A Shep Diagram is a series of video or animated image clips of an athlete, layered into a single composite image for the purposes of contrasting the similarities of movements with the different outcomes. It was originally created by Drew Sheppard to demonstrate the constant release point of Texas Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish despite the different speeds and locations of the pitches from that release point.Dan Lewis, BeyondTheBoxscore, May 2, 2013, "The Shep Diagram and Data in the Digital Age", last accessed May 2, 2013 Soon after, MLB Network used a similar process to show the same for Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander.NBC HardballTalk, Justin Verlander’s four pitches get the Yu Darvish Gif treatment, May 1, 2013, "", last accessed May 1, 2013 On May 4, Drew Sheppard announced the development of a partnership with FanGraphs.com to produce additional animations.Drew Sheppard, FanGraphs, May 4, 2013, "Visually Comparing Clay Buchholz, 2012-2013", last accessed May 7, 2013
References
External links The original Yu Darvish Shep Diagram (animated gif) MLB Network video of Justin Verlander acting as a Shep Diagram (video)