Frank Baumann
Frank Matt Baumann (Beau)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 1, 1933 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Central (St. Louis, MO)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1955
Final Game: May 8, 1965
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1955 21 BOS AL 2 1 .667 5.82 7 5 2 0 0 0 34.0 38 28 22 2 17 0 27 1 0 2 156 74 1.618 10.1 0.5 4.5 7.1 1.59
1956 22 BOS AL 2 1 .667 3.28 7 1 3 0 0 0 24.2 22 11 9 3 14 0 18 0 0 2 108 141 1.459 8.0 1.1 5.1 6.6 1.29
1957 23 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 3.75 4 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 13 5 5 1 3 0 7 1 0 0 52 106 1.333 9.8 0.8 2.3 5.3 2.33
1958 24 BOS AL 2 2 .500 4.47 10 7 0 2 0 0 52.1 56 27 26 4 27 2 31 4 0 1 236 89 1.586 9.6 0.7 4.6 5.3 1.15
1959 25 BOS AL 6 4 .600 4.05 26 10 8 2 0 1 95.2 96 47 43 11 55 3 48 1 0 2 432 99 1.578 9.0 1.0 5.2 4.5 0.87
1960 26 CHW AL 13 6 .684 2.67 47 20 10 7 2 3 185.1 169 67 55 11 53 8 71 1 0 0 748 142 1.198 8.2 0.5 2.6 3.4 1.34
1961 27 CHW AL 10 13 .435 5.61 53 23 13 5 1 3 187.2 249 128 117 22 59 4 75 2 0 3 860 70 1.641 11.9 1.1 2.8 3.6 1.27
1962 28 CHW AL 7 6 .538 3.38 40 10 12 3 1 4 119.2 117 46 45 10 36 5 55 2 0 2 499 116 1.279 8.8 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.53
1963 29 CHW AL 2 1 .667 3.04 24 1 3 0 0 1 50.1 52 22 17 2 17 2 31 0 0 1 215 115 1.371 9.3 0.4 3.0 5.5 1.82
1964 30 CHW AL 0 3 .000 6.19 22 0 6 0 0 1 32.0 40 22 22 4 16 8 19 0 0 0 147 56 1.750 11.3 1.1 4.5 5.3 1.19
1965 31 CHC NL 0 1 .000 7.36 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 17 50 1.909 9.8 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67
11 Seasons 45 38 .542 4.11 244 78 59 19 4 13 797.1 856 406 364 70 300 32 384 12 0 14 3470 95 1.450 9.7 0.8 3.4 4.3 1.28
162 Game Avg. 10 8 .542 4.11 52 16 12 4 1 3 168 181 86 77 15 63 7 81 3 0 3 733 95 1.450 9.7 0.8 3.4 4.3 1.28
BOS (5 yrs) 13 8 .619 4.32 54 24 14 4 0 1 218.2 225 118 105 21 116 5 131 7 0 7 984 95 1.559 9.3 0.9 4.8 5.4 1.13
CHW (5 yrs) 32 29 .525 4.01 186 54 44 15 4 12 575.0 627 285 256 49 181 27 251 5 0 6 2469 95 1.405 9.8 0.8 2.8 3.9 1.39
CHC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.36 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 17 50 1.909 9.8 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67
AL (10 yrs) 45 37 .549 4.09 240 78 58 19 4 13 793.2 852 403 361 70 297 32 382 12 0 13 3453 95 1.448 9.7 0.8 3.4 4.3 1.29
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.36 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 17 50 1.909 9.8 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 21 BOS AL 7 156 135 28 38 7 3 2 1 1 17 27 .281 .361 .422 .784 .333 57 2 1 1 2 0
1956 22 BOS AL 7 109 94 11 22 4 0 3 0 0 14 18 .234 .333 .372 .706 .260 35 3 0 1 0 0
1957 23 BOS AL 4 52 47 5 13 3 1 1 0 1 3 7 .277 .333 .447 .780 .308 21 0 1 1 0 0
