Billy Beane

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baseball executive former Major League Baseball player human

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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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