John Dewan

John Dewan, left his career at AON Insurance in the 1980’s to become a “Sports Actuary”. At his first company, STATS, Inc., John pioneered sports analytics with the most timely and comprehensive sports database, including the first ever real-time boxscores in all four major sports. In 2000, STATS, Inc. was sold to Rupert Murdoch and Fox News. John subsequently started another company, Sports Info Solutions, where he continues specializing in analytical services to 25 of the 30 teams in Major League Baseball. SIS has recently expanded into football. John Dewan is also the author of four editions of The Fielding Bible which has revolutionized defensive baseball analytics resulting in defensive changes on the field such as “The Shift” and evaluation of players with new information such as Defensive Runs Saved.