Professional Hitter Analyses

8/8/2008

In an effort to better understand what a major league swing looks like, I have spent a significant amount of time breaking down the swings of a number of very good hitters.

Flip-Book (Frame By Frame) Analyses

These are PDFs in which I go through a swing frame by frame and make comments about what's going on in each frame.

     - Barry Bonds
     - Miguel Cabrera
     - Ken Griffey Jr.
     - Ken Griffey Jr. - One Pager
     - Tony Gwynn
     - Magglio Ordonez
     - David Ortiz
     - Albert Pujols...
          - 1B View of HR to Left CF (60 FPS)
          - Home Run to Left Field
          - Home Run to Left Field (2005 NLCS)
          - Single to Right Field
     - Manny Ramirez
     - Pete Rose

Professional Hitter Video Library

These are some of my favorite clips of major league baseball and other swings. In each case, I go through the swing, slow down the clip at certain key frames, and in some cases comment on what's going on in certain frames.

     - Ken Griffey Jr.
          - CF View (Home Run Derby)
          - 3B View
     - Josh Hamilton (Home Run Derby 1B SSMO)
     - Greg Luzinski
     - Albert Pujols
          - 1B View of HR to Left CF (60 FPS)
          - 1B View #1
          - 1B View #2
          - 1B View #3
     - Pete Rose
          - Overhead View
          - Catcher View (LH)
          - Third Base View (LH)
     - Manny Ramirez
          - Single to CF (1B SSMO)

Youth Hitter Analyses

These are other analyses of the swings of young hitters.

     - Youth Hitter Analyses

Other Analyses

These are other analyses of the swings of major league hitters like Albert Pujols.

     - Albert Pujols Swing Analysis (1B View)
     - Breaking Down Albert Pujols' Swing (CF View)

I have also collected a number of my favorite examples of great hitters like Albert Pujols. All of my analyses are done from the perspective of Rotational Hitting.