Tangotiger
@tangotiger
MLBAM Senior Data Architect Website Co-author of The Book, with limited free access from Amazon: Google Books:
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Goose Gossage is the last HOF pitcher to have played with 9 teams Rickey Henderson the last player Kimbrel has a shot at the HOF with 12 teams www.fangraphs.com/leaders/majo...
7.3% chance of winning, making the grand slam by Clemens a +0.927 WPA, the highest possible gain for a single pitch/swing
BB v SO Park Factors, 2025-26 There was plenty of discussion on T-Mobile Park being really tough on batter, whether it was batter's eye or sun or whatnot Sutter is by far the friendliest to batters for BB+SO. Looking forward to #AspiringSaberist baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...
Good breakdown by Matt, looking at the tools aspect I thought this was interesting, that Nico's low BA in May can be explained, at least in part, that the opposing fielders did well. This had an impact of 54 points on his May BA
League Average wOBA on batted balls is .380: need launch speed of 97+ to be above average Including BB+SO, league wOBA is .320: happens at 95+. Thats why hard hit is 95+ Under 90 mph averages .210, and is fairly flat: 40 = 60 = 80 = 90. Thats why we dont average launch speed
If you want to know what is FB launch angle and Line Drive launch angle, focus on HR rates, hit rates Ten years ago in 2016, I settled on 28 degrees +/- 8 for FB and 12 +/- 8 for LD Below is 2025 data, and it still holds well cc: @dialofdestiny.bsky.social baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_hit...
Classic overthrow, but infielder rather than outfielder getting the ball
Hmm.... interesting if your temperature reading (and at a pitch level) and what we use here (first pitch from whatever weather station) are that far apart The "env" column is where we have unexplained effects (notably wind) baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...
Since 2021 Min 93 mph pitches Yellow means either the roof is on, or it's a ballpark that has a roof but was open
Oh, THAT play... I forgot about it. I'm looking into it... Jun 27, 2026 for posterity...
The irony that the university response would likely be flagged by the AI detector...
Very limited number of plays, and I'm only starting in 2021, but he's above average
Using the standard of measuring speed out-of-hand (or very close to it for pre-2017) and limiting to March-June data, the current 4-seam + 2-seam speeds are: 2026: 94.5 2021: 93.5 2015: 92.5 2009: 91.5 Basically, every 5-6 years, we gain 1 mph on average baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_sea...
All pitches 95+ in 2026 x-axis is pitch speed at release y-axis is speed at plate crossing Red dots are pitches at Coors (less air resistance, means they maintain speed more, dropping only 7%, compared to 8.6% for all pitches) A legit 95 ball at plate, is 103-104 at release
Monthly HR Rates by Temperature (since 2016) The rule of thumb: every 10F adds 10% HR rate The data below can be grouped easily enough: 77.0 - 66.4 = 10.6 F 4.8% / 4.4% = +9% So, you can temperature-adjust easily enough
Blog Post: Statcast: 1B Scoops, and more tangotiger.com/index.php/si...
Blog Post: Do players think strategically when issuing an ABS Challenge? tangotiger.com/index.php/si...
Blog Post: When does Swing Speed start to decline? tangotiger.com/index.php/si...
The Cd data you see on Savant uses Alan's methodology, and it matches to what Alan is showing below: baseballsavant.mlb.com/drag-dashboard