New Statcast leaderboard hits a grand slam
The latest feature added to Baseball Savant focuses on one of baseball’s most exciting plays: the home run. However, its creator, Daren Willman, tweeted, “Not all home runs are created equal.” The […]
Jacob deGrom is reviving memories of Tom Seaver
One of the best ways to judge a starter is by how many earned runs he gives up in his starts over his career. Only one Mets pitcher has started more than […]
Statcast Searches: Four Core Components
This post shows how to use Statcast Search to do these investigations: 1. Find pitching data for all the pitchers in a league (National or American or both) in a year (limited […]
Statcast Detective: Throw ’em high
In my first post on high-ball pitchers, I presented the top 10 high-ballers in 2019. On the bottom of the list based on the number of high-balls thrown was Astros starter Jordan […]
