Moneyball
By Michael Lewis
The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. W.W. Norton and Company, 2004.
Summary of Moneyball book by Michael Lewis
The amazing story of an American Major League Baseball team, the Oakland Athletics, whose general manager used pioneering statistical strategies, commonly called moneyball, to transform the team from unsuccessful underdogs to surprising victors.
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What do you get from this book? The secret formula Billy Beane used to turn the Oakland A’s into winners
If you want to win in baseball, you need a balanced team instead of individual rock star athletes
When Billy got tired of playing ball he became a scout and learned the importance of statistics from Sandy Alderson
The lessons Bill James taught launched a sabermetrics movement that highlighted both the competencies and inefficiencies of statistics
Paul DePodesta and Billy created a new system for analyzing players that traditional scouts objected to
The economic disparity in baseball appeared to cause heavier losses among poorer teams, though this was somewhat deceptive
The 2002 Oakland A’s draft picks were made up of guys no other team wanted
Filling Jason Giambi’s role was a challenge that required obtaining three new players with their own unique gifts
Billy controlled every aspect of games and manipulated trades to get what he wanted
Defense Independent Stats clarify a pitcher’s true talent by leaving fielding and luck out of the equation
The A’s won their twentieth game despite incredibly bad pitching by what should have been star players
Though the A’s didn’t make it to the postseason, other teams began recognizing the importance of Billy and Paul’s work
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Who should read Moneyball book
- Sports fans
- sports psychologists
- college ballplayers aspiring to go pro
- baseball aficionados
About the author of Moneyball
Michael Lewis
Financial journalist Michael Lewis received a master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics. He is a three-time winner of the Gerald Loeb Award for his featured articles and two-time winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Three of his bestselling nonfiction books have been adapted into films: Moneyball, The Blindside, and The Big Short.
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