Will Venable: Pitches Before and After The Almost Cycle
April 19th, 2010 | Published in Daniel Gettinger, San Diego Padres, Will Venable, baseball, pitchf/x | 2 Comments
by Daniel Gettinger
At Ducksnorts Geoff writes:
Someone should check the data, but anecdotally it seems [Venable] hasn’t seen many fastballs since nearly hitting for the cycle in the home opener.
Using Joe Lefkowitz’s Pitch F/x tool, I was able to check the data. It turns out, if anything, Will Venable has seen more fastballs since falling a double short of the cycle on April 12.
Up to and including April 12, Venable had seen 92 pitches. 59 percent of the pitches he faced were fastballs. After April 12, Venable faced 88 pitches. 65 percent of those 88 pitches were fastballs. The difference is not statistically significant.
Its interesting how all too often our eyes deceive us when watching baseball.
April 19th, 2010 at 7:54 pm (#)
Awesome. Thanks!
April 20th, 2010 at 9:15 am (#)
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