# Lou Bevil

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{{short description|American baseball player (1922-1973)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Lou Bevil
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|image=
|bats=Both
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1922|11|27}}
|birth_place=[Nelson, Illinois](/source/Nelson%2C_Illinois), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1973|2|1|1922|11|27}}
|death_place=[Dixon, Illinois](/source/Dixon%2C_Illinois), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 2
|debutyear=1942
|debutteam=Washington Senators
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 13
|finalyear=1942
|finalteam=Washington Senators
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=0–1
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=6.52
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=2
|teams=
* [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)) ({{baseball year|1942}})
}}
'''Louis Eugene Bevil''' (born '''''Bevilacqua'''''; November 27, 1922 – February 1, 1973) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player.  Bevil was a [right-handed](/source/right-handed) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) and native of [Nelson, Illinois](/source/Nelson%2C_Illinois), who appeared in four [games](/source/games_pitched) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) in September of {{mlby|1942}} as a member of the [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)). He was listed as {{convert|5|ft|11|in}} tall and {{convert|190|lb}}, and was an alumnus of the [University of Notre Dame](/source/University_of_Notre_Dame).

Bevil's professional career began in 1940 and he was recalled to Washington after completing three [minor-league](/source/minor_leagues) seasons. At the age of 19, Bevil was the second-youngest player in the [American League](/source/American_League) in 1942.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1942-other-leaders.shtml Baseball Reference]</ref> In his debut, he was the [starting pitcher](/source/starting_pitcher) against the [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox) on September 2 at [Griffith Stadium](/source/Griffith_Stadium). But he registered only one [out](/source/out_(baseball)), and permitted four [runs](/source/run_(baseball)) on four [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) and one [base on balls](/source/base_on_balls) before being [relieved](/source/relief_pitcher) by [Bill Zuber](/source/Bill_Zuber).<ref>[Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1942/B09022WS11942.htm box score (2 September 1942, Game 2): "Chicago White Sox 7, Washington Senators 6"]</ref> Bevil was charged with the eventual 7–6 defeat, his only [MLB](/source/MLB) [pitching decision](/source/decision_(baseball)).  He appeared in three more games, all in relief, before the end of the 1942 campaign. He then joined the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) for [World War II](/source/World_War_II) military service.<ref>[Baseball in Wartime](/source/Baseball_in_Wartime), [http://baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/bevil_lou.htm ''Lou Bevil'']</ref>

He returned to professional baseball, but not the major leagues, in 1946. During his four-game stint with Washington in 1942, Bevil allowed nine hits and 11 bases on balls in 9<small>{{fraction|2|3}}</small> [innings pitched](/source/innings_pitched), posting an [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average) of 6.52. He was credited with two [strikeout](/source/strikeout)s. He played in the minors through 1950, where he won 100 games.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=bevil-001lou Baseball Reference]</ref> He also was a player-manager for all or parts of three minor-league seasons.

Bevil died at age 50 in [Dixon, Illinois](/source/Dixon%2C_Illinois).

==References==
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==External links==
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