# 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 |
80.55 |
2169.82 |
131.35 |
-18.81 |
18.12 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.65 |
-0.45 |
6.07 |
4.4 |
Changeup |
76.31 |
1821.81 |
104.86 |
-19.82 |
6.77 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.22 |
-0.74 |
6.43 |
3.5 |
Changeup |
74.92 |
1806.50 |
139.96 |
-11.93 |
15.70 |
BallCalled |
5.27 |
-0.58 |
6.17 |
4.7 |
Changeup |
82.89 |
2290.72 |
148.46 |
-12.42 |
21.53 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.67 |
-0.41 |
6.15 |
4.9 |
Changeup |
74.80 |
1678.80 |
100.03 |
-15.84 |
4.34 |
InPlay |
5.25 |
-0.52 |
6.74 |
3.3 |
Splitter |
83.81 |
2286.92 |
138.57 |
-17.79 |
21.52 |
StrikeCalled |
5.61 |
-0.29 |
6.00 |
4.6 |
Changeup |
83.22 |
2282.62 |
131.50 |
-22.22 |
21.20 |
StrikeCalled |
5.67 |
-0.25 |
5.97 |
4.4 |
Changeup |
82.85 |
2285.87 |
129.10 |
-20.89 |
18.50 |
BallCalled |
5.69 |
-0.17 |
5.99 |
4.3 |
Changeup |
75.71 |
1894.28 |
126.95 |
-14.82 |
12.70 |
BallCalled |
5.11 |
-0.60 |
6.46 |
4.2 |
Slider |
83.78 |
2360.89 |
139.24 |
-16.28 |
20.32 |
InPlay |
5.75 |
-0.13 |
5.91 |
4.6 |
Splitter |
83.56 |
2150.74 |
138.86 |
-15.45 |
19.03 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.72 |
-0.16 |
5.99 |
4.6 |
Changeup |
76.91 |
1766.59 |
109.94 |
-14.48 |
6.61 |
StrikeCalled |
5.28 |
-0.61 |
6.50 |
3.7 |
Slider |
81.35 |
2257.62 |
134.61 |
-16.31 |
17.51 |
BallCalled |
5.60 |
-0.09 |
6.11 |
4.5 |
Changeup |
82.25 |
2203.78 |
134.41 |
-16.17 |
17.30 |
BallCalled |
5.62 |
-0.29 |
6.03 |
4.5 |
Changeup |
74.88 |
1689.94 |
115.29 |
-15.64 |
8.87 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.32 |
-0.56 |
6.86 |
3.8 |
Changeup |
84.31 |
2287.91 |
129.35 |
-19.88 |
17.60 |
StrikeCalled |
5.59 |
-0.43 |
6.15 |
4.3 |
Curveball |
74.30 |
2038.59 |
233.96 |
4.04 |
4.41 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.20 |
-0.79 |
5.55 |
7.8 |
Changeup |
83.07 |
2394.42 |
136.06 |
-18.41 |
20.50 |
InPlay |
5.70 |
-0.31 |
6.05 |
4.5 |
Curveball |
71.89 |
2131.88 |
315.87 |
6.31 |
-4.45 |
StrikeCalled |
5.16 |
-0.90 |
5.60 |
10.5 |
Curveball |
73.37 |
2087.80 |
288.07 |
5.71 |
-0.04 |
StrikeCalled |
5.20 |
-0.73 |
5.61 |
9.6 |
Curveball |
72.68 |
2181.75 |
296.64 |
7.32 |
-1.86 |
BallCalled |
5.23 |
-0.55 |
5.45 |
9.9 |
Slider |
83.93 |
2321.10 |
139.43 |
-16.70 |
20.78 |
BallCalled |
5.78 |
-0.15 |
6.22 |
4.6 |
Curveball |
70.87 |
2233.17 |
322.57 |
4.43 |
-4.10 |
BallCalled |
5.03 |
-0.89 |
5.63 |
10.8 |
Changeup |
82.33 |
2262.25 |
132.82 |
-18.26 |
18.20 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.51 |
-0.40 |
6.07 |
4.4 |
Changeup |
70.82 |
1584.45 |
109.76 |
-12.44 |
6.17 |
InPlay |
5.08 |
-0.62 |
6.83 |
3.7 |
Curveball |
72.25 |
1815.89 |
232.76 |
24.95 |
20.49 |
StrikeCalled |
5.22 |
-0.55 |
6.64 |
7.8 |
Changeup |
83.93 |
2218.98 |
117.58 |
-18.65 |
11.16 |
BallCalled |
5.52 |
-0.36 |
6.08 |
3.9 |
Changeup |
72.98 |
1738.74 |
118.75 |
-13.72 |
9.19 |
InPlay |
5.10 |
-0.69 |
6.70 |
4.0 |
Curveball |
72.95 |
2281.01 |
288.73 |
0.42 |
1.66 |
BallCalled |
5.22 |
-0.62 |
5.39 |
9.6 |
Splitter |
84.39 |
2254.30 |
134.68 |
-17.80 |
19.03 |
StrikeCalled |
5.72 |
-0.23 |
6.04 |
4.5 |
Changeup |
81.82 |
2249.84 |
129.95 |
-18.40 |
16.84 |
StrikeCalled |
5.50 |
-0.58 |
6.16 |
4.3 |
Changeup |
81.12 |
2139.59 |
