baseballanalysts.com - 9/11/2009
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Before the season I looked at HR rate by pitch location and noted batters who hit HRs in locations most do not. One batter I profiled was Carlos Pena , as he hits HR predominately on pitches away while most batter hit them on middle-in pitches. Part way through the season he was one of the ...
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Outside Power
baseballmusings.com —
... The Baseball Analysts take a look at Carlos Pena’s tendency to hit outside pitches for home runs, and still pull the ball. I wonder if he stands closer to the plate than most lefties? ...
Daily Box Score 9/11: Visualizations
Beyond the Box Score —
... and Baseball Analysts. He's a programming-savvy guy, and he is probably best-known for using the language R to create compelling heat maps based on PITCHf/x data. You can see a characteristic example of his work here. In the vast world of PITCHf/x graphs, Allen's are among the easiest to decipher, even to the lay fan. For that reason alone, his work is praise-worthy.
But I was particularly impressed with this particular chart, taken from this article. Allow me to reproduce:
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Another Look at Carlos Pena's HR
DRaysBay —
Another Look at Carlos Pena's HR
Dave Allen is a mastermind.
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Tampa Bay slugger Carlos Pena has had season-ending surgery to repair two broken fingers on his left hand. The Rays expect a full recovery in eight to 10 weeks. Pena was injured Monday in New York when he was hit by a pitch from Yankees ace CC ...
