Velocity Charts
I’m working on a way to gather pitching information for NPB games. It’s not quite Pitch F/X but it should yield some interesting information. I’m not done yet, but the early results are good. I was able to chart the velocity on each pitch thrown by Hisashi Iwakuma and Hideaki Wakui in their April 10 matchup, which Wakui won 6-0.
(Click to enlarge the charts)
Iwakuma was lifted after six innings and 92 pitches, allowing three runs.Â
Wakui used seven different pitches, though he only threw his changeup a couple of times. He threw 138 pitches, and note that his fastball’s velocity drops toward the end.
13/04/2009 at 2:22 am Permalink
Interesting. Bit of clustering on Wakui’s pitching. Can you do Darvish next? Sorry, I’m a Fighter’s fan.
13/04/2009 at 8:38 am Permalink
I’ll have Darvish after his next start. Hopefully by then I’ll be able to post some cooler stuff as well.
13/04/2009 at 2:31 pm Permalink
Thanks! And keep up the good work. I live in Sapporo, and love baseball. I speak, but can’t read, Japanese. I check your site every morning. Wish there were more English sites. By the way, you planning to post box-scores someday? It’s the thing I miss most- being able to see how the other games went. I watch all the Fighters games on T.V., but would like to see more stats on the other games. Don’t get enough from a 50 word game summary, and the T.V. news coverage is Fighters and Giants only in Sapporo. As if you aren’t busy enough already…..
13/04/2009 at 2:40 pm Permalink
Shaggy, go to this website for Box Scores: http://www.npb.or.jp/eng/
It’s the English language version of the NPB’s official site.
13/04/2009 at 4:00 pm Permalink
Cool! Thanks a lot Marc!
13/04/2009 at 8:50 pm Permalink
Interesting stuff. Great job in gathering the info!