I have looked all over the internet for the but I cannot find any pitching charts. I want charts that track both pitches and hitters. If anyone has any or knows where to find them I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
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How many of ya'll use these types of charts during a game? Do you usually keep track, or is it something that a player could do that is on the bench?
All of the charts we keep are easy enough a caveman, I mean a player, can do it.
I took a few ideas from different charts and made mine really easy. I used to have one hitter per page, but I got sick of having 9-10 pages, so I've made it to where I have 2 hitters per page.
I basically just keep track of pitches...i note hitters position in box/speed/bat speed. I couldn't find a diamond that i liked so I drew one out to the side to indicate where they hit.
It's very simple and anyone can do it.
My pitcher pattern chart for opposing pitchers is a bit more complex but not much. I've trained a kid every year to do it, just takes a little more time.
I basically just keep track of pitches...i note hitters position in box/speed/bat speed. I couldn't find a diamond that i liked so I drew one out to the side to indicate where they hit.
It's very simple and anyone can do it.
My pitcher pattern chart for opposing pitchers is a bit more complex but not much. I've trained a kid every year to do it, just takes a little more time.
quote:a caveman, I mean a player, can do it.
Even a pitcher?
When my summer program played in a league where you would play the same team 3-5 times a year, we'd keep a binder with a page for each hitter. It had a section for comments at the bottom and a field drawn out on the rest of the page.
Once we exchanged lineups, we'd have the pitcher for the next game align the binder in batting order. If we had a page on a player, we used that page. If a new batter appeared in the lineup, he'd start a new page with the players name, position, right/left batter, and jersey number.
Before the starting pitcher and catcher went out to the mound, the pitcher keeping the binder would go over the next three hitters in the lineup. Since we called pitches and location (until a battery proved to us they could remember what to do when approaching a certain hitter), the binder keeper would sit near the coaches and talk about each hitter as he came up to bat.
As I was thinking about this post, I began to dig in my baseball boxes. I'm holding the hitting sheets (one when batting righty, one lefty) we had for Mark Teixiera when he was playing for the Severna Park American Legion team. When batting lefty, we pitched him up and in. When batting righty, we threw him low and away. Mark's career line against us:
AB 1B 2B 3B HR RBI K BB SB SAC
37 10 7 1 4 28 7 5 9 1
We found this way of charting to be an effective tool for our team. In the comments section, we'd write notes like "first pitch swinger, chases balls in the dirt with two strikes, 1/2 plate swinger, above average runner, slow out of the box, leans when he is going to steal, etc...".
Once we exchanged lineups, we'd have the pitcher for the next game align the binder in batting order. If we had a page on a player, we used that page. If a new batter appeared in the lineup, he'd start a new page with the players name, position, right/left batter, and jersey number.
Before the starting pitcher and catcher went out to the mound, the pitcher keeping the binder would go over the next three hitters in the lineup. Since we called pitches and location (until a battery proved to us they could remember what to do when approaching a certain hitter), the binder keeper would sit near the coaches and talk about each hitter as he came up to bat.
As I was thinking about this post, I began to dig in my baseball boxes. I'm holding the hitting sheets (one when batting righty, one lefty) we had for Mark Teixiera when he was playing for the Severna Park American Legion team. When batting lefty, we pitched him up and in. When batting righty, we threw him low and away. Mark's career line against us:
AB 1B 2B 3B HR RBI K BB SB SAC
37 10 7 1 4 28 7 5 9 1
We found this way of charting to be an effective tool for our team. In the comments section, we'd write notes like "first pitch swinger, chases balls in the dirt with two strikes, 1/2 plate swinger, above average runner, slow out of the box, leans when he is going to steal, etc...".
