openWAR (version 0.2.2.9001)

plot.gameday: panel.baseball

Description

Visualize balls in play

Visualize Balls in Play

Usage

# S3 method for gameday
plot(x, ...)
panel.baseball()
# S3 method for GameDayPlays
plot(x, batterName = NULL, pitcherName = NULL,
  events = NULL, ...)

Arguments

x

An object of class GameDayPlays

...

arguments passed to panel.xyplot

batterName

A character string containing the last name of a batter

pitcherName

A character string containing the last name of a pitcher

events

A vector of MLBAM event types for which to filter. (e.g. 'Home Run')

Value

an xyplot()

Details

A convenience function for drawing a generic baseball field using a Cartesian coordinate system scaled in feet with home plate at the origin.

Plots the balls in play from an object of class GameDayPlays. This function will plot (x,y)-coordinates with a generic baseball field plotted in the background. Other lattice options can be passed to xyplot.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
plot(May)
plot(May, events = c("Single","Double","Triple","Home Run"), pch = 16)
plot(May, batterName = "Trout", main = "Mike Trout's May 2013", pch = 16)
plot(May, pitcherName = "Kershaw", main = "Clayton Kershaw's May 2013", pch = 16)
plot(May, batterName = "Tulowitzki", pitcherName = "Kershaw",
     main = "Clayton Kershaw versus Troy Tulowitzki: May 2013", pch = 16, cex = 3)
# }