# Filter the data for the pitcher Colin Burke
Brian_Foley_data <- data %>%
filter(Pitcher == "Burke, 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 Burke")
Detailed Pitch Table for Colin Burke
Changeup |
87.89 |
1747.25 |
207.86 |
8.88 |
17.87 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
6.72 |
0.38 |
4.93 |
6.9 |
Curveball |
78.71 |
2354.04 |
24.15 |
-8.45 |
-17.32 |
BallCalled |
6.46 |
0.63 |
4.28 |
0.8 |
Four-Seam |
88.56 |
1963.27 |
211.04 |
10.32 |
18.36 |
BallCalled |
6.70 |
0.59 |
4.81 |
7.0 |
Changeup |
87.70 |
1893.04 |
219.28 |
13.59 |
17.87 |
BallCalled |
6.72 |
0.54 |
4.80 |
7.3 |
Changeup |
87.99 |
1701.73 |
215.67 |
11.39 |
17.01 |
BallCalled |
6.74 |
0.61 |
4.73 |
7.2 |
Changeup |
87.87 |
1829.42 |
213.66 |
10.08 |
16.31 |
StrikeCalled |
6.55 |
0.78 |
4.76 |
7.1 |
Curveball |
77.85 |
2264.73 |
24.57 |
-9.18 |
-18.49 |
StrikeSwinging |
6.47 |
0.69 |
4.62 |
0.8 |
Curveball |
79.20 |
2467.22 |
24.06 |
-9.75 |
-20.32 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
6.40 |
0.86 |
4.49 |
0.8 |
Four-Seam |
87.44 |
1973.72 |
209.57 |
10.72 |
20.22 |
BallCalled |
6.72 |
0.70 |
4.70 |
7.0 |
Curveball |
79.27 |
2417.87 |
7.17 |
-2.54 |
-18.65 |
BallCalled |
6.50 |
0.91 |
4.40 |
0.2 |
Curveball |
79.58 |
2466.51 |
42.45 |
-11.70 |
-11.29 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
6.40 |
0.70 |
4.31 |
1.4 |
Four-Seam |
87.04 |
1941.15 |
200.43 |
7.44 |
21.24 |
StrikeSwinging |
6.64 |
0.37 |
4.67 |
6.7 |
Four-Seam |
88.28 |
1943.66 |
204.68 |
9.02 |
20.84 |
StrikeCalled |
6.61 |
0.58 |
4.70 |
6.8 |
Four-Seam |
86.62 |
1945.21 |
204.03 |
8.06 |
19.41 |
BallCalled |
6.63 |
0.42 |
4.67 |
6.8 |
Curveball |
78.28 |
2455.12 |
14.95 |
-4.86 |
-16.67 |
StrikeCalled |
6.48 |
0.68 |
4.30 |
0.5 |
Curveball |
79.40 |
2305.92 |
16.59 |
-6.41 |
-20.10 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
6.44 |
0.67 |
4.26 |
0.6 |
Curveball |
80.76 |
2457.95 |
21.25 |
-7.74 |
-18.36 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
6.48 |
0.58 |
4.40 |
0.7 |
Four-Seam |
87.82 |
1989.46 |
199.07 |
6.03 |
18.71 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
6.79 |
0.64 |
4.91 |
6.6 |
Curveball |
78.91 |
2489.99 |
20.83 |
-5.82 |
-13.91 |
StrikeCalled |
6.48 |
0.74 |
4.45 |
0.7 |
Changeup |
86.44 |
2012.50 |
216.26 |
11.26 |
16.46 |
BallCalled |
6.74 |
0.46 |
4.65 |
7.2 |
Changeup |
86.36 |
1802.37 |
221.55 |
12.26 |
14.98 |
StrikeCalled |
6.62 |
0.65 |
4.72 |
7.4 |
Curveball |
78.08 |
2547.96 |
24.49 |
-8.19 |
-16.47 |
BallCalled |
6.50 |
0.69 |
4.41 |
0.8 |
Changeup |
85.80 |
1883.92 |
218.42 |
14.63 |
19.65 |
