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Moneyball the Novel Multiple Choice - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 55 times
- The average score is 10 of 15
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| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which team made an offer to the GM of the team in focus after the 2002 season that would have made him the highest paid GM ever, if the deal was accepted? | Boston Red Sox | 92%
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| Which team did the book follow during the 2002 MLB season? | Oakland Athletics | 92%
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| Who was the General Manager for the team in focus? | Billy Beane | 85%
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| Who played the main character in the 2011 film adaptation of novel? | Brad Pitt | 77%
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| What two statistics did management of the team in focus put a heavy focus on? These two statistics were seen as the pillars of the "Moneyball Theory" | Slugging % and On-Base % | 77%
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| What main challenge forced this team to adapt and institute their new methodology? | The team was only allocated a very small budget as compared to other teams | 77%
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| What author was the main source of the new-style thinking implemented by the team in focus? | Bill James | 69%
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| True or False? The team in focus heavily relied on stolen bases and sacrifice bunts to "manufacture" runs | False | 69%
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| Which player, a former catcher that had an arm injury, was highly coveted by the team in focus and played a key role in the 2002 season? Most notably hitting a record setting walk-off home run | Scott Hatteberg | 69%
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| What was the MLB career of the GM of the team in focus like? | He was a highly rated prospect that turned out to be a complete bust and quit to be in management instead | 62%
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| What was the final result for the 2002 season for the team in focus? | They lost in the first round in 5 games | 62%
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| True or False? The GM of the team in focus could hardly watch his team play and would rather work out or do anything but actually watch them play | True | 62%
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| What made relief pitcher Chad Bradford so different from other pitchers? | He threw submarine style and very slow, making him very hard to hit | 54%
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| What was the name of the new system of statistic-based analyzation that was implemented by the team in focus? | Sabermetrics | 54%
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| What was the general reaction when the team in focus drafted Alabama catcher Jeremy Brown with a first round pick? | They were ridiculed saying the player was fat and should have been undrafted | 31%
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