Billy Beane was born on March 29, 1962 which makes him for 58 years old. He is a former baseball player and also has worked in a movie with Brad Pitt. He is not popular among the celebrities though but when it comes to sports career, he has a well-established life and career over there. He is very popular in the baseball fans and also among the baseball game icons.
Early life
The full name of Billy Beane is William Lamar Beane III and he was born on 29 March 1962. The birthplace of Billy Beane is Orlando, Florida. He was born in Ireland but he grew up in Mayport, Florida and San Diego, California. The family background of Billy was from the military. He started playing baseball and learnt each and every skill which were required in the beginning for a player from his father only and he also learned how to pinch while playing baseball with his father. His father was a naval officer in the army because of which, he always had manners on his high priority. In the earlier stages, he was not much interested in baseball but also was interested in football and basketball.
After playing these three games for a long time, Billy decided to keep his focus on one game and chose baseball as his favourite game. During the senior years of his school, he developed high interest in baseball and being a good player of baseball, he attracted a lot of scouts attention from his school. He is one of the most popular baseball icons in the history of baseball and was once about to be the highest paid baseball board manager in America.
Career in baseball
It was the first time when he received a payment of US$125,000 as a bonus for playing with the Mets. The first plan of Billy was to attend the Stanford but due to some financial reasons, he decided to go along with the flow and played with Mets for the first time.In the beginning, he was made to play with the lower leagues and because of this, his potential was lowered for a long period of time. Somehow he managed to pass all through this and was promoted to the MLB in 1984.
Other ventures
Billy Beane did not only had the knowledge of baseball but also acquired sufficient knowledge regarding other sports like soccer. He he then started paying attention to the analytics of the soccer players and developed connection with biggest managers in English football. With this great knowledge regarding the soccer players and the game, he managed to become the adviser to General director Robert Eenhoornof AZ Alkmaar.
Net worth
Billy Beane was a star from the day one end his life was so inspiring that a book was written on him and later it was made a movie which starred Brad Pitt. The estimated net worth of formal baseball player Billy Beane is estimated around US$14 million and he is also one among the highest paid football players of all time with a salary of $3 million.
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