Terry Bahill
Dave Baldwin
Systems and Industrial Engineering
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0020
terry@sie.arizona.edu
http://www.sie.arizona.edu/sysengr/slides/sweetness.ppt
© 2004-2005 Bahill
Sweetness is defined as the probability of attaining a base hit.
The sweetness of a specific bat/ball collision is found by determining
the ball's vertical launch characteristics, the range and hang
time or ground time of the batted ball and, finally, the probability
of batter success. An example is presented to demonstrate feasibility
and how the model might be used.
Reference: Baldwin, D. G. and Bahill, A.T., "A Model of the
Bat's Vertical Sweetness Gradient," The Engineering of Sport
5, vol. 2, (Eds.) M. Hubbard, R. D. Mehta and J. M. Pallis, Proceedings
of the 5th International Engineering of Sport Conference, September
13-16, 2004, Davis, CA, International Sports Engineering Association
(ISEA), Sheffield, England, pp. 305-311,
This lecture is it suitable for engineers and the general public.
It requires PowerPoint and a computer projector. This talk takes
about a half-hour.