Real counts

Well, I finally got some kid of numbers from the new stat I've been tracking.

I log every pitch and the result. I.e. "B-B-S-S-S-B-S-H" would be a hit on a 3-2 count. The difference now is that I get "real" counts.

The first stat I created is pretty simple. The 1st colum is the "real" count, the 2nd is the how many of each there were, and the last is the percentage of all batters faced that left the box on that count.

So far, this data only represents 468 batters and 1,658 pitches, but it grows quickly. I think its safe to say that the highest number of batters will be out of the box on 1 pitch, simply because every batter has to get at least 1. But, if you really look closely, you can see that there are some things that could lead to some interesting results.

When I separate out the opposing pitchers to our team, it looks like about 43% of the time our guys are hacking at one of the 1st 3 pitches while the opposition is about 3% less. I tend to think that's because we have more aggressive hitters since the numbers showing strike percentages of the opposing pitchers are noticeably worse than ours.

Since its nothing more than messing around with numbers and probably doesn't mean anything, its really no big deal. But, sometimes just messing around can bring out some very surprising things.

BTW, I'm still looking for any input from anyone who might want to see something particular. I'm usually game for just about anything.

01- 86-18.3
02- 25- 5.3
03- 26- 5.5
04- 1- 0.2
05- 1- 0.2
10- 6- 1.2
11- 39- 8.3
12- 28- 5.9
13- 38- 8.1
14- 13- 2.7
15- 2- 0.4
20- 1- 0.2
21- 22- 4.7
22- 21- 4.4
23- 34- 7.2
24- 19- 4.0
25- 3- 0.6
26- 1- 0.2
31- 4- 0.8
32- 9- 1.9
33- 19- 4.0
34- 7- 1.4
35- 2- 0.4
40- 12- 2.5
41- 22- 4.7
42- 19- 4.0
43- 6- 1.2
44- 1- 0.2
46- 1- 0.2