{"id":218,"date":"2013-12-31T17:40:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T22:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:00:44","slug":"portfolio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"The Visuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"columns\" style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 90%; height: 1500px;\">\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 30%; height: 900px;\">\n<p><a title=\"Batting Explorers\" href=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/batting-explorers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-705\" title=\"These displays are controlled using a wide range of facets, all conveniently presented in a filter window, and were built using Simile Exhibit.\" src=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/explorer-150x150.png\" alt=\"explorer\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Win Percent Bullet Charts\" href=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/win-percent-bullet-charts\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-715\" title=\"Track your favorite franchise with these historical bullet charts that compare a single franchise to the league champs for every season. Built using D3.\" src=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bullets-150x150.png\" alt=\"bullets\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pennant Race Charts\" href=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/pennant-races-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-723\" title=\"Interactive pennant race charts built with NVD3 are available for seasons dating back to 1901 - over 350 charts in all. You decide which team to display and which parts of the season to focus on using simple click and drag options.\" src=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/pennants-150x150.png\" alt=\"pennants\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Word Clouds\" href=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/word-clouds\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-721\" title=\"Word clouds provide a visual synopsis of a story, book, or other document by displaying multiple sizes of text dependent on the frequency of usage. 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These were created with Protovis.\" src=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/heatmap-150x150.png\" alt=\"heatmap\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Game Summary Exhibits\" href=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/game-summaries\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-715\" title=\"View the details behind every game played covering 60 seasons of Major League Baseball. Use filters to display only the information you wish to view. Created using Simile Exhibit.\" src=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/game_summary-150x150.png\" alt=\"bullets\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Box Plots\" href=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/box-plots\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-722\" title=\"View box plots to see differences in distributions by teams across different variables. These charts, created with D3, help give viewers a quick sense for patterns within a large dataset.\" src=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/box_plots-150x150.png\" alt=\"box_plots\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tableau Public\" href=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/tableau-public\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-772\" title=\"See a variety of projects created using Tableau Public, including maps, stories, and a variety of interactive charts.\" src=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tableau-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"tableau_public\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Player Ego Networks\" href=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/player-ego-networks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1162\" title=\"Ego networks are highly useful for seeing the direct connections of a single source node. They can also be expanded to show secondary and tertiary connections of the original source node.\" src=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mlb_players_20161230-150x150.png\" alt=\"ego_networks\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 3%; height: 900px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 30%; height: 900px; padding-bottom: 50px;\">\n<p><a title=\"Circle Plots\" href=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/circle-plots\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-711\" title=\"Circle plots constructed with D3 can be used to depict both size and order, making them a nice option for displaying ranking data such as baseball standings. The size of the circle shows how frequently a given rank occurred, making it simple to visualize patterns in the data.\" src=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"circle\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Maps\" href=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/mapping-gis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-719\" title=\"Maps can be used to illustrate geographic patterns within the data, and are superior to text or charts for this purpose. Interactive maps provide a gateway for users to explore by using the familiar map interface.\" src=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/mapper2-150x150.png\" alt=\"mapper2\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Franchise Networks\" href=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/franchise-network-graphs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-654\" title=\"Franchise networks show the connections between players for a single franchise, based on players on the roster for one or more overlapping seasons. The graphs allow for user interaction, including clicking, zooming, and panning.\" src=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/7344OS_cover_03-150x150.png\" alt=\"7344OS_cover_03\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Franchise Trade Networks\" href=\"https:\/\/visual-baseball.com\/wordpress\/portfolio\/mlb-trade-networks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-654\" title=\"Franchise trade networks show the players traded to and from a given franchise, and who they were traded with or for. 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