Moneyball created by Chris Good By Chris_Good Sep 13, 1984 Billy Beane"s MLB debut Oct 1, 1989 Billy Beane's last MLB game Sep 17, 1990 Billy Beane joins athletics as a scout Jan 1, 1996 Art Howe becomes Athletics manger Oct 17, 1997 Billy Bean becomes general Manager Jan 1, 2002 Athletics lose their 3 biggest stars The athletics lose JAson Giambi, Johnny Damon, and Jason Isringhausen Period: Jan 2, 2002 to Mar 13, 2002 Billy rebuild the Atheltics team Sep 4, 2002 Atheletics win 20 straight games Sep 26, 2002 Athletics make the playoffs Oct 6, 2002 Athletics lose in the playoffs to the Twins Mar 17, 2015 Billy still general manager of the A's