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• Billy Beane is a former Major League Baseball player who became the general manager of the Oakland Athletics in the late 1990s.

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: William Lamar Beane
  2. Born: March 29, 1962
  3. Birthplace: Orlando, Florida
  4. Height: 6'4"
  5. Weight: 195 lbs
  6. Position: Outfield
  7. Bats: Right
  8. Throws: Right
  9. College: University of California, San Diego
  10. Draft year: 1980
  11. Career batting average: .219Baseball-Reference.com: Billy Beane
  12. Career hits: 66Baseball-Reference.com: Billy Beane
  13. Career RBI: 29Baseball-Reference.com: Billy Beane
  14. Became Oakland Athletics GM in 1997

• Teams

  1. New York Mets (1984-1985)
  2. Minnesota Twins (1986-1987)
  3. Detroit Tigers (1988)
  4. Oakland Athletics (1989)

• Moneyball

  In 2003, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game was published. The book detailed Beane's unique approach to managing the A's—with a budget much smaller than many of his competitors, Beane used statistics such as On Base Percentage|on base percentage (OBP) to build a winning team without having to spend large sums of money on the salaries of marquee players. The book was written by Michael Lewis.Amazon.com: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

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