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Billy Bean: The Man Behind the Moneyball

The Real-Life Story Behind the Hit Movie

Billy Beane: The Man Behind the Moneyball

Billy Beane is a well-known American baseball player icon and an executive subject of Michael Lewis's 2003 book on Money Ball and the 2011 biographical drama film of the same name. Beane is married to Tara Beane. The couple has twins Brayden and Tinsley Beane. Beane attended the University of California San Diego during the 1980s, where he played college baseball for the UC San Diego Tritons.

In November 2022, the As announced Billy Beane's move into a new role as senior advisor to John Fisher. Bennett Miller's biographical drama Moneyball revolves around Billy Beane, the Oakland Athletics general manager who leads his team to success using sabermetrics, a statistical analysis of baseball data. Billy Beane also has a son named Brayden. He also has a newly famous pitcher named Braden as in Dallas Braden, who threw baseballs.