BallCalled |
6.67 |
0.47 |
4.64 |
7.3 |
Changeup |
85.67 |
1811.72 |
210.58 |
10.63 |
19.16 |
BallCalled |
6.60 |
0.63 |
4.61 |
7.0 |
Changeup |
86.80 |
1855.15 |
221.24 |
12.45 |
15.31 |
BallCalled |
6.62 |
0.60 |
4.64 |
7.4 |
Changeup |
87.49 |
1854.01 |
211.48 |
10.29 |
17.90 |
BallCalled |
6.64 |
0.68 |
4.69 |
7.0 |
Changeup |
87.40 |
1970.83 |
213.73 |
12.96 |
20.57 |
StrikeCalled |
6.59 |
0.69 |
4.68 |
7.1 |
Changeup |
86.67 |
1883.82 |
216.67 |
11.10 |
15.99 |
StrikeCalled |
6.61 |
0.55 |
4.79 |
7.2 |
Curveball |
79.32 |
2504.33 |
6.52 |
-1.82 |
-14.53 |
BallCalled |
6.41 |
0.64 |
4.44 |
0.2 |
Curveball |
78.92 |
2410.06 |
21.42 |
-7.08 |
-16.61 |
StrikeCalled |
6.47 |
0.63 |
4.55 |
0.7 |
Four-Seam |
87.01 |
2031.01 |
215.80 |
13.17 |
19.39 |
StrikeCalled |
6.64 |
0.55 |
4.64 |
7.2 |
Curveball |
79.29 |
2524.00 |
19.69 |
-6.69 |
-17.28 |
BallCalled |
6.40 |
0.60 |
4.52 |
0.7 |
Changeup |
86.42 |
1948.26 |
211.96 |
10.76 |
18.37 |
InPlay |
6.68 |
0.63 |
4.50 |
7.1 |
Changeup |
86.76 |
1915.37 |
220.14 |
13.17 |
16.88 |
BallCalled |
6.70 |
0.54 |
4.73 |
7.3 |
Changeup |
86.51 |
1881.98 |
202.43 |
8.55 |
21.98 |
StrikeSwinging |
6.60 |
0.55 |
4.65 |
6.7 |
Curveball |
79.07 |
2488.54 |
36.21 |
-9.79 |
-11.87 |
BallCalled |
6.39 |
0.59 |
4.31 |
1.2 |
Curveball |
78.13 |
2417.29 |
14.15 |
-4.78 |
-17.50 |
StrikeCalled |
6.38 |
0.69 |
4.37 |
0.5 |
Curveball |
78.60 |
2536.15 |
32.69 |
-7.80 |
-10.67 |
BallCalled |
6.44 |
0.66 |
4.41 |
1.1 |
Curveball |
78.40 |
2375.73 |
6.06 |
-1.69 |
-14.49 |
InPlay |
6.43 |
0.65 |
4.37 |
0.2 |
Changeup |
86.49 |
1950.85 |
211.11 |
10.18 |
18.12 |
FoulBallNotFieldable |
6.67 |
0.65 |
4.33 |
7.0 |
Curveball |
77.56 |
2387.84 |
17.27 |
-5.19 |
-15.11 |
InPlay |
6.37 |
0.75 |
4.34 |
0.6 |
# 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: 41
# Display the summary table
knitr::kable(pitch_summary, caption = "Summary Pitch Table for Colin Burke")
Summary Pitch Table for Colin Burke
Changeup |
39.02% |
16 |
8 |
8 |
50.00% |
50.00% |
86.89 |
1871.39 |
17.78 |
11.39 |
214.50 |
7.1 |
6.65 |
0.59 |
4.68 |
Curveball |
43.90% |
18 |
7 |
11 |
38.89% |
61.11% |
78.85 |
2437.29 |
-16.09 |
-6.64 |
20.81 |
0.7 |
6.44 |
0.69 |
4.40 |
Four-Seam |
17.07% |
7 |
3 |
4 |
42.86% |
57.14% |
87.54 |
1969.64 |
19.74 |
9.25 |
206.37 |
6.9 |
6.68 |
0.55 |
4.73 |
# 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 Burke maximum FB velocity: ", max_fb_velocity, "mph\n")
## Colin Burke maximum FB velocity: 88.56 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 Burke",
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")
)
