Statistics for Moneyball the Novel Multiple Choice

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who was the General Manager for the team in focus?	Billy Beane	96%
Which team did the book follow during the 2002 MLB season?	Oakland Athletics	96%
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	92%
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	92%
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	88%
What made relief pitcher Chad Bradford so different from other pitchers?	He threw submarine style and very slow, making him very hard to hit	88%
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	88%
Who played the main character in the 2011 film adaptation of novel?	Brad Pitt	84%
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 %	84%
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	76%
What author was the main source of the new-style thinking implemented by the team in focus?	Bill James	68%
What was the name of the new system of statistic-based analyzation that was implemented by the team in focus?	Sabermetrics	68%
True or False? The team in focus heavily relied on stolen bases and sacrifice bunts to "manufacture" runs	False	64%
What was the final result for the 2002 season for the team in focus?	They lost in the first round in 5 games	60%
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	48%

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