PITCHf/x Articles

Publish Date Author Title URL Language Website Description
2007-02-28  Sheehan, Joe P. Fingerprinting Jeff Weaver URL  English  Juice of Jesus about pitcher Jeff Weaver, classifying his pitches based on his performance in the 2006 playoffs with St. Louis.
2007-04-18  Sheehan, Joe P. Another Look at Enhanced Gameday URL  English  The Hardball Times about pitch selection, velocity, and classifying pitches for Felix Hernandez and Kevin Millwood.
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.
2007-06-03  ultxmxpx Shields/Kazmir pitch selection URL  English  RaysBaseball.com about the pitch selection for pitchers James Shields and Scott Kazmir
2007-06-06  Walsh, John In Search of the Sinker URL  English  The Hardball Times one of the definitive articles on classifying pitches. In this process John examines the sinking fastball and pitcher Randy Wolf.
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.
2007-06-26  Walsh, John Schilling's Aching Schoulder URL  English  The Hardball Times about detecting Curt Schilling's shoulder injury in the Enhanced Gameday data.
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.
2008-04-02  Walsh, John The worst pitches ever URL  English  The Hardball Times on the Jonathan Broxton - Ray Durham matchup on September 97, 2007
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
2008-04-03  Pavlidis, Harry Ryan Dempster Still Throws Three Pitches URL  English  Another Cubs Blog about pitcher Ryan Dempster and his repertoire.
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
2008-04-04  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  mb22414 Peavy's two-hitter URL  English  Friar Forecast looking at pitcher Jake Peavy's April 5 start
2008-04-05  Turkenkopf, Dan Framing the Debate URL  English  Beyond the Box Score a study on catchers framing pitches for strike calls
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  Chris PITCHf/x: Examining Tim Lincecum's 2007 Season URL  English  Bay City Ball about Tim Lincecum's pitch repertoire and results.
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
2008-04-10  Chris Sanchez Dominant in Giants Win URL  English  Bay City Ball on pitcher Jonathan Sanchez and his performance in the April 9 game.
2008-04-10  Fast, Mike Real-time pitch identification URL  English  The Hardball Times evaluating the MLB pitch identification for nine pitchers in early 2008
2008-04-10  Turkenkopf, Dan Pitch Classifier URL  English  stealing first on his intention to build a pitch classifier
2008-04-10  Turkenkopf, Dan Grandpa Gets All the Calls URL  English  stealing first on older pitchers benefiting from more strike calls
2008-04-11  Gray, Doug Is Corey Patterson a hacker? URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for hitter Corey Patterson
2008-04-12  Turkenkopf, Dan Good Pitchers Don’t Get Favorable Treatment URL  English  stealing first on successful pitchers not benefiting from more strike calls
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  Chris Bowkermania URL  English  Bay City Ball on pitcher Tim Lincecum's use of the slider
2008-04-14  Kalk, Josh Anatomy of a player: Brian Bannister URL  English  The Hardball Times a look at pitcher Brian Bannister's adjustments for 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
2008-04-14  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
2008-04-15  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
2008-04-16  Turkenkopf, Dan Stop calling strikes, I wanna go home! URL  English  stealing first on the size of the strike zone by inning
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  Maddog Cubs blown out URL  English  Another Cubs Blog about pitcher Ted Lilly's performance in the April 17 game
2008-04-17  Gray, Doug Whats up with Edwin Encarnacion in 2008? URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for hitter Edwin Encarnacion
2008-04-18  mb22414 Peavy: Masterful again URL  English  Friar Forecast looking at pitcher Jake Peavy's April 17 start
2008-04-18  Pavlidis, Harry If You See Ted Lilly’s Curve, Will You Please Send It Home URL  English  Another Cubs Blog about pitcher Ted Lilly's pitch mix
2008-04-20  Walsh, John How fast should a fastball be? URL  English  The Hardball Times on fastball effectiveness versus speed and location
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
2008-04-21  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
2008-04-22  Maddog Lilly looks much better, Cubs beat Mets URL  English  Another Cubs Blog about pitcher Ted Lilly's performance in the April 22 game
2008-04-22  Kalk, Josh Do relief pitchers suffer from pitching back-to-back days? URL  English  The Hardball Times a study of the speed and movement of pitches from relievers based on days of rest
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
2008-04-23  mb22414 Peavy vs. Berkman URL  English  Friar Forecast looking at pitcher Jake Peavy's matchup with Lance Berkman in his April 22 start