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Moneyball

Genre
Drama
Rating
PG-13
Released
19 September, 2011
Moneyball

Moneyball: 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. Its focus is the team's analytical, evidence-based, sabermetric approach to assembling a competitive baseball team despite Oakland's small budget. A film based on Lewis' book, starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, was released in 2011.

Author Michael Lewis
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Preceded by Next: The Future Just Happened
Followed by Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life

About Moneyball

Academy Award-nominated biographical sports drama about Oakland Athletics GM Billy Beane's unconventional approach to building a ball club using analytics for the 2002 season.

Achievement of Moneyball

The film is based on the 2003 Michael Lewis novel Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. 

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Latest information about Moneyball updated on July 28 2021.