Moneyball book

Moneyball Timeline

By sparklingjet

  • Art How is born

    Art How came to this Earth.

  • Billy Beane's Birth

    Billy Beane's Birth

  • 1980 Major League Baseball Draft

    1980 Major League Baseball Draft
    At the time, many teams believed that Billy Beane was going to attend Stanford on a baseball-football scholarship. The New York Mets, who had 3 first round picks, which allowed to pick Beane with the risk of him not signing.
    Beane decided to sign with the Mets for $350.000. According to Beane, this was the "only decision I would ever make in my life about money".
    Beane was assigned to the Little Falls Mets of Class A, playing with players drafted from college.

  • Billy Beane's MLB Debut

    Billy Beane's MLB Debut
    Billy Beane's Major League Baseball debut as a member of the New York Mets.
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    Billy Beane's MLB Career

    Billy Beane's career as a Major League Baseball player.

  • Billy Beane's trade to Minnesota

    Billy Beane's trade to Minnesota
    In the season of 1986, Billy Beane was traded to the Minnesota twins.

  • Billy Beane as a Tiger

    Billy Beane as a Tiger
    During spring training in 1988, the Twins traded Beane to the Detroit Tigers for Balvino Galvez.

  • Billy Beane's Last MLB Game

    Billy Beane's Last MLB Game
    Beane played his last Major League Baseball game as a part of the Oakland Athletics against the San Francisco Giants. After the game, he was sent down to the minor leagues for the remaining games of his career

  • Billy Beane as Scout

    Billy Beane as Scout

  • Art Howe as Athletics's Manager

    Art Howe as Athletics's Manager
    Art Howe became the manager of the Oakland Athletics.

  • Billy Beane as General Manager

    Billy Beane as General Manager
    Billy Beane succeeded Sandy Alderson as GM.
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    Billy Beane's GM Career

    Billy Beane became the GM of the Oakkland Athletics when he succeeded it from Sandy Alderson in 1997. He is currently still the GM of the Athletics.

  • Athletics Great Loss

    The Oakland Athletics lost 3 of their star players, Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, and Jason Isringhausen, and are faced with a low performance team.

  • A's Streak Start

    A's Streak Start
    The day the Oakland A's win their first game of their record 20 wins streak.

  • A's 20 Win Streak

    A's 20 Win Streak
    The Oakland A's win their game with Scott Hatteberg's homerun to form their 20 win streak.

  • Elimination from Playoffs

    Elimination from Playoffs
    The A's were knocked out of the playoffs by the Minnesota Twins.