Visual Representation of Data

A friend claimed that this video about Mariano Rivera contained the best info-graphic ever made, and it’s hard to argue.

The whole thing is fascinating, but at about the 1:40 mark the 1300 hundred or so pitches Rivera threw in 2009 are tracked from the mound and plotted in the strike zone.  Not only is it a supremely cool visualization of statistical analysis, but it absolutely helps explain why Rivera is so successful (and, indeed, one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history).

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