Meet A Pioneer of Modern Baseball Analytics & Enjoy a Game

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     Join Harvard and MIT alumni at Progressive Field as the Guardians' Principal Data Scientist Keith Woolner MIT'90 gives us a peek into the Guardians' R&D group. Then stay for a thrilling matchup between the Guardians and the Boston Red Sox!

Tickets are limited and available only to Club members through Monday, March 17. Any remaining tickets will be opened to non-members starting on Tuesday, March 18.

 

Date:                                    Sunday, April 27, 2025

Time:                                   Gates open 11:15 AM; Talk 11:30AM-12:30PM; First pitch 1:40 PM

Location:                           Corner Bar, 2nd Floor, Progressive Field, 2401 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 44115

Cost:                                     $25 members; $35 non-members. Tickets include lower box seats for the Guardians vs. Red Sox game.

                                                To become a member, go to https://hcnortheastohio.clubs.harvard.edu/memsub.html.

Registration:                     REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT.

Deadline to register:     March 27, 2025

     When Keith started Cleveland's baseball analytics group in 2007, the "Moneyball" revolution was just starting. Almost 20 years later, every major league team has multiple data scientists collaborating behind the scenes with coaches, scouts, and executives to make teams more competitive. Keith will share insights into how front offices improve in-game strategy, player forecasting, and acquisition decisions by using technology, data management, machine learning, and statistical analysis.

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Keith Woolner MIT'90 enters his 19th season in baseball analytics, having joined the Guardians organization in 2007. In his role as Principal Data Scientist, Keith 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.

Keith holds dual bachelors degrees in Mathematics with Computer Science and Management Science from MIT and a masters degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford.