Moneyball Quiz

In 1991, what was the total payroll for:
New York Yankees?
Oakland Athletics?

• about $114 million
  about $39 million
• about $200 million
  about $100 million
• about $10 thousand
  about $20 thousand

One of the players that the Oakland Athletics will lose to free agency is:

• Jason Giambi
• Derek Jeter
• Mike Piazza
• Roger Clemens

The real problem the Athletics face is:  building a team with a limited budget compared to the teams with "big money".

• true
• false

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If you can run, throw, hit, field, and hit for power you are said to be a "5 tool guy".  
Out of high school Billy Beane had how many tools?

• 3
• 4
• 5

What was Billy Beane(GM)  told to do by the team owner of the Athletics?

• Increase the payroll
• find replacements for the money the team already has
• trade more people

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According to Pete Brandt,..."the goal of people who run ball clubs is not to buy players, it is to _________.  In order to _________, they need to __________.

• buy wins; buy wins; buy runs
• buy runs; buy runs; buy coaches
• buy coaches; win games; buy runs

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The equation:
(runs scored)²/((runs scored)²+(runs allowed)²,
is known as the Pythagorean Expectation.  This was written on the white board in the movie.

• True
• False

Pete knows that there are 25 potential players that must be out there and available for Oakland because _______________.

• they are overvalued.
• they are undervalued
• they can't get on base
• they are injured

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Why is Chad Bradford (a pitcher), undervalued by other teams?

• He is injured.
• He looks funny when he pitches.
• He can't get on base.
• He likes to party in Vegas.

The team that Billy has assembled is based on a statistical theory know as "Moneyball", who invented this idea?

• Bill James
• Bill Gates
• Steve Jobs
• Jackie Robinson