |
75.58 |
2987.86 |
42.72 |
-12.78 |
-12.10 |
BallinDirt |
5.05 |
1.85 |
6.12 |
1.4 |
Curveball |
76.17 |
3005.98 |
48.25 |
-12.97 |
-9.85 |
BallCalled |
5.18 |
1.86 |
5.84 |
1.6 |
Four-Seam |
89.25 |
2153.58 |
211.97 |
10.64 |
18.18 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
4.95 |
1.79 |
6.30 |
7.1 |
Curveball |
76.34 |
2920.84 |
83.50 |
-14.90 |
-0.21 |
InPlay |
4.74 |
2.04 |
5.93 |
2.8 |
Four-Seam |
88.30 |
2142.54 |
205.27 |
8.49 |
19.20 |
BallCalled |
5.05 |
1.90 |
6.23 |
6.8 |
Curveball |
74.78 |
2864.44 |
68.72 |
-16.53 |
-4.76 |
BallCalled |
5.23 |
1.82 |
5.95 |
2.3 |
Four-Seam |
87.55 |
2145.16 |
212.51 |
7.70 |
13.25 |
BallCalled |
5.10 |
1.89 |
6.34 |
7.1 |
Four-Seam |
87.80 |
2094.75 |
206.05 |
7.50 |
16.50 |
StrikeCalled |
5.11 |
1.73 |
6.20 |
6.9 |
Four-Seam |
88.14 |
2166.01 |
215.78 |
8.68 |
13.24 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.10 |
1.82 |
6.34 |
7.2 |
Curveball |
76.77 |
2931.58 |
61.57 |
-14.22 |
-6.11 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.19 |
1.73 |
5.80 |
2.1 |
Curveball |
75.77 |
3028.26 |
49.50 |
-15.71 |
-11.56 |
BallCalled |
4.93 |
1.97 |
6.03 |
1.6 |
Four-Seam |
88.91 |
2274.57 |
217.83 |
14.22 |
19.46 |
BallCalled |
5.23 |
1.81 |
6.54 |
7.3 |
Four-Seam |
89.50 |
2282.48 |
220.93 |
15.03 |
18.44 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.12 |
1.72 |
6.43 |
7.4 |
Curveball |
76.37 |
3023.16 |
51.41 |
-15.69 |
-10.89 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.10 |
1.87 |
5.97 |
1.7 |
Four-Seam |
90.22 |
2145.43 |
206.23 |
9.09 |
19.67 |
StrikeCalled |
5.12 |
1.70 |
6.03 |
6.9 |
Sinker |
89.27 |
2153.24 |
231.37 |
13.31 |
11.87 |
StrikeCalled |
5.08 |
1.76 |
6.19 |
7.7 |
Curveball |
75.95 |
2993.88 |
59.91 |
-16.91 |
-7.95 |
BallCalled |
5.12 |
1.86 |
5.87 |
2.0 |
Four-Seam |
89.21 |
2172.22 |
209.66 |
9.96 |
18.77 |
BallCalled |
5.14 |
1.85 |
6.18 |
7.0 |
Curveball |
75.64 |
2848.30 |
59.00 |
-14.52 |
-6.98 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.13 |
1.81 |
6.07 |
2.0 |
Curveball |
75.82 |
3021.99 |
54.04 |
-15.93 |
-9.64 |
BallCalled |
5.14 |
1.72 |
5.71 |
1.8 |
Curveball |
75.85 |
2948.87 |
59.07 |
-15.65 |
-7.52 |
BallinDirt |
5.09 |
1.77 |
6.00 |
2.0 |
Curveball |
74.83 |
2914.37 |
50.53 |
-14.31 |
-9.82 |
StrikeCalled |
5.09 |
1.90 |
5.62 |
1.7 |
Curveball |
76.67 |
3088.30 |
60.81 |
-17.57 |
-8.00 |
BallCalled |
4.84 |
2.03 |
5.93 |
2.0 |
Four-Seam |
88.12 |
2124.84 |
218.18 |
10.64 |
14.69 |
BallCalled |
5.15 |
1.81 |
6.40 |
7.3 |
Four-Seam |
88.79 |
2118.28 |
220.83 |
10.99 |
13.88 |
BallCalled |
5.11 |
1.70 |
6.28 |
7.4 |
Sinker |
87.93 |
2147.27 |
232.43 |
14.27 |
12.19 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.05 |
1.68 |
6.45 |
7.7 |
Curveball |
75.63 |
2913.89 |
56.08 |
-13.09 |
-7.19 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.14 |
1.78 |
5.82 |
1.9 |
Four-Seam |
88.12 |
2201.66 |
215.29 |
9.87 |
15.08 |
StrikeCalled |
5.03 |
1.73 |
6.13 |
7.2 |
Curveball |
75.47 |
2931.73 |
52.32 |
-15.04 |
-9.98 |
InPlay |
5.00 |
1.94 |
5.64 |
1.7 |
Curveball |
75.23 |
2971.38 |
64.07 |
-16.49 |
-6.25 |
StrikeCalled |
5.04 |
1.79 |
5.96 |
2.1 |
Curveball |
75.52 |
2900.45 |
60.24 |
-15.84 |
-7.38 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.14 |
1.76 |
6.08 |
2.0 |
Curveball |
75.64 |
2931.21 |
57.99 |
-18.62 |
-9.83 |
BallinDirt |
5.07 |
1.85 |
6.09 |
1.9 |
Four-Seam |
88.04 |
2170.30 |
218.45 |
12.90 |
17.42 |
InPlay |
5.11 |
1.75 |
6.26 |
7.3 |
Curveball |
75.49 |
2902.55 |
49.44 |
-16.07 |
-11.89 |
BallCalled |
5.10 |
1.67 |
5.62 |
1.6 |
Sinker |
88.67 |
2168.19 |
225.07 |
16.57 |
17.80 |
StrikeSwinging |
4.92 |
1.76 |
6.22 |
7.5 |
Four-Seam |
88.54 |
2285.87 |
216.11 |
11.33 |
16.74 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
4.99 |
1.81 |
6.56 |
7.2 |
Curveball |
75.65 |
2930.02 |
71.75 |
-16.37 |
-3.74 |
BallCalled |
4.82 |
2.02 |
5.85 |
2.4 |
Curveball |
75.53 |
2881.83 |
52.74 |
-16.12 |
-10.53 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.14 |
1.69 |
5.95 |
1.8 |
Sinker |
89.52 |
2237.88 |
228.91 |
13.04 |
12.55 |
InPlay |
4.93 |
1.68 |
6.11 |
7.6 |
# 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: 41
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Colin Dowlen")
Summary Pitch Table for Colin Dowlen
Curveball |
53.66% |
22 |
8 |
14 |
36.36% |
63.64% |
75.68 |
2943.26 |
-8.21 |
-15.55 |
57.85 |
1.9 |
5.06 |
1.85 |
5.91 |
Four-Seam |
36.59% |
15 |
6 |
9 |
40.00% |
60.00% |
88.63 |
2168.04 |
16.72 |
10.64 |
214.31 |
7.2 |
5.08 |
1.79 |
6.30 |
Sinker |
9.76% |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
88.85 |
2176.64 |
13.60 |
14.30 |
229.44 |
7.6 |
5.00 |
1.72 |
6.24 |
# 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("Colin Dowlen maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Colin Dowlen maximum FB velocity: 90.22 mph
# Prepare data for plotting pitch locations
pitch_location_data <- Colin_Dowlen_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 Colin Dowlen",
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)) +
scale_y_continuous(limits = c(-25, 25)) +
labs(title = "Pitch Movement for Colin Dowlen",
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")
)
