Analytics In The Outfield

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

Billy Beane (Moneyball)

With an advanced degree in data science and a love for baseball, Analytics In The Outfield was made as an outlet to post about ideas I’ve had and wanted to explore. This blog is geared towards the general baseball fan as well as data enthusiasts. From simple analytics and visuals to data science techniques, there will be something for any baseball fan. Doing this for fun, and the goal is to have 1-2 posts a month. Hope you enjoy!

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Hitting

Bat Speed = Contact?

A question popped up in my mind recently: How does bat speed affect contact rate? We know that higher bat speed leads to better contact, but the question here is on making contact. Intuitively we’d think that more bat speeds leads to a little more time to make a swing decision and the ability to…

Pitching

Who is Jack Kochanowicz?

Jack Kochanowicz bursted onto the scene at the end of 2024 for the Angels posting a 3.99 ERA, 104 ERA+, 1.19 WHIP, and 3.8% BB%. He came up as a high groundball pitcher with the occasional strikeout. In 2025 he sports a 5.53 ERA, 74 ERA+, 1.59 WHIP, and 10.4% BB%, all well below what…

Uncategorized

Putting a bow on the impact of the shift

I wrote over a year ago about the possible impact of banning the shift (Impact of Banning the Shift) and I revisited it for the 2024 season in May (Revisiting the impact of the shift). Now that the 2024 season has ended, let’s look at all the data. Again, we will look at just pulled baseballs on…

Uncategorized

Quality Pitch % (QP%) and QP%+

There are many metrics to evaluate how good a pitcher is. From tradition metrics like ERA and WHIP to Sabermetrics with FIP and WAR to Statcast era metrics like Whiff% and CSW%, there are so many out there. Recently, there is a trend to look at swing and miss ability of a pitcher as a…

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