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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/.