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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American baseball player and executive (born 1962)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with another former Major League Baseball player, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bean" title="Billy Bean">Billy Bean</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a 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.ib-baseball-bio-member-header{background:#3d0001}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member[style*="background"]{background:#0c0a6b!important}}</style><table class="infobox ib-baseball-bio vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color: #003831 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><span class="note">Billy Beane</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Billy_Beane_-_General_Manager_Oakland_As_(5964095428).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Billy_Beane_-_General_Manager_Oakland_As_%285964095428%29.jpg/220px-Billy_Beane_-_General_Manager_Oakland_As_%285964095428%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Billy_Beane_-_General_Manager_Oakland_As_%285964095428%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="326" data-file-height="378" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Beane in 2012</div></td></tr><tr style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><span class="note" style="font-weight:bold">Athletics </span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Senior advisor</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1962-03-29</span>) </span>March 29, 1962<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 62)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color: #003831 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 13, 1984, for the New York Mets</td></tr><tr style="background-color: #003831 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 1, 1989, for the Oakland Athletics</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.220</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">Runs batted in</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">29</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beanebi01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26122#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color: #003831 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>As player</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> (<a href="/wiki/1984_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1984 Major League Baseball season">1984</a>–<a href="/wiki/1985_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1985 Major League Baseball season">1985</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> (<a href="/wiki/1986_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1986 Major League Baseball season">1986</a>–<a href="/wiki/1987_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1987 Major League Baseball season">1987</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1988_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1988 Major League Baseball season">1988</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (<a href="/wiki/1989_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1989 Major League Baseball season">1989</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>As general manager</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (<a href="/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1997 Major League Baseball season">1997</a>–<a href="/wiki/2015_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2015 Major League Baseball season">2015</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color: #003831 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Executive of the Year Award">MLB Executive of the Year Award</a> (<a href="/wiki/2018_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2018 Major League Baseball season">2018</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" title="Sporting News Executive of the Year Award"><i>Sporting News</i> Executive of the Year</a> (1999, 2012, 2018)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Baseball_America_Major_League_Executive_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball America Major League Executive of the Year"><i>Baseball America</i> Executive of the Year</a> (2002, 2013)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Lamar Beane III</b> (born March 29, 1962) is an American former <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> player and current <a href="/wiki/Front_office_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Front office (sports)">front office</a> executive. He is currently senior advisor to owner <a href="/wiki/John_Fisher_(baseball_owner)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Fisher (baseball owner)">John Fisher</a><sup id="cite_ref-mlb.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlb.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and minority owner of the <a href="/wiki/Athletics_(baseball)" title="Athletics (baseball)">Athletics</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) and formerly the executive vice president of baseball operations. He is also minority owner of soccer clubs <a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a> of the <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">EFL League One</a> in England and <a href="/wiki/AZ_Alkmaar" title="AZ Alkmaar">AZ Alkmaar</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/Eredivisie" title="Eredivisie">Eredivisie</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. From 1984 to 1989 he played in MLB as an <a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">outfielder</a> for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>. He joined the Athletics' front office as a <a href="/wiki/Scout_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout (sports)">scout</a> in 1990, was named <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a> after the 1997 season, and was promoted to executive vice president after the 2015 season. </p><p>A first-round pick in the <a href="/wiki/MLB_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB draft">MLB draft</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Sabermetrics" title="Sabermetrics">sabermetrics</a>) to baseball, which has led teams to reconsider how they evaluate players. He is the subject of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Lewis" title="Michael Lewis">Michael Lewis</a>'s 2003 book on baseball economics, <i><a href="/wiki/Moneyball:_The_Art_of_Winning_an_Unfair_Game" title="Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game">Moneyball</a></i>, which was made into a <a href="/wiki/Moneyball_(film)" title="Moneyball (film)">2011 film</a> starring <a href="/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a> as Beane. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Beane&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beane grew up in <a href="/wiki/Mayport,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayport, Florida">Mayport, Florida</a>, and <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Military_brat_(U.S._subculture)" title="Military brat (U.S. subculture)">child of a career military family</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-moneyball6_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moneyball6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, a naval officer, taught him how to pitch.<sup id="cite_ref-moneyball6_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moneyball6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beane attended <a href="/wiki/Mt._Carmel_High_School_(San_Diego,_California)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mt. Carmel High School (San Diego, California)">Mt. Carmel High School</a> in San Diego, where he excelled at <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-moneyball6_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moneyball6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The high school coach added Beane to the varsity baseball team for the last game of his freshman season.<sup id="cite_ref-moneyball6_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moneyball6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beane <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batted</a> .501 during his sophomore and junior years of high school.<sup id="cite_ref-moneyball6_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moneyball6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his senior season, his batting average dropped to .300.<sup id="cite_ref-moneyball9_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moneyball9-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the decrease in batting average, <a href="/wiki/Scout_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout (sports)">scouts</a> were enamored with Beane's talent.<sup id="cite_ref-moneyball9_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moneyball9-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beane gave up football to avoid an injury that could prematurely end his baseball career.