What is Smash Factor? - Analyzing Bat to Ball Skills | Driveline Baseball

Smash Factor is a metric used to assess a hitter's bat-to-ball skills. By measuring the quality of contact and the ability to make contact, smash factor gives the best evaluation of a hitter's bat-to-ball skills.

Smash factor measures the collision efficiency of the ball and ball at contact, essentially telling us how much of a swing’s bat speed was converted into exit velocity.

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0:00 Intro
0:10 What is Smash Factor?
1:16 Measuring Quality of Contact
2:47 High Smash Factor vs. Low Smash Factor
3:00 Accounting for Whiffs and Foul Balls
3:52 How to Calculate Smash Factor
4:49 MLB Smash Factor Leaderboard and Laggardboard