Frank Baumholtz
Frank Conrad Baumholtz
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 7, 1918 in Midvale, OH
High School: Midvale (Midvale, OH)
School: Ohio University
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Final Game: May 26, 1957
Died: December 14, 1997 in Winter Springs, FL
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Standard Batting

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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
1947 28 CIN NL 151 711 643 96 182 32 9 5 45 6 56 53 .283 .341 .384 .726 93 247 6 1 11 *O RoY-5
1948 29 CIN NL 128 449 415 57 123 19 5 4 30 8 27 32 .296 .344 .395 .739 102 164 6 3 4 *O
1949 30 TOT NL 85 269 245 27 56 9 5 2 23 2 15 29 .229 .279 .331 .609 64 81 2 2 7 O
1949 30 CIN NL 27 91 81 12 19 5 3 1 8 0 6 8 .235 .295 .407 .703 86 33 2 1 3 O
1949 30 CHC NL 58 178 164 15 37 4 2 1 15 2 9 21 .226 .270 .293 .563 53 48 0 1 4 O
1951 32 CHC NL 146 615 560 62 159 28 10 2 50 5 4 49 36 .284 .346 .380 .726 94 213 16 4 2 *O
1952 33 CHC NL 103 446 409 59 133 17 4 4 35 5 7 27 27 .325 .371 .416 .787 117 170 5 3 7 O MVP-17
1953 34 CHC NL 133 567 520 75 159 36 7 3 25 3 3 42 36 .306 .359 .419 .778 100 218 5 1 4 *O
1954 35 CHC NL 90 327 303 38 90 12 6 4 28 1 3 20 15 .297 .340 .416 .756 96 126 5 1 1 2 897
1955 36 CHC NL 105 309 280 23 81 12 5 1 27 0 1 16 24 .289 .325 .379 .703 87 106 9 1 7 5 2 79
1956 37 PHI NL 76 112 100 13 27 0 0 0 9 0 2 6 6 .270 .309 .270 .579 60 27 3 1 2 3 0 9/8
1957 38 PHI NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 1019 3807 3477 450 1010 165 51 25 272 30 20 258 258 .290 .342 .389 .730 95 1352 57 17 45 10 2
162 Game Avg. 162 605 553 72 161 26 8 4 43 5 41 41 .290 .342 .389 .730 95 215 9 3 7
CHC (6 yrs) 635 2442 2236 272 659 109 34 15 180 16 18 163 159 .295 .345 .394 .739 96 881 40 11 25 7 2
CIN (3 yrs) 306 1251 1139 165 324 56 17 10 83 14 89 93 .284 .339 .390 .729 96 444 14 5 18
PHI (2 yrs) 78 114 102 13 27 0 0 0 9 0 2 6 6 .265 .304 .265 .568 57 27 3 1 2 3 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1947 28 CIN NL 711 478 84 4.7 105 .303 .283 .273 .341 .348 .384 .404 .726 .752 93 .503 -6.6 -0.6 .664 .198 .101 5.5
1948 29 CIN NL 449 302 56 4.9 99 .314 .296 .265 .344 .339 .395 .393 .739 .732 102 .546 0.7 0.1 .678 .183 .099 5.3
1949 30 TOT NL 269 198 22 3.0 102 .252 .229 .268 .279 .342 .331 .402 .609 .743 64 .312 -13.4 -1.3 .524 .171 .102 2.0
1949 30 CIN NL 91 67 9 3.6 105 .250 .235 .272 .295 .345 .407 .406 .703 .752 86 .390 -2.1 -0.2 .625 .247 .173 .0
1949 30 CHC NL 178 131 13 2.6 101 .254 .226 .267 .270 .340 .293 .399 .563 .739 53 .269 -11.4 -1.1 .472 .134 .067 1.3
1951 32 CHC NL 615 423 72 4.6 105 .301 .284 .270 .346 .344 .380 .409 .726 .753 94 .506 -5.0 -0.5 .634 .186 .096 2.9
1952 33 CHC NL 446 295 61 5.5 98 .341 .325 .263 .371 .336 .416 .391 .787 .727 117 .628 9.2 1.0 .688 .152 .090 4.4
1953 34 CHC NL 567 373 77 5.5 112 .324 .306 .276 .359 .348 .419 .431 .778 .779 100 .556 1.1 0.1 .707 .194 .113 3.0
1954 35 CHC NL 327 224 42 5.0 110 .301 .297 .275 .340 .347 .416 .425 .756 .772 96 .521 -2.8 -0.3 .656 .178 .119 1.6
1955 36 CHC NL 309 221 33 4.0 105 .308 .289 .265 .325 .336 .379 .420 .703 .757 87 .428 -5.4 -0.5 .584 .143 .089 .0
1956 37 PHI NL 112 83 8 2.6 101 .278 .270 .262 .309 .328 .270 .413 .579 .741 60 .268 -5.3 -0.5 .410 .040 .000
1957 38 PHI NL 2 2 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .265 .000 .328 .000 .410 .000 .738 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
