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Billy Bean was born on 11 May, 1964 in Santa Ana, California, U.S., is an American baseball player (born 1964). Discover Billy Bean's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 11 May, 1964
Birthday 11 May
Birthplace Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1964

William Daro Bean (born May 11, 1964) is an American former professional baseball player.

1985

After his junior year, the New York Yankees selected Bean in the 24th round of the 1985 MLB Draft.

Though the Yankees offered Bean a $55,000 signing bonus, Bean followed through with his promise to return to Loyola Marymount for his senior year.

1986

Bean appeared with the Lions in the 1986 College World Series.

The Detroit Tigers selected Bean in the fourth round of the 1986 MLB Draft.

He signed with the Tigers for $12,500.

1987

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers (1987–1989), Los Angeles Dodgers (1989), and San Diego Padres (1993–1995), as well as the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in 1992.

Bean made his major league debut for the Tigers on April 24, 1987.

1988

He spent most of the 1988 season in the minor leagues, where he led the Toledo Mud Hens in batting average; however, he played in 10 games for the Tigers after he was promoted in August 1988.

1989

He played in nine games for the Tigers in the 1989 season.

On July 17, 1989, the Tigers traded Bean to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor leaguers Steve Green and Domingo Michel.

He batted .197 for the Dodgers in 51 games, and was demoted to the minor leagues.

1990

Bean played in Minor League Baseball during the 1990 and 1991 seasons.

1992

He played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball in 1992, batting .208 in seven games.

1993

Bean signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres before the 1993 season, and was promoted back to the major leagues.

He batted .260 in 88 games for the Padres in 1993, and .215 in 84 games for the Padres in 1994.

1995

After playing for the Padres in 1995, Bean opted to retire from baseball after the 1995 season.

Billy Bean married his college sweetheart when he was 24 years old.

He left the marriage four years later after meeting his partner Sam, an Iranian immigrant who was raised in Austria.

Sam later died of HIV-related causes the day before Bean's final MLB season.

Bean did not attend the funeral.

1996

Bean came out as gay to his parents in 1996.

1999

He came out publicly to Lydia Martin of the Miami Herald in 1999, becoming the second Major League Baseball player to publicly come out as gay; Glenn Burke was the first to come out to his teammates and employers during his playing days but did not come out to the public at large until his career was over.

After leaving baseball, Bean moved to Miami Beach, Florida to be with his partner Efrain Veiga, the founder of Yuca restaurant in Miami.

2003

In 2003, Bean released a memoir titled Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life in and out of Major League Baseball.

2006

Bean was a panelist on GSN's I've Got a Secret revival in 2006, and is a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation.

2007

In the summer of 2007, it was announced that he had been hired as a consultant by Scout Productions, the team of David Collins and Michael Williams, who produced Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, for their next project with Showtime entitled The Beard.

The project was to be a romantic comedy about a gay professional baseball player who enters into a relationship with a woman in order to survive in the sports world; Showtime did not go forward with the series.

2008

Bean and Veiga were together for thirteen years, breaking up in July 2008.

2009

He appeared in a 2009 episode of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, showing Griffin several homes.

2014

In July 2014, he was named MLB's first Ambassador for Inclusion.

Bean was appointed MLB's first "Ambassador for Inclusion" on July 15, 2014.

In this role, Bean counseled David Denson, who became the first minor league player signed to an MLB organization to come out as gay.

He now serves as the senior vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

2016

In January 2016, he became MLB's vice president, Ambassador for Inclusion and is currently Senior Vice President and Special Assistant to the Commissioner.

Bean's father, Bill Bean, began dating 18 year old Linda Robertson while they were classmates at Santa Ana High School in Santa Ana, California.

The couple married while Linda was pregnant, then separated when Billy was six months old.

Linda married Ed Kovac, a police officer, and they had five children together.

Bean attended Santa Ana High School, and won a state championship with the school's baseball team.

He enrolled at Loyola Marymount University on an athletic scholarship to play college baseball for the Loyola Marymount Lions.