Baseball Analytics Associate (Seasonal)
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive support with importing, cleansing, and preparing baseball data sets for detailed analysis.
- Design and implement custom database queries tailored to meet specific data retrieval requirements.
- Support Analytics staff in conducting research and analysis to enhance on-field improvements and uncover new insights and opportunities.
- Aid in the statistical analysis and modeling of baseball-related data.
- Assist in creating, developing, testing, and maintaining specialized data collection systems and tools.
- Attend Baseball Analytics meetings regularly to understand the department's operational procedures.
- Regularly review and analyze publicly available baseball research.
- Provide support during major baseball events, including the Rule 4 Draft and the trade deadline.
- Address ad hoc requests from the Baseball Operations teams and undertake additional responsibilities as assigned by the staff of the Baseball Operations Department.
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities:
- Practical experience with R/Python or similar software and languages for statistical analysis and visual presentation.
- Practical experience in SQL or similar languages for database queries and understanding of database design principles.
- Demonstrated knowledge of baseball-specific data, advanced statistical methods, and sabermetric analysis.
- Highly motivated with a keen eye for detail.
- Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Experience in software development, encompassing requirements identification, system design, coding, testing, and deployment is preferred but not required.
Working Conditions:
- Office environment, in-person in Detroit.
- Some evening, weekend, and holiday hours are required, as dictated by the baseball season schedule.
All items listed above are illustrative and not comprehensive. They are not contractual in nature and are subject to change at the discretion of Detroit Tigers.
Detroit Tigers is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.
