Billy Bean Dies: Second MLB Player To Come Out, Who Later Led Diversity Efforts, Was 60

Bean retired in 1995 after playing for the Dodgers, Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres.

Bean was named Major League Baseballs first ambassador for inclusion in 2014.

Since 2022, he had been the organizations SVP of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Billy Bean, Ambassador for Inclusion, MLBMonica Schipper/Getty Images for Beyond Sport

No information on survivors was availble.