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Joe Peta

Goodreads Author

Born

in Allentown, PA, The United States

Website

http://tradingbases.squarespace.com/

Twitter

MagicRatSF

Genre

Sports, Business, Business

Influences

Pat Conroy, Michael Lewis, Warren Buffett, Bill James ...more

Member Since

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Raised in West Chester, PA by a first generation Italian-American father who adopted baseball as a symbol of his love of America, Joe Peta quickly learned the joy of following the sport --- and the pain of being a 1970s-era Phillies fan. Undaunted, by the time he was a teenager, Joe felt certain that his heroes Mike Schmidt, Larry Bowa, Steve Carlton, et al would one day be his co-workers.

While his father instilled a love of baseball in him, sadly, Joe inherited his mother's throwing arm, so by the time he was in college at Virginia Tech he turned his career ambitions toward the glamorous and fast-paced life of a Certified Public Accountant. His new heroes were men like Bill James and Warren Buffett and Joe parlayed his love of numbers into ...more

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Joe Peta’s books

Average rating: 4.05 · 1,528 ratings · 114 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order ) 4.03 avg rating — 1,396 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joe Peta's Tour Guide Presents A 2019 Masters Preview 4.34 avg rating — 80 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moneyball for the Money Set: Using Sports Analytics to Predict the Returns of Portfolio Managers with Startling Accuracy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trading Bases: How a Wall Street Trader Made a Fortune Betting on Baseball by Joe Peta(1996-03-09) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moneyball for the Money Set: Using Sports Analytics to Predict the Returns of Portfolio Managers with Startling Accuracy 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	(Trading Bases: How a Wall Street Trader Made a Fortune Betting on Baseball) [By: Peta, Joe] [Mar, 2014] by Joe Peta (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars