Beau Allred Explained

Beau Allred
Position:Outfielder
Bats:Left
Throws:Left
Birth Date:4 June 1965
Birth Place:Mesa, Arizona, U.S.
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:September 7
Debutyear:1989
Debutteam:Cleveland Indians
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:June 25
Finalyear:1991
Finalteam:Cleveland Indians
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.230
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:4
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:15
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Beau Allred (born 4 June 1965) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played in parts of three seasons for the Cleveland Indians between 1989 and 1991. His number from 1989-1990 was #55

College and minor leagues

Allred played collegiately at Lamar University. As a freshman, he had a batting average of .350, 16 home runs, and 44 RBIs.[1] After the season, he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 25th round of the 1987 MLB draft.[2] He spent the 1987 season with the Burlington Indians, where he hit .341 in 54 games.[3] The following season, he was promoted to the Kinston Indians, and had a .252 batting average in 126 games. The next year, Allred played primarily for the Canton–Akron Indians and hit .303 for the team in 118 games. He was then promoted to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, and played in 11 games for them before being called up to the majors in September.

Professional career

Throughout his three-season career, Allred split time between the Indians and minor leagues. He made his major league debut on 7 September 1989.[2] He played three seasons for the Cleveland Indians between 1989 and 1991. In 1989 he played in 13 games, in 1990 he played in four games, and in 1991 in played in 48 games. In his career, Allred had a batting average of .230 with four home runs and 15 RBIs.[2] He was immortalized in a 1991 article in Sports Illustrated where writer Steve Rushin revealed several pen-written lines of graffiti in a Cleveland Stadium bathroom chronicling Allred's career: "Shoeless Beau Allred", "Clueless Beau Allred" and finally "Clubless Beau Allred".[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: David. McNabb. Texas Teams Are The Rule In Regional. The Dallas Morning News. May 21, 1987.
  2. Web site: Beau Allred Statistics. Baseball-Reference.com. 2009-06-03.
  3. Web site: Beau Allred. The Baseball Cube. 2009-06-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20090511080956/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/A/Beau-Allred.shtml. 11 May 2009 . live.
  4. Web site: Beaten Like a Drum.