MLB / Players

Frank Baumann

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 205 lb
BornJuly 1, 1933 · St. Louis, MO, USA
MLB debutJuly 31, 1955
Final gameMay 8, 1965
Seasons11 (1955–1965)

Boston Red Sox 1955–1959; Chicago White Sox 1960–1964; Chicago Cubs 1965

Percentile snapshot

1961 season — qualified pitchers

G
53
100
GS
23
10.6
W
10
18.2
L
13
28.8
SV
3
93.9
CG
5
6.1
SHO
1
15.2
H
249
9.1
ER
117
1.5
BB
59
66.7
SO
75
7.6
HR
22
53
IP
187.7
27.3
ERA
5.61
0
WHIP
1.641
0
K/9
3.60
10.6
FIP
4.20
24.2
FIP-
106.8
24.2
ERA+
70.1
0
sWAR
-1.1
0

of 67 qualified 1961 pitchers (min 163 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
7.5
83.6

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1955713131300010300.231.231.231.4626.720.6.216-0.3
195671091320000200.333.333.556.889119.8121.3.3940.7
19574320100000100.500.500.5001.000183.0168.1.4620.2
19581018140310003600.214.353.286.63983.273.4.3150.3
195926322906010321300.207.258.276.53440.143.6.2501.0
196047625228100692501.154.274.173.44731.425.4.2334.4
19615567618162021052510.262.318.393.71292.091.9.324-1.1
19624038303821046900.267.378.400.778117.1112.3.3582.3
19632412111100001200.091.167.091.258-28.2-23.8.1370.7
196422540000000400.000.000.000.000-127.6-100.0.000-0.8
19654000000000000-0.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1955752100038221727234.05.821.6187.153.1975.273.0-0.3
195671210002291418324.73.281.4596.574.3395.0138.80.7
1957411000013537112.03.751.3335.253.3283.2106.40.2
19581072202056262731452.34.471.5865.334.03100.689.60.3
1959261064120964355481195.74.051.5784.524.71116.1100.31.0
1960472013637216955537111185.32.671.1983.453.2886.3142.44.4
196153231013351249117597522187.75.611.6413.604.20106.870.1-1.1
196240107643111745365510119.73.381.2794.143.6393.1115.32.3
19632412110052171731250.33.041.3715.542.7678.7115.40.7
19642200310040221619432.06.191.7505.344.40126.856.0-0.8
19654001000433203.77.361.9094.914.00109.149.8-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
246
PA
260
AB
225
R
16
H
49
2B
8
3B
2
HR
2
RBI
24
BB
26
SO
90
SB
1
BA
.2178
OBP
.2964
SLG
.2978
OPS
.5942

Pitching

G (P)
244
GS
78
W
45
L
38
SV
13
CG
19
SHO
4
IP
797
SO (P)
384
BB allowed
300
ERA
4.109
WHIP
1.4498
K/9
4.33

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1961-06-27CWS @ DET Gameday212001105
1961-06-05DET @ CWS Gameday403100304
1962-08-19DET @ CWS Gameday212010104
1961-07-13NYY @ CWS Gameday211001104
1960-09-26DET @ CWS Gameday302100013

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1958-04-25MIN @ BOS Gameday7.06225100
1955-09-21BAL @ BOS Gameday6.1877590
1959-08-22BOS @ DET Gameday9.0611180
1961-07-30CWS @ BOS Gameday9.0622271
1959-07-05BOS @ BAL Gameday5.2211870

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.