Christopher Keith Lampard (December 20, 1945 – August 30, 2020) was a professional baseball player.
| Keith Lampard | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
| Born: December 20, 1945 Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom | |
| Died: August 30, 2020 (aged 74) Lincoln City, Oregon, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 15, 1969, for the Houston Astros | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 1, 1970, for the Houston Astros | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .238 |
| Home runs | 1 |
| Runs batted in | 7 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Born in Warrington, Cheshire, England, to English parents, Lampard and his family emigrated to Oregon when he was three years old. He grew up in Portland, where he played Little League baseball, and attended the University of Oregon. Lampard played in the 1958 Little League World Series, alongside fellow future major-leaguer, Rick Wise.[citation needed]
An outfielder, Lampard was drafted by the Houston Astros in the second round of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft and spent nine seasons in professional baseball, including the final weeks of 1969 and much of 1970 in the Major Leagues with the Astros.
Lampard stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 197 pounds (89 kg) (14 stone 1), threw right-handed and batted left-handed. In his 1969 audition, in which he mostly served as a pinch hitter, Lampard collected three hits in 12 at bats — the biggest of which was a walk-off pinch-hit home run against Wayne Granger on September 19 that gave Houston a come-from-behind 3–2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.[1] The home run came in Lampard's fourth Major League game, and would be the only four-base blow of his 62-game MLB career. Altogether, Lampard had 20 hits, with eight doubles and one triple, as a Major Leaguer.
Besides, Lampard was an outstanding Minor League batsman, hitting over 100 career home runs during his 1965–1973 career.[2]
Lampard died on August 30, 2020.[3]
Sources
edit- ^ "Retrosheet Boxscore: Houston Astros 3, Cincinnati Reds 2". www.retrosheet.org. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- ^ "Keith Lampard Minor & Winter Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- ^ "Keith Lampard - Obituary". obits.oregonlive.com. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Keith Lampard at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
- Keith Lampard at Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Professional Baseball League)