Home Run Damage Report May 21st, 2012
Posted: May 22, 2012 Filed under: Home Run Damage Report Leave a comment »For an intro to Home Run Damage along with a list of all 2012 home runs, read this page.
Most Damaging: Giancarlo Stanton, 6.61 - #1 in 2012, #11 overall
Stanton’s HR last night was the 11th most damaging out of over 30,000 home runs hit since 2006. It was the fastest off the bat of the entire data set, just edging out Wladimir Balentien’s 122.3 mph on October 2nd, 2009. However, the distance was “only” 462 feet, so it gets 2.5 points of damage for distance and 4.1 points for speed.
Least Damaging: Jed Lowrie, -1.89
Fastest off the Bat: Giancarlo Stanton, 122.4 mph, 6.61 Damage – Fastest off the bat in 2012
Slowest off the Bat: Jed Lowrie, 97.5 mph, -1.89 Damage
Highest Apex: B.J. Upton, 117 feet, 0.49 Damage
Upton’s HR went up in the air and hit “something” and came down deep in center field. The umpires actually used deductive reasoning to call this a home run, since they knew it went past the B ring, which is in play. They knew it didn’t hit the D ring, so they deduced that it hit either the C ring or a catwalk, which is ruled a home run.
Lowest Apex: Ian Desmond, 60 feet, 2.04 Damage
Closest to straight center: B.J. Upton, 90.6 Degree Exit Angle, 0.49 Damage
Walk-off: None
First Career Home Run: Mike Leake, -1.35 Damage
Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker
Home Run Damage Report Weekend of May 18th, 2012
Posted: May 21, 2012 Filed under: Home Run Damage Report 1 Comment »For an intro to Home Run Damage along with a list of all 2012 home runs, read this page.
This report covers all home runs from Friday, May 18th through Sunday, May 20th.
Most Damaging: Jarrod Saltalamacchia, 4.98 – #3 in 2012, #121 overall
Least Damaging: Jose Bautista, -4.52
Fastest off the Bat: Yan Gomes, 116.4 mph, 4.21 Damage
Slowest off the Bat: Jose Bautista, 93.2 mph, -4.52 Damage
Highest Apex: Asdrubal Cabrera, 137 feet, -2.82 Damage
Lowest Apex: Raul Ibanez, 51 feet, -1.29 Damage
Closest to straight center: Josh Reddick, 90.6 Degree Exit Angle, 1.24 Damage
Walk-off: None
First Career Home Run: Yan Gomes, 4.21 Damage, Scott Van Slyke, 0.40 Damage and Stephen Strasburg, -0.67 Damage
Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker
Home Run Damage Report May 17th, 2012
Posted: May 18, 2012 Filed under: Home Run Damage Report Leave a comment »For an intro to Home Run Damage along with a list of all 2012 home runs, read this page.
Most Damaging: Andrew McCutchen, 2.31 - #109 in 2012, #3109 overall
Least Damaging: Jed Lowrie, -4.36
Fastest off the Bat: Joey Votto, 111.1 mph, 1.48 Damage
Slowest off the Bat: Jed Lowrie, 93.4 mph, -4.36 Damage
Highest Apex: Freddie Freeman, 123 feet, 0.63 Damage
Lowest Apex: Welington Castillo, 57 feet, 0.60 Damage
Closest to straight center: Yadier Molina, 89.9 Degrees, 0.94 Damage
#WeirdMeat Special (Most Damaging Opposite Field Home Run): Justin Morneau, -0.04 Damage
Walk-off: None
Data from ESPN HomeRun Tracker
Home Run Damage Report May 16th, 2012
Posted: May 17, 2012 Filed under: Home Run Damage Report 1 Comment »For an intro to Home Run Damage along with a list of all 2012 home runs, read this page.
Most Damaging: Jose Bautista, 4.29 - #11 in 2012, #349 overall – Fastest off the bat in 2012
Least Damaging: Dustin Ackley, -3.70
Fastest off the Bat: Jose Bautista, 117.5 mph, 4.29 Damage
Slowest off the Bat: Dustin Ackley, 96.1 mph, -3.70 Damage
Highest Apex: Travis Hafner, 137 feet, -1.15 Damage
Lowest Apex: Alfonso Soriano, 58 feet, -0.56 Damage
Closest to straight center: Todd Frazier, 91.7 Degrees, 1.44 Damage
#WeirdMeat Special (Most Damaging Opposite Field Home Run): Todd Frazier, -1.29 Damage
Walk-off: None
Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker
Brett Lawrie’s Kerfuffle and the Pitch Framing Wizard
Posted: May 16, 2012 Filed under: Research 1 Comment »Last night, Brett Lawrie had a run-in with the umpire. Lawrie is a very high-energy player and responded to a called third strike with…lots of energy. He threw down his helmet, which bounced on the ground and hit the umpire, most certainly leading to a suspension, regardless of intent. There are lots of arguments about his intent, about how you can’t justify his response because of a bad call, blah blah blah. I’m not into that kind of stuff. Fact 1: Umpire called two pitches outside the normal strikezone strikes. Fact 2: Brett Lawrie didn’t like it. Fact 3: Brett Lawrie took his helmet off, spiked it on the ground and it hit the umpire. Moving on.
My first response to hearing about this was “Jose Molina involved in another controversial called strike? Seems to be a pattern there.” I then entered into a good conversation with Mike Ferrin on Twitter about catcher framing and how much we both love it and how undervalued it still is.
