Sentences with phrase «analysis of baseball teams»

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The setup: Based on the Michael Lewis book, Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) goes against the old - school traditions of baseball scouting and uses statistical analysis to build a competitive team of has - beens, cast - offs and other cheap talent.

Who: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Pratt and Robin Wright What: The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget by using computer - generated analysis to draft his players.

In Moneyball, Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland As baseball team, conducted a rigorous statistical analysis of the elements of player performance and concluded that some of the measures which had traditionally been used to gauge a player's worth, such as batting average, were not necessarily the best indicators for team success.