Billy Bean (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Billy Bean" in English language version.

Last modified: 00:50:24, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

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7640web.archive.org

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191nyu.edu

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822^nd place

138mlb.com

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81^st place

103nytimes.com

7^th place

75outsports.com

7,844^th place

4,609^th place

42latimes.com

32^nd place

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41glbtqarchive.com

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33advocate.com

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22baseball-reference.com

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74^th place

22imdb.com

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21worldcat.org

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21fanbuzz.com

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11cbsnews.com

136^th place

93^rd place

11ocweekly.com

5,588^th place

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11sausd.us

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11newsminer.com

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11milb.com

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11news.google.com

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11forbes.com

71^st place

54^th place

11jsonline.com

1,443^rd place

671^st place

11tvtropes.org

6,062^nd place

8,586^th place

11globenewswire.com

2,858^th place

1,554^th place

11details.com

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11newnownext.com

6,166^th place

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11chicagotribune.com

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11metroweekly.com

8,703^rd place

4,915^th place

11publishersweekly.com

619^th place

303^rd place

11espn.com

42^nd place

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11baseball-almanac.com

2,090^th place

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11msn.com

188^th place

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11lamag.com

3,942^nd place

2,096^th place

advocate.com (Global: 1,869^th place; English: 1,037^th place)

"HBO to rerun controversial Arli$$ episode featuring Billy Bean (6096)". advocate.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
"19 Male Baseball Heroes Who Came Out as Gay or Bisexual". advocate.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
"Bean-Viega Split Accompanied by Tragedy". The Advocate. July 11, 2008. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2009.

baseball-almanac.com (Global: 2,090^th place; English: 1,020^th place)

"Billy Bean". Baseball Almanac. August 7, 2024. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

baseball-reference.com (Global: 122^nd place; English: 74^th place)

"1985 New York Yankees Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
"1992 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

cbsnews.com (Global: 136^th place; English: 93^rd place)

"Billy Bean On WFAN: Murphy's Comments 'A Reminder That We're Just Getting Started' - CBS New York". www.cbsnews.com. March 5, 2015. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

chicagotribune.com (Global: 143^rd place; English: 80^th place)

Martin, Lydia (August 5, 1999). "A Fresh Start: Once A Closeted Major League Outfielder, Billy Bean Is Now Finding His Own Voice". Chicago Tribune. Knight Ridder. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2015.

details.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Meet Billy Bean, Major League Baseball's Gay Rights Ambassador". Details. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.

espn.com (Global: 42^nd place; English: 25^th place)

"Bean, openly gay ex-player who worked for MLB, dies at 60". ESPN. August 6, 2024. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

fanbuzz.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Pinak, Patrick (June 1, 2022). "Billy Bean Tragically Lost His Partner to AIDS Before Becoming a Gay MLB Pioneer". FanBuzz. Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

forbes.com (Global: 71^st place; English: 54^th place)

Maury Brown. "MLB Names Former Major League Outfielder Billy Bean As First". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2015.

glbtqarchive.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Rapp, Linda (2006). "Bean, Billy (b. 1964)" (PDF). glbtq.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.

globenewswire.com (Global: 2,858^th place; English: 1,554^th place)

"Major League Baseball's Billy Bean Joins MMPW as National Spokesman". globalnewswire.com (Press release). March 10, 2015. Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2020.

imdb.com (Global: 22^nd place; English: 33^rd place)

I've Got a Secret (TV Series 2006– ) – IMDb, retrieved July 5, 2023
"Billy Bean (I)". IMDb. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.

jsonline.com (Global: 1,443^rd place; English: 671^st place)

Tom Haudricourt. "Brewers minor-leaguer makes baseball history by coming out publicly as gay". jsonline.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2015.

lamag.com (Global: 3,942^nd place; English: 2,096^th place)

Turner, Marlee (June 4, 2026). "Dodgers Set to Take on the Angels for 13th Annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night". Los Angeles. Retrieved June 5, 2026.

