In 2002, Billy Beane changed the game of baseball for the better and forever. Moneyball is one of my all-time favorite sports books, and I rarely flip past the channel when I come across the movie on TV. Billy Beane made a name for himself by going against the grain and upsetting the system for evaluating pro-baseball player prospects. Instead of relying on the subjective observations of baseball insiders, he went beyond the commonly used statistics of stolen bases and batting average, and instead chose to analyze on-base percentage and slugging percentage as true indicators of player’s capability. This went against the conventional analysis and put Beane on the receiving end of a great deal of criticism. This criticism ended after the A’s set an American League record of 20 consecutive wins and secured the AL West division title, putting his objective approach on the map. When the Boston Red Sox replicated his process, they built a World Series Championship team in two years and won the title again three years later. Billy Beane stayed true to his belief even as baseball traditionalists told him over and over “this is not how baseball is played.” Scouts said their tacit understanding of the players “intangibles” and “tools” was the most effective way to build a team, not by the numbers. Billy Beane proved them wrong.
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In 2002, Billy Beane changed the game of baseball for the better and forever. Moneyball is one of my all-time favorite sports books, and I rarely flip past the channel when I come across the movie on TV. Billy Beane made a name for himself by going against the grain and upsetting the system for evaluating pro-baseball player prospects. Instead of relying on the subjective observations of baseball insiders, he went beyond the commonly used statistics of stolen bases and batting average, and instead chose to analyze on-base percentage and slugging percentage as true indicators of player’s capability. This went against the conventional analysis and put Beane on the receiving end of a great deal of criticism. This criticism ended after the A’s set an American League record of 20 consecutive wins and secured the AL West division title, putting his objective approach on the map. When the Boston Red Sox replicated his process, they built a World Series Championship team in two years and won the title again three years later. Billy Beane stayed true to his belief even as baseball traditionalists told him over and over “this is not how baseball is played.” Scouts said their tacit understanding of the players “intangibles” and “tools” was the most effective way to build a team, not by the numbers. Billy Beane proved them wrong.