# Filter the data for the pitcher Nick Falter
Brian_Foley_data <- data %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Falter, Nick")
# 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 Nick Falter")
Detailed Pitch Table for Nick Falter
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
StrikeSwinging |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Slider |
83.12 |
2322.32 |
143.61 |
-3.47 |
6.17 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.62 |
1.83 |
5.42 |
4.8 |
Four-Seam |
90.23 |
2499.73 |
216.64 |
10.32 |
14.95 |
BallCalled |
5.49 |
1.98 |
5.73 |
7.2 |
Slider |
80.13 |
2469.70 |
82.30 |
-7.16 |
0.43 |
InPlay |
5.72 |
1.77 |
5.18 |
2.7 |
Slider |
82.99 |
2377.42 |
138.68 |
-2.68 |
4.46 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.64 |
1.93 |
5.26 |
4.6 |
Slider |
84.94 |
2361.38 |
162.15 |
-1.62 |
6.30 |
StrikeCalled |
5.58 |
1.76 |
5.42 |
5.4 |
Slider |
84.57 |
2346.29 |
156.79 |
-1.33 |
4.35 |
StrikeCalled |
5.62 |
1.79 |
5.25 |
5.2 |
Slider |
79.76 |
2556.66 |
91.22 |
-5.13 |
1.40 |
StrikeCalled |
5.75 |
1.68 |
5.18 |
3.0 |
Slider |
83.68 |
2351.22 |
130.60 |
-4.67 |
5.38 |
InPlay |
5.61 |
1.87 |
5.35 |
4.4 |
Slider |
84.04 |
2425.46 |
200.67 |
2.49 |
7.92 |
BallCalled |
5.51 |
1.75 |
5.43 |
6.7 |
Four-Seam |
91.20 |
2453.67 |
222.75 |
14.95 |
17.40 |
StrikeCalled |
5.51 |
1.90 |
6.08 |
7.4 |
Slider |
85.38 |
2425.21 |
181.21 |
0.16 |
9.10 |
BallCalled |
5.51 |
1.93 |
5.52 |
6.0 |
Sinker |
90.73 |
2450.13 |
228.19 |
14.38 |
14.07 |
InPlay |
5.56 |
1.83 |
5.96 |
7.6 |
Sinker |
90.17 |
2372.35 |
225.65 |
17.33 |
18.27 |
BallCalled |
5.61 |
1.75 |
5.73 |
7.5 |
Four-Seam |
90.41 |
2428.89 |
220.18 |
15.40 |
19.58 |
BallCalled |
5.58 |
1.77 |
5.93 |
7.3 |
Slider |
83.69 |
2326.96 |
168.05 |
-2.25 |
11.98 |
StrikeCalled |
5.63 |
1.85 |
5.19 |
5.6 |
Sinker |
90.27 |
2377.66 |
254.61 |
21.32 |
7.22 |
InPlay |
5.61 |
1.81 |
5.63 |
8.5 |
Four-Seam |
90.44 |
2394.66 |
219.58 |
14.87 |
19.28 |
StrikeCalled |
5.57 |
1.77 |
5.90 |
7.3 |
Sinker |
90.88 |
2331.32 |
233.22 |
17.67 |
14.50 |
StrikeCalled |
5.59 |
1.75 |
5.95 |
7.8 |
Four-Seam |
91.22 |
2440.23 |
215.21 |
12.95 |
19.62 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.59 |
1.71 |
5.83 |
7.2 |
Slider |
81.33 |
2354.71 |
114.33 |
-5.44 |
3.90 |
InPlay |
5.69 |
1.78 |
5.13 |
3.8 |
Slider |
84.42 |
2364.53 |
199.59 |
2.18 |
7.42 |
BallCalled |
5.61 |
1.75 |
5.31 |
6.7 |
Slider |
84.75 |
2440.19 |
182.01 |
0.15 |
5.54 |
BallCalled |
5.68 |
1.90 |
5.14 |
6.1 |
Sinker |
89.62 |
2382.43 |
230.17 |
14.58 |
13.32 |
StrikeCalled |
5.56 |
1.81 |
6.03 |
7.7 |
Slider |
84.17 |
2353.06 |
176.92 |
-0.34 |
7.55 |
BallCalled |
5.53 |
1.73 |
5.41 |
5.9 |
Sinker |
89.82 |
2335.06 |
240.65 |
16.62 |
10.51 |
BallCalled |
5.60 |
1.84 |
5.73 |
8.0 |
Sinker |
90.77 |
2414.27 |
227.47 |
13.81 |
13.82 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.66 |
1.79 |
5.89 |
7.6 |
Slider |
84.86 |
2401.63 |
178.88 |
-0.16 |
9.37 |
StrikeCalled |
5.68 |
1.81 |
5.18 |
6.0 |
