Batter LabUsing Batter Lab
Batter Lab is run by Obegi Software LLC (Mason Obegi), a Washington limited liability company. By using it you agree to these terms. It is free during the beta, provided as is, and may change or stop at any time. Before any part of it stops being free, this page and the site will say so, and account holders will get an email first.
The data comes from Retrosheet (retrosheet.org), with the season in progress from BALLDONTLIE (balldontlie.io), and may contain errors, gaps or late corrections; see About. Nothing here is betting, fantasy or financial advice. Batter Lab is not affiliated with or endorsed by MLB or any team.
The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org.
Accounts
Without an account every page is open, Ask answers 10 questions in each browser and you can look around the dashboards and graphics they build and the ones people share with you. Ask after that (100 questions a day), and saving, editing, sharing and exporting, need a free account with a confirmed email address; the same account, kept by Pigskin Lab, works on Pigskin Lab, Batter Lab, HoopVision Lab and Rinkside Lab. Keep your password to yourself; you are responsible for what is done with your account. You can delete it at any time from your account page on Pigskin Lab.
Your data
What Batter Lab records, signed in and signed out, how long it keeps it and how to download or delete it is set out in the privacy policy. In short: signed out, what you do is recorded under a random anonymous ID in one cookie, never your IP address, your browser's name or what you type into a text box, and kept 365 days; if you sign in in the same browser, those records become part of your account's activity here.
Fair use of the site
- Don't overload the site: no automated scraping or request floods.
- Don't make accounts in bulk or for someone else's email address.
- Don't use Ask to send anything unlawful, abusive or unrelated to MLB stats.
- Exported images carry the data credit; keep it when you share them.
Access can be limited or blocked, and accounts closed, for anyone who breaks these rules.
Ask
Ask turns what you type into a dashboard. It can misread a request, and the microphone can mishear one; check that the dashboard shows what you meant. Every player, team and season it shows is looked up in the data.
Tips
Tips are voluntary gifts made through Stripe, not purchases. They don't buy any feature. If you tipped by mistake, contact [email protected] and it will be refunded.
Your dashboards and graphics
Dashboards and graphics you make are yours. Sharing one stores it under a short link that anyone with the link can open; by sharing it you let the site store it and show it to anyone who has the link. It stays up until you ask for it to be taken down. Don't put anything private in a title before you share it.
Intellectual property
The site itself (its code, design, text, the Batter Lab name and logo, and the charts and graphics it draws) belongs to Obegi Software LLC. You may use the site and share what you make with it as these terms describe; you may not copy the site or its code, or present it as your own.
The MLB data belongs to its sources and is used under their terms: Retrosheet (retrosheet.org) and BALLDONTLIE (balldontlie.io). Team and league names are the trademarks of their owners and are used only to say which team or league a number is about.
No warranty, and limits on liability
The site is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind, to the extent the law allows. It may be unavailable, change or stop at any time. To the extent the law allows, the operator is not liable for indirect or consequential losses.
Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer protection law that cannot be waived.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, USA, without regard to its rules on conflicts of law. Any dispute about them or the site will be decided in the state or federal courts in Washington State, unless the law where you live gives you the right to bring it there.
Changes
These terms may change; the date at the top changes with them.
Contact
Batter Lab is run by Obegi Software LLC (Mason Obegi). Questions or problems: [email protected].