Frank Baumann

Frank Matt Baumann (Beau)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 1, 1933 in St. Louis, MO
High School: St. Louis Central HS (St. Louis, MO)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1955
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/RedSox/Cubs 1955-1965

Final Game: May 8, 1965
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1952	18	BOS-min	AAA	15	35	30	1	6	1	0	0	2	0		3	11	.200	.273	.233	.506		7	1	0	2				LOU · AA
1953	19	BOS-min	AAA	13	46	41	5	15	1	0	0	5	1		3	9	.366	.409	.390	.799		16	0	0	2				LOU · AA
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955	21	BOS	AL	7	13	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.231	.231	.231	.462	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	22	BOS-min	A	1	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							ALB · EL
1956	22	BOS	AL	7	10	9	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.556	.889	121	5	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1957	23	BOS-min	AA	29	60	52	4	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	20	.115	.193	.135	.328		7		0	3	0			OKC · TL
1957	23	BOS	AL	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	168	1	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1958	24	BOS-min	AA	17	30	30		6	0	0	1						.200	.200	.300	.500		9							MEM · SOUA
1958	24	BOS	AL	10	18	14	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.214	.353	.286	.639	74	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	25	BOS	AL	26	32	29	0	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	13	.207	.258	.276	.534	45	8	0	0	1	0	0	1
1960	26	CHW	AL	47	62	52	2	8	1	0	0	6	0	1	9	25	.154	.274	.173	.447	24	9	0	0	0	1	0	1
1961	27	CHW	AL	55	67	61	8	16	2	0	2	10	1	0	5	25	.262	.318	.393	.712	91	24	0	0	1	0	0	1
1962	28	CHW	AL	40	38	30	3	8	2	1	0	4	0	0	6	9	.267	.378	.400	.778	110	12	0	0	1	1	0	1
1963	29	CHW	AL	24	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.091	.167	.091	.258	-24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1964	30	CHW	AL	22	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1965	31	CHC-min	AAA	11	19	18	3	5	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	6	.278	.278	.722	1.000		13		0	1	0			SLC · PCL
1965	31	CHC	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
11 Yrs				246	260	225	16	49	8	2	2	24	1	1	26	90	.218	.296	.298	.594	61	67	0	0	7	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	171	148	11	32	5	1	1	16	1	1	17	59	.218	.296	.298	.594	61	44	0	0	5	1	0

BOS (5 yrs)				54	76	67	2	16	3	1	0	4	0	0	5	25	.239	.292	.313	.605	61	21	0	0	4	0	0
CHW (5 yrs)				188	184	158	14	33	5	1	2	20	1	1	21	65	.209	.298	.291	.589	61	46	0	0	3	2	0
CHC (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (10 yrs)				242	260	225	16	49	8	2	2	24	1	1	26	90	.218	.296	.298	.594	61	67	0	0	7	2	0
NL (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1955	21	BOS	AL	7	13	-2	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1
1956	22	BOS	AL	7	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.518	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	/1
1957	23	BOS	AL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.513	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1958	24	BOS	AL	10	18	-0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.518	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1959	25	BOS	AL	26	32	-3	0	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.506	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1
1960	26	CHW	AL	47	62	-6	-1	0	0	7	0	0.0	2	2	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	2	$	1
1961	27	CHW	AL	55	67	-1	-0	0	0	8	7	0.7	2	9	0.7	.513	.504	0.7	-0.0	9	$	1
1962	28	CHW	AL	40	38	0	-0	0	0	5	5	0.5	1	6	0.5	.513	.503	0.5	-0.0	6	$	1
1963	29	CHW	AL	24	12	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1964	30	CHW	AL	22	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$17,000	1
1965	31	CHC	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
11 Seasons				246	260	-13	-1	1	0	30	17	1.7	7	24	1.6	.507	.501	1.7	-0.2	24	$17,000