Slider |
86.20 |
2441.48 |
188.45 |
0.79 |
6.61 |
BallCalled |
5.66 |
1.72 |
5.30 |
6.3 |
Sinker |
92.08 |
2278.03 |
254.12 |
19.23 |
6.60 |
BallCalled |
5.62 |
1.71 |
5.73 |
8.5 |
Four-Seam |
91.73 |
2539.92 |
217.45 |
10.55 |
14.89 |
InPlay |
5.61 |
1.77 |
5.79 |
7.2 |
Slider |
87.09 |
2380.25 |
203.73 |
2.97 |
7.92 |
StrikeCalled |
5.56 |
1.74 |
5.50 |
6.8 |
Sinker |
90.73 |
2331.61 |
250.14 |
20.32 |
8.49 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.58 |
1.80 |
5.75 |
8.3 |
Four-Seam |
91.67 |
2431.30 |
221.82 |
12.86 |
15.33 |
BallCalled |
5.63 |
1.70 |
5.84 |
7.4 |
Changeup |
83.36 |
1515.24 |
262.16 |
15.82 |
3.43 |
InPlay |
5.59 |
1.81 |
5.57 |
8.7 |
Four-Seam |
92.21 |
2423.44 |
224.69 |
15.08 |
16.30 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.55 |
1.83 |
5.90 |
7.5 |
Slider |
84.61 |
2314.15 |
147.29 |
-2.96 |
5.84 |
InPlay |
5.63 |
1.86 |
5.26 |
4.9 |
Sinker |
91.28 |
2497.10 |
228.70 |
13.53 |
12.97 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.69 |
1.84 |
5.78 |
7.6 |
Slider |
84.92 |
2324.53 |
182.78 |
0.26 |
6.48 |
StrikeCalled |
5.59 |
1.84 |
5.26 |
6.1 |
Four-Seam |
92.62 |
2556.65 |
228.39 |
14.59 |
14.08 |
BallCalled |
5.66 |
1.73 |
5.88 |
7.6 |
Sinker |
93.27 |
2514.20 |
236.59 |
15.26 |
11.14 |
BallCalled |
5.63 |
1.80 |
5.91 |
7.9 |
Slider |
84.92 |
2378.62 |
133.62 |
-3.63 |
4.90 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.57 |
1.71 |
5.50 |
4.5 |
Four-Seam |
92.53 |
2552.66 |
223.34 |
11.65 |
13.43 |
BallCalled |
5.53 |
1.80 |
6.04 |
7.4 |
Slider |
85.74 |
2402.32 |
175.60 |
-0.45 |
6.99 |
BallCalled |
5.66 |
1.80 |
5.32 |
5.9 |
Slider |
85.81 |
2372.32 |
160.18 |
-1.66 |
5.86 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.64 |
1.77 |
5.38 |
5.3 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Undefined |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Sinker |
92.51 |
2525.28 |
230.11 |
13.98 |
12.75 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.58 |
1.87 |
5.95 |
7.7 |
Slider |
83.45 |
2349.82 |
65.83 |
-3.47 |
-0.16 |
BallCalled |
5.60 |
1.71 |
5.61 |
2.2 |
Sinker |
90.40 |
2202.14 |
241.69 |
16.00 |
9.79 |
StrikeCalled |
5.49 |
1.78 |
6.08 |
8.1 |
Slider |
83.05 |
2259.65 |
157.87 |
-2.98 |
8.69 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.61 |
1.79 |
5.35 |
5.3 |
Four-Seam |
90.08 |
2524.01 |
216.94 |
11.88 |
16.95 |
BallCalled |
5.61 |
1.87 |
5.87 |
7.2 |
Slider |
84.38 |
2279.52 |
202.14 |
3.09 |
8.74 |
InPlay |
5.54 |
1.80 |
5.47 |
6.7 |
Four-Seam |
90.19 |
2410.82 |
217.84 |
12.51 |
17.43 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.69 |
1.74 |
5.58 |
7.3 |
Sinker |
90.55 |
2237.86 |
251.46 |
19.07 |
7.68 |
InPlay |
5.53 |
1.84 |
5.91 |
8.4 |
Sinker |
90.90 |
2512.58 |
230.61 |
15.91 |
14.33 |
InPlay |
5.54 |
1.82 |
5.99 |
7.7 |
Slider |
86.01 |
2388.85 |
184.37 |
0.77 |
11.27 |
BallCalled |
5.63 |
1.69 |
5.20 |
6.1 |
Four-Seam |
90.61 |
2508.80 |
206.92 |
9.57 |
20.17 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.56 |
1.84 |
