Statcast exit-velocity leaders

Pull a week of Statcast pitches from Baseball Savant and rank the hardest-hit balls.

statcast_search() queries Baseball Savant directly — every pitch, with launch speed, launch angle, and outcome. Keep date ranges to about a week per call (Savant's own limit) and bind rows for longer spans.

statcast_ev.R

# install.packages("baseballr")
library(baseballr)
library(dplyr)
 
sc <- statcast_search(
  start_date  = "2024-06-03",
  end_date    = "2024-06-09",
  player_type = "batter"
)
 
sc |>
  filter(!is.na(launch_speed)) |>
  arrange(desc(launch_speed)) |>
  select(player_name, events, launch_speed, launch_angle) |>
  head(10)

baseballr also wraps the MLB Stats API (mlb_pbp() for gumbo play-by-play), FanGraphs, and Baseball Reference — one package, four data sources.

Full docs: billpetti.github.io/baseballr