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Remembering our friend and colleague Billy Bean. His contributions to our game will be felt forever. Bean played college baseball at Loyola Marymount University for two seasons, and was part of the Loyola team that competed in the College World Series. A fourth-round draft choice of the Detroit Tigers inBean played one season for the Los Angeles Dodgers inbatting.

He played his final three MLB seasons with the Padres from His best season waswhen he appeared in 88 games, batting. Bean finished his career with a. He played mostly outfield and some first base. We mourn the passing of our friend and former Padre, Billy Bean.

He was a great ambassador for equality and thebiean gay in the game of baseball, and our thoughts are with his loved ones at this very difficult time. Bean came out as gay inover three years after his MLB career ended. Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Glenn Burke was the first MLB player to come out as gay, though Burke too waited until about three years after he retired in to reveal his sexual orientation.

It allows for an earlier evolution. I was living in a very stone-age space. Skip to content. Former Padres player Billy Bean makes a catch in the outfield during a all-star thebiean gay game.