Archive for the 'Batted Balls' Category

Let’s see if we can clarify the difference between a juiced ball and a ball with a smaller drag coefficient.

Baseball’s new numbers and the performance of athletes around the world can help us estimate how an elite woman player might perform.

What effect did Quality of Pitch have on the home run spike in 2019?

How is the Houston ace so successful, especially as he has entered his late 30s? Here are some clues.

Will two balls hit with the same launch angle and exit velocity travel the same distance? Not likely, not likely at all.

What is the best technique for measuring spin?

Batted-Ball Run Value offers a new (and improved) way to measure batters’ value.

A change in the baseball’s drag coefficient is responsible for the home run spike, but what exactly is a drag coefficient?

What effect did Quality of Pitch have on the home run spike in 2017?

The physics of the home run boom offer many explanations, all of which are worthy of investigation.