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Bean, who publicly came out in 1999, was MLB's senior vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. ... one of the first openly gay figures in baseball, died at age 60 after a battle with ...
Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash following the 1972 season. This is a list of baseball players who died during their careers. While some of these deaths occurred during a game, the majority were the result of accidents off the field, illnesses, acts of violence, or suicide.
Carl William Mays (November 12, 1891 – April 4, 1971) was an American baseball pitcher who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929. [1] During his career, he won over 200 games, 27 in 1921 alone, and was a member of four World Series-champion teams.
William Daro Bean (May 11, 1964 – August 6, 2024) was an American 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 ]
The sports cover of The Sacramento Bee on Sunday, July 19, 1970, a day after Giants slugger Willie Mays made his 3,000th career hit. The Hall of Famer center fielder and a slugging icon died ...
An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died, officials said. Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M ...
He is, as of 2024, the only player to die directly from an injury received during a major league game. [1] [2] His death led baseball to establish a rule requiring umpires to replace the ball whenever it becomes dirty. Chapman's death and sanitary concerns also led to the ban on spitballs after the 1920 season.
Collapsed after heading a ball in a game against St. Helens and died. 29 December 1909 James Main (SCO) 23 Hibernian: Sustained stomach injuries after colliding with a Partick Thistle player during a Christmas Day match at Firhill on a frostbound pitch and died four days later. 28 September 1912 William Stroner (ENG) 17