# Filter the data for the pitcher Colin Dowlen
Brian_Foley_data <- data %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Dowlen, Colin")
# 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 Colin Dowlen")
Detailed Pitch Table for Colin Dowlen
Sinker |
88.18 |
2135.89 |
223.35 |
13.25 |
15.35 |
BallCalled |
5.14 |
1.97 |
5.58 |
7.4 |
Four-Seam |
88.00 |
2141.50 |
220.91 |
13.69 |
17.16 |
BallCalled |
5.15 |
1.92 |
5.60 |
7.4 |
Sinker |
86.48 |
2075.59 |
226.40 |
14.46 |
15.15 |
InPlay |
5.10 |
2.00 |
5.84 |
7.5 |
Curveball |
75.05 |
2900.55 |
65.96 |
-18.49 |
-6.41 |
StrikeCalled |
5.20 |
2.07 |
4.73 |
2.2 |
Curveball |
75.59 |
2927.43 |
65.02 |
-21.05 |
-7.99 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.20 |
2.06 |
4.69 |
2.2 |
Curveball |
74.97 |
2924.64 |
54.68 |
-17.87 |
-10.76 |
BallCalled |
5.26 |
2.13 |
4.80 |
1.8 |
Sinker |
88.78 |
2190.79 |
239.05 |
16.27 |
11.04 |
InPlay |
5.18 |
1.92 |
5.59 |
8.0 |
Curveball |
74.87 |
2861.39 |
65.29 |
-13.58 |
-4.56 |
BallCalled |
5.30 |
1.94 |
4.68 |
2.2 |
Curveball |
75.22 |
2860.85 |
63.07 |
-16.33 |
-6.48 |
BallCalled |
5.27 |
1.94 |
4.70 |
2.1 |
Four-Seam |
87.07 |
2167.24 |
217.61 |
11.43 |
16.22 |
BallCalled |
5.16 |
2.06 |
5.58 |
7.3 |
Changeup |
86.74 |
2091.70 |
219.66 |
11.25 |
14.95 |
BallCalled |
5.18 |
2.03 |
5.42 |
7.3 |
Four-Seam |
86.41 |
2118.18 |
227.50 |
17.32 |
17.27 |
BallCalled |
5.19 |
2.01 |
5.85 |
7.6 |
Four-Seam |
87.53 |
2158.12 |
219.20 |
11.48 |
15.42 |
StrikeCalled |
5.18 |
1.91 |
5.96 |
7.3 |
Curveball |
76.16 |
2860.97 |
58.66 |
-14.25 |
-7.00 |
StrikeSwinging |
5.30 |
1.90 |
5.13 |
2.0 |
Curveball |
77.03 |
3054.63 |
58.09 |
-16.38 |
-8.51 |
BallCalled |
5.40 |
1.88 |
5.02 |
1.9 |
Curveball |
76.84 |
2939.69 |
68.84 |
-16.07 |
-4.54 |
InPlay |
5.02 |
2.19 |
5.23 |
2.3 |
Four-Seam |
86.91 |
2212.17 |
219.21 |
13.33 |
17.64 |
InPlay |
5.29 |
1.82 |
5.46 |
7.3 |
Sinker |
86.16 |
2084.00 |
230.94 |
16.80 |
14.94 |
BallCalled |
5.15 |
2.00 |
5.81 |
7.7 |
Four-Seam |
86.37 |
2110.04 |
219.36 |
12.90 |
17.07 |
BallCalled |
5.15 |
1.98 |
5.90 |
7.3 |
Sinker |
87.25 |
2141.68 |
229.88 |
14.82 |
13.70 |
StrikeCalled |
5.19 |
2.03 |
5.91 |
7.7 |
Curveball |
75.00 |
2852.77 |
59.16 |
-20.35 |
-10.37 |
InPlay |
5.34 |
1.99 |
4.96 |
2.0 |
Sinker |
88.07 |
2152.28 |
225.85 |
14.28 |
15.10 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.18 |
1.95 |
6.00 |
7.5 |
Curveball |
77.14 |
2837.55 |
68.10 |
-11.29 |
-3.30 |
BallCalled |
5.10 |
2.02 |
5.33 |
2.3 |
Changeup |
86.94 |
2140.40 |
226.37 |
13.51 |
13.97 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.16 |
1.99 |
5.85 |
7.5 |
Curveball |
74.07 |
2897.52 |
44.44 |
-16.20 |
-14.58 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.23 |
1.99 |
5.10 |
1.5 |
Curveball |
74.00 |
2769.63 |
58.98 |
-14.32 |
-6.90 |
BallCalled |
5.35 |
1.85 |
5.11 |
2.0 |
Sinker |
87.51 |
2090.03 |
235.42 |
15.16 |
11.65 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
5.08 |
1.94 |
5.82 |
7.8 |
Curveball |
74.24 |
2878.71 |
52.25 |
-13.64 |
-8.81 |
InPlay |
5.37 |
1.91 |
4.94 |
1.7 |
Curveball |
75.03 |
2933.95 |
53.30 |
-12.84 |
-7.90 |
BallCalled |
5.25 |
2.03 |
4.89 |
1.8 |
Sinker |
87.81 |
2153.89 |
244.89 |
16.68 |
9.08 |
BallCalled |
5.06 |
2.02 |
5.90 |
8.2 |
Sinker |
87.16 |
2115.84 |
229.92 |
14.78 |
13.67 |
BallCalled |
5.10 |
1.92 |
5.82 |
7.7 |
Four-Seam |
87.21 |
2174.30 |
221.50 |
13.47 |
16.51 |
StrikeCalled |
5.12 |
2.00 |
5.90 |
7.4 |
Four-Seam |
86.57 |
2158.50 |
217.35 |
12.08 |
17.09 |
InPlay |
5.15 |
1.98 |
5.96 |
7.2 |
# 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: 33
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Colin Dowlen")
Summary Pitch Table for Colin Dowlen
Changeup |
6.06% |
2 |
1 |
1 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
86.84 |
2116.05 |
14.46 |
12.38 |
223.01 |
7.4 |
5.17 |
2.01 |
5.64 |
Curveball |
42.42% |
14 |
7 |
7 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
75.37 |
2892.88 |
-7.72 |
-15.90 |
59.70 |
2.0 |
5.26 |
1.99 |
4.95 |
Four-Seam |
24.24% |
8 |
4 |
4 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
87.01 |
2155.01 |
16.80 |
13.21 |
220.33 |
7.3 |
5.17 |
1.96 |
5.78 |
Sinker |
27.27% |
9 |
4 |
5 |
44.44% |
55.56% |
87.49 |
2126.67 |
13.30 |
15.17 |
231.74 |
7.7 |
5.13 |
1.97 |
5.81 |
# 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("Colin Dowlen maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Colin Dowlen maximum FB velocity: 88.78 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 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)) + # 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")
)
