Tag: Baseball statistics

Getting started doing baseball research

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Research should start with a question.

In an article by Mike Petriello published on April 23, 2019 on mlb.com titled “These 5 players have opened eyes in April,” he states that Braves pitcher Max Fried’s curveball has the “third-most drop” in the major leagues.

From that information, I generated my research question: How big a vertical “drop” does Fried’s curveball have?

Here is how I found the answer.

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Introduction to Stat Sources

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If you like to view baseball statistics, a variety of sources exist. Among them are Baseball Reference, FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus, Baseball Savant, and Statcast. Baseball Savant and Statcast are products of Major League Baseball. 

Baseball Savant can be accessed here and Statcast through its search page though Statcast info is also available from the main Baseball Savant page.

On Baseball Savant’s homepage is a menu bar containing this:

  • Gamefeed 
  • Probable Pitchers 
  • Daily Matchups 
  • Leaderboards
  • Search
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