Reed Stephens

Reed Smith Stephens

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5'11", Weight 170 lbs.
• School McNeese State College, Louisiana State University
• High School East Point High School
• Born July 11, 1927 in Natchitoches, LA USA
• Died March 18, 1974 in Lake Charles, LA USA

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Biographical Information

Reed Stephens was born in Natchitoches, LA on July 11, 1927. A third baseman, he graduated from East Point High School in 1944, attended McNeese State College, and later studied at Louisiana State University, where he played basketball and baseball. He signed a professional contract with the Shreveport Sports, who assigned him to the Kilgore Drillers. Stephens played for Kilgore in 1949 and 1950, spent the next two years in the armed forces during the Korean War, then returned to professional baseball with the Monroe Sports in 1953 and the Lake Charles Lakers in 1954.

After his playing career, Stephens coached at Oberlin High School before returning to McNeese State College. He served as baseball head coach at McNeese from 1957 through 1961, and the 1956 team won the Gulf States Conference championship in his first year as assistant coach. He later worked in public education and for the Calcasieu Parish sheriff's department. Stephens died at his home in Lake Charles, LA on March 18, 1974, and was buried at Highland Memory Gardens.