By 1982, ballantine books was publishing his yearly stats and views in a book called the baseball abstract. Paul depodesta wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The art of winning an unfair game michael lewis for billy fitzgerald i can still hear him shouting at me lately in a wreck of a californian ship, one of the. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. Depodesta was famously profiled in the book and hit movie moneyball.
Jun 30, 2014 moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. That may make for higher drama, but it doesnt really convey the truth and does something of a disservice to the real people involved. A harvard graduate and economics scholar, paul is responsible for introducing the new sabermetric approach to baseball management. Depodesta is perhaps best known as a key figure in michael lewis book moneyball, which detailed the ways the oakland athletics identified market inefficiencies to build a competitive team on a. In 2016, the cleveland browns hired paul depodesta as chief strategy officer. Paul depodesta born december 16, 1972 is an american football executive and former baseball executive who is the chief strategy officer for the cleveland browns of the national football league nfl. The film is based on michael lewis s 2003 nonfiction book of the same name, an account of the oakland athletics baseball teams 2002 season and their general manager billy beane s attempts to assemble a competitive team. Browns hire paul depodesta to bring moneyball to the nfl. He previously served as a frontoffice assistant for the cleveland indians, oakland athletics, and new york mets. Paul depodesta and the incoming football sabermetrics. Jul 28, 2016 paul depodesta, of moneyball fame, explains transition from mlb to nfl.
Paul depodesta helped john dorsey, browns create best. Mar 25, 2017 but most know him as the oakland athletics assistant general manager jonah hills character in moneyball, the academy awardnominated film starring brad pitt. How smart data is transforming criminal justice, healthcare, music, and even government spending. He was working on a sequel to his 2003 best seller moneyball, which. The lessons of moneyball for big data analysis data.
Formerly a front office assistant for the cleveland indians, oakland athletics and most recently the new york mets, he was also. How to find a ballplayer in michael lewiss moneyball. The moment you see michael lewis and billy beane together, you realise how moneyball. Paul depodesta explains why he didnt want his name used in. Paul depodesta from baseballs moneyball revolution to. He was previously the vice president of the new york mets and formerly served as the general manager of.
His entire career from high school forward is discussed at length. Its focus is the teams analytical, evidencebased, sabermetric approach to assembling a. An interactive timeline detailing the career of paul depodesta 95. Mar 11, 2016 former oakland as exec paul depodesta on moneyball strategy. Although he played college football and baseball at harvard, he wasnt mlbplayer material. Jan 05, 2016 browns hire moneyball executive paul depodesta to run their football team new, 39 comments the guy who jonah hill played in moneyball is now calling the shots in cleveland. Apr 11, 2016 a moneyball approach for the browns might not work in the nfl. Dec 03, 2016 more than a decade ago, michael lewis was following a group of young baseball players through the minor leagues. The term refers to a practice adopted by the oakland as general manager billy beane and assistant general manager paul depodesta in 2002 the.
Eric topols latest book, new york mets executive paul depodesta was struck by the parallels between. Following the lowbudget oakland athletics, their largerthanlife general manger, billy beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, michael lewis has written not only the single most influential baseball book ever rob neyer, slate but also what may be the best book ever written on business weekly standard. Long before big data analysis was cool, paul depodesta brought it to the big leagues. The most detailed book summary of moneyball by michael lewis. Browns to retain paul depodesta pro football rumors. The characters name is changed to pete brand and he joins the team in 2002. But like the 2002 as, moneyball beat the odds and landed in theaters on friday september 23. But rather than being set in a high school or summer camp. The art of winning an unfair game from the worlds largest community of readers. The art of winning an unfair game by michael lewis, we wondered how legit the movie was and what hollywood got wrong or just plain left out.
Paul depodesta, of moneyball fame, explains transition from mlb to nfl duration. Paul depodesta on his time with the oakland as and the future of analytics. Depodesta gained notoriety after the publication of michael lewis bestselling book, moneyball, which was later adapted into a popular motion picture. Anne milgram wants to moneyball the criminal justice system. As journalist michael lewis recounted in his book, moneyball, even hatteberg hadnt the slightest idea why the oakland as were so interested in him. Depodesta was brought in as part of the kellstadt speaker series, hosted by marquettes marketing department, and spoke in weasler auditorium. Get all the key plot points of michael lewiss moneyball on one page. Browns hire moneyball executive paul depodesta to run their. Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Moneyball is a fascinating look at how the manager of the oakland as used statistical methods to assemble the best baseball team he could given his limited budget. Paul depodesta and the incoming football sabermetrics revolution. New york met vp paul depodesta talks about the journey of examining data differently.
