Jim Beauchamp Baseball player

James Edward Beauchamp (August 21, 1939 – December 25, 2007) was a Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder who played from 1963 to 1973 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Colt .45s/Astros, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Mets. He attended Grove High School in Grove, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University before being signed by the Cardinals in 1957. He was the father of former minor league baseball player Kash Beauchamp. He was 6'2' and weighed 205 pounds. He is a direct descendant of John Beauchamp of the Plymouth Company and pronounced his name as /ˈbiː-tʃʌm/ (BE-chum).

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 21, 1939
Birth place
Oklahoma
Date of deathDecember 25, 2007

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 22, 1963
Career endSeptember 20, 1973
batting sideRight
former teams
New York Mets
St. Louis Cardinals
position
Outfielder
First baseman
teams
Atlanta Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Houston Astros
New York Mets
St. Louis Cardinals
throwing sideRight

Jim Beauchamp on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbeauj101.htm