Player Profiles

What Player Profiles does

Player Profiles is a subscription-based B2B service founded in 1996 that operates a centralized baseball player information database used by professional baseball organizations. The database covers approximately 16,982 players across Major League, Minor League, College, and High School levels, providing scouting reports, personal backgrounds, career statistics, family information, player favorites, and injury reports that are updated daily by dedicated editors. The platform is delivered via authenticated web access with no mobile application, no public API, and no documented SDK.

Revenue is generated through annual and multi-year subscription contracts sold via direct sales outreach. Named customers include 23 of 30 MLB Regional Sports Television Networks, 10 radio broadcasters, MLB scouting departments, player agents, and apparel suppliers. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; subscribers contact the company by phone or email for custom quotes based on organization type and subscription level.

Operating with 1-10 employees from Satellite Beach, Florida, the company has run without disclosed venture funding, acquisitions, leadership turnover, or material product evolution across its nearly 30-year history. Its go-to-market is entirely sales-led and dependent on direct relationships within the tightly networked professional baseball industry, with no app store presence, no public social profiles, and no documented partnerships.

Name

Player Profiles

Legal name

Player Profiles

Website

https://playerprofiles.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Player Profiles is a subscription-based B2B database providing daily-updated scouting reports, biographical information, and career statistics on approximately 16,982 baseball players across MLB, Minor League, College, and High School levels to broadcasters, agents, scouting departments, and sports media organizations.

Ownership category

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Product category

Sports Scouting Database

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PRIMARYMPAKAMAC

Athlete Marketing, Endorsement & Sponsorship Representation

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Athlete Representation & Agency Services

Keywords

• Baseball scouting database
• Sports scouting reports
• Player background research
• MLB scouting information
• Baseball intelligence platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Satellite Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription Access: Annual and multi-year subscription service providing access to detailed baseball player scouting information, personal backgrounds, career statistics, and injury reports. Subscription tiers offered for different organization types.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Player Profiles is a subscription-based online database delivering scouting reports, personal backgrounds, career statistics, and injury reports for 16,982 Major League, Minor League, College, and select high school baseball players. Content is updated daily and the service is sold primarily to MLB Regional Sports Television Networks, radio broadcasters, MLB Scouting Departments, player agents, apparel suppliers, and beat reporters who need reliable, ready-to-use player background information on deadline.

Product overview

Player Profiles is a single, unified subscription-based online service providing comprehensive baseball player information. The core offering is the Player Profiles Database, which contains detailed scouting information, personal backgrounds, career statistics, and injury reports for over 10,000 Major League, Minor League, College, and high school baseball players. Users subscribe to access detailed notes on every Major League player, manager, and most coaches, along with hundreds of top college and high school players, and over 100 minor league players per organization. The service is used by 23 of 30 MLB Teams' Regional Sports Television Networks, 10 radio broadcasters, MLB Scouting Departments, player agents, and apparel suppliers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Player Profiles Baseball Database A subscription-based online database providing scouting reports, personal backgrounds, career statistics, and injury reports for 16,982 Major League, Minor League, College, and select high school baseball players, updated daily. The service is sold to MLB Regional Sports Television Networks, radio broadcasters, MLB Scouting Departments, player agents, apparel suppliers, and beat reporters who need fast, reliable player information on deadline.

Quantifiable outcome

• Database contains information on more than 10,000 baseball players
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Baseball Prospectus: Baseball Prospectus provides subscription-based baseball analysis, scouting reports, and player forecasts. Directly comparable to Player Profiles because both monetize baseball player information through paid subscriptions aimed at sophisticated consumers (scouts, agents, fantasy players).
• Baseball Reference (Sports Reference LLC): Baseball Reference is a comprehensive baseball statistics and biographical reference site covering MLB and minor league players. It is the closest functional peer to Player Profiles: both provide searchable biographical and statistical depth on baseball players, with the key difference that Baseball Reference is free and ad-supported while Player Profiles is a paid B2B subscription.
• FanGraphs: FanGraphs is a baseball statistics and analytics platform providing advanced metrics, player data, and analytical content. Comparable to Player Profiles because both serve baseball-focused information consumers (analysts, media, agents) with daily-updated player data, though FanGraphs leans toward advanced sabermetrics while Player Profiles focuses on biographical scouting depth.
• Rotowire: Rotowire provides real-time sports news, injury reports, and player updates, with a strong baseball vertical and fantasy sports audience. Comparable to Player Profiles because both supply time-sensitive baseball player information (injury, lineup, background) to media and engagement-driven end users.
• Baseball America: Baseball America delivers baseball-specific news, draft coverage, scouting reports, and minor league information, predominantly via subscription. Comparable to Player Profiles because both serve baseball-focused B2B information needs (scouting, draft intelligence) through paid access to proprietary editorial content.

Broad incumbents

• The Athletic: The Athletic is a subscription-based sports journalism outlet with deep coverage across MLB and other sports. Comparable to Player Profiles as a paid subscription sports information service targeting engaged professionals and fans, though broader in scope and journalistic in format versus Player Profiles' database/scouting-report focus.
• MLB Advanced Media (MLB.com): MLB Advanced Media operates the official MLB digital properties, providing authoritative player data, statistics, and biographical content for Major League Baseball. Comparable to Player Profiles because it is a primary source of baseball player information, but it is the official league-controlled incumbent with comprehensive scope and free public access.
• Stats Perform: Stats Perform is a major sports data and AI-powered analytics provider distributing live data feeds, advanced statistics, and betting content to media, leagues, and sportsbooks globally. Comparable to Player Profiles as a broader-scale sports data supplier serving broadcasters and leagues, but operates at much greater scale and across many sports.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/player-profiles

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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