Trying to learn R. A heatmap of very basic offensive statistics. White (higher value) -> dark red...

Trying to learn R. A heatmap of very basic offensive statistics.

White (higher value) -> dark red (lower value)

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almost 2 years ago xanthan 17 comments 0 recs |

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Also, do we have any R users here? Any good links for learning? I’ve got Baseball Hacks kicking around here but I haven’t had much time to read it. I’ve heard it’s good for getting into R.

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by xanthan on Aug 27, 2010 4:18 PM PDT reply actions

I used R some years ago (never mastered it though), and it’s useful, but one of my least favorite things about it is the name. “R” is not good for internet searches. Nowadays I use Matlab for everything, which has its pros and its cons. My only advice would be what I give to anyone learning to code in a new language: find some working code that does things similar to what you want to do, figure it out (mostly using google to understand the functions that are used), and piece together what you need for your own code. Then keep repeating that process. I don’t like tutorials much, and find books to be a much slower reference than the internet.

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by neurofarm on Aug 28, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions

wouldn't hr/ab be a better measure?

It looks like Buster’s 10 hr are being counted as if he had played as many games as any other starter.

Beautiful chart though. I would choose a different cross section of stats, but that’s just me.

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by hairball on Aug 27, 2010 4:33 PM PDT reply actions

n/m

just read your actual blog entry. should have known better than to question xanthan.

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by hairball on Aug 27, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I’ll do a more ‘advanced’ one when I pull the numbers. This was just a test run type of thing.

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by xanthan on Aug 27, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions

I think you should frame that fine work and submit it to that gallery Say Hey Nation is on the warpath with.

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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 4:38 PM PDT reply actions

The SB column is funny.

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by Natto on Aug 27, 2010 5:12 PM PDT reply actions

I love it.

Reminds me of flipflopflyball.com. If you can put the actual numbers inside the squares in a way that’s legible this could be a great way to a compare players and teams at a glance.

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by GiantBrass on Aug 27, 2010 6:57 PM PDT reply actions

I cheated and used Excel for this.

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by xanthan on Aug 27, 2010 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Xanthan:

Maker of graphs that are difficult for me to look at.

All I see are adobe swatches.

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by scout6 on Aug 27, 2010 7:09 PM PDT reply actions

I think I get your graph, but where are all the white squares???

by Mrbasepaul on Aug 27, 2010 9:45 PM PDT reply actions

Or not graph, whatever the heck you’d call it. a heatmap?

by Mrbasepaul on Aug 27, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions

It’s an abstract exploration of the tension between red and yellow.

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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 27, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions

SF MOMA called,

it wants its graph back.

by KrazyKrabMeat on Aug 28, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions

I guess there was lots of dark red against the Dbags tonight.

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by rxmeister on Aug 27, 2010 10:06 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

My eyes hurt. In a good way.

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by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 29, 2010 8:58 PM PDT reply actions