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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 Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) and formerly the executive vice president of baseball operations.
Billy Beane, General Manager 1998–2015; VP Baseball Operations 2015–present David Forst , General Manager 2015–present Michael Crowley , President 1998–2016
An analytics expert who learned under Billy Beane, ... The offseason stockpile in Los Angeles has extended to the front office, with news Monday that the Dodgers are bringing back former general ...
The central premise of Moneyball is that the collective wisdom of baseball insiders (including players, managers, coaches, scouts, and the front office) over the past century is outdated, subjective, and often flawed, and that the statistics traditionally used to gauge players, such as stolen bases, runs batted in, and batting average, are relics of a 19th-century view of the game. [1]
Billy Beane, the team's general manager, responded with a series of under-the-radar free agent signings. The new-look Athletics, despite a comparative lack of star power, surprised the baseball world by besting the 2001 team's regular season record.
The promotions fill areas of supervision that had been under Billy Bean, senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion until his death on Aug. 6 from acute myeloid leukemia.
He previously served as a front office assistant for the Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics, and New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). DePodesta was also general manager of MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers. He is also known for his appearance in the book and movie Moneyball about his early career as an assistant with the Athletics.
Jake Mintz & Jordan Shusterman talk about the White Sox finally snapping their 21-game losing streak, give a check in to the major end-of-year awards and remember the late Billy Bean and the ...