Billy Beane

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Billy Beane is a former Major League Baseball player turned executive best known for pioneering the data-driven "Moneyball" approach to team building with the Oakland Athletics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball executive
former Major League Baseball player
human
bats right
battingAverageMLB .219
bookAuthor_Moneyball Michael Lewis
dateOfBirth 1962-03-29
draftedBy New York Mets
draftOverallPick 23
draftRound 1
draftYear 1980
employer Oakland Athletics
filmReleaseYear_Moneyball 2011
finalMLBSeason 1989
fullName William Lamar Beane III
gender male
givenName William
highSchoolAttended Mount Carmel High School
surface form: Mt. Carmel High School
highSchoolLocation San Diego, California, United States
homeRunsMLB 3
knownFor Moneyball
surface form: Moneyball approach to roster construction

pioneering data-driven baseball decision-making
use of sabermetrics in player evaluation
leagueAssociatedWith Major League Baseball
MLBDebutTeam New York Mets
MLBDebutYear 1984
nationality American
nickname Billy Beane self-link
placeOfBirth Orlando, Florida, United States
playedForTeam Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
New York Mets
Oakland Athletics
playedPosition outfielder
portrayedBy Brad Pitt
positionHeld executive vice president of baseball operations of the Oakland Athletics
general manager of the Oakland Athletics
minority owner of the Oakland Athletics
runsBattedInMLB 29
startTime_positionHeld_generalManager_OaklandAthletics 1997
strategyEmphasized cost-effective player acquisition
on-base percentage
subjectOf book "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game"
Moneyball
surface form: film "Moneyball"
teamAssociatedWith Oakland Athletics
throws right
turnedDownScholarshipFrom Stanford University

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Oakland Athletics notableExecutive Billy Beane
Moneyball characterPortrayed Billy Beane
Moneyball portrays Billy Beane
Billy Beane nickname Billy Beane self-link
Bean hasVariant Billy Beane
this entity surface form: Beane