ABSTRACT

Heatmaps are similar to a table, but instead of showing the actual numbers, the heatmap shows colors. They are typically used to show high-frequency data in a compact format. The basic data for this example consists of the total number of singles, doubles, triples, and home runs hit by every Major League Baseball team during the 2021 baseball season. Repeat the process with new colors for the remaining columns. Keep in mind that there may be cases where we want to use shades and tints of a single color for the entire table. Arizona and Boston hit a lot of doubles, and Toronto hit a lot of home runs. But in the version on the right, we can see that singles were by far the most common type of hit for every team.