{"id":2999,"date":"2018-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/vlogs\/5-minutes-with-leaders-billy-beane\/"},"modified":"2021-09-02T10:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T10:58:33","slug":"5-minutes-with-leaders-billy-beane","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/5-minutes-with-leaders-billy-beane\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Minutes with Leaders: Billy Beane"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/5-Mins-with-Leaders-Billy-Beane-2-1.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Sep 27, 2018                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Billy Beane<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/sport-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sport Business<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/5-minutes-with-leaders-billy-beane\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/5-minutes-with-leaders-billy-beane\/&#038;text=5 Minutes with Leaders: Billy Beane\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: 5 Minutes with Leaders: Billy Beane. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/5-minutes-with-leaders-billy-beane\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/5-minutes-with-leaders-billy-beane\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                                                            <p class=\"es-section__label es-label es-label--md\">The man behind the &#8216;Moneyball&#8217; moniker on maintaining an edge through data despite the ubiquity of analytics departments across sport.<\/p>\n                            \n                                                                <div class=\"video video__inline\">\n                                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/imiNzYDG1eM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fleadersinsport.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4><strong>Nobody has done more for the promulgation and evolution of the use of data and analytics in sport than Billy Beane.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As General Manager of the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team, Beane\u2019s pioneering use of sabermetrics \u2013 empirical analysis of baseball statistics to drive fundamental decisions \u2013 brought historic success to the franchise, with the team winning 20 games in a row in the 2002 season having made stars of undervalued and unfashionable players. And while Beane was not the architect of the data revolution in sport, he is unquestionably its most influential exponent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/5-minutes-leaders-james-pitaro\/\">5 Minutes with Leaders: James Pitaro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/5-minutes-leaders-julia-goldin\/\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Julia Goldin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beane is now Executive Vice President at the A\u2019s, having led the franchise as GM from 1997 to 2015. The recipient of the Inspirational Leader award at Leaders last year, Beane sat down for a brief interview backstage at the Leaders Sport Business Summit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/5-minutes-leaders-sir-dave-brailsford\/\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Sir Dave Brailsford<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/5-mins-leaders-al-guido\/\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Al Guido<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The man behind the \u2018Moneyball\u2019 moniker gives his view on how to maintain an edge with data when every team now has an analytics department; explains who\u2019s use of analytics has surprised him; and reveals the basis behind his growing passion for football.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man behind the &#8216;Moneyball&#8217; moniker on maintaining an edge through data despite the ubiquity of analytics departments across sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3000,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[36],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-2999","vlog","type-vlog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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