Optical Tracking Data from College Baseball Scrimmages

The Track_Combo.csv (Track_Combo.txt) dataset contains ball-tracking data from a series of exhibition matches between college baseball teams in the United States. Data were recorded at the pitch-level (n = 3,344) by TrackMan V3 optical tracking technology to provide detailed information on pitching and hitting events in the 21 games that were observed. Manual labels for each observed pitch and hit type (TaggedPitchType and TaggedHitType) were incorporated by a trained operator. A column labeled Count was also included to combine values from the Balls and Strikes columns.

Because the recorded data are from exhibition matches, not all games are of an equal or traditional (9 inning) length. Player IDs, team IDs, and game dates have been anonymized to make them unidentifiable, but they remain consistent throughout the dataset (within games and across games).

For labels and descriptions of the included columns, please reference the official TrackMan glossary: https://support.trackmanbaseball.com/hc/en-us/articles/5089413493787-V3-FAQs-Radar-Measurement-Glossary-Of-Terms

All data are provided with permission of the associated baseball team. Image files from relevant data visualizations, and the R code (R version 4.4.1) files used to create them, are available in the Visuals folder.