About The Long Ball
The Longball Index measures the quality of a hitter's contact, specifically tuned to home run production.
Longball Index
LBI is a per-contact measure. It evaluates the quality of a hitter's batted balls and does not factor in how often they make contact.
Getting Cooked
Getting Cooked is the pitcher-facing companion to LBI. LBI asks who creates longball contact. Getting Cooked asks who is allowing HR-capable contact most often.
Daily Features
Daily Dong, Hot Dog Robbery, and Cheapest Dong are selected from the latest available game date using Statcast and Baseball Savant Home Run Tracker event context.