Moneyball
The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
The book explores how the Oakland Athletics baseball team achieved competitive success despite a payroll far smaller than those of larger market teams. Author Michael Lewis examines the implementation of sabermetric analytics and statistical baseball player valuation by general manager Billy Beane. By discarding conventional scouting wisdom in favor of data driven insights, the franchise found undervalued talent to compete against wealthier opponents.
Non-fictionSportsBusinessEconomics
W. W. Norton · First published 2003 · 288 pages
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