1958 24 BOS AL 10 236 203 27 56 10 2 4 2 3 27 31 .276 .370 .404 .774 .308 82 3 4 1 1 2
1959 25 BOS AL 26 432 370 47 96 16 4 11 3 2 55 48 .259 .356 .414 .769 .272 153 8 1 5 1 3
1960 26 CHW AL 47 747 683 67 169 37 3 11 3 1 53 71 .247 .301 .359 .660 .261 245 33 1 6 4 8
1961 27 CHW AL 53 858 781 128 249 40 8 22 5 4 59 75 .319 .366 .475 .841 .329 371 18 2 11 5 4
1962 28 CHW AL 40 499 453 46 117 19 2 10 1 0 36 55 .258 .314 .375 .689 .274 170 15 2 5 3 5
1963 29 CHW AL 24 215 196 22 52 6 5 2 2 0 17 31 .265 .322 .378 .700 .305 74 7 0 1 1 2
1964 30 CHW AL 22 147 125 22 40 7 1 4 0 1 16 19 .320 .392 .488 .880 .346 61 2 0 4 2 8
1965 31 CHC NL 4 17 14 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 .286 .412 .429 .840 .333 6 1 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 244 3468 3101 406 856 149 30 70 17 13 300 384 .276 .340 .411 .751 .295 1275 92 12 36 19 32
162 Game Avg. 52 732 655 86 181 31 6 15 4 3 63 81 .276 .340 .411 .751 .295 269 19 3 8 4 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 21 BOS AL 7 5 1 1 3 1 0 3 2 .600 0 3 0 0 1 20% 39 53 29 4 3 0 5 4.9 2.9 4.9
1956 22 BOS AL 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 63 63 63 2 0 1 0 12.0 12.6 5.0
1957 23 BOS AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 58 58 58 1 0 0 1 3.4 3.0 7.0
1958 24 BOS AL 10 7 2 2 3 0 1 3 4 .429 0 3 2 0 4 57% 51 83 31 5 0 1 6 3.4 2.4 6.5
1959 25 BOS AL 26 10 4 4 2 1 1 5 5 .500 0 1 2 0 4 40% 48 78 24 18 3 2 6 4.9 4.1 5.4
1960 26 CHW AL 47 20 7 3 10 0 0 12 8 .600 2 6 7 2 14 70% 55 78 25 24 10 12 4 5.1 4.4 6.7
1961 27 CHW AL 53 23 6 9 8 1 1 11 12 .478 1 2 5 1 6 26% 41 75 25 36 18 15 1 5.6 5.6 5.7
1962 28 CHW AL 40 10 3 4 3 0 1 5 5 .500 0 2 3 1 5 50% 53 74 31 17 7 5 3 4.4 3.9 6.4
1963 29 CHW AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 60 60 60 14 7 1 0 1.0 0.0 7.0
9 Seasons 218 78 25 24 29 4 5 41 37 .526 3 17 19 4 36 46% 49 83 24 121 48 37 26 5.0 4.4 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 21 BOS AL 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1.069 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 14.5
1956 22 BOS AL 7 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0.839 0 2 4 1 0 5 1 5 5 0 5 0 10.0
1957 23 BOS AL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0% 5 0.890 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 5.0
1958 24 BOS AL 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 1.042 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 6.7
1959 25 BOS AL 26 16 8 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 5 56% 4 0.650 1 4 11 1 1 14 5 11 13 1 13 1 7.8
1960 26 CHW AL 47 27 10 6 3 6 3 2 50% 10 3 32 7 22% 7 1.096 14 4 9 12 5 10 19 8 14 9 16 5 5.6
1961 27 CHW AL 53 30 13 4 4 5 3 2 60% 10 3 32 10 31% 8 0.948 12 8 9 11 5 14 17 13 14 10 17 8 5.8
1962 28 CHW AL 40 30 12 4 2 6 4 2 67% 10 3 27 13 48% 9 1.156 10 8 12 11 2 17 16 14 13 10 14 7 5.5
