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Brock Hammit
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1 min
Blast- Player Splits
Been doing a lot of box plots lately and for good reason. I think them a lot and think they are simple but allow for a very quick way to...
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Brock Hammit
- Apr 20, 2019
- 1 min
Early Connection vs. Vertical Bat Angle
We are still working with data captured from our Blast motion sensors. Today I plotted two metrics, Early Connection and Vertical Bat...
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Brock Hammit
- Apr 19, 2019
- 1 min
Blast Data and R- Attack Angle by Bat Type
Using R can be a great way to quickly see how different bats or bat modifications are effecting a certain aspects of a players swing. Of...
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Brock Hammit
- Apr 16, 2019
- 1 min
Trout Launch Angle Box Plot
A couple weeks ago I did a histogram of the distribution of Mike Trout's launch angles by pitch type in bins of 5 degrees. However, I...
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Brock Hammit
- Apr 15, 2019
- 1 min
Trout- Spin Rate by Pitch Type
Below is a visual of spin rate ranges by pitch types thrown to Mike Trout in 2018. While this particular plot is very vague and not very...
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Brock Hammit
- Apr 6, 2019
- 1 min
Mike Trout EV Box by Pitch Type
This is a box plot to demonstrate how hard Mike Trout hits balls based on pitch type. Its easy to see the medians of each pitch type...
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Brock Hammit
- Apr 4, 2019
- 1 min
Launch Angle Distributions PT. 2
Piggybacking off of yesterday's post, I thought it would be a good idea to show a similar graphic of launch angle distributions on all...
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Brock Hammit
- Apr 3, 2019
- 1 min
Launch Angle Distributions
People often reference average launch angle as a reason why hitting the ball at good angles shouldn't be a priority for hitters because...
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Brock Hammit
- Mar 30, 2019
- 1 min
K% vs. wRC+ in 2018
I have finally done something somewhat interesting, I have plotted K% against wRC+ for qualified batters in 2018. As I, and probably most...
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