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Hit Location and Hit Type Data

GB Ground Ball (will include both bunts and ground balls)

FB Fly Ball (does not include line drives)

LD Line Drives

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Thanks to the tremendous work at Retrosheet.org in addition to general play-by-play info such as 4-3. We also have info on where the ball was hit and with what trajectory. We have utilized this info when possible.

Hit location Diagram from Retrosheet

Batted ball types include Line Drive, Fly Ball, Ground Ball, and Pop Ups. Bunts are also noted.

Please note that this data is not 100% complete, and that locations and trajectories have been measured differently in different years. We have attempted to merge different sources whenever possible to have as complete a dataset as possible. Here is the coverage for the 50+ years of data that we have on hand. The table below looks at all of the balls of play and then gives a breakout of the percent of time we know the trajectory (and the type to show now this has changed), the percent of the time we know the location and who fielded the ball (won't be 100% as there is no fielder for home runs and some things like ground rule doubles), and the percentage of plays that result in air_outs or ground_outs. Even in cases where the trajectory and location are not exactly known we may still know the fielder (even for hits) and whether a ground ball or fly ball out was recorded and by whom. 

|      YEAR | NoTrajectory | LineDrives | FlyBalls | GroundBalls | PopUps | Bunt   | HasHitLocation | HasFieldedBy | air_outs | ground_outs |
+-----------+--------------+------------+----------+-------------+--------+--------+----------------+--------------+----------+-------------+
|      2008 |       0.0004 |     0.1901 |   0.2806 |      0.4518 | 0.0771 | 0.0217 |         1.0000 |       0.9604 |   0.3351 |      0.3348 |
|      2007 |       0.0004 |     0.1909 |   0.2795 |      0.4510 | 0.0783 | 0.0214 |         1.0000 |       0.9602 |   0.3362 |      0.3305 |
|      2006 |       0.0001 |     0.1868 |   0.2818 |      0.4529 | 0.0785 | 0.0224 |         0.9971 |       0.9574 |   0.3324 |      0.3336 |
|      2005 |       0.0001 |     0.1836 |   0.2778 |      0.4564 | 0.0821 | 0.0231 |         0.9974 |       0.9601 |   0.3343 |      0.3392 |
|      2004 |       0.0000 |     0.1851 |   0.2770 |      0.4564 | 0.0814 | 0.0240 |         0.9980 |       0.9565 |   0.3315 |      0.3378 |
|      2003 |       0.0000 |     0.1853 |   0.2733 |      0.4613 | 0.0801 | 0.0239 |         0.9997 |       0.9578 |   0.3333 |      0.3401 |
|      2002 |       0.0373 |     0.2390 |   0.2393 |      0.4204 | 0.0640 | 0.0217 |         0.9988 |       0.9015 |   0.3384 |      0.3367 |
|      2001 |       0.0415 |     0.2459 |   0.2370 |      0.4223 | 0.0533 | 0.0196 |         0.9966 |       0.8980 |   0.3358 |      0.3338 |
|      2000 |       0.0414 |     0.2546 |   0.2391 |      0.4152 | 0.0497 | 0.0182 |         0.9989 |       0.9067 |   0.3338 |      0.3305 |
|      1999 |       0.0000 |     0.2013 |   0.2575 |      0.4494 | 0.0917 | 0.0218 |         1.0000 |       0.9591 |   0.3329 |      0.3314 |
