Education
Varies
Professional Organization
Society for American Baseball Research
Organization Link
Career Link
https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/15-2041.00
Related Careers
https://www.onetonline.org/find/quick?s=Statistician
Description
In the 2011 Movie Money Ball, Brad Pitt’s character Billy Beane makes players hiring choices based on the use of statistics on player performance. . The movie is based on the book of the same name. Sports Analytics can be both a hobby and a profession, and skilled statisticians are in high demand for any job that uses analytics- such as finance and investment, census and population studies are called demographers.
Innovation in this Career
www.samford.edu/sports-analytics/fans/2018/The-Truth-about-Sabermetrics