# Filter the data for the pitcher Brandon Adams
Brian_Foley_data <- data %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Adams, Brandon")
# 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 Brandon Adams")
Detailed Pitch Table for Brandon Adams
Four-Seam |
88.52 |
2109.83 |
207.09 |
9.94 |
20.58 |
StrikeCalled |
5.95 |
2.18 |
6.66 |
6.9 |
Curveball |
77.65 |
2357.77 |
51.65 |
-10.17 |
-6.64 |
StrikeCalled |
5.88 |
2.61 |
5.59 |
1.7 |
Four-Seam |
90.16 |
2158.91 |
212.93 |
11.80 |
19.32 |
BallCalled |
6.03 |
2.30 |
6.44 |
7.1 |
Four-Seam |
90.92 |
2218.76 |
214.84 |
12.48 |
19.05 |
BallCalled |
5.94 |
2.35 |
6.39 |
7.2 |
Curveball |
76.22 |
2495.74 |
57.06 |
-13.65 |
-7.47 |
InPlay |
5.75 |
2.71 |
5.90 |
1.9 |
Four-Seam |
89.21 |
2084.41 |
211.08 |
10.95 |
19.23 |
StrikeCalled |
5.76 |
2.19 |
6.82 |
7.0 |
Four-Seam |
89.30 |
2190.42 |
212.42 |
12.35 |
20.59 |
StrikeSwinging |
6.00 |
2.27 |
6.55 |
7.1 |
Four-Seam |
88.44 |
2103.88 |
206.57 |
10.60 |
22.37 |
BallCalled |
5.87 |
2.44 |
6.62 |
6.9 |
Four-Seam |
90.26 |
2164.48 |
213.48 |
12.72 |
20.38 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.87 |
2.34 |
6.55 |
7.1 |
Sinker |
89.34 |
2069.71 |
221.48 |
14.55 |
17.51 |
StrikeCalled |
5.94 |
2.41 |
6.89 |
7.4 |
Sinker |
89.40 |
2124.64 |
233.34 |
17.59 |
14.13 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.74 |
2.60 |
6.77 |
7.8 |
Changeup |
82.35 |
1923.70 |
248.75 |
16.96 |
7.94 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.60 |
2.80 |
6.82 |
8.3 |
Changeup |
83.35 |
1962.28 |
246.15 |
16.88 |
8.96 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.66 |
2.96 |
6.23 |
8.2 |
Four-Seam |
89.02 |
2241.56 |
217.83 |
12.24 |
17.01 |
BallCalled |
5.75 |
2.61 |
6.86 |
7.3 |
Four-Seam |
88.80 |
2144.85 |
216.02 |
13.97 |
20.49 |
InPlay |
5.67 |
2.67 |
6.78 |
7.2 |
Curveball |
77.24 |
2353.22 |
66.16 |
-5.01 |
-0.78 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.76 |
2.54 |
6.11 |
2.2 |
Curveball |
76.30 |
2425.25 |
63.51 |
-10.02 |
-3.45 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.79 |
2.45 |
5.66 |
2.1 |
Changeup |
82.19 |
2087.07 |
239.84 |
14.70 |
9.82 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.65 |
2.66 |
6.73 |
8.0 |
Four-Seam |
90.02 |
2154.46 |
214.20 |
11.07 |
17.41 |
InPlay |
5.92 |
2.22 |
6.43 |
7.1 |
Four-Seam |
87.84 |
2127.33 |
218.35 |
13.09 |
17.81 |
BallCalled |
5.73 |
2.62 |
6.56 |
7.3 |
Four-Seam |
87.53 |
2119.48 |
211.42 |
11.06 |
19.40 |
BallCalled |
5.70 |
2.61 |
6.48 |
7.0 |
Four-Seam |
88.19 |
2146.28 |
221.31 |
14.47 |
17.71 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.74 |
2.63 |
6.59 |
7.4 |
Four-Seam |
88.37 |
2174.71 |
211.82 |
11.49 |
19.75 |
StrikeCalled |
5.76 |
2.47 |
6.83 |
7.1 |
Four-Seam |
89.90 |
2255.81 |
211.97 |
12.43 |
21.22 |
BallCalled |
5.79 |
2.53 |
6.22 |
7.1 |
Changeup |
84.18 |
2077.30 |
258.11 |
16.16 |
4.67 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.41 |
2.77 |
6.78 |
8.6 |
Sinker |
88.38 |
2081.37 |
220.26 |
13.86 |
17.56 |
StrikeCalled |
5.74 |
2.34 |
6.88 |
7.3 |
Curveball |
77.79 |
2330.16 |
48.01 |
-12.43 |
-9.65 |
BallCalled |
5.65 |
2.65 |
5.85 |
1.6 |
Four-Seam |
88.50 |
2138.55 |
206.14 |
9.98 |
21.54 |
InPlay |
5.81 |
2.28 |
6.67 |
6.9 |
Four-Seam |
89.54 |
2116.24 |
215.96 |
13.67 |
20.03 |
StrikeCalled |
5.63 |
2.52 |
6.94 |
7.2 |
Changeup |
83.23 |
2142.40 |
246.44 |
17.09 |
8.82 |
BallCalled |
5.45 |
2.93 |
6.80 |
8.2 |
Four-Seam |
88.67 |
2114.72 |
217.05 |
13.03 |
18.46 |
BallCalled |
5.68 |
2.45 |
6.69 |
7.2 |
Four-Seam |
88.73 |
2124.00 |
208.45 |
11.11 |
21.73 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.77 |
2.43 |
6.65 |
6.9 |
Changeup |
83.66 |
2143.36 |
256.44 |
17.78 |
5.62 |
BallCalled |
5.43 |
2.97 |
6.54 |
8.5 |
Four-Seam |
89.72 |
2211.65 |
219.25 |
14.12 |
18.41 |
StrikeCalled |
5.69 |
2.41 |
6.77 |
7.3 |
# 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 %in% c("BallCalled", "BallinDirt")),
Strikes = sum(!PitchCall %in% c("BallCalled", "BallinDirt")), # 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: 34
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Brandon Adams")
Summary Pitch Table for Brandon Adams
Changeup |
17.65% |
6 |
2 |
4 |
33.33% |
66.67% |
83.16 |
2056.02 |
7.64 |
16.59 |
249.29 |
8.3 |
5.53 |
2.85 |
6.65 |
Curveball |
14.71% |
5 |
1 |
4 |
20.00% |
80.00% |
77.04 |
2392.43 |
-5.60 |
-10.26 |
57.28 |
1.9 |
5.77 |
2.59 |
5.82 |
Four-Seam |
58.82% |
20 |
8 |
12 |
40.00% |
60.00% |
89.08 |
2155.02 |
19.62 |
12.13 |
213.41 |
7.1 |
5.80 |
2.43 |
6.62 |
Sinker |
8.82% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
89.04 |
2091.91 |
16.40 |
15.33 |
225.03 |
7.5 |
5.81 |
2.45 |
6.85 |
# Calculate maximum fastball velocity
max_fb_velocity <- detailed_pitch_table %>%
filter(AutoPitchType %in% c("Four-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: 90.92 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", "FoulBall", "FoulBallFieldable", "FoulBallNotFieldable", "InPlay"), "Swing", "Take"),
Chase = ifelse(SwingTake == "Swing" & (PitchSide < -0.85 | PitchSide > 0.85 | 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 = -0.85, xmax = 0.85, 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 Brandon Adams",
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")
)
