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Charlie
Beamon		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 210
 
Born: December 25, 1934 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
Platinum Arm 1964   
All-Star Selections 1962    1964    1965   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 21 MON NL   6 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1957 22 MON NL   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1958 23 MON NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1959 24 MON NL   7 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1960 25 MON NL   7 6 6 6 3 4 3 8 8 8
1961 26 MON NL $ 300,000 7 7 8 8 3 4 3 10 10 10
1962 27 MON NL $ 300,000 7 10 10 10 3 4 3 10 10 10
1963 28 MON NL $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 3 4 3 10 10 10
1964 29 DET AL $ 300,000 7 10 10 10 3 3 3 10 10 10
1965 30 DET AL $ 7,021,429 7 10 10 10 3 3 3 10 10 10
1966 31 DET AL $ 7,128,571 7 10 10 10 2 3 2 10 10 10
1967 32 DET AL $ 7,128,571 7 10 10 10 2 2 2 9 9 9
1968 33 DET AL $ 5,500,000 7 10 10 10 2 2 2 9 9 9
1969 34 MIN AL $ 5,500,000 7 10 10 10 2 2 2 9 9 9
1970 35 MIN AL $ 5,500,000 6 9 9 9 1 1 1 7 7 7
1971 36 MIN AL $ 5,500,000 6 8 8 8 1 1 1 6 6 6
1972 37 MIN AL $ 570,000 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,128,571 7 10 10 10 4 4 4 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 21 MON NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 22 MON NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 23 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 24 MON NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 25 MON NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 26 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 27 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 28 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 29 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 30 DET AL $ 7,021,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 31 DET AL $ 7,128,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 32 DET AL $ 7,128,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 33 DET AL $ 5,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 34 MIN AL $ 5,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 35 MIN AL $ 5,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 36 MIN AL $ 5,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 37 MIN AL $ 570,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,128,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1956 21 AAA   11 5 .688 23 23 1 1 0 152.7 160 74 15 68 156 4.36 .268 .342 .396 .739  
1957 22 AAA   9 12 .429 29 29 0 0 0 181.0 169 83 19 79 198 4.13 .246 .323 .372 .695  
1958 23 MON NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 13 7 2 8 7 4.85 .260 .362 .380 .742 0.6
    AAA   13 6 .684 27 27 0 0 0 170.7 150 73 10 97 175 3.85 .234 .335 .333 .668  
1959 24 AAA   8 10 .444 27 27 2 1 0 176.0 144 73 17 100 201 3.73 .219 .322 .342 .664  
1960 25 AAA   15 9 .625 30 30 0 0 0 198.0 167 73 14 98 219 3.32 .224 .315 .323 .637  
1961 26 MON NL 8 5 .615 16 16 1 0 0 110.7 90 43 6 44 92 3.50 .221 .309 .307 .616 6.5
    AAA   2 2 .500 6 6 1 0 0 38.7 28 17 3 20 43 3.96 .200 .300 .314 .614  
1962 27 MON NL 20 8 .714 40 40 4 2 0 279.7 234 87 10 112 246 2.80 .223 .302 .299 .601 20.3
1963 28 MON NL 21 6 .778 39 39 3 1 0 273.0 182 95 11 133 271 3.13 .190 .299 .282 .581 18.4
1964 29 DET AL 18 11 .621 42 42 3 2 0 293.7 185 75 1 129 296 2.30 .182 .285 .247 .533 31.9
1965 30 DET AL 21 11 .656 44 44 2 1 0 310.7 188 77 4 123 312 2.23 .174 .267 .231 .498 30.8
1966 31 DET AL 9 18 .333 34 34 4 3 0 237.0 179 106 12 141 210 4.03 .213 .337 .333 .669 12.4
    AAA   2 1 .667 5 5 0 0 0 31.3 18 7 0 13 36 2.01 .162 .250 .207 .457  
1967 32 DET AL 13 17 .433 44 44 5 1 0 295.7 243 128 18 172 337 3.90 .225 .335 .337 .672 16.7
1968 33 DET AL 9 18 .333 36 36 2 0 0 243.3 173 105 25 148 255 3.88 .201 .323 .345 .667 15.8
1969 34 MIN AL 12 15 .444 34 34 1 0 0 212.7 161 107 17 141 233 4.53 .206 .337 .314 .651 8.0
1970 35 MIN AL 9 14 .391 35 35 1 0 0 235.3 184 93 15 152 252 3.56 .213 .340 .307 .647 15.4
1971 36 MIN AL 7 6 .538 25 25 0 0 0 138.3 125 84 18 108 149 5.47 .239 .379 .383 .762 3.3
1972 37 MIN AL 0 1 .000 22 0 0 0 0 42.7 31 21 7 30 32 4.43 .207 .346 .380 .726 2.1
