More batted ball data

NickG · 12-30-2013, 03:06 PM

As it stands, we have to guess whether a hitter has been unlucky or just bad this season, or whether a pitcher's unusual BABIP is luck or performance. Right now, we know the ground ball/fly ball ratio, and we can figure out K and BB as a percentage of total plate appearances, but the game doesn't appear to give us any aggregated data for whether a "fly ball" was a line drive, or a lazy pop-up. Having a line drive percentage would give us a better indication of whether a hitter is squaring the ball up or not, and whether an underperforming pitcher with a high BABIP is getting pounded or has just been unlucky.

The batted ball data here is pretty much exactly what I have in mind here for pitchers, and here for hitters.

Also, being able to track pitcher stats (K, BB, H, HR, etc.) by percentage of plate appearances, rather than just the per nine innings rates, would be a nice addition.

madJ · 08-15-2014, 10:33 AM

That's exactly what was missing when I recently tried to figure out if a batter was just lucky or actually pretty good. BABIP in there is nice, but you need that batted ball data in order to make an even more educated guess to where the batter will likely regress.

12-30-2013, 03:06 PM	#1
NickG Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 138	More batted ball data As it stands, we have to guess whether a hitter has been unlucky or just bad this season, or whether a pitcher's unusual BABIP is luck or performance. Right now, we know the ground ball/fly ball ratio, and we can figure out K and BB as a percentage of total plate appearances, but the game doesn't appear to give us any aggregated data for whether a "fly ball" was a line drive, or a lazy pop-up. Having a line drive percentage would give us a better indication of whether a hitter is squaring the ball up or not, and whether an underperforming pitcher with a high BABIP is getting pounded or has just been unlucky. The batted ball data here is pretty much exactly what I have in mind here for pitchers, and here for hitters. Also, being able to track pitcher stats (K, BB, H, HR, etc.) by percentage of plate appearances, rather than just the per nine innings rates, would be a nice addition.

08-15-2014, 10:33 AM	#2
madJ Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 361	That's exactly what was missing when I recently tried to figure out if a batter was just lucky or actually pretty good. BABIP in there is nice, but you need that batted ball data in order to make an even more educated guess to where the batter will likely regress.