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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Zoning Out: Mapping Batters' Strike Zones

Albert Pujols' pitch zone

Here's something I stumbled across at fangraphs.com: the proprietor has mapped the strike zones of a few sample major leaguers to see what they can do with various pitches. (The raw data apparently comes from Baseball Info Solutions.) None too surprisingly, Albert Pujols is a monster, while Corey Patterson is kinda pathetic. But it's an interesting visual to give you an idea of what Ted Williams was talking about when he was describing his happy zone besides the box of balls image you always see.

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