Crowdsourcing: Stadium Shadows

A couple days ago, Tom Tango, did a study to show how hitters produced at different times of the day. One possible problem with the data is that shadows from the stadium could be skewing the data. We would like to know if at any time of the day there is a shadow between the pitcher and the hitter and from what time to what time does the shadow stay between the two combatants. Finally, if any one knows the information on any closed stadium, that information would be helpful.

With this information, it can be seen if the shadow has an effect on the hitter-pitcher match-up. I would expect the number of strikeouts to increase as the batter would have a harder time picking up the ball, but it would be nice to put a number to the theory. Thanks for your time and I am sure someone will jump right in for the data on Tropicana Field.





Jeff, one of the authors of the fantasy baseball guide,The Process, writes for RotoGraphs, The Hardball Times, Rotowire, Baseball America, and BaseballHQ. He has been nominated for two SABR Analytics Research Award for Contemporary Analysis and won it in 2013 in tandem with Bill Petti. He has won four FSWA Awards including on for his Mining the News series. He's won Tout Wars three times, LABR twice, and got his first NFBC Main Event win in 2021. Follow him on Twitter @jeffwzimmerman.

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Paul Jordan
12 years ago

don’t forget to adjust for time of year

Yirmiyahu
12 years ago
Reply to  Paul Jordan

Yeah. Turns out the earth moves.

TartanElk
12 years ago
Reply to  Yirmiyahu

Heresy.

Peerless Priceless
12 years ago
Reply to  Yirmiyahu

Heresy? Quick! Delete this post and all the comments!

Richiemember
12 years ago
Reply to  Yirmiyahu

Hey! If I wanted any science, I’d be at … one of those sciencey web sites.

Mike B.
12 years ago
Reply to  Yirmiyahu

Not to worry. The earth moves, but just enough to allow the sun to comfortably revolve around it.