Billy Bean, a special adviser to commissioner Rob Manfred and MLB's senior vice president for diversity, equality, and inclusion, has died after a yearlong fight with acute myeloid leukemia, the ...

Billy Bean was baseball’s first ambassador for inclusion when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch in 2016 before a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the San Francisco Giants in Florida.

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. He was 60.

An outfielder, Bean played for three MLB teams across eight years, starting with the Detroit Tigers in 1987 and spending a season with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1989. He finished his career with ...

Former MLB player Billy Bean dies at 60. Bean was only the second professional baseball player in the US to come out as gay, following in the footsteps of Glenn Burke in 1982.

Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999, not to be confused with Billy Beane, ... Baseball executive Billy Bean dies at 60.

Billy Bean, a former Los Angeles Dodger who went on to become the first diversity chief for Major League Baseball, died on Tuesday. He was 60. Major League Baseball said in a statement that the ...

Billy Bean has passed away. Major League Baseball and its fans are in mourning this week after reports confirmed the passing of Billy Bean at the age of 60 years old. Bean, who became the second ...

Former MLB player Billy Bean has died at the age of 60 after battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia for the last year. He had come out as gay.

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.

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 gay player, but ...

Billy Bean, second MLB player to come out as gay, dies at 60: ... Indeed, Billy Bean was someone who worked tirelessly to create a greater level of equality and inclusion in the sport of baseball.