Beau Allred

Dale Le Beau Allred (born June 4, 1965 in Mesa, Arizona) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played three seasons for the Cleveland Indians between 1989 and 1991.

College and minor leagues

Allred played college baseball at Lamar University for the Cardinals. As a freshman, he had a batting average of .350, 16 home runs, and 44 RBIs.^[1] After one year, he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 25th round of the 1987 MLB Draft on June 2, 1987.^[2] He spent the 1987 season with the Burlington Indians, where he hit .341 in 54 games.^[3] The following season, he was promoted to the Kinston Indians, and he had a .252 batting average in 126 games. The next year, Allred played primarily for the Canton-Akron Indians and hit .303 for the team in 118 games. He was then promoted to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, and he played in 11 games for them before being called up to the majors in September.

Professional career

Throughout his three season career, Allred split time between the Indians and minor leagues. He made his major league debut on September 7, 1989.^[2] He played three seasons for the Cleveland Indians between 1989 and 1991. In 1989 he played in 13 games, in 1990 he played in four games, and in 1991 in played in 48 games. In his career, Allred had a batting average of .230 with four home runs and 15 RBIs.^[2] He was immortalized in a classic 1991 article in Sports Illustrated where writer Steve Rushin described several pen-written lines of graffiti that chronicled Allred's career: "Shoeless Beau Allred", "Clueless Beau Allred" and finally "Clubless Beau Allred".

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)