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Pitch Location, Hit Location, and Field Position Requests

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:35 pm
by sacpadre
I have a few enhancement requests:

1 - Pitch Locations In-depth data

I love having the pitch spray chart at the bottom of the scorecard but it seems to be lacking data.
While it shows me where the pitch was located, I can't tell if the pitch was a ball or strike.
If a pitch shows as being in the strike zone, I can't tell if it was actually called a strike or a ball.
I guess I'd like to see colored pitch locations. So red might be a strike, blue might be a ball, green in play, etc.
Combine this with pitch-by-pitch data on a particular at bat and I think it could provide a lot of useful feedback to managers and players.

2 - Hit Location In-Depth Data

Remember the Ted Williams Hitting Chart?
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This just seems like another valuable tool for players and managers. Stats for each zone would be nice, but I'd even settle on hot or cold spot. When watching games, I often see hitters miss pitches in certain locations. Being able to track this in a quantitative way would be great. Being able to tell players that they have problems with pitches high and outside gives players something to work on in BP. Plus it gives pitchers good data on hitters.

3 - Field Positions / Adjustments

Maybe I'm missing it, but I'd like to see an option to denote that the infield is playing in or that a shift is on for a particular batter.

Guess that's all for now. Thanks and keep up the good work. Excellent product.

Re: Pitch Location, Hit Location, and Field Position Requests

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:18 pm
by FTMSupport
Colors of pitches are currently used to represent the types of pitches on the pitch chart. We will continue trying to come up with ways to give more data however.

The in depth data on batting average by pitch location starts to fall into Analytics. We have partners that work on this type of thing. One example is http://edgehq.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - they will take your iScore data and present it in many finer levels of detail.

For Field Positions / Adjustments - how would this be used? There aren't really statitics to capture this. If you are just interested in it, you can always use Notes to put in a note saying "infield in" or "fielders shifted left" or whatever you want. Viewers viewing the iScorecast or you reviewing the pitch by pitch would be able to see this.

Re: Pitch Location, Hit Location, and Field Position Requests

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:02 pm
by OhioTex
@sacpadre.. I encourage you to check out edgehq.com for#1 and 2.... It may be close to what you are looking for.. Definately beyond, the ten dollar app type Analytics..