Ted Beard, 90, second person to hit homerun over right field wall in Forbes Field

Ted Beard

While digging through baseball’s history books, one would be surprised to find Ted Beard’s name in the same company with Babe Ruth. The 5’8” 165 lb. outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates was only the second player, the first being Ruth, to ever hit a home run over the 86 foot high right field fence in Forbes Field. He was only one of ten different players to accomplish that feat until the last game was played there in 1970.

Beard died last week in Fishers, Ind. at the age of 90. Click here to read about his career, including an interview I conducted with him describing his legendary home run.