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Inbox: Delve into details with Statcast queries
- Updated: December 21, 2016
ST. LOUIS — Two years ago, Major League Baseball introduced Statcast™ tracking technology into all 30 of its stadiums. The state-of-the-art system can track the location and movements of every player, pitch and hit, allowing for unparalleled insight into a game that is no longer viewed merely through the prism of baseball-card stats.
In order to introduce fans to a sliver of the data now available, I held a Statcast™ Q&A session via Twitter on Tuesday. Fans asked questions; Statcast™ provided the answers. Here are highlights of that chat, along with some additional commentary.
Ever wonder how many HRs Busch Stadium swallows up? Here’s a @statcast look at where the #STLCards 2016 road HRs would have landed at home. pic.twitter.com/oZIhAWca3o
— Jenifer Langosch (@LangoschMLB) December 20, 2016
Ever wonder how many HRs Busch Stadium swallows up? Here’s a @statcast look at where the #STLCards 2016 road HRs would have landed at home. pic.twitter.com/oZIhAWca3o
The Cardinals hit 121 of their 225 homers on the road in 2016, which begged the question of how much Busch Stadium may have tempered the team’s homer total at home. While this graphic doesn’t account for atmospheric conditions, it does show that more than a dozen of the team’s road home runs would have been no deeper than the warning track if hit in St. Louis.
Here’s a fun one: #stlcards Yadier Molina got 1,109 called strikes on pitches outside the zone in 2016. That was the highest total in MLB. pic.twitter.com/L0lZ8UdEMf
— Jenifer Langosch (@LangoschMLB) December 20, 2016
Here’s a fun one: #stlcards Yadier Molina got 1,109 called strikes on pitches outside the zone in 2016. That was the highest total in MLB. pic.twitter.com/L0lZ8UdEMf
Though Molina watched his consecutive Gold Glove streak come to an end in 2016, he did finish the season with more called strikes on pitches outside the strike zone than any other catcher. Of course, it helps that he also logged more innings behind the plate than anyone else. Perhaps the fairest comparison is percentage of stolen strikes; Molina ranked ninth in the Majors (minimum 10,000 pitches) with 5.62 …
