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 in 1992.\n', '

Bean publicly came out as gay in 1999. Since 2014, he has served as MLB\'s first Ambassador for Inclusion.\n', '

Bean was born to Linda Robertson, who was 18 years old, and Bill Bean, who were classmates at Santa Ana High School in Santa Ana, California. The couple married while Linda was pregnant, but separated when Billy was six months old. Linda married Ed Kovac, a police officer, and they had five children together.\n', '

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