How to Detect Baseball Metrics

What is the Catapult Baseball Series?

Catapult's Baseball Series allow for our powerful algorithms to detect baseball specific events such as pitches, throws and swings alongside a host of baseball specific parameters. This allows for better informed decisions on load management and allows users to gain Baseball specific performance insights.

The latest update in the series is the Baseball V2+ (version 2)  which uses a newer, more accurate algorithm for improved Pitch, Swing and Throw event detection in the OpenField console. Version 2+ also includes a new set of summary parameters in the OpenField cloud and allows the user to collect event by event data both Live (in real time) and Post Activity. Baseball V2+ separates pitches from throwing events and also add in a layer of context for the type of pitch performed by the athlete (stretch and wind up).

The previous version: Baseball V1 (version 1) will become obsolete in June 2022, used the original detection algorithm to detect Baseball Pitches and Swings which has now been surpassed by version 2 both in terms of accuracy and features.

Setting up to use the Baseball Analytic Series

• The OpenField Baseball.V2 module must be applied to your account. If you wish to add the module to your account, please contact support for assistance.
• OpenField console build 3.4 or later
• For Live real time Data collection in the OpenField Console, the user must use Vector S7 Devices with firmware version 8.4 or later.

Detecting and Viewing Baseball Metrics in the OpenField Console (Live and Post)

Detecting and analyzing baseball metrics in the OpenField console can be done live (in real time) or post Activity.

1. Open the Activity with the OpenField Console.
2. Graph the desired athletes. See Graphing Data for more information.
   
    
3. Right click on one of the Athlete's Name at the end of the Velocity Trace/Graph then select Events > Version 2 > Baseball Pitches, Baseball Throws or Baseball Swings.
   
   
   
    
4. Hover over each event flag for a summary of individual or grouped Pitch, Throw or Swing data.
   
   
5. Create a new Dashboard if desired. 
6. In any Dashboard, right click on any white space on the Dashboard > Select New Widget > Select Efforts / Events > Select Baseball Pitches, Baseball Throws or Baseball Swings depending on the data you want to view. See Console Widgets for more information.
   
   
7. Select the athlete(s) and the Band from the drop down menus to view data for all or each individual athlete.
   
   
8. Sync from the OpenField Console to send data to the Cloud for analysis.

Detecting and Viewing Baseball Metrics in the OpenField Cloud

Detecting and analyzing Baseball Metrics in the OpenField Cloud can only be post Activity.

1. To view Event by Event data in the OpenField Cloud, ensure 'Pitch', 'Throw' or 'Swing' is selected as a Row Label from the Basic Tab. 
   Widget Settings > Basic Tab > Row Labels > Pitch, Throw or Swing
   
   
2. From the Parameters Tab, select any metric from the Baseball.V2 category. 
   Widget Settings > Parameter Tab > Baseball.V2 > select any Parameter.
3. Load the appropriate Activity(s) and view the Data in the widget.

Baseball Parameter Definitions

Baseball Parameters definitions can be found in our Baseball Parameter Definitions article.