Billy Bean, a former MLB outfielder and the league’s senior vice president for diversity, equity & Inclusion and special assistant to the commissioner, died after an 11-month battle with acute ...

Billy Bean, MLB's senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion who also served as a special advisor to commissioner Rob Manfred, has died at the age of 60, the league announced Tuesday.

By Alex Williams Billy Bean, an all-hustle outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres who retired in 1995 because he thought baseball was not ready for an openly ...

Funeral services are pending for Santa Ana native and onetime Los Angeles Dodger Billy Bean, credited with being the second Major League Baseball player to come out as gay. Bean, MLB's senior vice ...

MLB executive Billy Bean, one of the first openly gay figures in baseball, died at age 60 after a battle with leukemia, the league announced Tuesday. Bean was MLB's Senior Vice President for ...

NEW YORK — Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and ...

August 6 - Billy Bean, one of the first athletes in American team sports to come out as gay, died Tuesday, 11 months after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. He was 60. An outfielder and ...

Bean was a fourth-round draft pick by the Tigers in 1986 and also spent time during his professional career with the Dodgers and Padres from 1987 too 1995, retiring from the game at 31. Bean had ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and ...

Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport's senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, has died.

NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and ...