Lotte Giants announced on the 5th that it has appointed Jang Won-chul, a professor of statistics at Seoul National University, as an advisor to the R&D team. Professor Jang will serve as an advisor to the club’s R&D team for the next year and advise on the overall analysis of player data.
Through this agreement, the club expects to enhance data analysis by sharing feedback and development directions for existing analysis results and jointly studying the link between performance of other leagues such as MLB (American Professional Baseball) and NPB (Japanese Professional Baseball).
The R&D team also plans to participate in career exploration seminars in various fields at Seoul National University, conduct presentations, and participate in major internship programs jointly with the department. 안전놀이터
Professor Jang Won-chul said, “I want to walk once again with Lotte on the path of a baseball data analyst, which was my childhood dream as a fan of weekly baseball.” Like Professor Jim Albert of Bowling Green University, we will contribute to data-based baseball analysis.”
Jang Won-chul, a former president of the Korea Baseball Association, earned a Ph.D. in statistics from Carnegie Mellon University and is now a professor of statistics at his alma mater, Seoul National University.