133.08 |
-18.06 |
18.39 |
StrikeCalled |
5.59 |
-0.25 |
6.34 |
4.4 |
Changeup |
73.50 |
1673.55 |
94.95 |
-15.80 |
2.87 |
BallCalled |
5.18 |
-0.87 |
6.75 |
3.2 |
Changeup |
83.46 |
2269.05 |
131.03 |
-17.18 |
16.31 |
StrikeCalled |
5.74 |
-0.46 |
5.83 |
4.4 |
Splitter |
83.37 |
2267.47 |
136.11 |
-17.29 |
19.34 |
StrikeCalled |
5.70 |
-0.40 |
5.96 |
4.5 |
Changeup |
70.91 |
1589.43 |
101.74 |
-15.01 |
4.72 |
BallCalled |
5.09 |
-0.88 |
6.72 |
3.4 |
Splitter |
83.33 |
2306.12 |
138.06 |
-17.96 |
21.37 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.61 |
-0.31 |
6.20 |
4.6 |
Splitter |
82.76 |
2278.34 |
134.68 |
-18.52 |
19.91 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.58 |
-0.28 |
6.07 |
4.5 |
Changeup |
81.93 |
2287.90 |
137.77 |
-18.08 |
21.38 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.60 |
-0.32 |
6.33 |
4.6 |
Changeup |
74.22 |
1703.63 |
109.47 |
-13.30 |
6.16 |
BallCalled |
5.28 |
-0.66 |
6.75 |
3.6 |
Changeup |
73.29 |
1639.14 |
109.53 |
-14.53 |
6.69 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.14 |
-0.60 |
6.69 |
3.7 |
Splitter |
83.69 |
2314.49 |
136.01 |
-16.51 |
18.55 |
BallCalled |
5.76 |
-0.19 |
5.95 |
4.5 |
Splitter |
82.85 |
2202.88 |
141.12 |
-15.12 |
20.22 |
StrikeCalled |
5.59 |
-0.33 |
6.11 |
4.7 |
Curveball |
73.43 |
2256.67 |
315.25 |
4.36 |
-2.70 |
BallCalled |
5.17 |
-0.74 |
5.73 |
10.5 |
Changeup |
82.66 |
2317.19 |
133.57 |
-17.52 |
18.05 |
BallCalled |
5.60 |
-0.16 |
6.20 |
4.5 |
Changeup |
79.96 |
2105.04 |
137.27 |
-15.45 |
18.17 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.51 |
-0.32 |
6.33 |
4.6 |
Splitter |
82.24 |
2182.95 |
141.72 |
-14.18 |
19.36 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.60 |
-0.27 |
6.17 |
4.7 |
Four-Seam |
85.30 |
2288.58 |
142.97 |
-14.58 |
20.65 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.70 |
-0.26 |
6.12 |
4.8 |
Changeup |
75.67 |
1786.88 |
96.69 |
-17.07 |
3.47 |
BallCalled |
5.11 |
-0.78 |
6.62 |
3.2 |
Splitter |
83.15 |
2191.94 |
136.00 |
-16.42 |
18.43 |
FoulBallFieldable |
5.68 |
-0.29 |
6.17 |
4.5 |
Slider |
82.33 |
2278.58 |
151.55 |
-11.02 |
21.66 |
InPlay |
5.79 |
-0.05 |
6.19 |
5.1 |
# 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: 51
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Josh Keevan")
Summary Pitch Table for Josh Keevan
Changeup |
54.90% |
28 |
10 |
18 |
35.71% |
64.29% |
78.62 |
2004.95 |
13.13 |
-16.60 |
122.54 |
4.1 |
5.41 |
-0.50 |
6.36 |
Curveball |
15.69% |
8 |
4 |
4 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
72.72 |
2128.35 |
1.68 |
7.19 |
286.73 |
9.6 |
5.18 |
-0.72 |
5.70 |
Four-Seam |
1.96% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
85.30 |
2288.58 |
20.65 |
-14.58 |
142.97 |
4.8 |
5.70 |
-0.26 |
6.12 |
Slider |
7.84% |
4 |
2 |
2 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
82.85 |
2304.55 |
20.07 |
-15.08 |
141.21 |
4.7 |
5.73 |
-0.10 |
6.11 |
Splitter |
19.61% |
10 |
1 |
9 |
10.00% |
90.00% |
83.32 |
2243.61 |
19.68 |
-16.70 |
137.58 |
4.6 |
5.66 |
-0.28 |
6.07 |
# 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("Josh Keevan maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Josh Keevan maximum FB velocity: 85.3 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 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")
)
