American baseball player and executive (born 1962)
Not to be confused with another former Major League Baseball player, Billy Bean.
For other uses, see Billy Bean (disambiguation).
Baseball player
Billy Beane
Beane in 2012
Oakland Athletics
President of baseball operations
Born: (1962-03-29) March 29, 1962 (age 62) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 13, 1984, for the New York Mets
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1989, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average
.220
Home runs
3
Runs batted in
29
Teams
As player
New York Mets (1984–1985)
Minnesota Twins (1986–1987)
Detroit Tigers (1988)
Oakland Athletics (1989)
As general manager
Oakland Athletics (1997–2015)
Career highlights and awards
MLB Executive of the Year Award (2018)
3× Sporting News Executive of the Year (1999, 2012, 2018)
2× Baseball America Executive of the Year (2002, 2013)
William Lamar Beane III (born March 29, 1962) is an American former professional baseball player and current front office executive. He is currently senior advisor to owner John Fisher[1] and minority owner of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) and formerly the executive vice president of baseball operations. He is also minority owner of soccer clubs Barnsley of the EFL League One in England and AZ Alkmaar[2] of the Eredivisie in the Netherlands. From 1984 to 1989 he played in MLB as an outfielder for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and Oakland Athletics. He joined the Athletics' front office as a scout in 1990, was named general manager after the 1997 season, and was promoted to executive vice president after the 2015 season.
A first-round pick in the MLB draft by the Mets, Beane failed to meet the expectations of scouts, who projected him as a star. In his front-office career, Beane has applied statistical analysis (known as sabermetrics) to baseball, which has led teams to reconsider how they evaluate players. He is the subject of Michael Lewis's 2003 book on baseball economics, Moneyball, which was made into a 2011 film starring Brad Pitt as Beane.
^"A's architect Beane takes on new role as senior advisor". www.mlb.com. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
^"Billy Beane takes minority stake in AZ". www.az.nl. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
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