How the Oakland Athletic's Made 'Moneyball' a Term in Baseball

HOW THE OAKLAND ATHLETIC'S MADE MONEYBALL' A TERM IN BASEBALL THE 2002 SEASON: WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED Oakland A's Top Players Became Free Agents And Signed With Other Teams TR lak JASON GIAMBI JOHNNY DAMON SIGNED SIGNED WITH NEW YORK YANKEES WITH BOSTON RED SOX JASON ISRINGHAUSEN SIGNED WITH ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AVERAGE PAYROLLS OAKLAND A'S MILLION 125 N.Y. YANKEES MILLION 98899 40 60 28 OTHER TEAMS AVERACE MILLION 70 With odds not in their favor, the Oakland A's General Manager, Billy Beane and his assisant Paul Depodesta, turned to statistical analysis to select the team for the 2002 season. The theory was that there were players that were undervalued based on traditional scouting characteristics. Statistics enabled them to field a winning team with the budgetary constraints the team faced. SEASON STANDINGS 103 59 639 WINS LOSES PERCENTAGE Set an American League record of winning 20 consecutive games Finished 1st in the American League West SABERMETRICS Sabermetrics is the specialized analysis of baseball through objective evidence, espe- cially baseball statistics that measure in- game activity. The term is derived from the acronym SABR, which stands for the Society For American Baseball Research. Coined by 8ILL JAMES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS DEMONSTRATED THAT ON-BASE PERCENTAGE AND SLUGGING PERCENTAGE ARE BETTER INDICATORS OF OFFENSIVE SUCCESS TRADITIONALLY, SPEED AND CONTACT WERE USED AS INDICATORS BILLY BEANE OAKLAND As GENERAL MANAGER MADE MONEVBALL A TERM IN BASEBALL BORN MARCH 29, 1962 PLAYED BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, AND BASKETBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL AT MT. CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA STANFORD OFFERED HIM A FULL SCHOLARSHIP IN BOTH BASEBALL-FOOTBALL PLAYED MLB AS AN OUTFIELDER BETWEEN 1984 AND 1989 WITH: 1984 1986 1987 1997 1988 1989 New York Mets Minnesota Twins 1985 Detroit Tigers Oakland Athletics 1990 His decision to sign with the Mets over going to Stanford was the "only decision he would ever make in his life about money" Joined the Oakland A's as a scout Named General Manager after the 1997 season "It's all about evaluating skills and putting a price on them. Thirty years ago, stockbrokers used to buy stock strictly by feel. Let's put it this way: Anyone in the game with a 401(k) has a choice. They can choose a fund manager who manages their retirement by gut instinct, or one who chooses by research and analysis. I know which way l'd choose." BILLY BEANE SOURCES mushroom http://www.forkerbaseball.com/teamsalaries/2002salaries/ http://wikipedia.com http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/09/26/a-sports- economist%E2%80%99s-thoughts-on-moneyball-a-guest-post-by-j-c-bradbury/ NETWORKS wwW.MUSHROOMNETWORKS.COM