Genevieve Beacom | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Melbourne, Australia | October 30, 2004|
Australian Baseball League debut | |
8 January, 2022, for the Melbourne Aces | |
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Genevieve Beacom (born 30 October 2004) is an Australian baseball pitcher who in 2022 became the first woman to pitch in the Australian Baseball League. Beacom made her debut on 8 January 2022 for the Melbourne Aces in a game against the Adelaide Giants. A left-hander, Beacom throws a curveball, an 85.9 mile-per-hour fastball, and a changeup, and stands at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m). Beacom stated she intends on coming to the United States to play college baseball for 2023.
Genevieve Beacom was born on 30 October 2004[1] to her father Brendan.[2][3] Growing up, Beacom watched her brother, Sam Trend-Beacom, play baseball, and started herself playing Tee-ball at a young age.[2] Beacom played one year of softball, which she stated she "hated".[2] In 2018, she struck out seventeen batters in a youth women's competition.[4] She was the first woman selected to the Baseball Victoria under-16 team, and was the first female pitcher for the Victorian Summer Baseball League;[3] she pitched to a 0.00 earned run average in the under-16 tournament,[5] which consisted of the best 200 players in Australia.[2] She played in the 2019 Australian Youth Championships.[5]
Beacom signed with the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League (ABL) around 1 January 2022 as a development player[5] without pay so as to not interfere with her eligibility to play college baseball in the United States.[2] Beacom made her ABL debut against the Adelaide Giants on 8 January 2022 for the Aces, where she pitched one inning, allowing one walk and no hits as the Aces lost 7–1.[3][6] When she made her debut, she became the first woman to pitch in the ABL.[4][7] A left-hander, Beacom throws a curveball, an 85.9 mile-per-hour (MPH) fastball (as of May 2023[update];[8] most women baseball pitchers throw in the upper 70s for MPH)[9] and a changeup, and stands at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m).[2] Beacom stated she that intends to take a gap year for 2023.[9]
In January 2023 Baseball Australia invited Beachom to its men's under-18 national team camp.[9] She was a member of the 2023 roster for Australia women's national baseball team.[10] In the 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup, she went four for thirteen batting and pitched 5+1⁄3 innings with eight strikeouts. Australia went 2–3 and did not advance to the finals.[9]
Beacom's brother Sam played college baseball for Lower Columbia College in Longview, Washington.[2] In an interview with MLB Network in January 2022, she stated her favourite baseball team is the Atlanta Braves, and her favourite player is Gerrit Cole.[11] She graduated from Flinders christian community college in Tyabb, Victoria in 2022. She stated she would like to study psychology at university in the United States.[8]