TY  - JOUR
AU  - Forsythe, Charles M.
A2  - Forsythe, Charles M.
A2  - Crotin, Ryan L.
A2  - Greenwood, Mike
A2  - Bhan, Shivam
A2  - Karakolis, Thomas
DB  - BISp
DP  - BISp
KW  - Anthropometrie
KW  - Ballgeschwindigkeit
KW  - Ballrotation
KW  - Baseballspiel
KW  - Bewegungsablauf
KW  - Body-Mass-Index
KW  - Datenanalyse
KW  - Datenbank
KW  - Ellenbogengelenk
KW  - Körperbaudaten
KW  - Schultergelenk
KW  - Sportler
KW  - Sportmedizin
KW  - Sportverletzung
KW  - Untersuchung, vergleichende
KW  - Werfer
KW  - Werferellenbogen
LA  - eng
TI  - Examining the influence of physical size among major league pitchers
TT  - Untersuchung des Einflusses der Körpergröße auf die Pitcher der Baseball Major League
PY  - 2017
N2  - BACKGROUND: Among professional pitchers, anthropometric changes and their effect on statistics are relatively unknown. Bivariate analyses and repeated one-way ANOVA evaluated the impact of physical size on baseball pitching statistics and attributes within an elite talent sample of Major League pitching leaders. METHODS: Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated from publicly available players’ heights and weights to form a statistical database of 1028 pitching leaders from 1950-2010. Repeated measures ANOVAs examined differences in anthropometrics and baseball statistics between decades 1950-2010. Bivariate correlation evaluated BMI as an independent variable of influence on statistics, where all tests applied an a-priori significance level (P<0.05). RESULTS: BMI increased throughout the sixty year period with weight growth greater than height (P<0.001). Increased BMI reported earlier signing age, and age of debut (P<0.05), where larger pitchers showed small positive correlation seen among saves (P<0.001) concurrent to negative correlation with innings pitched and complete games (P≤0.001), as well as shutouts (P<0.05). A contrast between saves and complete games pitched was found where saves increased over time (P<0.001) while complete games pitched declined (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Over time, throwing workloads showed better management for larger starting pitchers with less innings pitched and complete games thrown added to an extra rest day in the pitching rotation. In contrast, paralleled increases in physical size with recorded saves at present requires greater medical and training attention to protecting the throwing arm of the larger relief pitchers, as increased body size can increase force properties and ball velocity owing to greater injury risks.
L2  - http://www.minervamedica.it/en/journals/sports-med-physical-fitness/article.php?cod=R40Y2017N05A0572
L2  - https://dx.doi.org/10.23736/S0022-4707.16.06355-6
DO  - 10.23736/S0022-4707.16.06355-6
SP  - S. 572-579
SN  - 0022-4707
JO  - The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness
IS  - 5
VL  - 57
M3  - Elektronische Ressource (online)
M3  - Gedruckte Ressource
ID  - PU201708006174
ER  -