Charlie Beamon

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Latest revision as of 17:25, 29 May 2010

See Charlie Beamon in the index for other people with this or a similar name.

Charlie Beamon
Charles Alfonzo Beamon Sr.
Bat/Throw:	R/R
Height:	5' 11"
Weight:	195
Born:	1934-12-25 at Oakland, CA (US)

More info
Statistics:	Retrosheet
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Charlie Beamon was a professional player.

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 2 Sources

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Oakland, California in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.
• Was the sole support of his parents as well as five brothers and two sisters in 1955.
• His father was unable to work due to chronic asthma.

Pre-professional career

• Attended McClymonds High School in Oakland, California.
• Played baseball three years in high school.
• Won eight and lost none and batted .369 including four doubles and a triple in his final prep year.
• Played two years of American Legion ball in Oakland for a team his father managed.
• Won five and lost two in American Legion ball in 1952.
• Was acclaimed as "Oakland's best prep baseball player" at the 1952 American Legion prep all-star game in Oakland as he struck out seven in four innings and allowed only three hits and no runs in the all-star game.

Outside of baseball

• Was employed at the American Red Cross Headquarters in San Francisco during the off-season in 1955.

Sources

• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.