Moneyball Video Notes Answers
Moneyball Video Notes Answers
_________________________
AP STATISTICS ASSIGNMENT:
S ECTION 1: MONEYBALL
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
The three players that the Oakland Athletics lost to free agency are:
What
was
Billy
Beane
(General
Manager)
told
to
do
by
the
team
owner
of
the
Athletics?
What is the real problem that Billy and his team of scouts have to solve?
As a High School baseball star, why was Billy projected to be picked in the first round of the player draft?
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
____________."
(Runs scored )
The
equation
on
the
whiteboard:
(Runs scored ) + (Runs allowed )
7.
Oakland Athletics?
How
many
runs
are
needed,
and
how
many
runs
can
be
allowed,
in
order
for
the
team
to
reach
this
goal?
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
is
all
about
getting
everything
down
to
_____________.
What
is
it
used
for?
Pete
knows
that
there
are
25
potential
players
that
must
be
out
there
and
available
for
Oakland
because
___________________________________.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
How is Billy going to replace players like Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon and Olmedo Saenz?
The
three
replacement
players
that
Billy
is
interested
in
all
have
'problems'
but
are
cheap.
Name
the
players:
________________________
________________________
________________________
What
do
they
all
have
in
common?
Why did Billy not succeed at the major-league level as a player, despite having 'all the tools'?
The
team
that
Billy
has
assembled
is
based
on
a
statistical
theory
known
colloquially
as
'Moneyball'.
Who
invented
this
idea,
and
what
was
his
real
job
at
the
time?
How
many
games
back
from
the
AL
West
lead
are
the
Athletics
as
of
May
23,
2002?
How
many
games
had
they
lost
of
their
last
17
games?
Why
does
Billy
prefer
Scott
Hatteburg
at
1st
base
instead
of
Carlos
Pena
(despite
Hatteburg's
lack
of
experience
and
fielding
skills
in
the
position)?
How
does
Billy
solve
the
problem
of
his
manager
(Art
Howe)
preferring
to
play
Pena
at
1st
instead
of
Hatteburg?
Even
though
Jeremy
Giambi
was
a
player
acquired
using
the
'Moneyball'
formula,
why
do
you
think
Billy
felt
the
need
to
trade
him?
Billy
states
that
if
the
A's
win
the
last
(championship)
game
of
the
season,
they
would
have
re-invented
the
game.
What
does
he
mean
by
this?
At
the
end
of
the
2002
season,
the
Athletics
had
exactly
the
same
number
of
wins
as
the
Yankees.
How
much
did
the
Yankees
pay
on
average
for
each
win?
How
much
did
the
A's
pay
on
average
for
each
win?
NAME: ANSWERS
AP STATISTICS ASSIGNMENT:
S ECTION 1: MONEYBALL
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
The
three
players
that
the
Oakland
Athletics
will
to
lose
to
free
agency
are:
Johnny
Damon
Jason
Giambi
Jason
Isringhausen
What
was
Billy
Beane
(General
Manager)
told
to
do
by
the
team
owner
of
the
Athletics?
Find
replacements
for
the
money
the
team
actually
has.
What
is
the
real
problem
that
Billy
and
his
team
of
scouts
have
to
solve?
Building
a
team
on
a
limited
budget
that
can
compete
against
teams
with
big-money.
As
a
High
School
baseball
star,
why
was
Billy
projected
to
be
picked
in
the
first
round
of
the
player
draft?
Billy
was
a
'5-tool'
guy.
He
could
run,
field,
throw,
hit,
and
hit
for
power.
According
to
Pete
Brandt,
"
the
goal
of
people
who
run
ball
clubs
is
not
to
buy
players,
it
is
to
buy
wins
.
In
order
to
buy
wins
,
they
need
to
buy
runs
."
(Runs scored )
The
equation
on
the
whiteboard:
(Runs scored ) + (Runs allowed )
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
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
is
all
about
getting
everything
down
to
one
number
.
What
is
it
used
for?
To
find
value
in
players
that
nobody
else
can
see.
Pete
knows
that
there
are
25
potential
players
that
must
be
out
there
and
available
for
Oakland
because
Everybody
else
undervalues
them
.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
How
is
Billy
going
to
replace
players
like
Jason
Giambi,
Johnny
Damon
and
Olmedo
Saenz?
By
recreating
them
'in
the
aggregate'.
Finding
three
ball
players
whose
combined
OBP
(on-base-
Percentage)
matches
the
total
of
Giambi,
Damon
and
Saenz
(1.092).
The
three
replacement
players
that
Billy
is
interested
in
all
have
'problems'
but
are
cheap.
Name
the
players:
Jeremy
Giambi
David
Justice
Scott
Hatteburg
What
do
they
all
have
in
common?
They
can
all
get
on
base.
(Have
high
OBP's).
Why
did
Billy
not
succeed
at
the
major-league
level
as
a
player,
despite
having
'all
the
tools'?
Lacked
confidence
and
the
ability/maturity
to
deal
with
failure.
The
team
that
Billy
has
assembled
is
based
on
a
statistical
theory
known
colloquially
as
'Moneyball'.
Who
invented
this
idea,
and
what
was
his
real
job
at
the
time?
Bill
James
(who
was
a
Night-watchman
in
a
factory).
How
many
games
back
from
the
AL
West
lead
are
the
Athletics
as
of
May
23,
2002?
10
games
back
from
the
leading
team.
How
many
games
had
they
lost
of
their
last
17
games?
14
games
(Had
won
20
games
but
had
lost
26
games).
Why
does
Billy
prefer
Scott
Hatteburg
at
1st
base
instead
of
Carlos
Pena
(despite
Hatteburg's
lack
of
experience
and
fielding
skills
in
the
position)?
He
gets
on
base
more
than
Pena.
How
does
Billy
solve
the
problem
of
his
manager
(Art
Howe)
preferring
to
play
Pena
at
1st
instead
of
Hatteburg?
He
trades
Pena
to
the
Detroit
Tigers.
Even
though
Jeremy
Giambi
was
a
player
acquired
using
the
'Moneyball'
formula,
why
do
you
think
Billy
felt
the
need
to
trade
him?
Perhaps
something
that
the
formula
does
not
measure.
(Influence
in
the
clubhouse,
maturity,
and
leadership)
What
is
'The
Streak"?
Longest
continuous
winning
streak.
(20
straight
wins).
Billy
states
that
if
the
A's
win
the
last
(championship)
game
of
the
season,
they
would
have
re-invented
the
game.
What
does
he
mean
by
this?
Leveling
the
playing
field.
It
would
show
that
small-market
teams
could
compete
and
win
against
teams
with
larger
payrolls
such
as
the
Yankees
and
Dodgers.
At
the
end
of
the
2002
season,
the
Athletics
had
exactly
the
same
number
of
wins
as
the
Yankees.
How
much
did
the
Yankees
pay
on
average
for
each
win?
$1
400
000
How
much
did
the
A's
pay
on
average
for
each
win?
$260
000