Moneyball and the Rise of Advanced Statistics in Sports

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Ever since organized sports began, people have been collecting statistics. These statistics were originally collected to let people know what happened during a game they might have missed. However, over time, these statistics became more and more sophisticated, and they eventually began dictating how the games themselves were to be played by uncovering truths that were overlooked. Learn more about Moneyball and the rise of statistics in sports on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ever since organized sports began, people have been collecting statistics.
0:04.0	These statistics were originally collected to let people know what happened during a game that they might have missed.
0:09.0	However, over time, these statistics became more and more sophisticated, and they eventually began
0:14.6	dictating how the games themselves were to be played by uncovering truths that were often overlooked.
0:20.9	Learn more about Moneyball and the rise of Statistics and Sports on this episode of Everything Everywhere
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1:35.1	about mathematics and business.
1:37.7	And for those of you who live in countries where they don't play baseball, again, the origins
1:41.6	of the story do start with baseball, but they most assuredly do not end there.
1:46.0	The story begins in 1858 when the game of baseball was still figuring out what the rules of the sport were.
1:52.0	One of the fathers of the sport were.
1:52.9	One of the fathers of the sport, Henry Chadwick, developed a succinct way to summarize
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