I'm looking for some feedback on these graphs that I have developed. I've gone through several...

I'm looking for some feedback on these graphs that I have developed. I've gone through several iterations on these and I think I'm getting closer to having something that is useful.

I go into detail about the process for creating these at Red Reporter. I'd appreciate any feedback that you can give. Thanks!

almost 3 years ago Slyde 9 comments 3 recs |

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These are awesome.

by R.J. Anderson on Mar 23, 2009 12:56 PM EDT reply actions

Very cool

I’d suggest nkSLG or slugging in play (what’s Colin’s new acronym?) and toss the 3rd strikes from the bottom left. That’s a small nit pick, though.

by Harry Pavlidis on Mar 23, 2009 1:00 PM EDT reply actions

yeah, there are several things that I have gone back and forth on these

and that’s one of them. My concern was that the slugging percentages would look out of whack, but then that only mattered back when I was listing the slugging percentage on the graph. Since these new versions are all just colors, it probably makes sense to stick with balls in play.

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 23, 2009 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions

As we've discussed here before

the swinging/called third strike stuff is very interesting on its own, too.

by Harry Pavlidis on Mar 23, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow these are really cool.

I think that a scale on each of the four subpanels would be nice if possible. I have actually just done something very similar in my most recent Baseball Analysts post. But I average over all hitters.

by centris on Mar 23, 2009 3:38 PM EDT reply actions

I wish I could do a scale for each

but each zone within each subpanel has it’s own scale. This is because these graphs look at individuals compared to the group of similar players per pitch zone. Each zone has different average results, as you would expect, so the scale ends up being different for each pitch zone bucket.

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 23, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh cool

So the color is performance relative to peers. I like that way of presenting the data a lot, nice work.

by centris on Mar 23, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

The more I look at these, the more I like that you're re-averaging for each zone.

Instead of seeing that someone doesn’t make good contact everywhere, we can see where his relative strengths and weaknesses are, which is really what we want to know.

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Mar 23, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions