PITCHf/x Articles

Publish Date Author Title URL Language Website Description
2006-10-26  Fox, Dan Information Revolution URL  English  Baseball Prospectus about the PITCHf/x system.
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.
2007-03-29  Sheehan, Joe P. Enhanced Gameday URL  English  Baseball Analysts about various pitchers from the 2006 playoffs, looking at pitch location, release points, and classifying pitches for Mike Mussina.
2007-04-13  Ferris, Bill A Different Look at Zumaya's Outing URL  English  The Detroit Tigers Weblog about velocity and release point in Joel Zumaya's two-inning save on April 12th.
2007-04-14  Ferris, Bill A Different Look at the Bonderman-Halladay Duel URL  English  The Detroit Tigers Weblog about Jeremy Bonderman's April 13th start.
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.
2007-04-26  Sheehan, Joe P. That Sinking Feeling URL  English  Baseball Analysts about the two-seam fastball, examining pitchers Derek Lowe, Aaron Cook, Brandon Webb, and Carlos Silva.
2007-04-29  Ferris, Bill Game 24: Twins at Tigers URL  English  The Detroit Tigers Weblog game recap, he used Gameday to chart pitcher Mike Maroth's release point.
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.
2007-05-11  Sheehan, Joe P. Location, Location, Location URL  English  Baseball Analysts tracking the location, BABIP, and swing percentage of pitches in different grid locations around the strike zone.
2007-05-24  Fox, Dan Batter Versus Pitcher, Gameday Style URL  English  Baseball Prospectus about pitch velocity and strike zone accuracy.
2007-05-25  Sheehan, Joe P. Dangerous Curves URL  English  Baseball Analysts on the break of the curveball and pitchers Barry Zito and Rich Hill.
2007-05-31  Fox, Dan Physics on Display URL  English  Baseball Prospectus about fastball deceleration from release to the plate and pitchers' fastball velocity throughout the game.
2007-06-03  Ferris, Bill A Different Look at Andrew Miller URL  English  The Detroit Tigers Weblog about pitchers Andrew Miller and Kenny Rogers and classifying their pitches.
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.
2007-06-07  Fox, Dan Gameday Triple Play URL  English  Baseball Prospectus about pitch deceleration, establishing the fastball, and measuring hitters' plate discipline.
2007-06-07  Whither Analysis of Wang’s Pitching Stuff via New Gameday Data URL  Chinese  Cafe Whither about pitcher Chien-Ming Wang.
2007-06-13  Whither Hong-Chih Kuo article URL  Chinese  Cafe Whither about pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo.
2007-06-14  Fox, Dan The Science and Art of Building a Better Pitcher Profile URL  English  Baseball Prospectus about pitcher Felix Hernandez and methods for classifying his pitches.
2007-06-14  Sheehan, Joe P. Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes... URL  English  Baseball Analysts on the effectiveness of the changeup and pitchers Cole Hamels, Josh Beckett, Trevor Hoffman, and Johan Santana.
2007-06-14  West, Steve Rotation Release Points URL  English  Go Rangers! about the release point consistency of the starting rotations of Texas, Anaheim, and Oakland.
2007-06-18  West, Steve Rangers Rotation Pitch Types URL  English  Go Rangers! classifying the pitch types of Texas pitchers Kevin Millwood, Brandon McCarthy, Kameron Loe, Vicente Padilla, and Robinson Tejeda.
2007-06-19  Calcagno, Steve Spending Gameday with Chien-Ming Wang... URL  English  beansTown classifying Wang's pitches.
2007-06-21  Fox, Dan Gameday Meets the Knuckleball URL  English  Baseball Prospectus about pitcher Tim Wakefield and his knuckleball.
2007-06-21  Cameron, Dave Weaver: Better Stuff? URL  English  U.S.S. Mariner about the velocity and movement on Jeff Weaver's pitches.
2007-06-25  West, Steve Rangers Rotation Release Points Redux URL  English  Go Rangers! examining whether the Texas starters were tipping their pitches by varying release points.
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.
2007-06-26  Chao, Luis Diggin' in on the Sinker URL  Chinese  The Tornado looking at sinkerball pitchers.
2007-06-28  Badass Baseball Enhanced Gameday Performance Analysis of Felix Hernandez 4-seamer URL  Chinese  Badass Baseball about Felix Hernandez.
2007-06-28  Sheehan, Joe P. Is There Something in the Way It Moves? URL  English  Baseball Analysts on pitcher Roy Halladay and the consistency of his stuff from start to start.
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.
2007-07-03  Badass Baseball Enhanced Gameday Analysis of Hong-Chih Kuo 4-seamer and Slider URL  Chinese  Badass Baseball about Hong-Chih Kuo.
2007-07-05  Fox, Dan Searching for the Gyroball URL  English  Baseball Prospectus about pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka and classifying his pitches.
2007-07-07  Marchi, Max Pitch by Pitch: Un Assaggio URL  Italian  Prof Pepper about pitch location and the strike zone.
2007-07-10  ultxmxpx Contact Rate List URL  English  ultxmxpx this list of pitchers and contact rate on their various pitches, which he had classified.
2007-07-10  Badass Baseball CJ Wilson Gyroball? URL  Chinese  Badass Baseball looking for C.J. Wilson's gyroball
2007-07-11  Walsh, John Strike Zone: Fact vs. Fiction URL  English  The Hardball Times about the strike zone, as called by the umpires, versus right-handed and left-handed batters.
2007-07-12  West, Steve Pitch Break Angle vs Length URL  English  Go Rangers! about classifying pitch types using these two new PITCHf/x parameters.
2007-07-12  Chao, Luis Another Look at the Sinker URL  English  The Hardball Times comparing the two-seam and four-seam fastballs and looking at pitcher A.J. Burnett.
2007-07-13  Sheehan, Joe P. Under Pressure URL  English  Baseball Analysts on pitchers Jake Peavy and Dan Haren and their pitch selection in high-pressure versus low-pressure situations.
2007-07-14  Marchi, Max Cosi Si Vincono I Cy Young, Baby! URL  Italian  Prof Pepper about pitchers Johan Santana and Joe Nathan.
2007-07-25  Walsh, John The Eye of the Umpire URL  English  The Hardball Times an excellent beginning to strike zone analysis.
2007-07-26  Sheehan, Joe P. Not an Article about Pitching at Altitude URL  English  Baseball Analysts He discusses preliminary data about the effect of altitude on the break of pitches, and updates his BABIP charts from "Location, Location, Location".
2007-07-29  Ferris, Bill Comparing Kenny Rogers to Kenny Rogers URL  English  The Detroit Tigers Weblog about pitcher Kenny Rogers.
2007-07-30  West, Steve Do Pitchers Affect the Strike Zone URL  English  Go Rangers! a look at batted ball results plotted against pitch location in the strike zone.
2007-08-02  Anthony I Love It When a Plan Comes Together URL  English  Friar Watch about Jake Peavy making an effort to mix his pitches better.
2007-08-03  Constancio, Chris Why Do Sinking Fastballs Cause Groundballs? URL  English  The Hardball Times looking at the difference in type of batted ball for pitchers who throw a sinking fastball versus those who throw a rising (or four-seam) fastball.