Joseph William Bean (March 18, 1874 – February 15, 1961) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball.

[1] In 1902, Bean spent less than half a season in the major leagues with the Giants.

In that time he played 50 games, but he committed 32 errors and he was released from the team in July when John McGraw was named player-manager of the Giants.

[4] Bean succeeded John Heisman as the coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team and served in that role between 1918 and 1920.

[6] This biographical article relating to a baseball shortstop is a stub.