Glenn Burke was a rising star with the Dodgers from 1976-78, before finishing his career with Oakland.
Both played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and one played in a World Series.
In the history of Major League Baseball, there have been only two players who have come out as gay: Glenn Burke and Billy Bean. Glenn Burke and Billy Bean both wore Dodger Blue. Dodgers have had Major League Baseball’s only 2 openly gay players Today, as the Los Angeles Dodgers prepare to play in the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays, co-founder Jim Buzinski reminds us that the Dodgers franchise is a part of LGBTQ sports history as having the only two MLB players who ever were public about being gay. Every day this month, we’re looking back at our pioneers, the mark they left on our community and on the sports world, plus landmark events and stories that show Courage Is Contagious.