|      1998 |       0.0001 |     0.2142 |   0.2435 |      0.4567 | 0.0855 | 0.0222 |         1.0000 |       0.9630 |   0.3285 |      0.3397 |
|      1997 |       0.0207 |     0.2090 |   0.2337 |      0.4585 | 0.0782 | 0.0225 |         0.9354 |       0.9581 |   0.3269 |      0.3398 |
|      1996 |       0.0030 |     0.2216 |   0.2419 |      0.4576 | 0.0760 | 0.0226 |         0.9293 |       0.9553 |   0.3279 |      0.3369 |
|      1995 |       0.0025 |     0.2150 |   0.2340 |      0.4676 | 0.0809 | 0.0246 |         0.9532 |       0.9590 |   0.3262 |      0.3441 |
|      1994 |       0.0015 |     0.2047 |   0.2405 |      0.4700 | 0.0832 | 0.0246 |         0.9669 |       0.9590 |   0.3277 |      0.3409 |
|      1993 |       0.0012 |     0.2062 |   0.2420 |      0.4627 | 0.0879 | 0.0261 |         0.9695 |       0.9653 |   0.3385 |      0.3389 |
|      1992 |       0.0000 |     0.2079 |   0.2464 |      0.4528 | 0.0929 | 0.0257 |         0.9999 |       0.8865 |   0.3484 |      0.3426 |
|      1991 |       0.0000 |     0.2036 |   0.2500 |      0.4587 | 0.0877 | 0.0256 |         1.0000 |       0.8887 |   0.3411 |      0.3473 |
|      1990 |       0.0029 |     0.2035 |   0.2540 |      0.4544 | 0.0852 | 0.0245 |         0.9049 |       0.9629 |   0.3480 |      0.3384 |
|      1989 |       0.0025 |     0.2013 |   0.2523 |      0.4581 | 0.0857 | 0.0270 |         0.9148 |       0.9710 |   0.3475 |      0.3431 |
|      1988 |       0.0117 |     0.1994 |   0.2885 |      0.4527 | 0.0477 | 0.0257 |         0.4899 |       0.9649 |   0.3490 |      0.3426 |
|      1987 |       0.1759 |     0.1041 |   0.2941 |      0.4098 | 0.0162 | 0.0215 |         0.1545 |       0.9078 |   0.3301 |      0.3440 |
|      1986 |       0.1764 |     0.0863 |   0.3272 |      0.4060 | 0.0041 | 0.0230 |         0.1498 |       0.9010 |   0.3394 |      0.3411 |
|      1985 |       0.2936 |     0.0251 |   0.3099 |      0.3671 | 0.0043 | 0.0197 |         0.0484 |       0.7204 |   0.3381 |      0.3461 |
|      1984 |       0.2995 |     0.0078 |   0.3319 |      0.3542 | 0.0065 | 0.0139 |         0.0328 |       0.7177 |   0.3448 |      0.3357 |
|      1983 |       0.2968 |     0.0346 |   0.2845 |      0.3634 | 0.0207 | 0.0161 |         0.0255 |       0.9561 |   0.3378 |      0.3442 |
|      1982 |       0.2923 |     0.0355 |   0.2707 |      0.3693 | 0.0323 | 0.0193 |         0.0288 |       0.9420 |   0.3356 |      0.3484 |
|      1981 |       0.2597 |     0.0487 |   0.2687 |      0.3897 | 0.0332 | 0.0226 |         0.0330 |       0.9715 |   0.3367 |      0.3564 |
|      1980 |       0.2937 |     0.0366 |   0.2663 |      0.3701 | 0.0333 | 0.0226 |         0.0297 |       0.9610 |   0.3339 |      0.3487 |
|      1979 |       0.2851 |     0.0473 |   0.2699 |      0.3692 | 0.0287 | 0.0238 |         0.0320 |       0.9459 |   0.3368 |      0.3453 |
|      1978 |       0.2652 |     0.0511 |   0.2652 |      0.3797 | 0.0388 | 0.0252 |         0.0287 |       0.9497 |   0.3409 |      0.3495 |
|      1977 |       0.2774 |     0.0519 |   0.2549 |      0.3787 | 0.0371 | 0.0210 |         0.0371 |       0.9409 |   0.3296 |      0.3487 |
|      1976 |       0.2534 |     0.0575 |   0.2758 |      0.3820 | 0.0313 | 0.0224 |         0.0223 |       0.9508 |   0.3437 |      0.3481 |
