Billy Beane is a former baseball player and the subject of the 2003 Michael Lewis book and the 2011 Bennett Miller film Moneyball. In 1999, he completed an important milestone in his life when he ...

In Moneyball’s opening moments, the camera sees Billy Beane — portrayed by Brad Pitt ... actor trapped inside a movie star’s body, Pitt has received as much — or more — acclaim ...

For two decades, it has been venerated but also grossly misunderstood. Transformative yet strangely enraging. A glimpse into the future while helping to drive a stake into an industry’s past.

Bean is not the former general manager of the Oakland Athletics of the same name, Billy Beane, who was the focus of the 2011 biographical film "Moneyball" and was portrayed by Brad Pitt.

The book described how Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane used sports analytics to change how many major league teams operated and pursued a competitive advantage. It created an uproar ...