The raw data behind the story "We Watched 906 Foul Balls To Find Out Where The Most Dangerous Ones" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/we-watched-906-foul-balls-to-find-out-where-the-most-dangerous-ones-land/.

foul_balls

## Format

A data frame with 906 rows representing foul balls and 7 variables:

matchup

the two teams that played

game_date

date of the most foul heavy day at each stadium

type_of_hit

fly, grounder, line drive, popup, batter hits self

exit_velocity

recorded velocity of each hit

predicted_zone

zone predicted the foul ball would land in gauging angles

camera_zone

actual zone the ball landed it confirmed by camera angles

used_zone

zone used for analysis

## Source

Baseball Savant https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/.

## Details

Information on the Zones from the 538 original article: Zones 1, 2 and 3 are the areas behind home plate and the dugouts. Zones 4 and 5 make up most of the foul territory outside the baselines up until the foul pole. Zones 6 and 7 include the areas beyond the foul poles.