He is the author of five books, including a collection of his columns entitled, plaschke. Here, in cheatsheet form, is the story of how it all came to pass. Paul hadnt played pro ball, reads the first description of depodesta in moneyball, the 2004 michael lewis book on the art of winning an unfair game that inspired an oscarnominated film and years worth of debates and catchphrases. The story culminated into both a ny times bestselling book by michael lewis and blockbuster movie featuring brad pitt titled, moneyball. Moneyball is a 2011 american sports film directed by bennett miller and written by steven zaillian and aaron sorkin.
For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one. Jul 29, 2011 like the cheesiest of summer teen movies, michael lewiss moneyball tells a story of how the geeks and the freaks outsmarted the jocks. The news was first reported by new york posts joel sherman and espns chris mortensen and the browns have since confirmed the hiring. Moneyball details how oakland athletics general manager billy beane and depodesta, portrayed by jonah hill in the movie, used sports analytics to propel the team to a recordbreaking winning streak and the 2002 american league championship series. By 2002, he assembles a sabermetricfocused team in the front office, most notably his assistant gm paul depodesta, who had graduated from harvard with a degree in economics and has never played. Today depodesta, 40, is vice president of scouting and player development for the new york mets. In the movie paul depodesta is billy beanes assistant gm and has been since 1999. The cleveland browns and paul depodesta brought moneyball. Its based on the true story of the oakland as general manager billy beane and how he used statistics to scout talent, choose players, and turn a losing team around.
The art of winning an unfair game is a book by michael lewis, published in 2003, about the oakland athletics baseball team and its general manager billy beane. Why paul depodesta is bringing moneyball to the browns. Depodesta s reliance on advanced statistics and sabermetrics to make personnel decisions made him a major character in the 2003 book moneyball and the 2011 film adaptation, in. He could have had his name, his image and his story immortalized on the big screen in moneyball, the film about the 2002 oakland athletics set to. Mlb moneyball exec paul depodesta leaves mets to take. A former baseball and football player at harvard university, depodesta began his majorleague frontoffice career as an advance scout and assistant in baseball operations for. Paul hadnt played pro ball, reads the first description of depodesta in moneyball, the 2004 michael lewis book on the art of winning an unfair game that. I read moneyball at a time when i wasnt reading too much besides preschool kids books and reread it for the baseball book club i am a part of on good reads. Beane and paul depodesta, beanes top assistant during the time lewis reported the book, werent focused on building a better mouse trap. The moneyball quotes below are all either spoken by paul depodesta or refer to paul depodesta. With all of his earnings from his profession, he is living a life of luxury with his family. Apr 22, 2016 in truth, the signal figure of the moneyball era may not have been beane, the charismatic guerrilla bro, but his assistant paul depodesta, whose computer discovered the hidden talents of players. Thats the question everyone is asking this week in response to the browns hiring paul depodesta, the analytics maven who was prominently featured in the book moneyball.
Bill james and billy beane inarguably pioneered the practical use of data in sports. This story appears in espn the magazines april 25 nfl draft issue. Sep 26, 2011 the man behind the moneyball sabermetrics bill james was working at a kansas cannery when he came up with an idea that would transform baseball. Paul depodesta has made a career of evaluating, measuring, and assigning value to talent, as documented in michael lewiss book, moneyball. Exdodgers gm wants say in browns playcalling, reports. Cleveland browns paul depodesta on the use of analytics. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. What was moneyball and how did it affect baseball in oakland. Browns fire vp sashi brown depodesta was brought on in 2016 to help spearhead the browns analytical efforts. Former oakland as exec paul depodesta on moneyball strategy. The character of paul depodesta in moneyball from litcharts.
Jonah hill portrays brand, a yaleeducated research geek, who can crunch numbers and come up with canny suggestions about finding true baseball diamonds in the rough. The cleveland browns are always fodder for sports fans. Current atlanta braves president of baseball operations john hart recognized promoted depodesta to special assistant to. The moneyball methodology has become a mainstay strategy for business leaders looking for new approaches for overhauling stagnant systems. For the time being, chief strategy officer paul depodesta and vice president of player personnel andrew berry will keep their jobs, mary kay cabot of the plain dealer hears. Get the main points of moneyball with shortform book summaries. For most of the book, paul depodesta is billy beanes assistant and righthand man. Paul worked in the front offices of major league baseball for over 20 years and is well known internationally for his contributions to the moneyball era when he and billy beane managed a small group of undervalued professional baseball players and executives, many of whom had been rejected as unfit for the big leagues, who had. Mets vice president of player development and amateur scouting paul depodesta has come a long way from his portrayal in the book moneyball as a. Its focus is the teams analytical, evidencebased, sabermetric approach to assembling a competitive baseball team despite oaklands small budget.