<sup id="cite_ref-moneyball10_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moneyball10-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> tried to recruit Beane on a joint baseball–football scholarship as the <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> who would succeed then-sophomore <a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">John Elway</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford Cardinal football</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-moneyball10_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moneyball10-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Baseball_career">Baseball career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Beane&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Baseball career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Beane&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, who had the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_first_overall_draft_choices" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Major League Baseball first overall draft choices">first overall selection</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 Major League Baseball Draft">1980 Major League Baseball Draft</a>, liked Beane's talent and considered choosing him with the first pick.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because many teams believed he would attend Stanford and not sign with a professional team,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beane fell to the 23rd pick, where he was taken by the Mets, who had two other first-round picks that year, allowing them to risk Beane not signing.<sup id="cite_ref-moneyball11_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moneyball11-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After visiting the Mets clubhouse, Beane decided to sign with the Mets for a <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$125,000</span> (equivalent to $462,237 in 2023) <a href="/wiki/Signing_bonus" title="Signing bonus">signing bonus</a>. Beane called his decision to sign with the Mets instead of going to Stanford as the "only decision he would ever make in his life about money."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Believing Beane to be a more refined player than their top first round pick, <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Strawberry" title="Darryl Strawberry">Darryl Strawberry</a>, the Mets assigned Strawberry to play rookie ball with other high school draftees while Beane was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Little_Falls_Mets" title="Little Falls Mets">Little Falls Mets</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Class_A_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class A (baseball)">Class A</a> <a href="/wiki/New_York%E2%80%93Penn_League" title="New York–Penn League">New York–Penn League</a>, with players drafted out of college.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beane struggled in his first season, batting .210.<sup id="cite_ref-Moneyball,_p._44_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moneyball,_p._44-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was unable to make the adjustments necessary when playing tougher competition. The Mets promoted Beane to the <a href="/wiki/Lynchburg_Mets" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynchburg Mets">Lynchburg Mets</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Class_A-Advanced" class="mw-redirect" title="Class A-Advanced">Class A-Advanced</a> <a href="/wiki/Carolina_League" title="Carolina League">Carolina League</a> in 1981. After a solid season, he was promoted to the <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Mets" title="Jackson Mets">Jackson Mets</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Class_AA" class="mw-redirect" title="Class AA">Class AA</a> <a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a> in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-Moneyball,_p._44_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moneyball,_p._44-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Strawberry was the league's <a href="/wiki/Most_valuable_player" title="Most valuable player">most valuable player</a>, Beane batted .220.<sup id="cite_ref-moneyball45_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moneyball45-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beane began questioning himself, while his new roommate, <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Dykstra" title="Lenny Dykstra">Lenny Dykstra</a>, succeeded with unwavering confidence and superior mental focus.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Billy_Beane_1989.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Billy_Beane_1989.jpg/265px-Billy_Beane_1989.jpg" decoding="async" width="265" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Billy_Beane_1989.jpg/398px-Billy_Beane_1989.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Billy_Beane_1989.jpg/530px-Billy_Beane_1989.jpg 2x" data-file-width="625" data-file-height="464" /></a><figcaption>Beane at the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Coliseum" title="Oakland Coliseum">Oakland Coliseum</a> in 1989, during his time with the A's</figcaption></figure> <p>Beane remained in Jackson until 1984, when he received his first promotion to MLB, appearing in five games for the <a href="/wiki/1984_New_York_Mets_season" title="1984 New York Mets season">1984 New York Mets</a>. In 1985, Beane spent most of the season with the <a href="/wiki/Tidewater_Tides" class="mw-redirect" title="Tidewater Tides">Tidewater Tides</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Class AAA</a> <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a>, getting called up to the <a href="/wiki/1985_New_York_Mets_season" title="1985 New York Mets season">1985 Mets</a> for eight games. He <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batted</a> .284 for the Tides in 1985, leading the team with 19 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> and 77 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the season, the Mets traded Beane with <a href="/wiki/Joe_Klink" title="Joe Klink">Joe Klink</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Latham_(baseball)" title="Bill Latham (baseball)">Bill Latham</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> for <a href="/wiki/Tim_Teufel" title="Tim Teufel">Tim Teufel</a> and Pat Crosby, a minor league player.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Twins entered <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> prepared to give Beane the job as their starting <a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">left fielder</a> over incumbent <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Hatcher" title="Mickey Hatcher">Mickey Hatcher</a>, but he dealt with injuries and ineffectiveness.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beane appeared in 80 games for the <a href="/wiki/1986_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1986 Minnesota Twins season">1986 Minnesota Twins</a>, batting .216.<sup id="cite_ref-lat_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also appeared in 32 games for the <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Mud_Hens" title="Toledo Mud Hens">Toledo Mud Hens</a> of the International League. The Twins sent Beane to their new Class-AAA affiliate, the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Beavers" title="Portland Beavers">Portland Beavers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> (PCL), after spring training in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After batting .285 for Portland, Beane received a call-up to the Twins after the September 1 roster expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-lat_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared in 12 games for the <a href="/wiki/1987_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1987 Minnesota Twins season">1987 Minnesota Twins</a>. </p><p>The Twins traded Beane to the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> for <a href="/wiki/Balvino_G%C3%A1lvez" title="Balvino Gálvez">Balvino Gálvez</a> during spring training in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made the Tigers' opening-day roster that season as an injury fill-in,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was optioned in late April to Toledo,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> now serving as Detroit's Class-AAA affiliate, where he spent most of the season. During this time, he played in the same outfield as another player with nearly the same name—<a href="/wiki/Billy_Bean" title="Billy Bean">Billy Bean</a>—and also had a teammate with the name Rice.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beane appeared in six games for the <a href="/wiki/1988_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1988 Detroit Tigers season">1988 Tigers</a>. Granted free agency after the 1988 season, Beane signed with the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>, appearing in 37 games with the <a href="/wiki/1989_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1989 Oakland Athletics season">1989 Athletics</a>, batting .241 in 79 <a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">at-bats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oak1989_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oak1989-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beane spent most of the season with the Class-AAA <a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tacoma Tigers">Tacoma Tigers</a> of the PCL. He re-signed with the Athletics for the 1990 season,<sup id="cite_ref-oak1989_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oak1989-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was sent down to the minor leagues at the end of spring training.