13 Years Sim 148 130 .532 413 391 26 10 0 2685.6 1988 1028 146 1441 2692 3.45 .206 .317 .304 .621 182.2
7 Years AAA 60 45 .571 147 147 4 2 0 948.3 836 400 78 475 1028 3.80 .234 .323 .346 .669  
Season Average 11 10 .524 31 30 2 0 0 206.6 152 79 11 110 207 3.45 .206 .317 .304 .621  
Career Highs 21 18 1.000 44 44 5 3 0 310.7 243 128 25 172 337 5.47 .260 .379 .383 .762  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   888 490 68 596 1431   .192 .284 .289 .573
vs LH   1100 538 78 845 1261   .219 .331 .318 .649
Home 61 65 .484 193 183 11 6 2 1249.0 952 511 72 705 1268 3.68 .211 .318 .316 .634
Away 87 65 .572 220 208 15 4 3 1436.6 1036 517 74 736 1424 3.24 .201 .301 .293 .595
Mar/Apr 21 19 .525 60 60 4 3 0 400.7 289 147 17 211 400 3.30 .202 .304 .291 .595
May 23 17 .575 59 57 5 2 0 396.0 278 141 16 209 393 3.20 .195 .299 .268 .567
June 17 30 .362 66 63 4 0 0 423.6 335 203 38 236 445 4.31 .217 .321 .346 .667
July 20 27 .426 74 67 6 2 0 452.6 345 176 24 257 459 3.50 .210 .317 .309 .626
August 34 21 .618 77 73 4 3 0 514.0 366 183 24 262 520 3.20 .201 .301 .302 .604
Sep/Oct 33 16 .673 77 71 3 0 5 498.6 375 178 27 266 475 3.21 .209 .311 .303 .614
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 23 MON NL 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0
1961 26 MON NL 16 40 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .075 .098 .075 .173 -1.8 0.0
1962 27 MON NL 40 90 5 12 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 34 .133 .141 .167 .308 0.8 0.0
1963 28 MON NL 39 89 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 28 .079 .099 .090 .189 -2.9 0.0
1964 29 DET AL 42 97 4 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 41 .093 .109 .093 .202 -2.3 0.0
1965 30 DET AL 44 109 4 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 41 .073 .106 .119 .225 -2.9 0.0
1966 31 DET AL 34 76 4 12 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 22 .158 .200 .171 .371 1.9 0.0
1967 32 DET AL 44 97 7 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 25 .134 .173 .144 .317 1.4 0.0
1968 33 DET AL 36 81 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 25 .111 .111 .123 .235 -2.1 0.0
9 Years Sim 297 682 35 74 9 0 1 25 0 0 17 233 .109 .132 .126 .258 -7.6 0.0
162 Game Average 372 19 40 4 0 0 13 0 0 9 127 .109 .132 .126 .258 -4.1  
Career Highs 44 109 7 13 3 0 1 6 0 0 5 41 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   413 21 47 3 0 0 16 0 0 11 134 .114 .138 .121 .259 -7.2
vs LH   269 14 27 6 0 1 9 0 0 6 99 .100 .123 .134 .257 -5.4
Home 138 287 15 32 3 0 1 11 0 0 9 98 .111 .141 .132 .273 -3.8
Away 159 395 20 42 6 0 0 14 0 0 8 135 .106 .125 .122 .247 -8.8
RISP   159 0 15 0 0 0 23 0 0 2 68 .094 .102 .094 .197 -5.6
Close/Late   42 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .095 .116 .119 .235 -1.1
Mar/Apr 45 99 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 33 .071 .097 .071 .168 -4.3
May 40 96 8 17 3 0 1 7 0 0 4 33 .177 .206 .240 .445 3.9
June 48 111 5 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 35 .099 .114 .126 .240 -2.8
July 51 113 8 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 44 .097 .121 .097 .218 -3.6
August 58 137 2 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 51 .080 .100 .088 .188 -5.4
Sep/Oct 55 126 10 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 37 .135 .160 .151 .311 -0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1958 23 MON NL P 2 2 13.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.46    
1961 26 MON NL P 16 16 110.7 1 9 0 1 1.000 0.81    
1962 27 MON NL P 40 40 279.7 10 37 2 0 .959 1.51    
1963 28 MON NL P 39 39 273.0 14 37 1 2 .981 1.68    
1964 29 DET AL P 42 42 293.7 4 51 1 3 .982 1.69    
1965 30 DET AL P 44 44 310.7 26 36 2 5 .969 1.80    
1966 31 DET AL P 34 34 237.0 11 38 1 0 .980 1.86    
1967 32 DET AL P 44 44 295.7 13 37 0 3 1.000 1.52    
1968 33 DET AL P 36 36 243.3 11 34 0 3 1.000 1.66    
1969 34 MIN AL P 34 34 212.7 12 18 0 1 1.000 1.27    
1970 35 MIN AL P 35 35 235.3 15 22 1 5 .974 1.42    
1971 36 MIN AL P 25 25 138.3 5 15 2 1 .909 1.30    
1972 37 MIN AL P 22 0 42.7 5 5 0 1 1.000 2.11    
Career Totals   413 391 2685.6 127 344 10 25 .979 1.58    
Career Highs   44 44 310.7 26 51 2 5 1.000 3.46    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1962 27 MON NL 0 1 .000 2 1 0 0 1 7.3 5 1 0 1 4 1.23 .172 .200 .207 .407