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

"Billy Bean Means Business : Baseball Becomes a Job When Major League Is Within Reach". Los Angeles Times. July 14, 1986. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
"Former Loyola Marymount Outfielder Bean Is Getting a Chance With Padres". Los Angeles Times. June 27, 1993. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2015.

metroweekly.com (Global: 8,703^rd place; English: 4,915^th place)

Bugg, Sean (May 15, 2003). "Out of the Park: Former pro-baseball player Billy Bean pursues a new field of dreams". Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.. Written by Billy Bean with Chris Bull; published New York: Marlowe & Company, 2003.

milb.com (Global: 998^th place; English: 500^th place)

"Mud Hens Yearly Leaders (1965–present)" (PDF). MiLB.com. Minor League Baseball. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2016.

mlb.com (Global: 113^th place; English: 81^st place)

"Bill Bean Stats, Fantasy & News". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
"MLB names Bean its first Ambassador for Inclusion". Major League Baseball. July 15, 2014. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
"MLB hires Pride as latest Ambassador for Inclusion". MLB.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
Feinsand, Mark (August 6, 2024). "Baseball trailblazer Billy Bean, who dedicated life to inclusion, dies at 60". MLB.com.
"Bean-Lovullo bond inspires as game's culture evolves". MLB.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
"Major League Baseball mourns the passing of colleague Billy Bean". MLB.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
Feinsand, Mark (August 6, 2024). "Baseball trailblazer Billy Bean, who dedicated life to inclusion, dies at 60". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
"Major League Baseball mourns the passing of colleague Billy Bean: MLB's Sr. VP and Former Major League Outfielder Was 60" (Press release). Major League Baseball. August 6, 2024. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.

msn.com (Global: 188^th place; English: 215^th place)

Guzman, Ed. "MSN". MSN. Retrieved August 8, 2024.

newnownext.com (Global: 6,166^th place; English: 3,521^st place)

"Showtime looking at The Beard". newnownext.com. July 31, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2020.

news.google.com (Global: 67^th place; English: 32^nd place)

"The Pittsburgh Press – Google News Archive Search". Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2015.

newsminer.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Joyal, Brad (June 22, 2018). "Former Goldpanner Billy Bean returns with Major League Baseball". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Lipsyte, Robert (September 6, 1999). "BASEBALL; A Major League Player's Life Of Isolation and Secret Fear". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
Lipsyte, Robert (September 6, 1999). "BASEBALL; A Major League Player's Life Of Isolation and Secret Fear". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
Miller, Scott (June 2, 2022). "The Dodgers Embrace the Family of a Player They Once Shunned". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 7, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.

nyu.edu (Global: 1,362^nd place; English: 822^nd place)

Communications, NYU Web. "Episode 52: Billy Bean, VP of Social Responsibility and Inclusion and Special Assistant to the Commissioner, Major League Baseball". www.nyu.edu. Archived from the original on August 19, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

ocweekly.com (Global: 5,588^th place; English: 3,037^th place)

blogs.ocweekly.com

Coker, Matt (October 6, 2011). "Billy Bean, Pride of Santa Ana High and "Out" Major Leaguer, Rolls With Moneyball Billy Beane Confusion | OC Weekly". Navel Gazing. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

outsports.com (Global: 7,844^th place; English: 4,609^th place)

Zeigler, Cyd (January 7, 2016). "MLB promotes Billy Bean to vice-president". Outsports. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
"Brad Pitt does not play gay Billy Bean in "Moneyball," he plays straight Billy Beane". OutSports. Archived from the original on August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
"Hitting a Home Run for My Lover". Outsports. May 27, 2013. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
Buzinski, Jim (June 29, 2008). "Billy Bean, partner split". OutSports. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
Zeigler, Cyd (June 5, 2026). "Dodgers memorial honors gay players Glenn Burke and Billy Bean". OutSports.

publishersweekly.com (Global: 619^th place; English: 303^rd place)

"Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life in and Out of Major-League Baseball by Billy Bean". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.

sausd.us (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Santa Ana HS CIF Champion Teams" (PDF). Santa Ana Unified School District. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.

tvtropes.org (Global: 6,062^nd place; English: 8,586^th place)

I've Got a Secret, archived from the original on July 5, 2023, retrieved July 5, 2023