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Front_office_career">Front office career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Beane&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Front office career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Weary of the lifestyle of a minor league player, Beane approached Athletics GM <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Alderson" title="Sandy Alderson">Sandy Alderson</a> a day after he was reassigned to minor league camp in April 1990 for a job as an <a href="/wiki/Scout_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout (sports)">advance scout</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beane held that position through 1993, when he was promoted to assistant GM of the Athletics, tasked with scouting minor-league players.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the ownership of <a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Haas_Jr." title="Walter A. Haas Jr.">Walter A. Haas Jr.</a>, the Athletics appeared in three consecutive <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> from 1988 through 1990, and had the highest payroll in baseball in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Haas died in 1995, and new owners <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Schott" title="Stephen Schott">Stephen Schott</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hofmann" title="Ken Hofmann">Ken Hofmann</a> ordered Alderson to slash payroll.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To field a competitive roster on a limited budget, Alderson began focusing on <a href="/wiki/Sabermetric" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabermetric">sabermetric</a> principles to obtain undervalued players. He valued <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a> among hitters.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alderson taught Beane to find value that other teams did not see using sabermetrics.<sup id="cite_ref-Moneyball_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moneyball-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beane succeeded Alderson as GM on October 17, 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued Alderson's crafting of the Athletics into one of the most cost-effective teams in baseball. For example, in the <a href="/wiki/2006_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2006 Major League Baseball season">2006 MLB season</a>, the Athletics ranked 24th of 30 major league teams in player salaries but had the 5th-best regular-season record.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Moneyball_21_(6783735346).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Moneyball_21_%286783735346%29.jpg/250px-Moneyball_21_%286783735346%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Moneyball_21_%286783735346%29.jpg/375px-Moneyball_21_%286783735346%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Moneyball_21_%286783735346%29.jpg/500px-Moneyball_21_%286783735346%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2331" data-file-height="1663" /></a><figcaption>Beane <i>(left)</i> at the 2011 <a href="/wiki/Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="Toronto International Film Festival">Toronto International Film Festival</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Athletics reached the playoffs in four consecutive years from 2000 through 2003, losing in the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Division_Series" title="American League Division Series">American League Division Series</a> each year. In 2002, the Athletics became the first team in the 100+ years of <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> (AL) baseball to win 20 consecutive games. After the 2002 season, the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> made Beane an offer of $12.5 million to become their GM,<sup id="cite_ref-Moneyball_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moneyball-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but he declined.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 15, 2005, Beane received a contract extension to remain with the Athletics as the team's general manager through 2012, and new team owner <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Wolff" title="Lewis Wolff">Lewis Wolff</a> awarded Beane a small portion of the team's ownership.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They won their first playoff series under Beane in 2006 when they swept the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2006_American_League_Division_Series" title="2006 American League Division Series">American League Division Series</a>, but were swept by the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2006_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2006 American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a>. </p><p>From their 2006 playoff appearance until 2012, the Athletics did not make the playoffs or finish above .500, which triggered criticism of Beane and his approach in some quarters, especially in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-Bryant_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bryant-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beane largely dismisses criticism of his approach, indicating that his philosophy revolves around research and analysis.<sup id="cite_ref-Bryant_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bryant-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many other general managers have followed Beane's strategy and now use similar approaches.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2009, <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> named Beane #10 on its list of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_2009_all-decade_Sports_Illustrated_awards_and_honors#Top_10_GMs/Executives_of_the_Decade" title="List of 2009 all-decade Sports Illustrated awards and honors">Top 10 GMs/Executives of the Decade</a> in all sports.<sup id="cite_ref-si_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:27.5%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>It's all about evaluating skills and putting a price on them. Thirty years ago, stockbrokers used to buy stock strictly by feel. Let's put it this way: Anyone in the game with a <a href="/wiki/401(k)" title="401(k)">401(k)</a> has a choice. They can choose a fund manager who manages their retirement by gut instinct, or one who chooses by research and analysis. I know which way I'd choose. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Billy Beane<sup id="cite_ref-Bryant_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bryant-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>While "Moneyball" had already changed how MLB players were valued, Beane had begun concentrating on high school players, a group he once largely ignored, in the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball Draft">MLB draft</a>, considering them to be heavily undervalued.<sup id="cite_ref-Bryant_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bryant-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and other like-minded GMs also changed their draft strategies to focus more on defensive skills, which became undervalued in the years immediately after the Moneyball revolution. This new emphasis on defense was displayed in the <a href="/wiki/2010_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2010 Oakland Athletics season">2010 season</a>; although the Athletics finished at .500 and again missed the playoffs, they led MLB in defensive efficiency, measured as the percentage of balls put into play by opponents that resulted in outs, and allowed the fewest runs in the AL.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2012, the Athletics extended Beane's contract through 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2012_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2012 Oakland Athletics season">2012 season</a>, the Athletics again made the playoffs under Beane, winning the AL West title on the last day of the regular season. The Athletics returned to the playoffs in 2013 by winning the American League West division title again, the team's first back-to-back division championships since the 2002 and 2003 seasons. </p><p>On October 5, 2015, the Athletics announced that Beane had been promoted to executive vice president of baseball operations. Assistant GM <a href="/wiki/David_Forst" title="David Forst">David Forst</a> assumed the job of general manager.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2022, Beane transitioned into a new role as senior advisor to owner <a href="/wiki/John_Fisher_(baseball_owner)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Fisher (baseball owner)">John Fisher</a>, and Forst became the new head of baseball operations.<sup id="cite_ref-mlb.com_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlb.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities_outside_baseball">Activities outside baseball</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Beane&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Activities outside baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soccer">Soccer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Beane&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Soccer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the Athletics ownership group agreed to purchase the reincarnation of the <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Earthquakes" title="San Jose Earthquakes">San Jose Earthquakes</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a>, Beane, who has expressed a passion for soccer, began developing a system for objectively analyzing soccer players. He has agreed to help the Earthquakes front office develop a method for building a cost-effective team, as the salary cap in MLS is even more restrictive than the Athletics status as a small-market team in Major League Baseball.