Baseball

My Fusion Tables Link and Google Sheets Link

Screen Shot 2015-03-12 at 8.58.46 PM — Pictures and facts for all ten New York starting pitchers.

Screen Shot 2015-03-12 at 8.59.51 PM — This heat map accentuates New England and the Dominican Republic; both areas are home to two NY pitchers. Masahiro Tanaka, a recent signee from Japan, is the only pitcher not from the Western Hemisphere.

Screen Shot 2015-03-12 at 9.29.37 PM — Although CC Sabathia stands alone with 14 years, the network of Harvey, Wheeler and Pineda can be seen together, each having 2 years pitched.

Screen Shot 2015-03-12 at 9.11.55 PM — Bartolo Colon and CC Sabathia represent more than half of the collective professional experience of the pitchers.

Screen Shot 2015-03-12 at 9.12.20 PM — Note the overall slope, as velocity decreases with age.

Screen Shot 2015-03-12 at 9.12.33 PM — The majority of the NY pitchers are under 30, and Bartolo Colon is timeless.

If you made it this far thinking about baseball and numbers, Congratulations! Let’s elect the pitcher with the “Best Hair”:

Contending Teams

Contender Locations

Regular Season Win Total Comparison

Berth Origin Comparison

Separates the contenders based on how they are contending, whether it be contending as a division champion, wild card champion or a team still eligible to be a division champion and a wild card champion.

League Comparison

Shows how competitive each league still remains going into the last weekend before the playoffs begin, based on how many teams still haven’t been eliminated.

Link to Google spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12mjxzeJciCtRS9S9_dyzPoYW9S9yk-2T583x0vXTZ7c/edit#gid=0

Link to Google Fusion Table

https://www.google.com/fusiontables/data?docid=1kL3NS9Hk0iZ1T3nd-eORRWfU213tmGGa9i4q9pjT#chartnew:id=6

Digital Tools for the 21st Century

Sherlock Holmes's London

Spring Must be Here: Baseball and Numbers, Together Again

2014 MLB playoff contenders entering the season’s final weekend