Freddy Ray Beene is a retired American

United States

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 professional baseball

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 player. Beene was a right-handed pitcher

Pitcher

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 who played in the Major Leagues

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 between to . He was listed at 5 in 9 in (1.75 m) tall and 155 pounds (70.3 kg).

Beene was originally signed by the Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles

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 in 1964. Beene played with Baltimore until 1972 when he was traded to the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 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

Tom Buskey

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, Steve Kline

Steve Kline (right-handed pitcher)

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, and Fritz Peterson

Fritz Peterson

Fritz Fred Peterson is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Texas Rangers from 1966 to 1976...

 to the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 for Chris Chambliss

Chris Chambliss

Carroll Christopher Chambliss is a former Major League Baseball player who played from to for the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves...

, Dick Tidrow

Dick Tidrow

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, and Cecil Upshaw

Cecil Upshaw

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Beene appeared in 112 MLB games played

Games played

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, all but six as a relief pitcher

Relief pitcher

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. In 288 innings, he allowed 274 hits

Hit (baseball)

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 and 111 bases on balls, with 156 strikeouts. Primarily a middle reliever, Beene notched eight career saves, and compiled a career earned run average

Earned run average

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 of 3.63.

After his playing career, Beene spent 20 seasons (1981–2000) as a scout for the Milwaukee Brewers

Milwaukee Brewers

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