5.92 |
6.9 |
Cutter |
85.59 |
2407.65 |
165.20 |
-2.44 |
10.46 |
BallCalled |
5.62 |
1.76 |
5.21 |
5.5 |
Four-Seam |
91.97 |
2564.62 |
204.47 |
8.42 |
19.78 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.56 |
1.72 |
5.85 |
6.8 |
Slider |
86.47 |
2456.12 |
174.79 |
-0.83 |
10.33 |
InPlay |
5.58 |
1.73 |
5.11 |
5.8 |
Sinker |
90.98 |
2261.75 |
270.29 |
23.52 |
1.18 |
BallCalled |
5.55 |
1.86 |
6.19 |
9.0 |
Slider |
84.27 |
2311.13 |
172.35 |
-1.36 |
11.33 |
StrikeCalled |
5.60 |
1.83 |
5.49 |
5.7 |
Four-Seam |
90.19 |
2473.09 |
209.91 |
10.09 |
18.87 |
BallCalled |
5.52 |
1.87 |
5.93 |
7.0 |
Four-Seam |
90.88 |
2541.80 |
222.59 |
14.04 |
16.55 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.55 |
1.85 |
5.95 |
7.4 |
Slider |
85.03 |
2403.36 |
148.49 |
-4.27 |
8.23 |
InPlay |
5.60 |
1.76 |
5.31 |
4.9 |
Slider |
84.32 |
2285.64 |
193.82 |
2.02 |
9.52 |
BallCalled |
5.44 |
1.88 |
5.55 |
6.5 |
Four-Seam |
90.67 |
2456.59 |
222.26 |
12.72 |
15.29 |
StrikeCalled |
5.47 |
1.96 |
5.96 |
7.4 |
Slider |
84.36 |
2382.45 |
171.12 |
-1.43 |
10.49 |
BallCalled |
5.50 |
1.88 |
5.42 |
5.7 |
Sinker |
88.17 |
2189.07 |
248.36 |
16.83 |
7.95 |
InPlay |
5.40 |
1.88 |
6.04 |
8.3 |
Four-Seam |
92.30 |
2459.13 |
215.61 |
11.13 |
16.75 |
StrikeCalled |
5.62 |
1.80 |
5.78 |
7.2 |
Slider |
85.15 |
2363.95 |
186.04 |
0.91 |
9.74 |
BallCalled |
5.51 |
1.82 |
5.73 |
6.2 |
Four-Seam |
91.30 |
2560.50 |
227.37 |
14.92 |
15.00 |
BallCalled |
5.53 |
1.80 |
6.01 |
7.6 |
Four-Seam |
91.39 |
2554.37 |
219.36 |
12.61 |
16.61 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.46 |
1.84 |
6.04 |
7.3 |
Changeup |
84.21 |
1504.10 |
267.78 |
17.23 |
2.00 |
InPlay |
5.58 |
1.86 |
5.54 |
8.9 |
# 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: 74
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Nick Falter")
Summary Pitch Table for Nick Falter
Changeup |
2.70% |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.00% |
100.00% |
83.78 |
1509.67 |
2.71 |
16.52 |
264.97 |
8.8 |
5.58 |
1.83 |
5.56 |
Cutter |
1.35% |
1 |
1 |
0 |
100.00% |
0.00% |
85.59 |
2407.65 |
10.46 |
-2.44 |
165.20 |
5.5 |
5.62 |
1.76 |
5.21 |
Four-Seam |
27.03% |
20 |
8 |
12 |
40.00% |
60.00% |
91.19 |
2488.74 |
16.91 |
12.56 |
218.67 |
7.3 |
5.56 |
1.81 |
5.89 |
Sinker |
22.97% |
17 |
5 |
12 |
29.41% |
70.59% |
90.77 |
2365.46 |
10.86 |
17.02 |
240.12 |
8.0 |
5.58 |
1.81 |
5.90 |
Slider |
43.24% |
32 |
12 |
20 |
37.50% |
62.50% |
84.30 |
2374.09 |
7.00 |
-1.30 |
161.11 |
5.4 |
5.60 |
1.80 |
5.35 |
NA |
2.70% |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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", "Sinker", "Cutter")) %>%
summarise(MaxFBVelocity = max(ReleaseSpeed, na.rm = TRUE)) %>%
pull(MaxFBVelocity)
# Display the maximum fastball velocity
cat("Nick Falter maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Nick Falter maximum FB velocity: 93.27 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 Nick Falter",
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")
)
