Reply to "How accurate are top pitchers? If pitching were archery?"

coach_2210+ posts

Well, glad you liked the info. Here's more...

Hit Spots
Fastballs: 15%
Curves: 27%
Change Ups: 25%

One reason the #'s are higher for offspeed pitches is that we tap the screen for the intended spot to be just DOWN for those. On the Fastballs we tap in a more specific area, like Down & Away. On 0-2 counts when we throw curveballs, we tap the area beneath the zone - so our intended spot is Down, out of zone.

The answer to HiHardHeat's question is that our BEST pitcher was 22% hit spot, 29% slight miss.

This is high school data, but I charted many college world series games last year to see how they compare. The #'s were better:
25% hit spot, 30% slight miss.

The other thing you might like to know is that the report boils everything down to a "Command Rating". It adds your "hit spot%" plus half of your "slight miss%". So, our best command rating was 37.

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