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, a system has yet to be implemented. </p><p>Beane has regarded <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>'s former manager <a href="/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Wenger" title="Arsène Wenger">Arsène Wenger</a> as a personal idol. Beane has held discussions with Wenger, former <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United F.C.</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ferguson" title="Alex Ferguson">Alex Ferguson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool F.C.</a> owner <a href="/wiki/John_W._Henry" title="John W. Henry">John W. Henry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His friendship with ex-Arsenal scout <a href="/wiki/Damien_Comolli" title="Damien Comolli">Damien Comolli</a> and Arsenal owner <a href="/wiki/Stan_Kroenke" title="Stan Kroenke">Stan Kroenke</a> allowed him to delve deep into the world of English soccer.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2015, the Dutch soccer club <a href="/wiki/AZ_Alkmaar" title="AZ Alkmaar">AZ Alkmaar</a>, under general director <a href="/wiki/Robert_Eenhoorn" title="Robert Eenhoorn">Robert Eenhoorn</a>, a former major leaguer, hired Beane as an advisor.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a shareholder of the club five years later. acquiring a 5% stake in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 19, 2017, Beane became part of a consortium led by <a href="/wiki/Chien_Lee" title="Chien Lee">Chien Lee</a> to purchase <a href="/wiki/Barnsley_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Barnsley Football Club">Barnsley Football Club</a>, which plays in the <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">EFL League One</a>, the third tier of the <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football league system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Software_industry">Software industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Beane&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Software industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 4, 2007, the software company <a href="/wiki/NetSuite" title="NetSuite">NetSuite</a> named Beane to its board of directors; NetSuite co-founder Evan Goldberg cited Beane's ability to combine facts with instinct.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beane also served as a consultant for, and appears in, the video game <i><a href="/wiki/MLB_Front_Office_Manager" title="MLB Front Office Manager">MLB Front Office Manager</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-gamestopprev_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamestopprev-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-beaneadvise_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beaneadvise-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Moneyball"><i>Moneyball</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Beane&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Moneyball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Author <a href="/wiki/Michael_Lewis_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Lewis (author)">Michael Lewis</a>' 2003 best-selling book <i><a href="/wiki/Moneyball:_The_Art_of_Winning_an_Unfair_Game" title="Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game">Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game</a>,</i> explores Beane's methods as the GM of the Athletics and how he, along with <a href="/wiki/Paul_DePodesta" title="Paul DePodesta">Paul DePodesta</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> used sabermetric principles to field a winning team despite an exceptionally low payroll. The book and Beane's methods have influenced the way many teams and players think about the game of baseball.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The book was made into the 2011 film <i><a href="/wiki/Moneyball_(film)" title="Moneyball (film)">Moneyball</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Bryant_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bryant-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which Beane was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a>. Pitt's performance in the film earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Beane&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beane's first marriage was to Cathy Sturdivant. The couple has a daughter, Casey Beane. </p><p>Beane is married to Tara Beane.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple have twins, Brayden and Tinsley Beane.<sup id="cite_ref-Bryant_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bryant-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beane attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Diego" title="University of California, San Diego">University of California, San Diego</a>, during the baseball off-seasons of his playing career.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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<dd><a href="/wiki/Latta_Park_Baseball_Field" title="Latta Park Baseball Field">Latta Park Baseball Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/J._P._Small_Memorial_Stadium" title="J. P. Small Memorial Stadium">Barrs Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cramton_Bowl" title="Cramton Bowl">Cramton Bowl</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Terry_Park_Ballfield" title="Terry Park Ballfield">Terry Park Ballfield</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wilmington_Park" title="Wilmington Park">Wilmington Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/McCurdy_Field" title="McCurdy Field">McCurdy Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack_Field" title="Connie Mack Field">Connie Mack Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/LECOM_Park" title="LECOM Park">McKechnie Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rendezvous_Park" title="Rendezvous Park">Rendezvous Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Scottsdale_Stadium" title="Scottsdale Stadium">Scottsdale Stadium I</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Municipal_Stadium" title="Phoenix Municipal Stadium">Phoenix Municipal Stadium</a></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Hohokam_Stadium" title="Hohokam Stadium">Hohokam Stadium</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_(NFL)" title="Philadelphia Athletics (NFL)">Philadelphia Athletics (football)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Baseball_Wall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame">Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Baseball_Bug" title="The Baseball Bug">The Baseball Bug</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Champagne_and_Baloney" title="Champagne and Baloney">Champagne and Baloney</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie-O_(mascot)" title="Charlie-O (mascot)">Charlie-O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Callahan" title="Dick Callahan">Dick Callahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_mascots#Stomper_(Oakland_Athletics)" title="List of Major League Baseball mascots">Stomper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/$100,000_infield" title="$100,000 infield">$100,000 infield</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bill_King" title="Bill King">Holy Toledo!</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swingin%27_A%27s" title="Swingin' A's">Swingin' A's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billyball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Three_(Oakland_Athletics)" title="Big Three (Oakland Athletics)">Big Three</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Highway_to_Heaven" title="Highway to Heaven">Highway to Heaven</a></i></li> <li><i>Moneyball</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moneyball:_The_Art_of_Winning_an_Unfair_Game" title="Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game">book</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moneyball_(film)" title="Moneyball (film)">film</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Davis_(Oakland)" title="Mount Davis (Oakland)">Mount Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Gordon_(hot_dog_vendor)" title="Hal Gordon (hot dog vendor)">Hal the Hot Dog Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mustache_Gang" title="The Mustache Gang">The Mustache Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Ballpark" title="Oakland Ballpark">Oakland Ballpark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1929_World_Series" title="1929 World Series">The Mack Attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandstand_Managers_Night" title="Grandstand Managers Night">Grandstand Managers Night</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_perfect_games" title="List of Major League Baseball perfect games">Perfect games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catfish_Hunter%27s_perfect_game" title="Catfish Hunter's perfect game">Catfish Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Braden%27s_perfect_game" title="Dallas Braden's perfect game">Dallas Braden</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bash_Brothers" title="Bash Brothers">Bash Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake" title="1989 Loma Prieta earthquake">1989 