StatSpeak: Shooting the Gap

Want to learn what makes a doubles hitter good at what it he does? Then my latest StatSpeak piece is for you!

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The one thing to take note of is the line drive percentage. They don’t hit a huge amount of fly balls, but instead drive the ball allowing hitters with less power to take the extra base. Next, let’s move on to the top 10 home run hitters this year…Notice the difference in LD and FB%? Also, you can see that the power hitters are pretty solid doubles hitters, due to home runs falling short.

StatSpeak: New Flight Paths

Introducing, new flight path charts. Now complete with plate and zone for easy reference.

Enjoy.

StatSpeak: Pitch F/x – Clayton Mortensen

If you want some Pitch F/x data on Clayton Mortensen (part of the Holliday trade), head over to StatSpeak.

StatSpeak: On Throwing Strikes

My latest at StatSpeak looks at some correlations of strike throwing and other measures.

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I looked at multiple categories of numbers, and looks to see if there was a correlation with strike percentage. I only graphed the two extremes, and the one with the least correlation to keep this from getting out of hand. To the graph-mobile!

StatSpeak: Zito Gaining Speed?

In a very simple post at Stat Speak, I look at Barry Zito’s fastball velocity.

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StatSpeak: Andy Marte is a Cruel Temptress

My debut at StatSpeak is here! I wrote about how Andy Marte is changed his ways this year in the minors.

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Zach at StatSpeak

Just a small announcement here: I (Zach) am joining the writing team of StatSpeak, a blog all about statistical analysis and other awesome things.

Like most of the work I do for BDD and ITM, you will get a link to posts right here on MLBNB.