1963 28 MON NL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 4 6.3 9 2 0 1 3 2.84 .360 .385 .400 .785
1964 29 DET AL 0 3 .000 3 3 0 0 0 18.3 16 9 1 14 22 4.42 .232 .361 .275 .637
1970 35 MIN AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 2 6 1 3 1 23.18 .222 .417 .556 .972
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 4 .000 14 4 0 0 5 34.3 32 18 2 19 30 4.72 .242 .338 .303 .641
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 27 MON NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1964 29 DET AL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1962-6-2.80
1964-1-2.30
1965-2-2.23
CAR-48-3.45
 Wins
1962-9-20
1963-4-21
1964-8-18
1965-3-21
 Losses
1966-9-18
1968-8-18
1969-9-15
 Winning Pct
1962-6-.714
1963-1-.778
1965-6-.656
 Games Started
1964-5-42
1965-1-44
1967-1-44
1969-8-34
1970-8-35
 Shutouts
1964-7-2
1966-3-3
Innings Pitched
1964-9-293.7
1965-9-310.7
 Strikeouts
1963-4-271
1964-2-296
1965-3-312
1967-3-337
1968-10-255
1969-6-233
1970-3-252
CAR-30-2692
 Walks Allowed
1962-4-112
1963-2-133
1964-2-129
1965-3-123
1966-3-141
1967-1-172
1968-3-148
1969-1-141
1970-1-152
1971-8-108
CAR-33-1441
 Hits per 9IP
1962-9-7.5
1963-1-6.0
1964-2-5.7
1965-1-5.4
1966-5-6.8
1967-10-7.4
1968-4-6.4
1969-5-6.8
1970-6-7.0
CAR-4-6.7
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1962-9-7.9
1963-1-8.9
1964-3-9.1
1965-4-9.0
1966-7-8.0
1967-3-10.3
1968-4-9.4
1969-3-9.9
1970-2-9.6
CAR-8-9.0
 WHiP
1964-6-1.07
1965-3-1.00
OAVG
1962-8-.223
1963-1-.190
1964-2-.182
1965-1-.174
1966-6-.213
1968-4-.201
1969-5-.206
1970-6-.213
CAR-4-.206
 OOBP
1964-10-.285
1965-4-.267
 OSLG
1962-2-.299
1963-1-.282
1964-1-.247
1965-1-.231
1966-5-.333
1967-6-.337
1969-4-.314
1970-6-.307
CAR-3-.304
 OOPS
1962-5-.601
1963-5-.581
1964-1-.533
1965-1-.498
CAR-18-.621
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 15    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 114    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  3. Jim York (883)
  4. Don Nottebart (881)
  5. Danny McDevitt (879)
  6. Joe Horlen (875)
  7. Bob Veale (873)
  8. Ralph Lumenti (871)
  9. Tommy Hughes (867)
  10. Rollie Fingers (862)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Joe Horlen (993)
  2. Bob Veale (992)
  3. Tex Hughson (992)
  4. Milt Pappas (990)
  5. Eddie Fisher (988)
  6. Ken Raffensberger (987)
  7. Bud Byerly (987)
  8. Humberto Robinson (986)
  9. Mickey Lolich (986)
  10. Bill Singer (985)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Montreal in 1956
Injured on 7/18/1958 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/25/1958, off Ted Bowsfield (STL)
Earned first career win on 9/25/1958
Injured on 5/22/1959 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 7/20/1959 with a Tight Elbow, out for 2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1961, winning 2 games with a 2.08 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1962, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1963, going 6-0, 0.57
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 2/21/1964 (Going to MON: P Nick Willhite. Going to DET: P Charlie Beamon)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1964, going 3-0, 1.27
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1964, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1964, going 7-0, 1.44
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,021,429 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 5/29/1965, off Chuck Stobbs (BOS)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1965, going 5-1, 0.89
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,128,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/10/1966 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,128,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1967: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/6/1968 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/21/1969 (Going to MIN: P Charlie Beamon. Going to DET: P Frank Kreutzer)
Injured on 4/6/1971 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
6/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $570,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 6/2/1971 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
 
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