MLB Bat Tracking Dataset (2024-2025)

Introduction I've published a Kaggle dataset containing MLB Bat Tracking metrics for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. This dataset provides swing speed, attack angle, and other bat tracking statistics that were introduced by MLB in 2024. Dataset Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/yasunorim/mlb-bat-tracking-2024-2025 Dataset Overview MLB Bat Tracking (2024-2025) Batters : 452 batters (226 per season) Columns : 19 columns Seasons : 2024, 2025 Source : Baseball Savant (directly accessed, not via pybaseball) What is Bat Tracking? Bat Tracking is a new technology introduced by MLB in 2024 that measures swing metrics using high-speed cameras. It provides insights into swing mechanics that were previously unavailable. Key Metrics Metric Description bat_speed Swing speed at contact (mph) swing_length Length of swing path (feet) squared_up_rate Rate of optimal bat-ball contact (0-1) attack_angle Swing plane angle (degrees) blast_avg Percentage of swings with both high speed and optimal contact Dat