BOS (5 yrs)				54	76	-4	1	1	0	8	5	0.5	2	8	0.5	.510	.501	0.6	-0.0	7	$
CHW (5 yrs)				188	184	-9	-1	1	0	21	11	1.1	5	16	1.1	.506	.501	1.1	-0.1	16	$17,000
CHC (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1955	21	BOS	AL	13	10	1	2.7	110	.300	.231	.277	.231	.358	.231	.412	.462	.770	20	.273	-1.6	-0.2	.300	.000	.000
1956	22	BOS	AL	10	7	2	7.6	116	.429	.333	.281	.333	.365	.556	.429	.889	.794	121	.700	0.3	0.0	.833	.222	.222
1957	23	BOS	AL	3	2	1	13.5	104	1.000	.500	.270	.500	.343	.500	.408	1.000	.750	168	.887	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1958	24	BOS	AL	18	12	2	4.4	103	.375	.214	.268	.353	.338	.286	.408	.639	.746	74	.517	-0.4	-0.0	.636	.286	.071
1959	25	BOS	AL	32	24	2	2.2	102	.375	.207	.265	.258	.337	.276	.405	.534	.742	45	.226	-2.4	-0.2	.435	.138	.069
1960	26	CHW	AL	62	46	3	1.8	101	.286	.154	.264	.274	.337	.173	.403	.447	.740	24	.153	-5.3	-0.5	.378	.173	.019
1961	27	CHW	AL	67	46	8	4.6	102	.412	.262	.262	.318	.336	.393	.407	.712	.743	91	.499	-0.9	-0.1	.667	.230	.131	1.3
1962	28	CHW	AL	38	24	5	5.6	103	.364	.267	.263	.378	.335	.400	.410	.778	.745	110	.594	0.8	0.1	.818	.333	.133
1963	29	CHW	AL	12	10	0	0.0	93	.111	.091	.253	.167	.319	.091	.391	.258	.710	-24	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.200	.091	.000
1964	30	CHW	AL	5	5	0	0.0	94		.000	.252	.000	.320	.000	.392	.000	.712	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
11 Yrs				260	186	24	3.5	102	.348	.218	.264	.296	.338	.298	.406	.594	.744	61	.381	-12.2	-1.2	.525	.196	.080	1.3
162 Game Avg.				171	122	16	3.5	102	.348	.218	.264	.296	.338	.298	.406	.594	.744	61	.381	-12.2	-1.2	.525	.196	.080	1

