Fred Beene

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Fred Beene (Born November 24, 1942 in Angleton, Texas) is a former professional baseball player. Beene was a pitcher, and played in the major leagues from 1968 to 1975. Beene was originally drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in 1964. Beene played with Baltimore until 1972 when he was traded to the New York Yankees for a player to named later, which turned out to be Dale Spier. Beene pitched very well for the Yankees, having Earned Run Averages under 2.50. In 1974 Beene was traded by with Tom Buskey, Steve Kline, and Fritz Peterson to the Cleveland Indians for Chris Chambliss, Dick Tidrow, and Cecil Upshaw. His career ERA was 3.63.