Ben Cochrane

Data enthusiast, AFL nuffie, Spurious correlator, #rstats enjoyer

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

What does the average #AFL player look like?

Layering semi-transparent AFL headshots of all 2022 players yields this bloke:

[Cody Atkinson @CapitalCityCody]

This week in football welcomes another new writer - @BenCochraneR! Ben has a great take on the Jack-ful and Jack-less years in the league.

A whole lot more in there too!

https://t.co/L6gyg1gQro

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

@Adelaide_FC Food for thought.

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

Hello @Adelaide_FC, I have some suggested edits to make the new logo even more South Australian.

[Adelaide Crows @Adelaide_FC]

A closer look at the meaning behind our new logo.

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

@CapitalCityCody Looking forward to your full game analysis and advanced metrics breakdown.

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

@EmlynBreese Great call, thanks. I also need to think about how to make the beanies a bit more visible on the larger plots!

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

What could a visual illustration of #AFL injury lists🩹look like?

Of the 161 current injured players (19.9%), injuries most commonly occur in the thighs (hamstring and quad), ankles, knees and brains.

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

All listed AFL players can be plotted, with their models scaled by height, to view entire team lists and their reported injuries.

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

This can be broken down by teams, with the dummy receiving a team coloured beanie.

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

@FreoPope Yep, will think about how to incorporate programmatic sand bunkers in the future.

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

What if the MCG was a golf course?⛳

87% of goals from uninterrupted kick-in chains are converted within 10 strokes; the AFL avg is 8 strokes.

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

@MattCowgill Golf clap

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

Venues vary in sample size for uninterrupted kick-in➡️goal chains.

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

The lowest chain was by North Melbourne in 2022, who went from kick-in to goal in two kicks🦵🦵⛳

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

@crow_data_sigh Need to add a ripeness axis

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

Where do you sit on the fr-Utility curve?

[Matt Cowgill @MattCowgill]

@wfmackey @BenCochraneR pls don’t encourage him

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

@EmlynBreese Now you're talking my language.

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

This is the worst thing I've ever created - who did I miss?

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

Without blanks and vowels, the pattern is less clear.

The letter 'S' occurs most frequently in over 54% of cells, especially around the edges of the crossword.

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

Unsurprisingly, vowels dominate the most common #NYT crossword square answers.

The exception being that all corners of the grid are most commonly the letter 'S'.
#rstats #crossword

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

There is an interesting trend in the layout of cell blanks.

These blanks frequently form a # crosshatch. With one of these occurring in at least half of all crosswords.

The most frequent non-blank cell is 'S' in the top-right corner, occurring in 27.3% of crosswords.