Here is the Brooks Baseball strikezone plot for right-handed hitters from Bill Miller last night. The three circled pitches are the Ball 1, Strike 2 and Strike 3 in the Lawrie PA.
Home Run Damage Report May 15th, 2012
Posted: May 16, 2012 Filed under: Home Run Damage Report Leave a comment »For an intro to Home Run Damage along with a list of all 2012 home runs, read this page.
Most Damaging: Miguel Cabrera, 4.59 - #7 in 2012, #233 overall
Least Damaging: Hunter Pence, -3.06 and Curtis Granderson, -3.06
Fastest off the Bat: Miguel Cabrera, 115.8 mph, 4.59 Damage
Slowest off the Bat: Curtis Granderson, 95.4 mph, -3.06 Damage
Highest Apex: Brandon Snyder, 117 feet, -0.40 Damage
Lowest Apex: Hunter Pence, 55 feet, -2.02 Damage
Closest to straight center: Brian LaHair, 88.8 Degrees, 0.76 Damage and Mark Ellis, 91.2 Degrees, 0.25 Damage
Walk-off: Hunter Pence, -2.02 Damage
Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker
Home Run Damage Report May 14th, 2012
Posted: May 15, 2012 Filed under: Home Run Damage Report Leave a comment »For an intro to Home Run Damage along with a list of all 2012 home runs, read this page.
Most Damaging: Nelson Cruz, 2.82 - #59 in 2012, #1,910 overall
Least Damaging: Marwin Gonzalez, -3.95
Fastest off the Bat: Nelson Cruz, 110.9 mph, 2.82 Damage
Slowest off the Bat: Marwin Gonzalez, 94.2 mph, -3.95 Damage
Highest Apex: Curtis Granderson, 120 feet, 0.64 Damage
Lowest Apex: Mark Teixeira, 67 feet, -0.99 Damage
Closest to straight center: Bryce Harper, 91.6 Degrees, 2.00 Damage
Walk-off: None
Bryce Harper (along with Marwin Gonzalez!) hit his first career home run last night. It was hit to almost straight center (91.6 Degrees) and was 1.2 standard deviations above average in distance and 0.77 standard deviations above average in speed off the bat.
Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker
Home Run Damage Report Weekend of May 10th, 2012
Posted: May 14, 2012 Filed under: Home Run Damage Report 1 Comment »For an intro to Home Run Damage along with a list of all 2012 home runs, read this page.
This report covers all home runs from Friday, May 10th through Sunday, May 13th.
Most Damaging: J.J. Hardy, 3.87 - #13 in 2012, #599 overall
Least Damaging: Jayson Nix, -5.29
Fastest off the Bat: J.J. Hardy, 115.2 mph, 3.87 Damage
Slowest off the Bat: Jayson Nix, 89.8 mph, -5.29 Damage
Highest Apex: Josh Hamilton, 153 feet, -0.60 Damage
Lowest Apex: Jose Bautista, 48 feet, 0.21 Damage
Closest to straight center: Torii Hunter, 90.2 degrees, 1.13 Damage
Walk-off: Giancarlo Stanton, 5/13, 1.93 Damage and Joey Votto, 5/13, 0.81 Damage
Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker
Home Run Damage Report May 9th, 2012
Posted: May 10, 2012 Filed under: Home Run Damage Report 1 Comment »For an intro to Home Run Damage, read this page.
Most Damaging: J.P. Arencibia, 2.46 - #78 in 2012, #2,668 overall
Least Damaging: Matt Joyce, -2.19
Fastest off the Bat: J.P. Arencibia, 109.4 mph, 2.46 Damage
Slowest off the Bat: Ryan Braun, 99.6 mph, -1.63 Damage
Highest Apex: Ryan Braun, 128 feet, -1.63 Damage
Lowest Apex: Chris Johnson, 49 feet, -0.16 Damage
Closest to straight center: Edwin Encarnacion, 97.8 degrees, 0.21 Damage
Walk-off: None
Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker
Home Run Damage Report May 8th, 2012
Posted: May 9, 2012 Filed under: Home Run Damage Report Leave a comment »For an intro to Home Run Damage, read this page.
Most Damaging: Carlos Beltran, 4.85 - #3 in 2012, #150 overall
Least Damaging: Omar Infante, -4.22
Fastest off the Bat: Carlos Beltran, 113.9 mph, 4.85 Damage
Slowest off the Bat: Omar Infante, 93.5 mph, -4.22 Damage
Highest Apex: Curtis Granderson, 149 feet, -2.86 Damage
Lowest Apex: John Buck, 48 feet, -1.14 Damage
Closest to straight center: Josh Hamilton, 91 degrees, 2.36 Damage
Walk-off: Brandon Inge, -0.83 Damage
As you may have heard, Josh Hamilton completed the 16th 4-homer game last night. Here is a breakdown of his four home runs:
1st Inning, off Jake Arrieta: 404 feet True Distance, 102.6 mph Off Bat, 0.04 Damage
3rd Inning, off Jake Arrieta: 387 feet True Distance, 101.3 mph Off Bat, -0.91 Damage
7th Inning, off Zach Phillips: 406 feet True Distance, 99.7 mph Off Bat, -0.51 Damage
8th Inning, off Darren O’Day: 425 feet True Distance, 109.5 mph Off Bat, 2.36 Damage
For a total of 0.99 points of Damage. But that’s boring. 4 home runs in one game is awesome! Congrats!
Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker
