Name: How Major League Teams Use R to Analyze Baseball Data with Keith Woolner
Start: 2023-09-27T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-09-27T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Progressive Insurance Training Facility

A look inside the R&D department of a major league front office and how their data scientists use R to build models to help inform decision-making. Catering will be provided. Please be sure to park and enter in the REAR (north side) of the facility.

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Keith Woolner enters his 17th season in Baseball Analytics with Cleveland, having joined the Guardians organization in 2007. In his role, he drives innovative research to improve the organization's in-game strategy, player forecasting and acquisition decisions through the use of technology, data management, machine learning and statistical analysis. Prior to joining the Guardians, Keith was Director of Research & Development at Baseball Prospectus for 10 years. He has co-authored 10 books, including several editions of the Baseball Prospectus annual and the award-winning Baseball Between The Numbers. Keith is the inventor of VORP (Value Over Replacement Player), a well-known sabermetric statistic. He worked in the software industry for 15 years before joining the Guardians, including stints at Oracle and SAS Institute. He holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics with Computer Science and Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), and a master’s degree in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University

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