Jim Beauchamp - Coaching

Coaching

After his playing days ended, Beauchamp managed in the minors from 1975 to 1990. He managed the Columbus Astros in 1975, the Memphis Blues in 1976, the Charleston Charlies from 1977 to 1979, the Syracuse Chiefs from 1982 to 1984, the Greenville Braves from 1985 to 1987 and the Richmond Braves from 1988 to 1990. From 1991 to 2001, he was the Atlanta Braves' bench coach, and after 2002 he was the team's minor league outfield coordinator.

In 2002, Beauchamp was present with family and friends when he was honored in his hometown of Grove, Oklahoma by naming the new Grove City Baseball Field after him nearly five decades after his high school graduation. "Jim Beauchamp Field" is home to the Qualate-Pritchard American Legion Baseball team, and the Ridgerunner Baseball team of Grove High School, where Beauchamp was an Oklahoma All-State Athlete. Beauchamp's boyhood home was across the street where the new ballpark now stands. After the presentation, an emotional Beauchamp expressed to those present that it was the highest honor he had ever received. Coincidentally, "beau champ" in French translates as "beautiful field."