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 ...

Billy Bean, who played parts of six seasons with the Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Detroit Tigers and was Major League Baseball’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion ...

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 ...

Bean revealed in 2023 that he had been diagnosed with leukemia AP Photo Billy Bean has died at the age of 60. In 1999, the former baseball player — whose teams included the Detroit Tigers ...

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, 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 ...

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Indeed, Billy Bean was someone who worked tirelessly to create a greater level of equality and inclusion in the sport of baseball. Major League Baseball and its fans are in mourning this week ...

Tributes have been paid to Billy Bean, who has died at the age of 60 following a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. Bean was only the second professional baseball player in the US to come out as ...

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 ...