Loma Prieta earthquake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2002 Oakland Athletics season">20 game win streak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Japan_Opening_Series_2008" title="MLB Japan Opening Series 2008">MLB Japan Opening Series 2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_18,_Cleveland_Indians_17_(1932)" title="Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 (1932)">Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 (1932)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angels%E2%80%93Athletics_rivalry" title="Angels–Athletics rivalry">Los Angeles Angels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Series_(Philadelphia)" title="City Series (Philadelphia)">Philadelphia Phillies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_Bridge_Series" title="Bay Bridge Series">San Francisco Giants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owners: <a href="/wiki/John_Fisher_(baseball_owner)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Fisher (baseball owner)">John Fisher</a></li> <li>President: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Kaval" title="Dave Kaval">Dave Kaval</a></li> <li>Executive vice president: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Billy Beane</a></li> <li>General manager: <a href="/wiki/David_Forst" title="David Forst">David Forst</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Kotsay" title="Mark Kotsay">Mark Kotsay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">World Series<br />Champions (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_World_Series" title="1910 World Series">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_World_Series" title="1911 World Series">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_World_Series" title="1913 World Series">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_World_Series" title="1929 World Series">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_World_Series" title="1930 World Series">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_World_Series" title="1972 World Series">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_World_Series" title="1973 World Series">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_World_Series" title="1974 World Series">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_World_Series" title="1989 World Series">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">American League<br />Championships (15)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1902_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1902 Philadelphia Athletics season">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1905 Philadelphia Athletics season">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1910 Philadelphia Athletics season">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1911 Philadelphia Athletics season">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1913 Philadelphia Athletics season">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1914 Philadelphia Athletics season">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1929 Philadelphia Athletics season">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1930 Philadelphia Athletics season">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1931 Philadelphia Athletics season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1972 American League Championship Series">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1973 American League Championship Series">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1974 American League Championship Series">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1988 American League Championship Series">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1989 American League Championship Series">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1990 American League Championship Series">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">AL West Division<br />Championships (17)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1971_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1971 Oakland Athletics season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1972 Oakland Athletics season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1973 Oakland Athletics season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1974 Oakland Athletics season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1975 Oakland Athletics season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1981 Oakland Athletics season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1988 Oakland Athletics season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1989 Oakland Athletics season">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1990 Oakland Athletics season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1992 Oakland Athletics season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2000 Oakland Athletics season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2002 Oakland Athletics season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2003 Oakland Athletics season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2006 Oakland Athletics season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2012 Oakland Athletics season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2013 Oakland Athletics season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2020 Oakland Athletics season">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">AL Wild Card (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2001 Oakland Athletics season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2014 American League Wild Card Game">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2018 American League Wild Card Game">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2019 American League Wild Card Game">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Athletics_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Athletics minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#003831">Minors</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Triple-A</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Aviators" title="Las Vegas Aviators">Las Vegas Aviators</a></dd> <dt>Double-A</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Midland_RockHounds" title="Midland RockHounds">Midland RockHounds</a></dd> <dt>High-A</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lansing_Lugnuts" title="Lansing Lugnuts">Lansing Lugnuts</a></dd> <dt>Single-A</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Stockton_Ports" title="Stockton Ports">Stockton Ports</a></dd> <dt>Rookie</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Complex_League_Athletics" title="Arizona Complex League Athletics">ACL Athletics</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Athletics" title="Dominican Summer League Athletics">DSL Athletics</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;background-color: #003831 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EFB21E, inset -2px -2px 0 #EFB21E; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(125)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (125)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1900 · </span> <a href="/wiki/1901_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1901 Philadelphia Athletics season">1901</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1902_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1902 Philadelphia Athletics season">1902</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1903 Philadelphia Athletics season">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1904 Philadelphia Athletics season">1904</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1905_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1905 Philadelphia Athletics season">1905</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1906 Philadelphia Athletics season">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1907 Philadelphia Athletics season">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1908 Philadelphia Athletics season">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1909 Philadelphia Athletics season">1909</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1910_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1910 Philadelphia Athletics season">1910</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1911_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1911 Philadelphia Athletics season">1911</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1912 Philadelphia Athletics season">1912</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1913_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1913 Philadelphia Athletics season">1913</a></b></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1914_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1914 Philadelphia Athletics season">1914</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1915 Philadelphia Athletics season">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1916 Philadelphia Athletics season">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1917 Philadelphia Athletics season">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1918 Philadelphia Athletics season">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1919 Philadelphia Athletics season">1919</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1920 Philadelphia Athletics season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1921 Philadelphia Athletics season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1922 Philadelphia Athletics