Billy Beane
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[edit] Biography
William Lamar "Billy" Beane (born March 29, 1962 in Orlando, Florida, is a former Major League Baseball player and the current general manager of the Oakland Athletics. Whether "a former worker with mediocre talent" or "the patron saint of sabermetrics," Beane is (at least according to secretaries in the New York Mets front office) the best-looking general manager in baseball, as well as the coolest. He has worked for the Athletics since his retirement as a player in 1989, and was named their GM in 1998.
Beane, who grew up in the San Diego area, was a first-round choice by the New York Mets in the 1980 MLB amateur draft, and played parts of six seasons as a reserve outfielder in the major leagues, with the Mets, the Minnesota Twins, the Detroit Tigers and the A's, from 1984 to 1989. He was on the bench for two World Series wins - with the Twins in 1987, and the A's in 1989. He completed his 148-game career with a .219 batting average and 3 home runs.
He then moved into the A's front office, becoming an advance scout, and eventually an assistant to then-A's GM Sandy Alderson in 1993. In 1997, Alderson stepped down as GM and Beane replaced him. Since then, Beane has crafted the A's into one of the most successful regular-season teams in baseball, primarily through the shrewd application of sabermetric principles. Despite this, the A's have been repeatedly thwarted in their bid to win in the playoffs.
On top of those playoff failures, he hasn't written a book, either, despite what Joe Morgan may or may not have claimed. But in 2003, Beane, his team, and his approach to running an organization were the subject of the book Moneyball, by Michael Lewis.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | NY | N | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NY | N | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .375 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | MIN | A | 80 | 183 | 20 | 39 | 3 | 15 | .213 | .258 | .295 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1987 | MIN | A | 12 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .267 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DET | A | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | OAK | A | 37 | 79 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 11 | .241 | .237 | .304 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | NL | 13 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 135 | 283 | 30 | 63 | 3 | 28 | .223 | .251 | .300 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 148 | 301 | 30 | 66 | 3 | 29 | .219 | .246 | .296 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | NY | N | RF | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1984 | NY | N | LF | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1984 | NY | N | OF | 5 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1984 | NY | N | CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1985 | NY | N | OF | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1985 | NY | N | RF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1985 | NY | N | LF | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1986 | MIN | A | OF | 67 | 47 | 412.1 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1986 | MIN | A | CF | 5 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1986 | MIN | A | LF | 64 | 46 | 395.1 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1986 | MIN | A | RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1986 | MIN | A | DH | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1987 | MIN | A | OF | 7 | 2 | 23.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1987 | MIN | A | RF | 7 | 2 | 23.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1988 | DET | A | LF | 4 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1988 | DET | A | CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1988 | DET | A | OF | 6 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1988 | DET | A | RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1989 | OAK | A | OF | 25 | 19 | 160.2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1989 | OAK | A | DH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1989 | OAK | A | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1989 | OAK | A | RF | 21 | 18 | 145.2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1989 | OAK | A | LF | 4 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1989 | OAK | A | 1B | 4 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
| 1989 | OAK | A | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | LF | 75 | 50 | 443.1 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | 1B | 4 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 | ||
| Total | CF | 7 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | OF | 112 | 72 | 647.2 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | DH | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Total | RF | 33 | 21 | 186.1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Mets in the 1st round (23rd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1980).
- Traded by New York Mets with Bill Latham and Joe Klink to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Tim Teufel and Pat Crosby (January 16, 1986).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Balvino Galvez (March 24, 1988).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1988).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (November 30, 1988).
