Billy Bean (baseball player)
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: May 11, 1964 Santa Ana , United States 
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| Strikes: Left | Throws: Left |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| April 25, 1987 with the Detroit Tigers | |
| Last MLB assignment | |
| July 8, 1995 with the San Diego Padres | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Batting average | , 226 |
| Home runs | 5 |
| Runs Batted In | 53 |
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William Daro "Billy" Bean (born May 11, 1964 in Santa Ana , California ) is a retired American baseball player . Billy Bean played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1987 to 1995 . He began his career in MLB with the Detroit Tigers , where he played from 1987 to 1989. In 1989 he moved to the Los Angeles Dodgers , from 1993 to 1995 he played with the San Diego Padres .
In 1999, Bean came out and wrote a book about his life as a homosexual baseball player called Going the Other Way: Lessons from life in and out of Major League Baseball . Billy Bean is the second Major League Baseball player to come out after Glenn Burke . Billy Bean is a board member of the LGBT organization Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation .
In 2002 he appeared on the sitcom Frasier . In 2012 he wrote and produced the short film Without a Mom .
Bean now works as a real estate agent in Miami Beach .
Web links
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- Billy Bean in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website of Billy Bean (English)
- Billy Bean in baseball Library (English)
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| SURNAME | Bean, Billy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bean, William Daro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Ana , California |