SABR Analytics Conference
March 8-10, 2024
ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus
Beus Center for Law and Society
111 E. Taylor St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
The SABR Analytics Conference was held from March 8-10, 2024, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.
We brought together the top minds in the baseball analytics community to discuss, debate, and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball. Click here to view the full conference schedule.
The Analytics Conference schedule consisted of research presentations and guest speakers from throughout the baseball analytics community, career development sessions led by experienced sports professionals, and industry networking opportunities — all available for any aspiring front office executive or baseball fan to attend. Students had opportunities for skill acquisition and development, including sessions on how to work with baseball-related data sets as well as databasing and SQL.
General sessions were held in person on Friday, March 8 through Sunday, March 10 at the Beus Center for Law and Society in downtown Phoenix. General Session registration included access to all programming held at the Beus Center for Law and Society, including research presentations, panel discussions, Friday evening networking reception, a boxed lunch on Friday and Saturday afternoon, and coffee talks on Saturday and Sunday morning. Students had two registration options, virtual or in-person, with both including access to the General Session on Friday, March 8 through Sunday, March 10, and a student-only virtual session on Thursday, March 7.
The Diamond Dollars Case Competition was held at the Beus Center for Law and Society on the morning of Friday, March 8. Four- to five-person student teams were asked to evaluate a baseball operations case problem. The student team presented their analysis and recommendations to a panel of judges that included MLB front office executives.
For more highlights and clips from the 2024 SABR Analytics Conference, click on a link below:
- Gary Huckabay honored with 2024 SABR Analytics Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
- Robert Orr, Ginny Searle, Patrick Dubuque, and Rob Mains win 2024 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards
- Diamond Dollars Case Competition winners: Syracuse University, Rice University, The Branson School
- Check out photo galleries from each day at the SABR Analytics Conference
- Click here to download the 2024 SABR Analytics Conference digital program (PDF)
- Melanie Martinez-Lopez: SABR Analytics Conference offers ‘big break’ to MLB Diversity Pipeline members (MLB.com)
- Craig Goldstein: Celebrating Baseball Prospectus past and present at the 2024 SABR Analytics Conference (Baseball Prospectus)
- Stay tuned for more highlights, photos and clips soon!
SABR has a long and storied history with baseball statistical analysis, evidenced by the link between our name and sabermetrics. SABR’s long history in this area of baseball research, coupled with our mission of advancing the understanding and knowledge of baseball, makes us the perfect choice to coordinate and host this ground-breaking event.
Featured Speakers
Here are the featured speakers at the 2024 SABR Analytics Conference:
Rule Changes: Pitching and Baserunning Panel
- Vince Gennaro, former SABR Board President
- Javy Guerra, former major-league pitcher
- Eno Sarris, Senior Writer, The Athletic
- Moderator: Rob Mains, Baseball Prospectus
Rule Changes: Hitting and Defense Panel
- Meg Rowley, Managing Editor, FanGraphs
- Bobby Scales, Vice President, Baseball at Sports Info Solutions and former major-leaguer
- Mark Simon, Staff Writer, Sports Info Solutions
- Moderator: Brian Kenny, Host, MLB Network
Baseball Prospectus Founders panel
- Clay Davenport, sabermetrician and author
- Gary Huckabay, founder of Baseball Prospectus
- Rany Jazayerli, author
- Christina Kahrl, Sports Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
- Joe Sheehan, author
- Moderator: Will Carroll, Under the Knife columnist
Baseball’s Current and Future Application of AI panel
- Christopher Bitetto, Manager, Replay Administration & Data at Major League Baseball
- Joe Rosales, Director of Baseball Analytics at Sports Info Solutions
- Amod Sahasrabudhe, Machine Learning Engineer at Gemini Sports Analytics
- Moderator: Brian Hall, founder of AlphaPlay and co-chair of SABR’s AI/Machine Learning Research Committee
State of the Baseball Biomechanics Industry panel
- Arnel Aguinaldo, Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Director of the Biomechanics Lab, Point Loma Nazarene University
- James Buffi, Chief Executive Officer, Reboot Motion
- Adam Nebel, Graduate Assistant of Sports Science, Auburn University
- Michael Sonne, Baseball Scientist, Chicago Cubs
- Moderator: Ethan Stewart, Lead Sport Scientist and Biomechanist, Oakland A’s
MLB Statcast Updates: Weather and Bat Tracking
- David Adler, Reporter and Researcher, MLB.com
- Jason Bernard, Senior Manager, Baseball Research & Development, MLB
- Graham Goldbeck, Product Manager, Baseball Data Platform, MLB
- Clay Nunnally, Baseball Scientist, MLB
- Mike Petriello, Stats Analyst, MLB