Billy Beane
William Lamar Beane
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 29, 1962 in Orlando, FL
High School: Mount Carmel (Rancho Bernardo, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1984
Final Game: October 1, 1989
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1984 22 NYM NL 5 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -43 1 0 0 0 0 0 /798
1985 23 NYM NL 8 8 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .375 .625 74 3 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1986 24 MIN AL 80 194 183 20 39 6 0 3 15 2 3 11 54 .213 .258 .295 .553 49 54 6 0 0 0 0 7/8D9
1987 25 MIN AL 12 15 15 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .400 .667 72 6 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1988 26 DET AL 6 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -5 1 0 0 0 0 0 /789
1989 27 OAK AL 37 82 79 8 19 5 0 0 11 3 1 0 13 .241 .238 .304 .541 54 24 2 0 2 1 0 9/3D752
6 Seasons 148 315 301 30 66 14 0 3 29 5 5 11 80 .219 .246 .296 .542 48 89 8 0 2 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 345 329 33 72 15 0 3 32 5 5 12 88 .219 .246 .296 .542 48 97 9 0 2 1 0
MIN (2 yrs) 92 209 198 21 43 8 0 3 16 2 3 11 60 .217 .258 .303 .561 51 60 6 0 0 0 0
NYM (2 yrs) 13 18 18 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 .167 .167 .222 .389 9 4 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 37 82 79 8 19 5 0 0 11 3 1 0 13 .241 .238 .304 .541 54 24 2 0 2 1 0
DET (1 yr) 6 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -5 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 135 297 283 30 63 13 0 3 28 5 4 11 75 .223 .251 .300 .551 51 85 8 0 2 1 0
NL (2 yrs) 13 18 18 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 .167 .167 .222 .389 9 4 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1984 22 NYM NL 10 10 0 0.0 93 .125 .100 .262 .100 .327 .100 .381 .200 .708 -43 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 -0.100 .000
1985 23 NYM NL 8 6 1 4.5 94 .400 .250 .259 .250 .327 .375 .386 .625 .712 74 .530 -0.3 0.0 .500 .125 .125
1986 24 MIN AL 194 153 12 2.1 102 .286 .213 .264 .258 .332 .295 .411 .553 .744 49 .188 -13.6 -1.3 .418 .137 .082 2.4
1987 25 MIN AL 15 11 2 4.9 108 .444 .267 .269 .267 .337 .400 .431 .667 .768 72 .489 -0.6 -0.1 .545 .133 .133
1988 26 DET AL 6 5 0 0.0 92 .250 .167 .256 .167 .320 .167 .385 .333 .706 -5 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1989 27 OAK AL 82 66 5 2.0 91 .284 .241 .257 .238 .322 .304 .379 .541 .700 54 .199 -4.8 -0.5 .413 .089 .063 .0
6 Seasons 315 251 20 2.1 99 .288 .219 .262 .246 .329 .296 .402 .542 .731 48 .199 -22.1 -2.2 .403 .113 .076 3.8
162 Game Avg. 345 275 22 2.1 99 .288 .219 .262 .246 .329 .296 .402 .542 .731 48 .199 -22.1 -2.2 .403 .113 .076 4
MIN (2 yrs) 209 164 14 2.3 102 .296 .217 .264 .258 .332 .303 .413 .561 .745 51 .211 -14.2 -1.4 .427 .136 .086 2.4
NYM (2 yrs) 18 16 1 1.7 93 .231 .167 .261 .167 .327 .222 .383 .389 .710 9 .158 -2.2 -0.2 .188 .000 .056
OAK (1 yr) 82 66 5 2.0 91 .284 .241 .257 .238 .322 .304 .379 .541 .700 54 .199 -4.8 -0.5 .413 .089 .063 .0
DET (1 yr) 6 5 0 0.0 92 .250 .167 .256 .167 .320 .167 .385 .333 .706 -5 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
AL (4 yrs) 297 235 19 2.2 99 .291 .223 .262 .251 .329 .300 .403 .551 .732 51 .201 -19.9 -2.0 .418 .120 .078 3.8
NL (2 yrs) 18 16 1 1.7 93 .231 .167 .261 .167 .327 .222 .383 .389 .710 9 .158 -2.2 -0.2 .188 .000 .056

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1984 22 NYM NL 10 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 1.33 80%
