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The role was originally going to be given DePodesta's name and portrayed by Demetri Martin, but DePodesta did not want his name or likeness to be used in the movie, so the character was named Peter Brand.
Mar 23, 2024 · Paul DePodesta was a baseball strategist who inspired Jonah Hill's character in Moneyball. Learn about his role in the Oakland A's, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the sabermetrics revolution in sports.
- Colin Mccormick
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Sep 16, 2011 · As noted in my review of “Moneyball” earlier this week Jonah Hill’s assistant general manager character is named “Peter Brand” because Paul DePodesta didn’t want his real name used in the movie.
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Feb 1, 2024 · Peter Brand is an assistant general manager who uses data to scout players in the movie Moneyball, inspired by the book of the same name. The character is loosely based on Paul DePodesta, who worked for the Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Dodgers in real life.
Aug 5, 2022 · The character of Peter Brand, who plays Beane’s data-crunching sidekick, was based on baseball firebrand Paul DePodesta. The movie largely portrays DePodesta as a shy spectator of the sport. In reality, DePodesta was a seasoned athlete and a budding baseball scout.
Nov 1, 2023 · The character of Peter Brand in Moneyball, played by Jonah Hill, is a largely fictionalized version of Paul DePodesta. Unlike the timid and unathletic Yale-educated Brand, DePodesta was a confident and athletic Harvard graduate who had played both football and baseball in college.
In the film, Beane and assistant general manager Peter Brand , faced with the franchise's limited budget for players, build a team of undervalued talent by taking a sophisticated sabermetric approach to scouting and analyzing players.