Fixit, takes his tools to the browns paul depodesta, right, with mets manager terry collins in 2011. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, michael lewis follows the lowbudget oakland as, visionary general manager billy beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball theorists. The paul depodesta story sports the harvard crimson. Moneyball summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. Sep 22, 2011 the biggest problem with the idea of those three as this trio of moneyball players who were picked off the scrap heap to help return the as to glory in 2002 is that jeremy giambi played 124. Jan 20, 2015 cdadapco, the largest privately held cfd focused provider of computer aided engineering software, is pleased to announce that professional baseball executive and one of the leaders of the moneyball revolution paul depodesta will be the keynote speaker at the star global conference 2015 to be held march 1618 in san diego. Paul depodesta, a core contributor to the concept behind the movie and best selling book moneyball, explains his technique of successfully combining analytics and critical thinking to create the perfect team in this oneonone interview. Depodesta was a key figure in michael lewiss book moneyball.
It treats a topic that would seem to interest only sports fans. Realizing that baseball fans wanted more and more stats for lots of reasons including a growing interest in baseball fantasy leagues bill invested in and became the creative director for a preexisting company called stats, inc. Desperate to address organizational chaos, browns owner jimmy haslam reached into the world of baseball analytics and hired paul depodesta of moneyball fame to reshape the woeful cleveland franchise. And today, his story will be told on the big screen. As everybody who read lewis celebrated 2003 book knows, the as signed hatteberg with the encouragement of the teams bright young assistant general manager, paul depodesta. Browns hire moneyball executive paul depodesta to run. But if you are interested in what happens behind the scenes, moneyball, by michael lewis, is a dilemmapacked, what next, classic how to outsmart the knowitallidiot story. You will discover the importance of decision making as well as the role of analytics in building the perfect team. A film based on lewis book, starring brad pitt and jonah hill, was released in. While cleveland browns executive paul depodesta was waiting in line to head home from the nfl combine. A decade after the start of ssac, we bring together the founder. The book thrust the analytical principles of sabermetrics into the mainstream.
So when the team announced tuesday that they hired paul depodesta from the new york mets as chief strategy officer, things were ratcheted up. Paul depodesta is an american football and baseball executive. The art of winning an unfair game paperback march 17, 2004. There were reports that depodesta had denied the rights to his own name, but depodesta said with a laugh, i dont have that kind of. Depodesta, of moneyball and browns fame, visits campus. The real depodesta played both football and baseball while attending harvard university. Michael lewis follows the story of general manager billy bean and his 2002 oakland as, a low budget baseball team that managed to win their division going away. Depodesta, 43, had been viewed as the eventual successor to sandy. Paul depodesta is captured to a t in film moneyball. How did a moneyball geek turn the cleveland browns into a. Moneyball is compelling, but leaves out much of the real.
Paul depodesta explains why he didnt want his name used. Moneyball by michael lewis is more than just a book about baseball as most may believe it to be. Paul depodesta born december 16, 1972 is the chief strategy officer for the cleveland browns of the national football league nfl. The art of winning an unfair game by michael lewis w. It is a novel about business, leadership, character, and overcoming the odds and competition no matter how much of a disadvantage there may be. With that in mind, heres a look at the browns chief strategy officer paul depodesta, originally published in april 2016. Paul depodesta was an experienced scout and upwardly mobile member of an indians leadership team he joined 1996 as a scout. Im glad that i finally decided to give moneyball a try. A moneyball approach for the browns might not work in the. From michael lewis, a portrait of the men who shaped moneyball. Despite his cumlaude degree in economics, he signed a contract with the oakland as in 1999 to be a scout after working with the cleveland indians. Did billy beane really buy paul depodesta from the.
Scarcely a week goes by without some franchise being credited with successful use of moneyball statistics but is michael. In moneyball, a 2011 film based on michael lewiss book about billy beane and the analytics revolution, jonah hill portrays depodesta as a numbercrunching assistant gm who helps shape the oakland. The cleveland browns have hired new york mets vice president of player development and scouting paul depodesta as their new chief strategy officer. Paul argued that most baseball scouts were biased in favor of what they could see with their own eyes. Depodesta, a former general manager of the dodgers, was the second.