1963 29 CHW AL 24 23 3 2 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 16 9 56% 5 0.912 4 7 12 5 1 17 10 13 12 8 13 3 5.7
1964 30 CHW AL 22 22 6 0 3 2 1 1 50% 3 1 17 7 41% 7 0.654 5 3 14 3 1 18 9 13 10 6 11 4 4.4
1965 31 CHC NL 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 0.924 1 2 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 3 2 0 2.8
11 Seasons 244 166 59 20 14 22 13 8 59% 38 11 144 53 37% 0.966 49 38 78 45 18 103 83 83 89 48 98 28 5.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1955 21 BOS AL 156 85% 1.3% 17.3% 10.9% 7.7% 32% 0.95 69% 43 2 5%
1956 22 BOS AL 109 72% 2.8% 16.5% 12.8% 6.4% 32% 0.63 67% 32 3 9%
1957 23 BOS AL 52 69% 1.9% 13.5% 5.8% 9.6% 39% 1.25 75% 10 0 0%
1958 24 BOS AL 236 82% 1.7% 13.1% 11.4% 6.8% 29% 0.85 72% 54 3 6%
1959 25 BOS AL 432 76% 2.6% 11.1% 12.7% 7.2% 32% 1.23 72% 82 8 10%
1960 26 CHW AL 747 82% 1.5% 9.5% 7.1% 6.8% 30% 1.35 81% 134 33 25%
1961 27 CHW AL 858 76% 2.6% 8.7% 6.9% 8.2% 28% 1.34 80% 182 18 10%
1962 28 CHW AL 500 72% 2.0% 11.0% 7.2% 6.2% 27% 1.41 78% 117 15 13%
1963 29 CHW AL 215 67% 0.9% 14.4% 7.9% 6.1% 25% 1.83 76% 44 7 16%
1964 30 CHW AL 147 53% 2.7% 12.9% 10.9% 8.2% 30% 1.50 71% 30 2 7%
1965 31 CHC NL 17 47% 0.0% 11.8% 17.7% 5.9% 25% 0.80 71% 4 1 25%
11 Seasons 3469 76% 2.0% 11.1% 8.7% 7.2% 29% 1.28 77% 732 92 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1955 21 BOS AL 156 38 2 0 7 2 0 0 2 15 8 2 53% 3 2 1 61 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
1956 22 BOS AL 109 22 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 12 2 3 17% 2 2 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1957 23 BOS AL 52 13 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0% 1 0 0 21 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 24 BOS AL 236 56 4 0 12 3 1 2 2 19 10 3 53% 0 1 0 91 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0
1959 25 BOS AL 431 96 11 0 10 10 1 6 5 20 12 3 60% 6 2 2 165 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 1
1960 26 CHW AL 747 169 11 0 7 10 1 6 5 25 10 1 40% 11 0 0 286 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1961 27 CHW AL 858 249 22 2 14 17 5 7 15 44 25 6 57% 14 3 1 366 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 13 0
1962 28 CHW AL 500 117 10 0 12 8 2 6 4 36 17 4 47% 4 2 0 203 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1963 29 CHW AL 215 52 2 0 6 0 2 1 1 14 8 1 57% 3 1 0 87 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1964 30 CHW AL 147 40 4 0 10 2 2 0 4 19 9 3 47% 0 0 1 55 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1965 31 CHC NL 17 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Seasons 3468 856 70 2 86 55 15 30 40 209 102 27 49% 44 14 5 1385 17 13 57% 17 11 0 2 0 0 10 2 49 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1955 21 2 1 .667 5.82 7 5 2 0 0 0 34.0 38 28 22 2 17 0 27 1 0 2 156 74 1.618 10.1 0.5 4.5 7.1 1.59 74
1956 22 4 2 .667 4.76 14 6 5 0 0 0 58.2 60 39 31 5 31 0 45 1 0 4 264 93 1.551 9.2 0.8 4.8 6.9 1.45 93
