Patrick Mcfarlane
Assistant Director, Baseball Research & Development at Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Mcfarlane is an applied sports data scientist and analytics leader with nine years of experience translating quantitative methods into baseball and basketball decision-making at the Philadelphia Phillies, where he progressed from Quantitative Analyst to Assistant Director of Baseball Research & Development. Trained as an aerospace engineer (BS Notre Dame, SM MIT), he brings rigorous modeling and systems-thinking from aviation safety and academic research to player evaluation and R&D pipelines. Patrick has production experience in data engineering and revenue management, enabling him to bridge raw data ingestion, advanced modeling, and operational implementation. He mentors early-career analysts and is known for combining physics-style problem decomposition with modern sports analytics practice to uncover non-obvious performance drivers.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (SM), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Master of Science (SM), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, BS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering at University of Notre Dame
Github Skills (15)
sports-data10
espn10
api9
python8
api-client7
ipython5
http-client4
jupyter4
jupyterlab4
visualizations3
visualization3
jupyter-notebook3
ipywidgets3
jupyter-widget3
nba-api3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
basketballrelativity/location_data
Jan 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:19 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
basketballrelativity/personal
Dec 2019 - Dec 2024
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
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