Ollie Beard

Shortstop / Third baseman

Born: May 2, 1862
Lexington, Kentucky

Died: May 28, 1929 (aged 67)
Cincinnati, Ohio

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 17, 1889, for the Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA)

Last MLB appearance

June 28, 1891, for the Louisville Colonels

MLB statistics

Batting average

.270

Home runs

Runs batted in

173

Teams

Cincinnati Red Stockings/Reds (AA)/(NL) (1889–1890)
Louisville Colonels (1891)

Career highlights and awards

Led the American Association in games played with 141 in 1889

Oliver Perry Beard (May 2, 1862 – May 28, 1929) was an American Major League Baseball player who played shortstop for the Cincinnati Red Stockings/Reds from 1889 to 1890. He then played third base for the Louisville Colonels in 1891.^[1] Born in Lexington, Kentucky,^[1] it is claimed that his family invented the Kentucky version of the food, "Burgoo".^[2] In his three-year career, he led the American Association in games played with 141 in 1889, and twice finished in the top five in the league in triples.^[3] He finished his career with 331 games played, a .270 batting average, 195 runs scored, 34 doubles, 34 triples, and four home runs. He died at the age of 67 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was cremated.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Ollie Beard's career statistics". retrosheet.org. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
↑ Nemec, Davis (1994). The Beer And Whiskey League: The Illustrated History of the American Association--Baseball's Renegade Major League. Lyons and Burford. p. 178. ISBN 1-59228-188-5.
↑ "Ollie Beard's career statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-12-15.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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Bob Glenalvin (1894)
Con Strouthers (1895–1896)
George Stallings (1896)
Bob Allen (1897)
Frank Graves (1897–1898)
Ollie Beard (1898)
Tony Mullane (1898)
George Stallings (1898–1901)
Frank Dwyer (1902)
Ed Barrow (1903–1904)
Bobby Lowe (1904)
Bill Armour (1905–1906)
Hughie Jennings (1907–1920)
Ty Cobb (1921–1926)
George Moriarty (1927–1928)
Bucky Harris (1929–1933)
Del Baker (1933)
Mickey Cochrane (1934–1937)
Del Baker (1936)
Cy Perkins (1937)
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Del Baker (1938–1942)
Steve O'Neill (1943–1948)
Red Rolfe (1949–1952)
Fred Hutchinson (1952–1954)
Bucky Harris (1955–1956)
Jack Tighe (1957–1958)
Bill Norman (1958–1959)
Jimmy Dykes (1959–1960)
Billy Hitchcock (1960)
Joe Gordon (1960)
Bob Scheffing (1961–1963)
Chuck Dressen (1963–1964)
Bob Swift (1965)
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Frank Skaff (1966)
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Buddy Bell (1996–1998)
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