1957 23 5 2 .714 4.58 18 7 6 0 0 0 70.2 73 44 36 6 34 0 52 2 0 4 316 95 1.514 9.3 0.8 4.3 6.6 1.53 95
1958 24 7 4 .636 4.54 28 14 6 2 0 0 123.0 129 71 62 10 61 2 83 6 0 5 552 93 1.545 9.4 0.7 4.5 6.1 1.36 93
1959 25 13 8 .619 4.32 54 24 14 4 0 1 218.2 225 118 105 21 116 5 131 7 0 7 984 95 1.559 9.3 0.9 4.8 5.4 1.13 95
1960 26 26 14 .650 3.56 101 44 24 11 2 4 404.0 394 185 160 32 169 13 202 8 0 7 1732 111 1.394 8.8 0.7 3.8 4.5 1.20 111
1961 27 36 27 .571 4.21 154 67 37 16 3 7 591.2 643 313 277 54 228 17 277 10 0 10 2592 94 1.472 9.8 0.8 3.5 4.2 1.21 94
1962 28 43 33 .566 4.07 194 77 49 19 4 11 711.1 760 359 322 64 264 22 332 12 0 12 3091 97 1.440 9.6 0.8 3.3 4.2 1.26 97
1963 29 45 34 .570 4.01 218 78 52 19 4 12 761.2 812 381 339 66 281 24 363 12 0 13 3306 98 1.435 9.6 0.8 3.3 4.3 1.29 98
1964 30 45 37 .549 4.09 240 78 58 19 4 13 793.2 852 403 361 70 297 32 382 12 0 13 3453 95 1.448 9.7 0.8 3.4 4.3 1.29 95
1965 31 45 38 .542 4.11 244 78 59 19 4 13 797.1 856 406 364 70 300 32 384 12 0 14 3470 95 1.450 9.7 0.8 3.4 4.3 1.28 95

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1955 21 1 2 .333 5.66 35.0 39 24 22 2 17 28 1 1.600 10.0 4.4 7.2 1.65 0.5 7
1956 22 1 1 .500 2.77 26.0 21 9 8 3 13 19 0 1.308 7.3 4.5 6.6 1.46 1.0 7
1957 23 0 1 .000 4.50 12.0 14 7 6 1 3 7 1 1.417 10.5 2.3 5.3 2.33 0.8 4
1958 24 2 3 .400 4.67 52.0 58 30 27 4 28 31 4 1.654 10.0 4.8 5.4 1.11 0.7 10
1959 25 5 5 .500 4.04 98.0 100 49 44 11 57 49 1 1.602 9.2 5.2 4.5 0.86 1.0 26
1960 26 13 7 .650 2.93 184.0 179 67 60 12 56 71 1 1.277 8.8 2.7 3.5 1.27 0.6 47
1961 27 6 14 .300 5.80 183.0 251 131 118 22 59 73 2 1.694 12.3 2.9 3.6 1.24 1.1 53
1962 28 7 5 .583 3.52 115.0 117 50 45 10 36 53 2 1.330 9.2 2.8 4.1 1.47 0.8 40
1963 29 3 2 .600 3.83 47.0 55 22 20 2 18 29 0 1.553 10.5 3.4 5.6 1.61 0.4 24
1964 30 1 2 .333 7.76 29.0 43 28 25 4 17 17 0 2.069 13.3 5.3 5.3 1.00 1.2 22
1965 31 0 0 9.00 3.0 4 3 3 0 3 2 0 2.333 12.0 9.0 6.0 0.67 0.0 4
11 Seasons 39 42 .481 4.34 784.0 881 420 378 71 307 379 12 1.515 10.1 4.4 1.23 0.8 244

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1960 AL--2.671--1st

Wins s c a p y
1960 AL--13--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1960 AL--.684--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1960 AL--1.198--4th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL--8.207--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL--2.574--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1960 AL--47--7th
1961 AL--53--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
1960 AL--2--10th

Hits s c a p y
1961 AL--249--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL--.534--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1961 AL--117--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1960 AL--142--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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