Job Listing: Major League Team Internship

A Major League team is seeking a full-time intern for the 2013 season with a focus on analytics. The position is a paid internship and runs from the middle of February through the end of November.  It requires relocation and candidates must be prepared to work long hours as well as nights and weekends.

The internship will provide exposure to all departments within baseball operations. Responsibilities include overseeing updates to our baseball databases, monitoring the import of data feeds, assisting with general baseball ops related administrative tasks, maintaining databases and spreadsheets, staying current on external research, as well as supporting the department in other ways as directed.

Candidates must be passionate about baseball and be able to communicate effectively in an office environment.  A familiarity with current baseball research and analytics is required and experience with Microsoft SQL Server is preferred.  Demonstrated analytic skills, experience in statistical analysis software packages and knowledge of a scripting language are all pluses.

If you are interested, please forward your resume and cover letter to baseballintern2013@gmail.com.





David Appelman is the creator of FanGraphs.

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Matt Huntermember
11 years ago

Um, this is odd.

Dave Cameronmember
11 years ago
Reply to  Matt Hunter

Wait until you get to the second part of the interview, when you’re asked to wire $3,000 to help free a captive Nigerian king.

chuckb
11 years ago
Reply to  Dave Cameron

I think I’ve already been offered the position then. I’d take it but I’ve used all my money to free my friend from kidnappers in Indonesia.