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Line 1: {{Short description\|American baseball player (1862–1929)}} ~~{{Infobox MLB player~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography \|name=Ollie Beard \|position=[[Shortstop]] / [[Third baseman]] \|image=Oliver Perry Beard (Ollie Beard) - Baseball Player.jpg ~~\|image=~~ \|bats=Right \|throws=Right \|birth_date={{birth date\|mf=yes\|1862\|5\|2}} \|birth_place=[[Lexington, Kentucky]], U.S. \|death_date={{death date and age\|1929\|5\|28\|1862\|5\|2}} \|death_place=[[Cincinnati, Ohio]], U.S. \|debutleague = MLB \|debutdate= April 17 \|debutyear= 1889 \|debutteam= ~~[[Cincinnati Reds\|~~Cincinnati Red Stockings]] (AA) \|finaldate= June 28▼ \|finalleague = MLB \|finalyear= 1891▼ ▲\|finaldate= June 28 \|finalteam= [[Louisville Colonels]]▼ ▲\|finalyear= 1891 \|stat1label=[[Batting average\|AVG]]▼ ▲\|finalteam= [[Louisville Colonels]] \|statleague = MLB ▲\|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)\|~~AVG~~Batting average]] \|stat1value=.270 \|stat2label=[[~~games~~Home ~~played\|Games~~run]]s \|stat2value=~~331~~4 \|stat3label=[[~~run (baseball)\|~~Runs batted in]] \|stat3value=~~195~~173 \|teams=~~<nowiki></nowiki>~~ * [[Cincinnati Reds\|Cincinnati Red Stockings/Reds]] (AA)/(NL) ({{mlby\|1889}}–{{mlby\|1890}}) * [[Louisville Colonels]] ({{mlby\|1891}}) ~~\|highlights=<nowiki></nowiki>~~ *Led the American Association in games played with 141 in 1889. }} '''Oliver Perry Beard''' (May 2, 1862 – May 28, 1929) was an ~~[[United States\|~~American]] [[Major League Baseball]] player who played [[shortstop]] for the [[Cincinnati Reds\|Cincinnati Red Stockings/Reds]] from 1889 to 1890. He then played [[third baseman\|third base]] for the [[Louisville Colonels]] in 1891.<ref name="retrosheet">{{cite web\|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbearo101.htm\|title=Ollie Beard's career statistics\|publisher=retrosheet.org\|~~accessdate~~access-date=2008-12-15}}</ref> Born in [[Lexington, Kentucky]],<ref name=retrosheet/> it is claimed that his family invented the [[Kentucky]] version of the food, "[[Burgoo]]".<ref name="nemec">{{cite book\|last=Nemec\|first=Davis\|title=The Beer And Whiskey League: The Illustrated History of the American Association--Baseball's Renegade Major League\|publisher=Lyons and Burford\|date=1994\|pages=~~pg.~~ 178\|isbn=~~1592281885\|accessdate=2008~~1-1259228-14188-5}}</ref> In his ~~short,~~ three -year, career, he led the [[American Association (19th century)\|American Association]] in [[games played]] with 141 in 1889, and twice finished in the top five in the league in [[triple (baseball)\|triples]].<ref name="reference">{{cite web\|url=~~http~~https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beardol01.shtml\|title=Ollie Beard's career statistics\|publisher=baseball-reference.com\|~~accessdate~~access-date=2008-12-15}}</ref> He finished his career with 331 games played, a .270 [[batting average (baseball)\|batting average]], 195 [[run (baseball)\|runs scored]], 34 [[double (baseball)\|doubles]], 34 triples, and four [[home run]]s. He died at the age of 67 in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], and was [[cremation\|cremated]].<ref name=retrosheet/> ==References== {{reflist\|2}} ==External links== {{baseballstats\|br=b/beardol01\|brm=beard-001oll}} {{Commons category\|Ollie Beard}} {{Detroit Tigers managers}} ~~<!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] -->~~ ~~{{Persondata~~ ~~\|NAME = Beard, Ollie~~ ~~\|ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Beard, Oliver Perry~~ ~~\|SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player, burgoo~~ ~~\|DATE OF BIRTH = May 2, 1862~~ ~~\|PLACE OF BIRTH = Lexington, Kentucky~~ ~~\|DATE OF DEATH = May 28, 1887~~ ~~\|PLACE OF DEATH = Cincinnati, Ohio~~ }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beard, Ollie}} [[Category:1862 births]] [[Category:1929 deaths]] [[Category:19th-century baseball players]]▼ [[Category:Major League Baseball shortstops]] [[Category:Major League Baseball third basemen]] [[Category:Baseball players from Kentucky]]▼ ▲[[Category:19th-century baseball players]] [[Category:Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) players]] [[Category:Cincinnati Reds players]] [[Category:Louisville Colonels players]] [[Category:~~People~~Minor ~~from~~league ~~Lexington,~~baseball ~~Kentucky~~managers]] [[Category:Evansville (minor league baseball) players]] [[Category:Nashville Americans players]] [[Category:Acid Iron Earths players]] [[Category:Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players]] [[Category:Denver Mountaineers players]] [[Category:Spokane Bunchgrassers players]] [[Category:Macon Central City players]] [[Category:Macon Hornets players]] [[Category:Charleston Seagulls players]] [[Category:Kansas City Cowboys (minor league) players]] [[Category:Nashville Tigers players]] [[Category:Evansville Black Birds players]] [[Category:Rochester Blackbirds players]] [[Category:Detroit Tigers (Western League) players]] [[Category:Scranton Red Sox players]] ▲[[Category:Baseball players from Lexington, Kentucky]] {{US-baseball-shortstop-stub}} ~~{{US-baseball-third-baseman-stub}}~~