PITCHf/x Articles

Publish Date Author Title URL Language Website Description
2008-05-13  Kalk, Josh More PITCHf/x goodies URL  English  Brew Crew Ball on average fastball and curveball trajectories for pitcher Eric Gagne in the May 12 game and average run values by pitch type for Brewer pitchers
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
2008-06-11  Sullivan, Jeff More Fun With PITCHf/x, Now With ∞% More Brandon Morrow URL  English  Lookout Landing pitch location charts and trajectories for pitcher Brandon Morrow
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.
2008-06-01  Paradise, Jay Manny Ramirez's 500th HR URL  English  Red Sox F/X about hitter Manny Ramirez's 500th career home run
2008-05-27  Paradise, Jay Manny Ramirez vs Pitch Speed URL  English  Red Sox F/X about the BABIP of hitter Manny Ramirez against different pitch speeds
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
2008-04-22  Maddog Lilly looks much better, Cubs beat Mets URL  English  Another Cubs Blog about pitcher Ted Lilly's performance in the April 22 game
2008-06-02  Paradise, Jay League Averages According to Pitch F/X URL  English  Red Sox F/X a breakdown of pitch results by speed group
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
2008-05-20  Paradise, Jay Jon Lester's No Hitter URL  English  Red Sox F/X about Jon Lester's no hit game on May 19
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
2008-04-04  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  Fast, Mike Johnny Cueto’s first game URL  English  The Hardball Times about the performance of pitcher Johnny Cueto in the April 3 game
2008-04-09  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
2008-05-15  Gray, Doug Joey Votto likes the high ones? URL  English  Reds Pitchfx on hitter Joey Votto's swing percentage broken down by pitch height
2008-05-30  Gray, Doug Joey Votto has been on fire lately URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for hitter Joey Votto during his hot streak May 22-29
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
2008-05-28  Gray, Doug Jay Bruce’s debut through the Pitch F/X camera URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for hitter Jay Bruce in the May 27 game
2008-06-05  Paradise, Jay James Shield Brings His Changeup To Boston URL  English  Red Sox F/X a look at the pitch repertoire and results for James Shields
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
2008-04-11  Gray, Doug Is Corey Patterson a hacker? URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for hitter Corey Patterson
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.
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
2008-04-15  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
2007-04-23  Anthony How to use MLB Gameday Data URL  English  Friar Watch describing some of the PITCHf/x data fields.
2008-05-02  Gray, Doug How good is Edinson Volquez’ change up? URL  English  Reds Pitchfx pitch location chart for pitcher Edinson Volquez's changeup
2008-06-10  Kalk, Josh How fatigue affects a pitcher’s fastball URL  English  The Hardball Times a study on how fatigue affects a pitcher's fastball velocity and movement
2008-04-20  Walsh, John How fast should a fastball be? URL  English  The Hardball Times on fastball effectiveness versus speed and location
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
2008-04-22  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
2008-05-25  Paradise, Jay How did Joe Blanton beat the Red Sox? URL  English  Red Sox F/X about pitcher Joe Blanton's performance in the May 24 game
2008-04-10  Turkenkopf, Dan Grandpa Gets All the Calls URL  English  stealing first on older pitchers benefiting from more strike calls
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
2008-05-16  Maddog Gallagher's velocity URL  English  Another Cubs Blog on Sean Gallagher's velocity in the May 16 game
2008-04-05  Turkenkopf, Dan Framing the Debate URL  English  Beyond the Box Score a study on catchers framing pitches for strike calls
2008-06-06  Carruth, Matthew First Pitch Hacking? URL  English  Lookout Landing a study of how often teams swing at first pitches
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.
2008-05-12  Kalk, Josh Eric Gagne's Change from 2007 and 2008 URL  English  Brew Crew Ball on average fastball and curveball trajectories for pitcher Eric Gagne in 2007 and 2008
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
2008-04-07  Gray, Doug Edinson Volquez Reds debut URL  English  Reds Pitchfx on pitcher Edinson Volquez's pitch location in his April 6 start
2008-05-22  Fast, Mike Drinking from a fire hose URL  English  The Hardball Times a report on the PITCHf/x summit
2008-05-14  Gray, Doug Does Edwin Encarnacion struggle making contact with the offspeed stuff? URL  English  Reds Pitchfx on hitter Edwin Encarnacion's contact rate broken down by pitch speed
2008-06-26  Turkenkopf, Dan Do Relievers Really Throw Harder? URL  English  Beyond the Box Score a study on differences in pitch speed and movement between pitchers in a starting role versus a relief role
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
2008-05-27  Paradise, Jay Dice-K Pitch Cluster Update URL  English  Red Sox F/X about classifying Daisuke Matsuzaka's pitches
2008-06-22  Paradise, Jay Dice K Still Injured? URL  English  Red Sox F/X a comparison of pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's speed, movement, and release point from his June 21 start to previous starts.
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
2008-04-17  Maddog Cubs blown out URL  English  Another Cubs Blog about pitcher Ted Lilly's performance in the April 17 game
2008-06-07  Paradise, Jay Chase Utley's Power URL  English  Ghost Man on Third a look at Chase Utley's 2008 home runs