Billy Bean
American baseball player (born 1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Oakland Athletics executive Billy Beane.
For other people named Billy Bean, see Billy Bean (disambiguation).
William Daro Bean (born May 11, 1964) is an American former professional baseball player. 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. [1] In July 2014, he was named MLB's first Ambassador for Inclusion.[2] In January 2016, he became MLB's vice president,[3] Ambassador for Inclusion and is currently Senior Vice President and Special Assistant to the Commissioner.[4]
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Billy Bean | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: (1964-05-11) May 11, 1964 (age 60) Santa Ana, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
Professional debut | |
MLB: April 24, 1987, for the Detroit Tigers | |
NPB: 1992, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes | |
Last appearance | |
MLB: July 8, 1995, for the San Diego Padres | |
NPB: 1992, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .226 |
Home runs | 5 |
Runs batted in | 53 |
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