Born in El Dorado, Kansas, Beers batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

He signed with St. Louis in 1937, but his minor league career was interrupted when he missed the 1938 season and the 1943–1945 campaigns, the latter because of his service in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

[1] He returned to baseball in 1946, and the following season he led the Double-A Texas League in games won (25) and posted a stellar 2.40 earned run average as a member of the Houston Buffaloes.

The Cardinals were trailing the Chicago Cubs at Sportsman's Park 7–4 when Beers was summoned to the mound in the eighth inning to relieve left-hander Ken Johnson with two men on base and one out.

Beers faced seven batters, allowing a single, wild pitch, two doubles, and an intentional walk; he was the victim of a passed ball and an error committed by his catcher, Del Wilber.