Keywords
statistics, baseball, sabermetrics, cluster analysis, pitching, quality of contact
Disciplines
Sports Sciences | Statistics and Probability
Mentor
John Gabrosek
Abstract
This paper investigates the quality of contact that a pitcher allows. Not much is currently known about quality of contact, but if factors determining quality of contact could be determined it could assist teams in identifying and developing pitching talent. There are many problems that come with investigating the control pitchers have over contact allowed, but one area to investigate is whether quality of contact is a repeatable skill. Furthermore, if it is a repeatable skill, then it is important to investigate what kind of benefit controlling contact allowed brings a pitcher. Along with this, groundball and flyball tendencies, and the types of pitches a pitcher throws are also investigated.
ScholarWorks Citation
Marcou, Charlie, "Investigating Major League Baseball Pitchers and Quality of Contact through Cluster Analysis" (2020). Honors Projects. 765.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/honorsprojects/765
