PITCHf/x Articles

Publish Date Author Title URL Language Website Description
2007-04-23  Anthony How to use MLB Gameday Data URL  English  Friar Watch describing some of the PITCHf/x data fields.
2007-04-25  Anthony Mark Buehrle's No Hitter URL  English  Friar Watch looking at the pitch location and umpire strike zone for the game from April 18th.
2007-05-07  Beamer, John Under the Skin of Enhanced Gameday URL  English  The Hardball Times about the park-to-park accuracy of the PITCHf/x data, particularly release points.
2007-07-02  Beamer, John A Close Look at Tim Hudson URL  English  The Hardball Times about pitcher Tim Hudson and classifying his pitches using a statistical clustering function.
2007-06-19  Calcagno, Steve Spending Gameday with Chien-Ming Wang... URL  English  beansTown classifying Wang's pitches.
2007-06-21  Cameron, Dave Weaver: Better Stuff? URL  English  U.S.S. Mariner about the velocity and movement on Jeff Weaver's pitches.
2008-05-16  Carruth, Matthew Where Felix Pitches URL  English  Lookout Landing pitch location charts for first pitches from Felix Hernandez
2008-06-02  Carruth, Matthew Brandon Morrow From Pitch F/X URL  English  Lookout Landing pitch locations and results for pitcher Brandon Morrow
2008-06-06  Carruth, Matthew First Pitch Hacking? URL  English  Lookout Landing a study of how often teams swing at first pitches
2008-06-25  Carruth, Matthew Putaway Counts, Part 1 URL  English  Lookout Landing a look at pitcher results on the 0-2 and 1-2 counts, including leaderboards
2008-06-27  Carruth, Matthew Putaway Counts, Part 2 URL  English  Lookout Landing more about pitcher results on the 0-2 and 1-2 counts, including pitch location charts for the league and the Seattle Mariners
2008-05-25  Carty, Derek Player spotlight: Johnny Cueto URL  English  The Hardball Times a profile of pitcher Johnny Cueto
2008-04-08  Chris PITCHf/x: Examining Tim Lincecum's 2007 Season URL  English  Bay City Ball about Tim Lincecum's pitch repertoire and results.
2008-04-10  Chris Sanchez Dominant in Giants Win URL  English  Bay City Ball on pitcher Jonathan Sanchez and his performance in the April 9 game.
2008-04-14  Chris Bowkermania URL  English  Bay City Ball on pitcher Tim Lincecum's use of the slider
2008-05-14  Chris Cain's Curveball URL  English  Bay City Ball about Matt Cain's pitch repertoire and results in the May 13 game.
2008-06-20  Dawkins, Corey Carlos Zambrano PFX analysis URL  English  Fantasy Baseball Strategy looking at pitcher Carlos Zambrano's release point, pitch speed, movement, and location to detect a possible injury
2008-06-23  Dawkins, Corey Brandon Webb PFX URL  English  Fantasy Baseball Strategy pitch speed, location, movement, and release points for pitcher Brandon Webb
2008-06-25  Dawkins, Corey Arroyo PFX URL  English  Roto Savants pitch speed, location, movement, and release points for pitcher Bronson Arroyo and look at his June 24 start
2008-05-23  Everson, Darren Baseball's Nerd Machine URL  English  Wall Street Journal a report on the PITCHf/x summit and the prospects for the PITCHf/x system
2008-04-04  Fast, Mike Johnny Cueto’s first game URL  English  The Hardball Times about the performance of pitcher Johnny Cueto in the April 3 game
2008-04-10  Fast, Mike Real-time pitch identification URL  English  The Hardball Times evaluating the MLB pitch identification for nine pitchers in early 2008
2008-04-14  Fast, Mike Liriano's stuff URL  English  The Hardball Times about the performance of pitcher Francisco Liriano in the April 13 game
2008-04-15  Fast, Mike How will ball tracking analysis change the game? URL  English  The Hardball Times a manifesto for the prospects of PITCHf/x and HITf/x analysis
2008-04-21  Fast, Mike What is wrong with Jose Valverde? URL  English  The Hardball Times comparing pitcher Jose Valverde's 2008 performance to 2007
2008-04-30  Fast, Mike Jack Cust: no such thing as a free lunch URL  English  The Hardball Times an examination of Jack Cust's April 2008 slump
