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Frank Baumann

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: July 1, 1933 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: December 13, 2020 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

High School: St. Louis Central HS (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: July 31, 1955 (Age 22-030d, 11,280th in major league history)
vs. DET 5.2 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: May 8, 1965 (Age 31-311d)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Frank Matt Baumann

Nicknames: Beau

Pronunciation: \BOW-man\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

ERA

4.11

244

797.1

384

WHIP

1.450

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHW	@	WSA	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	2	Apr 14	CHW	@	DET	L,0-7	GS	11	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
3	4 (1)	Apr 19	CHW		WSA	L,2-7		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	7 (2)	Apr 22	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
5	11 (3)	Apr 28	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-2	GF	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	12	Apr 29	CHW	@	KCA	L,9-13	GF	5	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	14 (1)	May 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	29	5.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	18 (3)	May 6	CHW		DET	L,8-11		24	5.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
9	22 (3)	May 10	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	GF	15	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	24 (1)	May 13	CHW		KCA	W,10-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	29 (4)	May 18	CHW	@	LAA	W,6-4	GF	15	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
12	31 (1)	May 19 (2)	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	34 (2)	May 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS	21	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	37 (2)	May 24 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	38	May 25	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-6		24	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	39	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,14-9		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	40	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	43 (2)	May 31	CHW		BAL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	47 (3)	Jun 5	CHW		DET	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	50 (2)	Jun 9 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	L,9-10	GF	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	52 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
22	58 (5)	Jun 14 (2)	CHW		LAA	W,9-8	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	63 (4)	Jun 18 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,10-7	GF	5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	65 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,15-3	GS	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	71 (5)	Jun 27 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	23	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	75 (3)	Jun 30	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-10	GF	15	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	79 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	81 (1)	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8		8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	85 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5		10	2.1	1	1	0	2	1	P
30	86	Jul 9 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	87	Jul 13	CHW		NYY	L,2-6		24	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	89 (1)	Jul 15	CHW		NYY	L,8-9		4	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	90	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	94 (3)	Jul 19	CHW		KCA	W,6-5	GF	12	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	95	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,7-4		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	98 (2)	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	103 (4)	Jul 30 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	107 (3)	Aug 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	111 (3)	Aug 8	CHW		DET	L,0-3	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
40	116 (4)	Aug 13	CHW		KCA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
41	119 (2)	Aug 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS	32	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	124 (4)	Aug 22	CHW		MIN	W,4-3	GS	19	3.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
43	128 (3)	Aug 26	CHW		CLE	W,10-5	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	133 (4)	Aug 31	CHW	@	DET	L,2-8	GS	15	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	134	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	W,3-2		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
46	139 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-9	GS	15	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
47	145 (5)	Sep 9	CHW	@	LAA	L,2-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	147 (1)	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GF	22	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
49	150 (2)	Sep 15	CHW		LAA	L,5-9		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	152 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	CHW		LAA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
51	156 (3)	Sep 22	CHW		BAL	L,6-8	GS	20	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
52	160 (3)	Sep 26 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS	31	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
53	163 (2)	Sep 30	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4		10	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
							53gm		187.2	14	37	1	52	1