BOS (5 yrs)				76	55	8	3.9	105	.381	.239	.270	.292	.345	.313	.410	.605	.755	61	.439	-3.9	-0.4	.510	.149	.075
CHW (5 yrs)				184	131	16	3.3	101	.333	.209	.262	.298	.335	.291	.405	.589	.740	61	.356	-8.3	-0.8	.532	.215	.082	1.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	21	BOS	AL	13	0.0%	23.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.3		13.0	1.33	77%
1956	22	BOS	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	67%		4.5			4.00	70%
1957	23	BOS	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				33%
1958	24	BOS	AL	18	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	5.6%	33%	2.00	2.3			2.00	44%
1959	25	BOS	AL	32	0.0%	40.6%	6.3%	3.1%	17%	6.50	2.2		9.7	2.67	50%
1960	26	CHW	AL	62	0.0%	40.3%	14.5%	1.6%	13%	2.78	2.1		8.7	1.86	45%
1961	27	CHW	AL	67	3.0%	37.3%	7.5%	6.0%	25%	5.00	2.4	30.5	6.1	1.50	51%
1962	28	CHW	AL	38	0.0%	23.7%	15.8%	7.9%	38%	1.50	3.3		7.5	2.00	58%
1963	29	CHW	AL	12	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.5			7.00	75%
1964	30	CHW	AL	5	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
11 Yrs				260	0.8%	34.6%	10.0%	4.6%	25%	3.46	2.5	112.5	9.4	2.17	52%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.8%	8.6%	6.5%	29%	1.60	6.4	38.3	8.5	1.04	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1955	21	BOS	AL	-1.6	-0.2	14	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.15	-0.1	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.10	-1.3	0
1956	22	BOS	AL	0.3	0.0	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.08	-0.0	-0.1	-1.6	-0.1	1.06	-0.3	0
1957	23	BOS	AL	0.2	0.0	3	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.78	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.80	0.0	0
1958	24	BOS	AL	-0.4	-0.0	18	0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.08	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.91	-0.7	0
1959	25	BOS	AL	-2.4	-0.2	33	-0.1	0.4	-0.4	.77	-0.4	0.2	-1.3	-0.1	0.97	-3.1	0
1960	26	CHW	AL	-5.3	-0.5	64	-0.4	0.6	-1.1	.89	-0.4	-0.1	-3.8	-0.4	1.03	-4.9	0
1961	27	CHW	AL	-1.0	-0.1	69	0.2	1.0	-0.9	.78	0.1	0.1	2.2	0.2	0.94	1.1	0
1962	28	CHW	AL	0.8	0.1	38	-0.0	0.5	-0.5	.89	0.0	-0.0	0.8	0.1	0.90	0.2	0
1963	29	CHW	AL	-1.8	-0.2	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.96	-0.2	-0.1	-2.6	-0.3	1.01	-2.0	0
1964	30	CHW	AL	-1.1	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.13	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.89	-1.1	0
1965	31	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
11 Yrs				-12.4	-1.2	266	-1.0	3.1	-4.1	.89	-1.2	0.1	-9.1	-0.9	0.97	-12.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	21	BOS	AL	0	33%	13	0	0		0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	22	BOS	AL	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	23	BOS	AL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	24	BOS	AL	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	25	BOS	AL	0	0%	11	0	0		0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1960	26	CHW	AL	0	12%	25	0	1	0%	0	1	1	1	25%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1961	27	CHW	AL	1	32%	30	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	44%	5	4	1	0	0	0	4	1	3
1962	28	CHW	AL	0	21%	15	0	0		0	0	1	0	20%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
1963	29	CHW	AL	0	50%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	30	CHW	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				1	19%	106	1	1	50%	1	1	2	4	32%	15	12	3	3	2	1	7	3	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1955	21	BOS	AL	13	85%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	6	0	0%	11	1	9%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1956	22	BOS	AL	10	80%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1957	23	BOS	AL	3	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	24	BOS	AL	18	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	25	BOS	AL	32	84%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	5	0	0%	22	3	14%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	26	CHW	AL	62	85%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	0	0%	11	2	18%	46	6	13%	6	3	50%	0	0		0
1961	27	CHW	AL	67	88%	16			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	8	0	0%	10	1	10%	42	9	21%	7	4	57%	3	3	100%	0
1962	28	CHW	AL	38	89%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	9	3	33%	22	4	18%	2	2	100%	2	2	100%	0
1963	29	CHW	AL	12	75%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1964	30	CHW	AL	5	40%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
11 Yrs				260	86%	49			0	0	0	0		2	0	7	2	0	1	1	0	7	7	100%	45	0	0%	49	11	22%	170	23	14%	18	10	56%	7	6	86%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF
1955	21	7	13	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.231	.231	.231	.462	20	3	0	0
1956	22	14	23	22	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.273	.273	.364	.636	62	8	1	0
1957	23	18	26	24	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.292	.292	.375	.667	71	9	2	0
1958	24	28	44	38	2	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.263	.317	.342	.659	73	13	3	0
1959	25	54	76	67	2	16	3	1	0	4	0	0	5	25	.239	.292	.313	.605	61	21	4	0
1960	26	101	138	119	4	24	4	1	0	10	0	1	14	50	.202	.284	.252	.536	45	30	4	1
1961	27	156	205	180	12	40	6	1	2	20	1	1	19	75	.222	.295	.300	.595	61	54	5	1
1962	28	196	243	210	15	48	8	2	2	24	1	1	25	84	.229	.308	.314	.622	68	66	6	2
1963	29	220	255	221	16	49	8	2	2	24	1	1	26	86	.222	.301	.303	.604	64	67	6	2
1964	30	242	260	225	16	49	8	2	2	24	1	1	26	90	.218	.296	.298	.594	61	67	7	2
1965	31	246	260	225	16	49	8	2	2	24	1	1	26	90	.218	.296	.298	.594	61	67	7	2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	21	7	14	14	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	1	7
1956	22	7	9	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.375	.625	1	7
1957	23	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1958	24	10	18	14	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	.214	.353	.286	.639	1	10
1959	25	27	33	30	0	6	0	1	0	3	0	2	14	.200	.250	.267	.517	2	26
1960	26	49	66	55	3	9	1	0	0	8	0	10	26	.164	.288	.182	.470	3	47
1961	27	55	67	61	8	16	2	0	2	10	1	5	25	.262	.318	.393	.712	8	55
1962	28	40	38	30	3	8	2	1	0	4	0	6	9	.267	.378	.400	.778	5	40
1963	29	24	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	24
1964	30	22	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	22
10 Yrs		245	265	229	17	48	7	2	2	27	1	27	92	.210	.291	.284	.575	21	242
162 Game Avg.		162	175	151	11	32	5	1	1	18	1	18	61	.210	.291	.284	.575	14	242

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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