MoneyBall Test AP Stats

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

• 1 million dollars

• $39,722,689.00

• $114,457,768.00

• $120,557,230.00

What was the total payroll for Oakland Athletics?

• $39,722,689.00

• $115,547,698.00

• $40,752,689.00

• $435,390,224.00

What three players did the Oakland Athletics lose to free agency?

• Johnny Damin

• Jason Giambi

• Billy Bean

• Jason Isrinhousen

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

• get better players

• win the pennant

• Cut salaries for existing players

• Find replacements for the money the team actually has.

What is the real problem that Billy and his team of scouts have to solve?

• Find the best players in the league regardless of price.

• Build a team on a limited budget that can compete against teams with big-money.

• Trade off the players that have terrible fielding.

• Build a brand new team.

As a High School baseball star, why was Billy projected to be picked in the first round of the player draft?

• He was an AllStar athlete

• Billy was a "5-tool" guy. He could run, field, throw, hit and hit for power.

• He was the best hitter in the draft.

• He was the fastest player in the draft.

According the 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 wins, buy runs.

• win, buy wins, buy runs

• buy hitters, buy wins, buy runs.

The equation

(runs scores )²/(runs scored)²+(runs allowed)²

^{is known as the "Pythagorean Expectation Formula". What does it allow Pete to project?}

• The winning percentage of a player.

• The winning percentage of a team, the number of scores required to reach the 2002 post-season.

• The number of games the team needed to win the World Series.

• Winning percentage of a team, hence the number of games (99) required to reach the 2002 post-season.

How many runs are needed, and how many can be allowed, in order for the team to reach this goal?

runs scored²/( runs scored ² + runs allowed ²)

• 812 runs needed and 635 runs that can be allowed

• 800 runs needed and 675 runs that can be allowed

• 814 runs needed and 645 runs that can be allowed

Pete explains to Billy that the code that is shown on his computer is an algorithm that analyzes players based on a number of statistics. It s all about getting everything down to_________________

What is it used for?

• one number, to find the best players

• One number , to find the value in players that nobody else can see

• 3 numbers , to find the values of players that are obvious