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The central premise of Moneyball is that the collective wisdom of baseball insiders (including players, managers, coaches, scouts, and the front office) over the past century is outdated, subjective, and often flawed, and that the statistics traditionally used to gauge players, such as stolen bases, runs batted in, and batting average, are relics of a 19th-century view of the game. [1]
This modern statistic has become useful in comparing players and is a powerful method of predicting runs scored by any given player. [15] An enhanced version of OPS, "OPS+", incorporates OPS, historic statistics, ballpark considerations, and defensive position weightings to attempt to allow player performance from different eras to be compared.
The NHL has kept statistics since its inception, yet it is a relatively new adopter of analytics-based decision making. The Toronto Maple Leafs were the first team in the NHL to hire a member of management with a largely analytical background when they hired assistant general manager Kyle Dubas in 2014.
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Moneyball or money ball may refer to: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game , 2003 book by Michael Lewis Moneyball (film) , 2011 film adaptation of the book
Author Michael Lewis' 2003 best-selling book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, explores Beane's methods as the GM of the Athletics and how he, along with Paul DePodesta, [58] used sabermetric principles to field a winning team despite an exceptionally low payroll. The book and Beane's methods influenced the way many teams and ...
Detroit Tigers outfielder Kerry Carpenter (30) celebrates batting a 3-run home run against Cleveland Guardians during the ninth inning of Game 2 of ALDS at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio on ...
Moneyball is a 2011 American biographical sports drama film. It was directed by Bennett Miller with a script by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin from a story by Stan Chervin . The film is based on the 2003 nonfiction book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis .