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MLBAM Stats and Data Capture Symposium on Statistics and Operations Research in Baseball

MLBAM Stats and Data Capture Symposium on Statistics and Operations Research in Baseball July 11, 2007. MLBAM Stats and Data Capture. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

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MLBAM Stats and Data Capture Symposium on Statistics and Operations Research in Baseball

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  1. MLBAM Stats and Data Capture Symposium on Statistics and Operations Research in Baseball July 11, 2007

  2. MLBAM Stats and Data Capture OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW • On-site data capture (MLB, Triple-A, minor league All-Star Games, Arizona Fall League and Hawaii Winter Baseball, Caribbean Series, World Baseball Classic and other events, etc.) • Call-in system (Double-A, Full-Season and Short-Season A, Mexican Winter League) • Scoresheets (Rookie and complex leagues, Caribbean winter leagues) • Roster and schedule management • Data validation and editing • Historical data sourcing and integration

  3. MLBAM Stats and Data Capture PRODUCTS AND SERVICES • Gameday, wireless and other live data products • Syndication to ESPN and other media partners • Pitch-by-pitch MLB and play-by-play data to all 30 MLB clubs • "Universal stats reports" to MLB PR departments • Minor league "private portal” detailed reports • Ad hoc reports for MLB and minor league clubs

  4. MLBAM Stats and Data Capture CLUB DATA DELIVERY • Files sent daily via FTP in .csv and .txt format • Play-by-play data Pre-game data Complete play-by-play Run and error details Detailed substitutions Ejections Injuries Post-game data • Season-to-date summary data “Card 10” Batting Fielding Pitching Player bio • Box score files Batting Pitching

  5. MLBAM Stats and Data Capture PRIVATE PORTAL REPORTS MINOR LEAGUE OVERALL STATISTICS LEAGUE STATISTICS AND BOXSCORES Overall Leaders Monthly Leaders Overall Leaders by Classification Miscellaneous Team Stats Overall Organizational Standings Daily League Report Day-by-Day Statistics for All Players League Standings Career Statistics for All Players League Leaders League Defensive Statistics ORGANIZATIONAL STATISTICS Weekly League Leaders Yesterday's Boxscores Organizational Team Stats INDIVIDUAL TEAM STATISTICS Organizational Game-by-Game Results Team Statistics Current Players Organizational League Standings Team Statistics All Players Organizational League Leaders Team Situational Statistics Organizational Home-Road Statistics Team Left-Right Statistics Organizational Leaders Team Home-Road Statistics Organizational Stats by Month Team Last 10-5 Game Statistics Team Game-by-Game Results GAME BOXSCORES AND PLAY BY PLAYS Team Rosters Boxscores (Wide, Narrow or Two-Column) Team Statistics by Month Play by Play Team vs. Team Statistics

  6. MLBAM Stats and Data Capture THE PITCH-F/X SYSTEM • Optical tracking system captures detailed data describing pitch velocity, movement and location • Outputs raw data as well as graphical renderings of pitch trajectory and strike zone • Permanent installation of two cameras mounted in weather-tight enclosures • Permanent power and video cabling between cameras and central computer, consistent with broadcast-quality connections • Central computer mounted in operations area such as scoreboard control room

  7. MLBAM Stats and Data Capture HOW DOES IT WORK? • Two cameras at high home and high first base • Each camera records ~60 images per second, roughly 30 total images per pitch • Ball is tracked along entire trajectory from release point to termination • Manual operator verifies data and performs routine maintenance

  8. MLBAM Stats and Data Capture HOW DOES IT WORK? • Data is transmitted back to a central computer that aggregates and interprets the data • Software uses images to calculate equations of motion and determine the ball’s position at any point along the trajectory • Manual operator evaluates data and can reject any invalid or incomplete data • Accuracy is verified by computing offset between each camera’s measurement of each point along the trajectory: zero difference indicates system has accurately centered the pitch • Pitch data also plotted against video to verify accuracy

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