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Name Team Age
Jake Beamon Retired (1974, Age 36) Died (2004, Age 66)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Undrafted
(1956)		 C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Amos Otis League 0 14 years (95 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A  C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  B+ B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- B+ D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A  A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D- 0 2/11/1938
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 2
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1956 PHI 14 55 5 11 0 1 0 5 4 7 2 0 0 .491 .254 .236 .200
1960 PHI 130 495 56 134 28 4 6 62 34 64 23 2 1 .698 .318 .380 .271
1961 PHI-KC 103 245 32 57 8 0 4 26 38 41 9 1 1 .645 .331 .314 .233
1962 KC 128 471 60 124 13 2 16 60 53 78 16 6 1 .738 .337 .401 .263
1963 KC 127 459 44 117 20 5 9 49 37 70 6 6 5 .688 .309 .379 .255
1964 KC 131 490 67 117 22 3 13 50 54 85 16 4 3 .692 .316 .376 .239
1965 KC 122 441 60 124 17 5 14 57 49 69 4 3 2 .794 .356 .438 .281
1966 KC 87 308 29 76 9 3 6 32 26 52 1 3 2 .662 .308 .354 .247
1967 KC 138 295 34 71 18 1 4 38 29 40 2 0 1 .661 .312 .349 .241
1968 KC 121 343 50 102 13 2 12 49 34 46 4 3 1 .814 .362 .452 .297
1969 KC 96 373 43 94 18 0 8 58 32 54 9 4 0 .679 .314 .365 .252
1970 KC 104 381 52 130 23 2 7 63 45 50 6 4 0 .876 .408 .467 .341
1971 KC 111 407 69 112 25 5 9 60 48 60 7 1 0 .778 .350 .428 .275
1972 KC 108 296 43 72 13 6 12 42 28 57 4 2 0 .757 .308 .449 .243
1973 KC-CLE 109 339 47 89 18 2 7 48 41 75 4 2 0 .736 .346 .389 .263
1974 CLE 87 108 14 24 8 0 1 10 9 17 1 1 1 .606 .282 .324 .222
Total 1716 5506 705 1454 253 41 128 709 561 865 114 42 18 .727 .333 .395 .264
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1974-11-01Jake Beamon has retired from the Cleveland Spiders
1973-05-08A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Killer Corgis and the Kansas City Royals. The Kansas City Royals receive Rod Kelso from the Cleveland Killer Corgis in exchange for Jake Beamon.
1967-03-03The Kansas City Royals have renamed Jim Sundberg to Jake Beamon.
1962-04-11The Kansas City Royals have renamed Jake Beamon to Jim Sundberg.
1961-08-30A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Athletics and the Philadelphia Wildbunch. The Philadelphia Wildbunch receive Matt Strahler, Irv Driscoll from the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Jake Beamon, Draft Pick - 1962 Round 3 (PHI), Draft Pick - 1963 Round 5 (PHI).
1960-04-01The Philadelphia Wildbunch have promoted Mel Grissom to the major league team. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have promoted Jake Beamon to the major league team. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have promoted D.J. Walker to the major league team. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have sent Ron Bloomfield to the minors. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have sent Homer McNulty to the minors. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have sent Ken Lambert to the minors. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have designated Dave Bottomley for assignment.
1957-03-01The Philadelphia Wildbunch have promoted Ken Lambert to the major league team. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have sent Jake Beamon to the minors.
1956-09-08The Philadelphia Wildbunch have promoted Jake Beamon to the major league team. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have sent Ken Lambert to the minors.
1956-04-02The Philadelphia Wildbunch have acquired Jake Beamon from the waiver wire. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have waived Jack Macullar.