Tuesday, April 09, 2019

Physics Data on Baseball Home Runs

The Twitter feed MLB Barrel Alert provides a lot of data on how well the batter has gotten the barrel of the bat on the ball for each home run hit in the major leagues. The tweets provide, in visual form, home-run balls' launch angle, exit velocity, peak height, final distance, and time in the air. The pitch's velocity and type of pitch (e.g., fastball, slider) are also given. For reasons unknown to me, some of the graphics are from a sky-view perspective, whereas others are from field-level. If you enjoy baseball and physics, this feed is absolutely a home run!