Dave Beard

Full Name: Charles David Beard	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/190	First Game: July 16, 1980
Birthdate: October 2, 1959	Final Game: July 21, 1989
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Born on October 2, 1959 in Atlanta, Georgia, Dave Beard (Charles David Beard) played for the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 7 year career. Beard broke into the bigs on July 16, 1980 with the Oakland Athletics, and put up a 3.44 ERA in 91.2 innings pitched in 1982, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dave Beard's best season was 1982, when he posted a 3.44 ERA, won 10 games, notched 11 saves and struck out 73 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1980	OAK	A	13	0	0	1	3.38	12	6	6	1	16	12	0	7	1	0	1
1981	OAK	A	8	0	1	1	2.77	15	5	4	3	13	9	1	4	1	0	1
1982	OAK	A	54	2	10	9	3.44	73	41	35	11	91.2	85	9	35	6	4	1
1983	OAK	A	43	0	5	5	5.61	40	39	38	10	61	55	8	36	4	3	2
1984	SEA	A	43	0	3	2	5.80	40	56	49	5	76	88	15	33	5	4	4
1985	CHI	N	9	0	0	0	6.39	4	9	9	0	12.2	16	2	7	2	0	0
1989	DET	A	2	1	0	2	5.06	1	7	3	0	5.1	9	2	2	0	0	1
Total	NL		9	0	0	0	6.39	4	9	9	0	12.2	16	2	7	2	0	0
Total	AL		163	3	19	20	4.62	181	154	135	30	263	258	35	117	17	11	10
Total			172	3	19	20	4.70	185	163	144	30	275.2	274	37	124	19	11	10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1980	OAK	A	P	13	0	16	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1.000
1981	OAK	A	P	8	0	13	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1982	OAK	A	P	54	2	91.2	3	11	2	1	1	10	3	0	.875
1983	OAK	A	P	43	0	61	1	3	0	0	0	4	3	0	1.000
1984	SEA	A	P	43	0	76	2	12	1	0	1	6	2	0	.933
1985	CHI	N	P	9	0	12.2	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
1989	DET	A	P	2	1	5.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
Total			P	172	3	275.2	9	32	3	1	2	27	10	1	.932

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AVG	OBP	SLG
1980	OAK	A	13	.000	.000	.000
1981	OAK	A	8	.000	.000	.000
1982	OAK	A	54	.000	.000	.000
1983	OAK	A	43	.000	.000	.000
1984	SEA	A	43	.000	.000	.000
1985	CHI	N	9	.000	.000	.000
1989	DET	A	2	.000	.000	.000
Total	NL		9	.000	.000	.000
Total	AL		163	.000	.000	.000
Total			172	.000	.000	.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
Traded by Oakland Athletics with Bob Kearney to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Bill Caudill and Darrel Akerfelds (November 21, 1983).
Released by Seattle Mariners (April 1, 1985).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 13, 1985).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Tom Grant (July 26, 1985).
Released by Chicago Cubs (November 13, 1985).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (December 4, 1985).
Granted free agency (October 15, 1986).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 8, 1987).
Released by Detroit Tigers (October 4, 1989).

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