season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1923 Philadelphia Athletics season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1924 Philadelphia Athletics season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1925 Philadelphia Athletics season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1926 Philadelphia Athletics season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1927 Philadelphia Athletics season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1928 Philadelphia Athletics season">1928</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1929_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1929 Philadelphia Athletics season">1929</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1930_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1930 Philadelphia Athletics season">1930</a></b></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1931_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1931 Philadelphia Athletics season">1931</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1932 Philadelphia Athletics season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1933 Philadelphia Athletics season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1934 Philadelphia Athletics season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1935 Philadelphia Athletics season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1936 Philadelphia Athletics season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1937 Philadelphia Athletics season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1938 Philadelphia Athletics season">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1939 Philadelphia Athletics season">1939</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1940 Philadelphia Athletics season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1941 Philadelphia Athletics season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1942 Philadelphia Athletics season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1943 Philadelphia Athletics season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1944 Philadelphia Athletics season">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1945 Philadelphia Athletics season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1946 Philadelphia Athletics season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1947 Philadelphia Athletics season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1948 Philadelphia Athletics season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1949 Philadelphia Athletics season">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1950 Philadelphia Athletics season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1951 Philadelphia Athletics season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1952 Philadelphia Athletics season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1953 Philadelphia Athletics season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1954 Philadelphia Athletics season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1955 Kansas City Athletics season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1956 Kansas City Athletics season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1957 Kansas City Athletics season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1958 Kansas City Athletics season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1959 Kansas City Athletics season">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1960 Kansas City Athletics season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1961 Kansas City Athletics season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1962 Kansas City Athletics season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1963 Kansas City Athletics season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1964 Kansas City Athletics season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1965 Kansas City Athletics season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1966 Kansas City Athletics season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1967 Kansas City Athletics season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1968 Oakland Athletics season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1969 Oakland Athletics season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1970 Oakland Athletics season">1970</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1971_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1971 Oakland Athletics season">1971</a></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1972_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1972 Oakland Athletics season">1972</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1973_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1973 Oakland Athletics season">1973</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1974_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1974 Oakland Athletics season">1974</a></b></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1975_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1975 Oakland Athletics season">1975</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1976 Oakland Athletics season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1977 Oakland Athletics season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1978 Oakland Athletics season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1979 Oakland Athletics season">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1980 Oakland Athletics season">1980</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1981_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1981 Oakland Athletics season">1981</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1982 Oakland Athletics season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1983 Oakland Athletics season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1984 Oakland Athletics season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1985 Oakland Athletics season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1986 Oakland Athletics season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1987 Oakland Athletics season">1987</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1988_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1988 Oakland Athletics season">1988</a></b></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1989_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1989 Oakland Athletics season">1989</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1990_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1990 Oakland Athletics season">1990</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1991 Oakland Athletics season">1991</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1992_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1992 Oakland Athletics season">1992</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1993 Oakland Athletics season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1994 Oakland Athletics season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1995 Oakland Athletics season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1996 Oakland Athletics season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1997 Oakland Athletics season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1998 Oakland Athletics season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1999 Oakland Athletics season">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/2000_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2000 Oakland Athletics season">2000</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2001_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2001 Oakland Athletics season">2001</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2002_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2002 Oakland Athletics season">2002</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2003_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2003 Oakland Athletics season">2003</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2004 Oakland Athletics season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2005 Oakland Athletics season">2005</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2006_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2006 Oakland Athletics season">2006</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2007 Oakland Athletics season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2008 Oakland Athletics season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2010 Oakland Athletics season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2011 Oakland Athletics season">2011</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2012_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2012 Oakland Athletics season">2012</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2013_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2013 Oakland Athletics season">2013</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2014_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2014 Oakland Athletics season">2014</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2015 Oakland Athletics season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2016 Oakland Athletics season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2017 Oakland Athletics season">2017</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2018_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2018 Oakland Athletics season">2018</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2019_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2019 Oakland Athletics