1985 23 NYM NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 12.5% 50% 2.7 8.0 2.00 63%
1986 24 MIN AL 194 1.6% 27.8% 5.7% 4.6% 23% 4.91 3.4 61.0 12.2 0.96 65%
1987 25 MIN AL 15 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 13.3% 50% 2.5 15.0 0.00 60%
1988 26 DET AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 6.0 0.33 0.00 67% 50% 0.0% 33%
1989 27 OAK AL 82 0.0% 15.9% 0.0% 6.1% 26% 6.1 7.2 0.67 1.26 82% 28% 0.0% 8%
6 Seasons 315 1.0% 25.4% 3.5% 5.4% 26% 7.27 3.8 100.3 10.4 0.64 0.99 70% 29% 0.0% 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1984 22 NYM NL 0 0 0% 1 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 23 NYM NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 24 MIN AL 1 0 36% 58 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 71% 7 3 3 4 1 3 6 0 6
1987 25 MIN AL 0 0 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 26 DET AL 1 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 27 OAK AL 0 0 42% 46 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 80% 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3
6 Seasons 2 0 37% 119 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 70% 10 5 4 4 1 3 9 0 9
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1984 22 NYM NL 10 70% 1 2 0 0 0 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1985 23 NYM NL 8 75% 2 4 2 0 1 0.73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 0 0 0 0 0
1986 24 MIN AL 194 47% 39 11 0 0 0 1.05 3 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 36 6 17% 22 3 14% 113 12 11% 10 4 40% 11 5 45% 0
1987 25 MIN AL 15 27% 4 3 0 0 0 1.87 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 13 2 15% 0 0 0 0 0
1988 26 DET AL 6 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1989 27 OAK AL 82 78% 19 0 0 7 3 0 1 1.14 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 17 2 12% 14 4 29% 49 12 24% 3 3 100% 7 4 57% 0
6 Seasons 315 57% 66 0 0 27 5 0 2 1.04 3 0 5 2 1 0 3 0 3 2 67% 60 8 13% 38 7 18% 192 28 15% 14 8 57% 20 11 55% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 DET AL 6 25 4.17 15 60% 20% 20% 33% 27% 80% 0% 48% 75% 17% 0% 0 0 33% 2 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1989 27 OAK AL 78 252 3.23 170 67% 16% 17% 28% 38% 84% 0% 56% 80% 54% 0% 0 0 8% 6 3 3% 2 1 31% 4 0 0
2 Seasons 84 277 3.30 185 67% 17% 17% 29% 37% 83% 0% 56% 79% 51% 0% 0 0 10% 8 3 2% 2 1 27% 4 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 22 5 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -43 1 0 0 0 0 0
1985 23 13 18 18 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 .167 .167 .222 .389 9 4 0 0 0 0 0
1986 24 93 212 201 20 42 7 0 3 16 2 4 11 59 .209 .250 .289 .539 46 58 6 0 0 0 0
1987 25 105 227 216 21 46 9 0 3 17 2 4 11 65 .213 .251 .296 .547 48 64 6 0 0 0 0
1988 26 111 233 222 22 47 9 0 3 18 2 4 11 67 .212 .249 .293 .542 46 65 6 0 0 0 0
1989 27 148 315 301 30 66 14 0 3 29 5 5 11 80 .219 .246 .296 .542 48 89 8 0 2 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1984 22 5 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1985 23 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 8
1986 24 80 190 180 20 36 6 0 3 15 2 10 54 .200 .242 .283 .525 12 80
1987 25 12 15 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 12
1988 26 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1989 27 37 80 79 9 0 0 0 0 12 3 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 6 37
6 Seasons 148 309 298 30 36 6 0 3 29 5 10 80 .121 .149 .171 .320 20 148
162 Game Avg. 162 338 326 33 39 7 0 3 32 5 11 88 .121 .149 .171 .320 22 148

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