Charles Alfonzo Beamon Jr. (born December 4, 1953) is a former

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and

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. Beamon spent parts of three seasons in the majors with the

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and

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. He is the son of

Charlie Beamon Charles Alfonzo Beamon (December 25, 1934 – May 3, 2016) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Baltimore Orioles from to . Listed at 5' 11", 195 lb., he batted and threw right handed. Beamon was born in Oakland, Californi ...

, a former pitcher with the

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in the 1950s.

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