season">2019</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EFB21E !important; color: #003831 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003831, inset -2px -2px 0 #003831; !important;;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/2020_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2020 Oakland Athletics season">2020</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2021 Oakland Athletics season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2022 Oakland Athletics season">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2023 Oakland Athletics season">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2024 Oakland Athletics season">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Athletics_season" title="2025 Athletics season">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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York Mets</span></span></a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_Mets_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of New York Mets first-round draft picks"><span style="background-color: #002D72 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">first-round draft picks</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1965 Major League Baseball draft">1965</a>: <a href="/wiki/Les_Rohr" title="Les Rohr">Rohr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1966 Major League Baseball draft">1966</a>: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Chilcott" title="Steve Chilcott">Chilcott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1967 Major League Baseball draft">1967</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jon_Matlack" title="Jon Matlack">Matlack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1968 Major League Baseball draft">1968</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Foli" title="Tim Foli">Foli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1969 Major League Baseball draft">1969</a>: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Sterling" title="Randy Sterling">Sterling</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1970_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1970 Major League Baseball draft">1970</a>: Ambrow</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1971 Major League Baseball draft">1971</a>: <a href="/wiki/Rich_Puig" title="Rich Puig">Puig</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1972 Major League Baseball draft">1972</a>: Bengton</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1973 Major League Baseball draft">1973</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Mazzilli" title="Lee Mazzilli">Mazzilli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1974 Major League Baseball draft">1974</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Speck" title="Cliff Speck">Speck</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1975 Major League Baseball draft">1975</a>: <a href="/wiki/Butch_Benton" title="Butch Benton">Benton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1976 Major League Baseball draft">1976</a>: Thurberg</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1977 Major League Baseball draft">1977</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wally_Backman" title="Wally Backman">Backman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1978 Major League Baseball draft">1978</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brooks" title="Hubie Brooks">Brooks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1979 Major League Baseball draft">1979</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Leary" title="Tim Leary">Leary</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1980 Major League Baseball draft">1980</a>: <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Strawberry" title="Darryl Strawberry">Strawberry</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Beane</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Gibbons" title="John Gibbons">Gibbons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1981 Major League Baseball draft">1981</a>: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Blocker" title="Terry Blocker">Blocker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1982 Major League Baseball draft">1982</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Gooden" title="Dwight Gooden">Gooden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1983 Major League Baseball draft">1983</a>: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Williams_(baseball)" title="Eddie Williams (baseball)">E. Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stan_Jefferson" title="Stan Jefferson">Jefferson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Schiraldi" title="Calvin Schiraldi">Schiraldi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1984 Major League Baseball draft">1984</a>: <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Abner" title="Shawn Abner">Abner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1985 Major League Baseball draft">1985</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gregg_Jefferies" title="Gregg Jefferies">Jefferies</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1986 Major League Baseball draft">1986</a>: May</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1987 Major League Baseball draft">1987</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Donnels" title="Chris Donnels">Donnels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1988 Major League Baseball draft">1988</a>: Proctor</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1989 Major League Baseball draft">1989</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Zinter" title="Alan Zinter">Zinter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1990 Major League Baseball draft">1990</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jeromy_Burnitz" title="Jeromy Burnitz">Burnitz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1991 Major League Baseball draft">1991</a>: Shirley, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(right-handed_pitcher)" title="Bobby Jones (right-handed pitcher)">Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1992 Major League Baseball draft">1992</a>: <a href="/wiki/Preston_Wilson" title="Preston Wilson">Pr. Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Chris Roberts (baseball)">Roberts</a>, Jon Ward</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1993 Major League Baseball draft">1993</a>: Presley</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1994 Major League Baseball draft">1994</a>: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Paul Wilson (baseball)">Pa. Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terrence_Long" title="Terrence Long">Long</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Payton" title="Jay Payton">Payton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1995 Major League Baseball draft">1995</a>: Jaroncyk</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1996 Major League Baseball draft">1996</a>: Stratton</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1997 Major League Baseball draft">1997</a>: Goetz</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1998 Major League Baseball draft">1998</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Tyner" title="Jason Tyner">Tyner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <i>None</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2000 Major League Baseball draft">2000</a>: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Traber" title="Billy Traber">Traber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Keppel" title="Bob Keppel">Keppel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2001 Major League Baseball draft">2001</a>: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Heilman" title="Aaron Heilman">Heilman</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Wright" title="David Wright">Wright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2002 Major League Baseball draft">2002</a>: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Kazmir" title="Scott Kazmir">Kazmir</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2003 Major League Baseball draft">2003</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lastings_Milledge" title="Lastings Milledge">Milledge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2004 Major League Baseball draft">2004</a>: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Humber" title="Philip Humber">Humber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2005 Major League Baseball draft">2005</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pelfrey" title="Mike Pelfrey">Pelfrey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <i>None</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2007 Major League Baseball draft">2007</a>: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Kunz" title="Eddie Kunz">Kunz</a>, Vineyard</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2008 Major League Baseball draft">2008</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ike_Davis" title="Ike Davis">Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reese_Havens" title="Reese Havens">Havens</a>, Holt</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <i>None</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2010 Major League Baseball draft">2010</a>: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Harvey" title="Matt Harvey">Harvey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2011 Major League Baseball draft">2011</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Nimmo" title="Brandon