MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Proprietary & Confidential 1 MLBAM Stats and Data Capture Symposium on...

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MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Proprietary & Confidential

MLBAM Stats and Data Capture

Symposium on Statistics

and Operations Research in Baseball

July 11, 2007

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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

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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

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CLUB DATA DELIVERY

Files sent daily via FTP in .csv and .txt format

Play-by-play dataPre-game dataComplete play-by-playRun and error detailsDetailed substitutionsEjectionsInjuriesPost-game data

Season-to-date summary data“Card 10”BattingFieldingPitchingPlayer bio

Box score filesBattingPitching

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PRIVATE PORTAL REPORTS

MINOR LEAGUE OVERALL STATISTICS LEAGUE STATISTICS AND BOXSCORESOverall Leaders Monthly LeadersOverall Leaders by Classification Miscellaneous Team StatsOverall Organizational Standings Daily League ReportDay-by-Day Statistics for All Players League StandingsCareer Statistics for All Players League Leaders

League Defensive StatisticsORGANIZATIONAL STATISTICS Weekly League LeadersYesterday's BoxscoresOrganizational Team Stats INDIVIDUAL TEAM STATISTICSOrganizational Game-by-Game Results Team Statistics Current PlayersOrganizational League Standings Team Statistics All PlayersOrganizational League Leaders Team Situational StatisticsOrganizational Home-Road Statistics Team Left-Right StatisticsOrganizational Leaders Team Home-Road StatisticsOrganizational Stats by Month Team Last 10-5 Game Statistics

Team Game-by-Game ResultsGAME BOXSCORES AND PLAY BY PLAYS Team RostersBoxscores (Wide, Narrow or Two-Column) Team Statistics by MonthPlay by Play Team vs. Team Statistics

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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

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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

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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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