Statistics and Strategies
The probability a player will get a hit when they are batting
What is batting average?
This team reinvented a way to use baseball statistics and acquire new players
Who are the Oakland A's?
Many baseball fanatics studied and improved this field or area of knowledge that wasn't before thoroughly explored
What are statistics?
The A's had too little of this
What is money?
The probability a player will get on base when they are batting
What is on base percentage?
This team had a 20 game winning streak in 2002
Who are the Oakland A's?
This fanatic worked at the A's front office with Billy Beane
Who is Paul DePodesta?
The A's picked this kind of player because it was more affordable
What is an undervalued player?
The strategy for when baseball scouts look at players and determine the value for them so they can try to draft them
What is scouting?
This team won the world series in 2001
Who are the Arizona Diamondbacks?
This baseball fanatic wrote two dozen books related to baseball statistics
Who is Bill James?
The A's were in financial debt because this person wouldn't fund them
Who is the owner?
A player's singles, doubles, triples, and home runs made into a statistic out of 4.000
What is slugging percentage?
This team won the 2002 world series
Who are the Anaheim Angels?
This fanatic is mainly known for his Defense Independent Pitching Statistics
Who is Voros McCracken?
In the A's division, the A's were ranked this in terms of the amount of money they had
What is fourth?
The concept of using math and statistics
What is sabermetrics?
This team acquired Jason Giambi in 2001
Who are the New York Yankees?
Bill James and his books mainly discuss this concept and how to apply it to baseball
What is sabermetrics?
This was the A's budget in 2002
What is $47M?