Nimmo">Nimmo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Fulmer" title="Michael Fulmer">Fulmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2012 Major League Baseball draft">2012</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Cecchini" title="Gavin Cecchini">Cecchini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Plawecki" title="Kevin Plawecki">Plawecki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2013 Major League Baseball draft">2013</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Smith_(baseball)" title="Dominic Smith (baseball)">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2014 Major League Baseball draft">2014</a>: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Conforto" title="Michael Conforto">Conforto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <i>None</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2016 Major League Baseball draft">2016</a>: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Dunn" title="Justin Dunn">Dunn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kay" title="Anthony Kay">Kay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2017 Major League Baseball draft">2017</a>: <a href="/wiki/David_Peterson_(baseball)" title="David Peterson (baseball)">Peterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2018 Major League Baseball draft">2018</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jarred_Kelenic" title="Jarred Kelenic">Kelenic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2019 Major League Baseball draft">2019</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brett_Baty" title="Brett Baty">Baty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2020 Major League Baseball draft">2020</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Crow-Armstrong" title="Pete Crow-Armstrong">Crow-Armstrong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2021 Major League Baseball draft">2021</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kumar_Rocker" title="Kumar Rocker">Rocker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2022 Major League Baseball draft">2022</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Parada" title="Kevin Parada">Parada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jett_Williams_(baseball)" title="Jett Williams (baseball)">J. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2023 Major League Baseball draft">2023</a>: <a href="/wiki/Colin_Houck" title="Colin Houck">Houck</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2024 Major League Baseball draft">2024</a>: <a href="/wiki/Carson_Benge" title="Carson Benge">Benge</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Athletics_general_managers" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #003831 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; 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MacPhail</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Briggs_Sr." title="Walter Briggs Sr.">Briggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Barrow" title="Ed Barrow">Barrow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Branch_Rickey" title="Branch Rickey">Rickey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Clark_Griffith" title="Clark Griffith">Cl. Griffith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Bill_DeWitt" title="Bill DeWitt">DeWitt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Philip_K._Wrigley" title="Philip K. Wrigley">Wrigley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Yawkey" title="Tom Yawkey">Yawkey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Branch_Rickey" title="Branch Rickey">Rickey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Veeck" title="Bill Veeck">Veeck</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/R._R._M._Carpenter_Jr." title="R. R. M. Carpenter Jr.">Carpenter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/George_Weiss_(baseball)" title="George Weiss (baseball)">Weiss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/George_Weiss_(baseball)" title="George Weiss (baseball)">Weiss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/George_Weiss_(baseball)" title="George Weiss (baseball)">Weiss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Perini" title="Lou Perini">Perini</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Horace_Stoneham" title="Horace Stoneham">Stoneham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Walter_O%27Malley" title="Walter O'Malley">O'Malley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Paul" title="Gabe Paul">Paul</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lane" title="Frank Lane">Lane</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Joe_L._Brown" title="Joe L. Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Buzzie_Bavasi" title="Buzzie Bavasi">Bavasi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/George_Weiss_(baseball)" title="George Weiss (baseball)">Weiss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Topping" title="Dan Topping">Topping</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Haney" title="Fred Haney">Haney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Bing_Devine" title="Bing Devine">Devine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Bing_Devine" title="Bing Devine">Devine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Griffith" title="Calvin Griffith">Ca. Griffith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Lee_MacPhail" title="Lee MacPhail">Le. MacPhail</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Dick_O%27Connell" title="Dick O'Connell">O'Connell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Campbell_(baseball_executive)" title="Jim Campbell (baseball executive)">Campbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Murphy" title="Johnny Murphy">Murphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Dalton" title="Harry Dalton">Dalton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Tallis" title="Cedric Tallis">Tallis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Roland_Hemond" title="Roland Hemond">Hemond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Howsam" title="Bob Howsam">Howsam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Paul" title="Gabe Paul">Paul</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Dick_O%27Connell" title="Dick O'Connell">O'Connell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Burke_(baseball_executive)" title="Joe Burke (baseball executive)">Burke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Veeck" title="Bill Veeck">Veeck</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Spec_Richardson" title="Spec Richardson">Richardson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Peters" title="Hank Peters">Peters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Tal_Smith" title="Tal Smith">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/John_McHale_(baseball)" title="John McHale (baseball)">McHale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Dalton" title="Harry Dalton">Dalton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Peters" title="Hank Peters">Peters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Green_(baseball)" title="Dallas Green (baseball)">Green</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/John_Schuerholz" title="John Schuerholz">Schuerholz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Cashen" title="Frank Cashen">Cashen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Rosen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Claire" title="Fred Claire">Claire</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Roland_Hemond" title="Roland Hemond">Hemond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Quinn_(baseball,_born_1936)" title="Bob Quinn (baseball, born 1936)">Quinn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Andy_MacPhail" title="Andy MacPhail">A. MacPhail</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Duquette" title="Dan Duquette">Duquette</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Thomas_(baseball)" title="Lee Thomas (baseball)">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/John_Hart_(baseball)" title="John Hart (baseball)">Hart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/John_Hart_(baseball)" title="John Hart (baseball)">Hart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Melvin" title="Doug Melvin">Melvin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Cam_Bonifay" title="Cam Bonifay">Bonifay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Hunsicker" title="Gerry Hunsicker">Hunsicker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Beane</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Jocketty" title="Walt Jocketty">Jocketty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Gillick" title="Pat Gillick">Gillick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Ryan_(baseball)" title="Terry Ryan (baseball)">Ryan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Sabean" title="Brian Sabean">Sabean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Jocketty" title="Walt Jocketty">Jocketty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Shapiro_(sports_executive)" title="Mark Shapiro (sports executive)">Shapiro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Ryan_(baseball)" title="Terry Ryan (baseball)">Ryan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Shapiro_(sports_executive)" title="Mark Shapiro (sports executive)">Shapiro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Friedman" title="Andrew Friedman">Friedman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a 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