Former MLB player, league DEI VP, Billy Bean dies WSOC TV [Video]

The second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay has died.

Billy Bean was 60.

Bean’s death was confirmed by the MLB, which said on social media that he died after a year-long battle with acute myeloid leukemia at the age of 60, The Associated Press reported.

League Commissioner Rob Manfred said Bean was “one of the kindest and most respected individuals I have ever known,” the tweet on X said, adding Bean was someone who “made Baseball a better institution, both on and off the field.”

Bean was a two-time All-American outfielder at Loyola Marymount and helped take the team to the NCAA Men’s College World Series in 1986.

Sports Illustrated said he was drafted in the fourth round by the Detroit Tigers in 1986.

Bean played for the MLB over six seasons from 1987 to 1995, starting with the Tigers in 1987 where in his first game he had four hits, tying …