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President Steve Moyer and our friendly, talented staff will respond
quickly to provide accurate information for all your baseball data
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John
Dewan
Owner
In 1987, John Dewan left a highly successful career as an insurance actuary to pursue his life-long dream,
the development of the most timely and comprehensive computer database in sports. He fulfilled part one of that dream
by becoming the Executive Director of Project Scoresheet, the Bill James-led effort that pioneered a new wave of
baseball statistics that are now common baseball terminology. Part two of the dream was
Sports Team Analysis and Tracking Systems, Inc. (STATS, Inc.)
During John's tenure as President and CEO, STATS grew rapidly and was recognized in Inc. Magazine's Inc. 500,
a list of America's 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies, ranking #144. In recognition of his leadership role
in making real-time sports information available to consumers, John was named to the Crain's Chicago Business List
of key technology players in Chicago and was a three-time finalist for the KPMG Illinois High Tech Awards.
The success of the company culminated in its sale to an affiliate of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation
and Fox Broadcasting, News Digital Media in December 1999.
In March 2002, John reunited with former STATS executive Steve Moyer to launch part three of his life-long dream,
Baseball Info Solutions. Their combined experiences create respected and unparalleled sports information used
throughout the industry. Also in 2002, John became co-owner of ACTA Publications, a Chicago-based publisher
and began a new line of sports books under the ACTA Sports imprint. He also authored two volumes of The Fielding Bible,
groundbreaking new books on baseball defense. The Fielding Bible -- Volume II was released in February of 2009.
For seventeen years John served as the sports expert for "Stat of the Week,"
heard on WSCR 670 AM "The Score," an all-sports radio station in Chicago.
His "'Stat of the Week" column can be found at www.statoftheweek.com. A free email delivery option is available at that website.
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Steve
Moyer
President
President Steve Moyer met owner John Dewan when joining STATS. Steve went on to become the first Director of Operations at STATS and, since then, has also worked for Broadband Sports and RotoSports, Inc. (Roto Wire). He brings more than 10 years of experience in the sports industry to BIS. Steve saw a need to collect a statistical snapshot of every important moment of every Major League Baseball game with the most advanced technology, resulting in a database that includes traditional data, pitch-by-pitch data, spray-chart hit location data and brand new pitch-charting data (type, location and velocity).
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Bill
James
Consultant
Since 1975, Bill James has been writing about baseball and compiling reference books about baseball. His progressive baseball analysis has earned him broad respect of the baseball community. He is currently the Senior Baseball Operations Advisor for the Boston Red Sox. |
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Dan Casey
Operations/Analyst
Dan is a graduate of Miami University, with BA's in Economics and Spanish. Before coming to BIS, he worked for the New York Yankees in Tampa, FL, in both baseball operations/player development and marketing.
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Todd
Radcliffe
Operations/Analyst
Todd oversees the nighttime game scoring operation as well as performing quality control of data and training game scorers.
Todd brings 15 years of Major League Baseball scouting experience to BIS.
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Mike Piekarski
Operations/Analyst
Mike is a graduate of nearby DeSales University, where he played baseball for two years. His responsibilities include
supervising the MLB game scoring operation, performing quality control of data, and assisting with the minor league data
collection operation. Mike is a native of Metuchen, NJ and is an avid Yankees fan.
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Jim
Swavely
Systems/Programming
Jim does web programming, database analysis and helps with minor league scoring issues.
He is a longtime men's amateur baseball umpire and is the person to ask
about rules and official scoring interpretations. He has degrees in
Chemical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Jon Vrecsics
Operations/Analyst
Jon is primarily responsible for the minor league data collection operation which
includes hiring, training and scheduling people to work games at the sixty AA and
AAA cities. He is an expert on the software used to input pitch by pitch data
rccorded during game scoring. He spent much of the last two seasons "fixing"
errors in files submitted by the several hundred scorers working the various MiLB
contests for BIS.
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Rob Burckhard
Research Analyst
A Yorktown Heights, N.Y. native, Rob comes to BIS after working in collegiate athletics and
minor league baseball. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Binghamton University and an
M.S. in Sport Business Management from Manhattanville College. He is a lifetime Yankees fan.
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Ben Jedlovec
Research Analyst
Ben works on a wide variety of research projects for BIS owner John Dewan. A Huntsville, AL native,
Ben studied Statistics and Sport Management at Rice University in Houston. Prior to joining BIS
he worked with the Huntsville Stars, the Houston Astros, and the Rice Owls baseball team.
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