Stats Perform hands senior roles to Steve and Peter Hirdt

Sports data provider Stats Perform has handed senior positions to brothers Steve and Peter Hirdt, two of the leading names in US sports broadcast research and content.

Steve Hirdt will take over as senior director of operations and research at Stats Perform, while Peter will serve as senior director of content and broadcast service. Both will join the provider from the Elias Sports Bureau.

An expert on sports statistics, Steve Hirdt has spent over 35 years as director of information on NFL-focused television program Monday Night Football, on both ABC and ESPN. He also served as executive vice president at the Elias Sports Bureau for over 20 years .

Peter Hirdt spent more than four decades at the Elias Sports Bureau, where he was a consultant for ABC Monday Night Baseball and Monday Night Football, as well as CBS Sports’ MLB coverage. He also conceived, designed and managed the Graphics Library, a service now used across MLB, NBA, and NHL telecasts.

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