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Friday, October 14, 2011
Performance by position of the Sun
Tom,
I added the rest of the regular season data for 2011 and created the attached graphics to show the correlation between the sun’s position and hitting success. The big thing that jumped out at me was that hitting drops off when the sun is behind home plate and at an elevation of 20-29 degrees. According to the sketch-up model for Busch Stadium, shadows are cast between the mound and home plate when the sun is at a solar elevation of 21-29 degrees.
My biggest concern is that as you get to the extremities of the chart, fewer and fewer stadiums are contributing data points. I’m wondering if there are other park specific issues that could be impacting the results.
Let me know what you think.
Chris
