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We Watched 906 Foul Balls To Find Out Where The Most Dangerous Ones

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

foul_balls

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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