This Isn’t a Stretch: Quantifying Ball Acquisition Proficiency to Evaluate Fielders on Assisted Put-Outs

Submssion for the 2023 SMT Data Challenge - Graduate Student Division

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Repository Information

• Project.pdf contains the paper, which has a hyperlink to Example Play.gif.
• Analysis Code.rmd is a self-contained file with the code necessary to reproduce our analysis.
• Results contains *.csv's of every throw used with indicator variables and xCR as well as CAA player rankings.
• Shapes.mlx is a matlab file used visualize the surface shapes tested with.
• Example Play Animations contains *.gif's of the example play in the paper and four plays with varying xCR levels.
• Unfinished contains our attempts at game state inference and boxscore compilation.