Breaking the Curve
Abstract
Imagine you are up to bat in a major league baseball game. Would you rather face a pitch with smaller curvature or smaller break? Would you know the difference? In this paper we will derive a model for the path of a pitch based on actual data from MLB.com's GameDay™ feature. Then, employing our model, we shall analyze the curvature and break of the pitch.
Recommended Citation
Dahlman, Amanda; DePinto, Jesse; Kremer, Kyle; and Plattenburg, Joe
(2008)
"Breaking the Curve,"
Electronic Proceedings of Undergraduate Mathematics Day: Vol. 3, Article 1.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/epumd/vol3/iss1/1