The disclosure provides for systems and methods for determining a pitch rating for a pitch in baseball. The pitch rating can be configured to be indicative of a quality of breaking and non-breaking pitches. The disclosure provides for a detection system that detects the position of the ball. The pitch rating can then be calculated by extracting flight parameters from the detection data and multiplying appropriate flight path parameters by pitch rating coefficients. The pitch rating coefficients can be tailored such that the pitch rating calculation provides a value that is correlated to a subjective opinion on pitch quality provided by an expert. The pitch rating can then be displayed in real time to provide feedback or information about a quality of the pitch.