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Description
The raw data behind the story
"We Watched 906 Foul Balls To Find Out Where The Most Dangerous Ones"
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/we-watched-906-foul-balls-to-find-out-where-the-most-dangerous-ones-land/.
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1
Format
A data frame with 906 rows representing foul balls and 7 variables:
- matchup
the two teams that played
- game_date
date of the most foul heavy day at each stadium
- type_of_hit
fly, grounder, line drive, popup, batter hits self
- exit_velocity
recorded velocity of each hit
- predicted_zone
zone predicted the foul ball would land in gauging angles
- camera_zone
actual zone the ball landed it confirmed by camera angles
- used_zone
zone used for analysis
Details
Information on the Zones from the 538 original article: Zones 1, 2 and 3 are the areas behind home plate and the dugouts. Zones 4 and 5 make up most of the foul territory outside the baselines up until the foul pole. Zones 6 and 7 include the areas beyond the foul poles.
Source
Baseball Savant https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/.
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Description Usage Format Details Source
Description
The raw data behind the story "We Watched 906 Foul Balls To Find Out Where The Most Dangerous Ones" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/we-watched-906-foul-balls-to-find-out-where-the-most-dangerous-ones-land/.
Usage
1 |
Format
A data frame with 906 rows representing foul balls and 7 variables:
- matchup
the two teams that played
- game_date
date of the most foul heavy day at each stadium
- type_of_hit
fly, grounder, line drive, popup, batter hits self
- exit_velocity
recorded velocity of each hit
- predicted_zone
zone predicted the foul ball would land in gauging angles
- camera_zone
actual zone the ball landed it confirmed by camera angles
- used_zone
zone used for analysis
Details
Information on the Zones from the 538 original article: Zones 1, 2 and 3 are the areas behind home plate and the dugouts. Zones 4 and 5 make up most of the foul territory outside the baselines up until the foul pole. Zones 6 and 7 include the areas beyond the foul poles.
Source
Baseball Savant https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/.
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