Ginger Beaumont

Infobox MLB retired
name=Ginger Beaumont
position=Outfielder


birthdate=birth date|1876|7|23|mf=y
city-state|Rochester|Wisconsin
deathdate=death date and age|1956|4|10|1876|7|23
city-state|Burlington|Wisconsin
bats=Left
throws=Right
debutdate=April 21
debutyear=1899
debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
finaldate=October 15
finalyear=by|1910
finalteam=Chicago Cubs
stat1label=Batting average
stat2label=Hits
stat3label=Runs scored
stat1value=.311
stat2value=1759
stat3value=955
teams=
*Pittsburgh Pirates (by|1899-by|1906)
*Boston Doves (by|1907-by|1909)
*Chicago Cubs (by|1910)
highlights=
*National League Pennant: 1903, 1910
*National League batting champion: 1902
*National League runs scored leader: 1903
*National League hits leader: 1902, 1903, 1904, 1907
*1 200-hit season
*4 seasons with 100+ runs scored

Clarence Howeth "Ginger" Beaumont (July 23 1876 - April 10 1956) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1899-1906) and Boston Braves (1907-09). He was born in Rochester, Wisconsin, and attended Beloit College. During the years 1900-1904 – with the Pirates winning pennants from 1901-03 – Beaumont led the National League in hits three times, scored 100 runs four times, leading the league once, and also captured the 1902 batting championship with a .357 mark. As the Pirates' regular leadoff hitter, he was the first player ever to come to bat in a World Series game. Nicknamed "Ginger" for his thick red hair, he used his excellent speed to great advantage; on the day before his 23rd birthday in his rookie season, he had six infield singles and scored all six times. He was the first player in major league history to lead the league in hits three consecutive years. Sine then it has only been accomplished by only five others; he led the NL in hits a fourth time with the 1907 Braves. Often bothered by leg injuries, he joined the Chicago Cubs for the 1910 season, and made pinch-hitting appearances in the first three games of the 1910 World Series before leaving the major leagues with a .311 career batting average and on base average of .363. He played one more season in the minor leagues before retiring to his Honey Creek, Wisconsin farm. He was one of the first inductees to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1951. Beaumont suffered two strokes in his 70s, and died at age 79 in Burlington, Wisconsin.

Ginger Beaumont has a baseball field named after him in his hometown of Burlington. Where his history also lives on in his name along with Frank Roth representing the Burlington little league allstars.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball batting champions
* List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
* Major League Baseball titles leaders

References

* "Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia" (2000). Kingston, NY: Total/Sports Illustrated. ISBN 1-892129-34-5.

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