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Bill Bean Stats, Fantasy & News". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
"MLB names Bean its first Ambassador for Inclusion". Major League Baseball. July 15, 2014. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
"MLB hires Pride as latest Ambassador for Inclusion". MLB.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
Communications, NYU Web. "Episode 52: Billy Bean, VP of Social Responsibility and Inclusion and Special Assistant to the Commissioner, Major League Baseball". www.nyu.edu. Archived from the original on August 19, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
Lipsyte, Robert (September 6, 1999). "BASEBALL; A Major League Player's Life Of Isolation and Secret Fear". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
"Billy Bean On WFAN: Murphy's Comments 'A Reminder That We're Just Getting Started' - CBS New York". www.cbsnews.com. March 5, 2015. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
"Bean-Lovullo bond inspires as game's culture evolves". MLB.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
Coker, Matt (October 6, 2011). "Billy Bean, Pride of Santa Ana High and "Out" Major Leaguer, Rolls With Moneyball Billy Beane Confusion | OC Weekly". Navel Gazing. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
"Major League Baseball mourns the passing of colleague Billy Bean". MLB.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
"Santa Ana HS CIF Champion Teams" (PDF). Santa Ana Unified School District. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
"1985 New York Yankees Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
Lipsyte, Robert (September 6, 1999). "BASEBALL; A Major League Player's Life Of Isolation and Secret Fear". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
"Billy Bean Means Business : Baseball Becomes a Job When Major League Is Within Reach". Los Angeles Times. July 14, 1986. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
"Former Loyola Marymount Outfielder Bean Is Getting a Chance With Padres". Los Angeles Times. June 27, 1993. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
Joyal, Brad (June 22, 2018). "Former Goldpanner Billy Bean returns with Major League Baseball". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
Rapp, Linda (2006). "Bean, Billy (b. 1964)" (PDF). glbtq.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
"Mud Hens Yearly Leaders (1965–present)" (PDF). MiLB.com. Minor League Baseball. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
"Brad Pitt does not play gay Billy Bean in "Moneyball," he plays straight Billy Beane". OutSports. Archived from the original on August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
"The Pittsburgh Press – Google News Archive Search". Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
"1992 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
Maury Brown. "MLB Names Former Major League Outfielder Billy Bean As First". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
Tom Haudricourt. "Brewers minor-leaguer makes baseball history by coming out publicly as gay". jsonline.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
I've Got a Secret, archived from the original on July 5, 2023, retrieved July 5, 2023
"Major League Baseball's Billy Bean Joins MMPW as National Spokesman". globalnewswire.com (Press release). March 10, 2015. Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
"Meet Billy Bean, Major League Baseball's Gay Rights Ambassador". Details. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
"Billy Bean (I)". IMDb. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
"HBO to rerun controversial Arli$$ episode featuring Billy Bean (6096)". advocate.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
"Hitting a Home Run for My Lover". Outsports. May 27, 2013. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
Pinak, Patrick (June 1, 2022). "Billy Bean Tragically Lost His Partner to AIDS Before Becoming a Gay MLB Pioneer". FanBuzz. Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
Martin, Lydia (August 5, 1999). "A Fresh Start: Once A Closeted Major League Outfielder, Billy Bean Is Now Finding His Own Voice". Chicago Tribune. Knight Ridder. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
"19 Male Baseball Heroes Who Came Out as Gay or Bisexual". advocate.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
Miller, Scott (June 2, 2022). "The Dodgers Embrace the Family of a Player They Once Shunned". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 7, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
Buzinski, Jim (June 29, 2008). "Billy Bean, partner split". OutSports. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
"Bean-Viega Split Accompanied by Tragedy". The Advocate. July 11, 2008. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
Bugg, Sean (May 15, 2003). "Out of the Park: Former pro-baseball player Billy Bean pursues a new field of dreams". Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.. Written by Billy Bean with Chris Bull; published New York: Marlowe & Company, 2003.
"Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life in and Out of Major-League Baseball by Billy Bean". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
Feinsand, Mark (August 6, 2024). "Baseball trailblazer Billy Bean, who dedicated life to inclusion, dies at 60". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
"Bean, openly gay ex-player who worked for MLB, dies at 60". ESPN. August 6, 2024. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Billy Bean". Baseball Almanac. August 7, 2024. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Major League Baseball mourns the passing of colleague Billy Bean: MLB's Sr. VP and Former Major League Outfielder Was 60" (Press release). Major League Baseball. August 6, 2024. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Lipsyte, Robert (September 6, 1999). "BASEBALL; A Major League Player's Life Of Isolation and Secret Fear". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

Billy Bean (English Wikipedia)

advocate.com (Global: 1,869th place; English: 1,037th place)

baseball-almanac.com (Global: 2,090th place; English: 1,020th place)

baseball-reference.com (Global: 122nd place; English: 74th place)

cbsnews.com (Global: 136th place; English: 93rd place)

chicagotribune.com (Global: 143rd place; English: 80th place)

details.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

espn.com (Global: 42nd place; English: 25th place)

fanbuzz.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

forbes.com (Global: 71st place; English: 54th place)

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mlb.com (Global: 113^th place; English: 81^st place)

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