|      1975 |       0.2653 |     0.0471 |   0.2712 |      0.3817 | 0.0346 | 0.0251 |         0.0271 |       0.9213 |   0.3376 |      0.3486 |
|      1974 |       0.2605 |     0.0467 |   0.2625 |      0.3840 | 0.0463 | 0.0236 |         0.0343 |       0.9451 |   0.3417 |      0.3455 |
|      1973 |       0.2760 |     0.0416 |   0.2514 |      0.3767 | 0.0543 | 0.0210 |         0.0253 |       0.9337 |   0.3361 |      0.3489 |
|      1972 |       0.2535 |     0.0495 |   0.2781 |      0.3901 | 0.0288 | 0.0255 |         0.0358 |       0.9530 |   0.3399 |      0.3570 |
|      1971 |       0.2611 |     0.0447 |   0.2688 |      0.3891 | 0.0363 | 0.0247 |         0.0367 |       0.9430 |   0.3384 |      0.3547 |
|      1970 |       0.2760 |     0.0395 |   0.2661 |      0.3828 | 0.0357 | 0.0211 |         0.0429 |       0.9373 |   0.3320 |      0.3508 |
|      1969 |       0.2672 |     0.0410 |   0.2567 |      0.3929 | 0.0422 | 0.0233 |         0.0420 |       0.9447 |   0.3300 |      0.3584 |
|      1968 |       0.2649 |     0.0368 |   0.2711 |      0.3935 | 0.0338 | 0.0234 |         0.0428 |       0.9497 |   0.3376 |      0.3629 |
|      1967 |       0.2805 |     0.0248 |   0.2914 |      0.3811 | 0.0221 | 0.0209 |         0.0382 |       0.9356 |   0.3370 |      0.3563 |
|      1966 |       0.2703 |     0.0389 |   0.2724 |      0.3866 | 0.0319 | 0.0237 |         0.0492 |       0.9152 |   0.3384 |      0.3492 |
|      1965 |       0.2661 |     0.0474 |   0.2763 |      0.3861 | 0.0241 | 0.0226 |         0.0433 |       0.8939 |   0.3363 |      0.3536 |
|      1964 |       0.2310 |     0.0681 |   0.2792 |      0.3981 | 0.0236 | 0.0244 |         0.0499 |       0.9464 |   0.3342 |      0.3513 |
|      1963 |       0.2412 |     0.0566 |   0.2802 |      0.3910 | 0.0311 | 0.0246 |         0.0526 |       0.9094 |   0.3436 |      0.3464 |
|      1962 |       0.2412 |     0.0573 |   0.2871 |      0.3858 | 0.0285 | 0.0249 |         0.0565 |       0.9189 |   0.3427 |      0.3390 |
|      1961 |       0.2549 |     0.0550 |   0.2509 |      0.3759 | 0.0633 | 0.0228 |         0.0912 |       0.9466 |   0.3416 |      0.3408 |
|      1960 |       0.2429 |     0.0573 |   0.2968 |      0.3801 | 0.0229 | 0.0251 |         0.0595 |       0.9487 |   0.3502 |      0.3387 |
|      1959 |       0.2403 |     0.0569 |   0.2787 |      0.3846 | 0.0395 | 0.0247 |         0.0616 |       0.9339 |   0.3470 |      0.3389 |
|      1958 |       0.2452 |     0.0529 |   0.3065 |      0.3724 | 0.0231 | 0.0234 |         0.0573 |       0.9378 |   0.3549 |      0.3316 |
|      1957 |       0.2467 |     0.0557 |   0.2724 |      0.3732 | 0.0521 | 0.0236 |         0.0595 |       0.9438 |   0.3568 |      0.3327 |
|      1956 |       0.2603 |     0.0537 |   0.2922 |      0.3581 | 0.0356 | 0.0260 |         0.0572 |       0.9393 |   0.3605 |      0.3287 |
|      1955 |       0.2433 |     0.0568 |   0.3239 |      0.3569 | 0.0192 | 0.0236 |         0.0453 |       0.9308 |   0.3691 |      0.3231 |
|      1954 |       0.2522 |     0.0540 |   0.2837 |      0.3590 | 0.0511 | 0.0277 |         0.0373 |       0.9299 |   0.3664 |      0.3254 |
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