2008-05-02  Fast, Mike Cust breakout? URL  English  The Hardball Times a look at Jack Cust's performance in games of April 30 and May 1
2008-05-21  Fast, Mike Strike zone silliness URL  English  The Hardball Times on using PITCHf/x data to resolve questions about umpire ball-strike calls
2008-05-22  Fast, Mike Drinking from a fire hose URL  English  The Hardball Times a report on the PITCHf/x summit
2008-06-07  Fast, Mike How fast do they work? URL  English  The Hardball Times A list of the quickest and slowest working pitchers in early 2008
2008-06-12  Fast, Mike Short work URL  English  The Hardball Times An examination of the adage that quicker-working pitchers are supported by better defense
2008-06-16  Fast, Mike What? a screwball? URL  English  The Hardball Times a look at pitcher Danny Ray Herrera's repertoire, location charts, and pitch trajectories, including views from the batters' boxes
2008-04-21  Gassko, David Philosophical Pitch f/x thought of the day URL  English  The Hardball Times thoughts on our ability to discern the pitcher's intent and control from PITCHf/x data
2008-06-07  Gassko, David Will Joba Chamberlain make a good starter? URL  English  The Hardball Times a look at pitcher Joba Chamberlain's repertoire and results
2008-04-02  Gray, Doug Reds hitters: Over Aggressive? URL  English  Reds Pitchfx on the pitch location to Reds hitters on pitches taken and swung at in the March 31 game
2008-04-04  Gray, Doug Johnny Cueto’s MLB Debut URL  English  Reds Pitchfx on pitcher Edinson Volquez's pitch location in his April 6 start
2008-04-04  Gray, Doug More on Johnny Cueto’s debut URL  English  Reds Pitchfx on pitcher Johnny Cueto's pitch movement in his April 3 start and errors in the PITCHf/x data
2008-04-05  Gray, Doug Josh Fogg makes his Reds debut and Jared Burton has a real nice game URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location charts for pitchers Josh Fogg and Jared Burton from the April 4 game
2008-04-06  Gray, Doug Aaron Harang on 4/5/08 vs Phillies URL  English  Reds Pitchfx on pitcher Aaron Harang's pitch location in his April 5 start
2008-04-07  Gray, Doug Edinson Volquez Reds debut URL  English  Reds Pitchfx on pitcher Edinson Volquez's pitch location in his April 6 start
2008-04-08  Gray, Doug Jeff Keppinger - Pure Hitter URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for hitter Jeff Keppinger showing swinging strikes and balls in play
2008-04-09  Gray, Doug Johnny Cueto vs the Brewers 4-8-08 and some major disparities URL  English  Reds Pitchfx on pitcher Johnny Cueto's pitch movement and location in his April 8 start and errors in the PITCHf/x data
2008-04-11  Gray, Doug Is Corey Patterson a hacker? URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for hitter Corey Patterson
2008-04-13  Gray, Doug Where does Aaron Harang throw against lefties/righties URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location charts for pitcher Aarong Harang split by batter handedness
2008-04-14  Gray, Doug Johnny Cueto’s struggles against the Pirates URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for pitcher Johnny Cueto in his April 13 start
2008-04-16  Gray, Doug Taking a look at Adam Dunn’s pitch selection URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for hitter Adam Dunn
2008-04-17  Gray, Doug Whats up with Edwin Encarnacion in 2008? URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for hitter Edwin Encarnacion
2008-04-22  Gray, Doug How does Jared Burton finish at bats? URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for pitcher Jared Burton for pitches that finished a plate appearance
2008-04-24  Gray, Doug Edwin Encarnacion’s hit streak URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for hitter Edwin Encarnacion during his hot streak April 10-23
2008-04-28  Gray, Doug Breaking down Brandon Phillips (part 1) URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for hitter Brandon Phillips against sliders