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Baseball Savant pitch-type colors

Source: R/sc_statcast_search.R
statcast_pitch_colors.Rd

Returns Baseball Savant's pitch-type color palette as a tibble (pitch_type abbreviation, pitch_name, and color hex code), for coloring pitch charts consistently with Savant's own visuals.

Usage

statcast_pitch_colors()

Value

A tibble with columns pitch_type, pitch_name, color.

Examples

statcast_pitch_colors()
#> ── MLB Baseball Savant pitch-type colors ──────────── baseballr 2.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-26 21:31:13 UTC
#> # A tibble: 18 × 3
#>    pitch_type pitch_name       color  
#>    <chr>      <chr>            <chr>  
#>  1 FF         4-Seam Fastball  #D22D49
#>  2 SI         Sinker           #FE9D00
#>  3 FC         Cutter           #933F2C
#>  4 CH         Changeup         #1DBE3A
#>  5 FS         Splitter         #3BACAC
#>  6 FO         Forkball         #55CCAB
#>  7 SC         Screwball        #60DB33
#>  8 CU         Curveball        #00D1ED
#>  9 KC         Knuckle Curve    #6236CD
#> 10 CS         Slow Curve       #274BFC
#> 11 SL         Slider           #EEE716
#> 12 ST         Sweeper          #DDB33A
#> 13 SV         Slurve           #93AFD4
#> 14 KN         Knuckleball      #3C44CD
#> 15 EP         Eephus           #888888
#> 16 FA         Other            #888888
#> 17 IN         Intentional Ball #888888
#> 18 PO         Pitchout         #888888