Pitch F/X Fun at Red Reporter
Slyde at Red Reporter has a great analysis of the new Pitch F/X data. About a year ago, I had mostly convinced myself that baseball statistical analysis had reached a plateau - there were no major questions left unanswered, at least about offense.
I was wrong. This Pitch F/X stuff is an incredible wealth of data, and guys like Doug, and now Slyde, are just starting to dig in. Fascinating stuff.
April 30th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Just to be clear, I don’t believe that the data I used is from Pitch F/X. I’m not certain, but I think BIS (the provider for FanGraphs) uses their own system that has a high correlation to Pitch F/X, but isn’t precisely the same.
I only bring this up in case Doug comes to a different conclusion with his data. The stuff I looked at was aggregated already. His data is more granulated and can lead to much deeper insight. Both sets are useful, but I chose the path of least effort, so Doug deserves more credit for that, at least.
April 30th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Oh, and thanks for the link.
May 1st, 2008 at 4:46 am
Great stuff!