Billy Beane

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Billy Beane sits relaxed on a wooden bench in the Oakland Athletics dugout, with yellow and green team logos and sponsor signs visible on the wall behind him.

Running the bases

Brad Pitt as Billy Beane

Billy Beane: Media

American baseball executive

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Billy Beane sits relaxed on a wooden bench in the Oakland Athletics dugout, with yellow and green team logos and sponsor signs visible on the wall behind him.

Mr. Moneyball

Baseball executive Billy Beane, shown in the Oakland A's dugout in 2017, revolutionized...

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Running the bases

Running the bases

Billy Beane's playing career ended in 1989 with the A's. What he would do as an executive...

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Brad Pitt as Billy Beane

Brad Pitt as Billy Beane

Michael Lewis's best-selling book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,...

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