# Filter the data for the pitcher Josh Keevan
Brian_Foley_data <- data %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Keevan, Josh")
# Create a detailed table for each pitch
detailed_pitch_table <- Brian_Foley_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 Josh Keevan")
Detailed Pitch Table for Josh Keevan
Changeup |
75.37 |
1706.36 |
110.70 |
-16.87 |
8.03 |
InPlay |
5.32 |
-0.95 |
6.13 |
3.7 |
Changeup |
73.70 |
1677.12 |
113.47 |
-12.64 |
7.03 |
StrikeCalled |
5.29 |
-0.82 |
5.89 |
3.8 |
Changeup |
76.44 |
1815.43 |
115.14 |
-17.61 |
9.72 |
InPlay |
5.29 |
-0.92 |
6.08 |
3.8 |
Changeup |
76.89 |
1802.84 |
109.45 |
-17.64 |
7.79 |
BallCalled |
5.22 |
-0.87 |
6.18 |
3.6 |
Changeup |
76.84 |
1813.51 |
118.05 |
-15.18 |
9.71 |
BallCalled |
5.30 |
-0.87 |
5.82 |
3.9 |
Splitter |
82.60 |
2122.69 |
137.01 |
-15.11 |
17.64 |
StrikeCalled |
5.66 |
-0.47 |
6.28 |
4.6 |
Changeup |
82.88 |
2205.21 |
137.54 |
-14.37 |
17.18 |
BallCalled |
5.68 |
-0.53 |
6.20 |
4.6 |
Changeup |
73.96 |
1714.26 |
125.42 |
-16.06 |
13.11 |
BallCalled |
5.33 |
-0.77 |
6.10 |
4.2 |
Changeup |
82.96 |
2073.38 |
126.49 |
-18.34 |
15.05 |
InPlay |
5.78 |
-0.43 |
6.16 |
4.2 |
Changeup |
75.87 |
1643.03 |
120.63 |
-16.06 |
11.14 |
BallCalled |
5.30 |
-0.96 |
6.27 |
4.0 |
Changeup |
82.35 |
2189.21 |
135.50 |
-15.57 |
17.41 |
BallCalled |
5.76 |
-0.42 |
6.11 |
4.5 |
Changeup |
83.13 |
2111.09 |
134.59 |
-17.22 |
18.51 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.62 |
-0.50 |
6.16 |
4.5 |
Changeup |
75.26 |
1549.80 |
105.89 |
-14.95 |
5.77 |
StrikeCalled |
5.30 |
-0.91 |
6.12 |
3.5 |
Splitter |
83.41 |
2185.09 |
139.47 |
-15.21 |
19.24 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.75 |
-0.34 |
6.13 |
4.6 |
Changeup |
76.35 |
1778.36 |
119.94 |
-12.31 |
8.57 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.26 |
-0.82 |
6.63 |
4.0 |
Changeup |
83.47 |
2223.19 |
128.33 |
-17.11 |
15.01 |
BallCalled |
5.96 |
-0.19 |
5.98 |
4.3 |
Changeup |
81.69 |
2069.75 |
130.75 |
-15.73 |
14.95 |
InPlay |
5.55 |
-0.57 |
6.12 |
4.4 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
StrikeCalled |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Changeup |
76.13 |
1782.68 |
99.33 |
-13.54 |
3.57 |
StrikeCalled |
5.27 |
-0.92 |
6.18 |
3.3 |
Changeup |
83.35 |
2185.10 |
124.28 |
-16.01 |
12.23 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.67 |
-0.46 |
6.12 |
4.1 |
Changeup |
80.98 |
2154.31 |
134.79 |
-14.28 |
15.61 |
StrikeCalled |
5.49 |
-0.74 |
6.13 |
4.5 |
Splitter |
84.39 |
2223.58 |
147.25 |
-12.97 |
21.54 |
BallCalled |
5.84 |
-0.44 |
5.91 |
4.9 |
Changeup |
75.38 |
1618.26 |
126.59 |
-13.49 |
11.34 |
BallCalled |
5.12 |
-0.92 |
6.19 |
4.2 |
Changeup |
82.69 |
2216.06 |
124.19 |
-17.58 |
13.19 |
InPlay |
5.44 |
-0.69 |
6.07 |
4.1 |
Changeup |
83.68 |
2237.03 |
135.70 |
-14.27 |
16.00 |
BallCalled |
5.81 |
-0.48 |
5.86 |
4.5 |
Four-Seam |
83.14 |
2217.69 |
136.83 |
-13.67 |
15.82 |
StrikeCalled |
5.58 |
-0.54 |
6.25 |
4.6 |
Changeup |
75.58 |
1600.05 |
104.61 |
-12.67 |
4.75 |
BallCalled |
5.17 |
-0.88 |
6.31 |
3.5 |
Changeup |
82.98 |
2259.15 |
130.53 |
-15.74 |
14.65 |
BallCalled |
5.62 |
-0.51 |
5.96 |
4.4 |
Changeup |
81.15 |
2209.92 |
119.25 |
-18.15 |
11.30 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.48 |
-0.48 |
6.23 |
4.0 |
Changeup |
82.65 |
2243.26 |
136.28 |
-13.61 |
15.54 |
InPlay |
5.55 |
-0.38 |
6.18 |
4.5 |
Changeup |
82.73 |
2196.24 |
137.59 |
-13.12 |
15.67 |
InPlay |
5.55 |
-0.53 |
6.24 |
4.6 |
Changeup |
84.60 |
2216.92 |
132.24 |
-16.69 |
16.51 |
BallCalled |
5.75 |
-0.37 |
6.26 |
4.4 |
Changeup |
83.57 |
2232.07 |
122.01 |
-19.97 |
13.73 |
BallCalled |
5.60 |
-0.54 |
6.13 |
4.1 |
Changeup |
81.53 |
2234.07 |
134.34 |
-15.27 |
16.23 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.56 |
-0.40 |
6.26 |
4.5 |
Changeup |
73.68 |
1668.77 |
119.07 |
-12.32 |
8.26 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.17 |
-0.70 |
6.55 |
4.0 |
Changeup |
75.46 |
1618.96 |
105.29 |
-13.89 |
5.08 |
InPlay |
5.16 |
-0.71 |
6.47 |
3.5 |
# 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: 36
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Josh Keevan")
Summary Pitch Table for Josh Keevan
Changeup |
86.11% |
31 |
13 |
18 |
41.94% |
58.06% |
79.46 |
1969.21 |
12.02 |
-15.43 |
123.16 |
4.1 |
5.46 |
-0.65 |
6.16 |
Four-Seam |
2.78% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
83.14 |
2217.69 |
15.82 |
-13.67 |
136.83 |
4.6 |
5.58 |
-0.54 |
6.25 |
Splitter |
8.33% |
3 |
1 |
2 |
33.33% |
66.67% |
83.47 |
2177.12 |
19.47 |
-14.43 |
141.24 |
4.7 |
5.75 |
-0.42 |
6.11 |
NA |
2.78% |
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("Josh Keevan maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Josh Keevan maximum FB velocity: 83.14 mph
# Prepare data for plotting pitch locations
pitch_location_data <- Brian_Foley_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 Josh Keevan",
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"),
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")
)