10 Seasons 3807 2599 455 4.7 105 .307 .290 .270 .342 .343 .389 .409 .730 .752 95 .510 -28.2 -2.8 .643 .175 .098 27.3
162 Game Avg. 605 413 72 4.7 105 .307 .290 .270 .342 .343 .389 .409 .730 .752 95 .510 -28.2 -2.8 .643 .175 .098 4
CHC (6 yrs) 2442 1667 298 4.8 106 .311 .295 .270 .345 .343 .394 .414 .739 .756 96 .519 -14.2 -1.4 .644 .171 .099 15.5
CIN (3 yrs) 1251 847 149 4.7 103 .303 .284 .270 .339 .344 .390 .400 .729 .745 96 .511 -8.0 -0.8 .666 .196 .105 11.7
PHI (2 yrs) 114 85 8 2.5 101 .273 .265 .262 .304 .328 .265 .413 .568 .741 57 .259 -5.9 -0.6 .400 .039 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 28 CIN NL 711 0.7% 7.5% 7.9% 6.5% 25% 0.95 12.1 128.6 14.3 82%
1948 29 CIN NL 449 0.9% 7.1% 6.0% 6.2% 23% 1.19 13.0 103.8 13.8 84%
1949 30 TOT NL 269 0.7% 10.8% 5.6% 6.0% 29% 1.93 8.4 122.5 10.7 80%
1949 30 CIN NL 91 1.1% 8.8% 6.6% 9.9% 47% 1.33 10.1 81.0 10.1 79%
1949 30 CHC NL 178 0.6% 11.8% 5.1% 3.9% 19% 2.33 7.8 164.0 10.9 80%
1951 32 CHC NL 615 0.3% 5.9% 8.0% 6.5% 25% 0.73 15.6 280.0 11.2 85%
1952 33 CHC NL 446 0.9% 6.1% 6.1% 5.6% 19% 1.00 15.1 102.3 11.7 85%
1953 34 CHC NL 567 0.5% 6.4% 7.4% 8.1% 29% 0.86 14.4 173.3 20.8 85%
1954 35 CHC NL 327 1.2% 4.6% 6.1% 6.7% 24% 0.75 20.2 75.8 10.8 0.84 87%
1955 36 CHC NL 309 0.3% 7.8% 5.2% 5.8% 22% 1.50 11.7 280.0 10.4 0.88 84%
1956 37 PHI NL 112 0.0% 5.4% 5.4% 0.0% 0% 1.00 16.7 11.1 1.03 87%
1957 38 PHI NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
10 Seasons 3807 0.7% 6.8% 6.8% 6.3% 24% 1.00 13.5 139.1 12.8 0.90 84%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 35 CHC NL 7 0 32% 109 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 41% 19 14 4 0 0 0 13 3 9
1955 36 CHC NL 2 0 23% 66 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 35% 8 5 2 3 3 0 6 1 4
1956 37 PHI NL 1 0 38% 32 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 57% 6 2 4 4 1 2 4 2 2
1957 38 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 10 0 34% 207 30 20 88% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 16 43% 33 21 10 7 4 2 23 6 15
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 35 CHC NL 268 85% 90 11 2 1 3 1.47 4 0 6 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 49 5 10% 11 4 36% 131 19 15% 9 5 56% 7 3 43% 59
1955 36 CHC NL 195 95% 81 24 11 1 6 1.62 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 7 140% 46 9 20% 25 14 56% 120 19 16% 14 8 57% 15 5 33% 114
1956 37 PHI NL 110 95% 27 50 12 0 7 1.81 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 27 3 11% 15 7 47% 80 10 13% 10 6 60% 6 2 33% 2
1957 38 PHI NL 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0.87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 575 90% 1010 87 25 2 16 1.69 25 0 12 5 0 2 3 0 7 45 643% 122 57 47% 51 25 49% 331 48 15% 33 19 58% 28 10 36% 175
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 28 151 711 643 96 182 32 9 5 45 6 56 53 .283 .341 .384 .726 93 247 6 1 11
1948 29 279 1160 1058 153 305 51 14 9 75 14 83 85 .288 .342 .388 .731 97 411 12 4 15
1949 30 364 1429 1303 180 361 60 19 11 98 16 98 114 .277 .330 .378 .708 90 492 14 6 22
1950 31 364 1429 1303 180 361 60 19 11 98 16 98 114 .277 .330 .378 .708 90 492 14 6 22
1951 32 510 2044 1863 242 520 88 29 13 148 21 4 147 150 .279 .335 .378 .714 91 705 30 10 24
1952 33 613 2490 2272 301 653 105 33 17 183 26 11 174 177 .287 .342 .385 .727 96 875 35 13 31
1953 34 746 3057 2792 376 812 141 40 20 208 29 14 216 213 .291 .345 .391 .736 97 1093 40 14 35
1954 35 836 3384 3095 414 902 153 46 24 236 30 17 236 228 .291 .344 .394 .738 97 1219 45 15 36 2
1955 36 941 3693 3375 437 983 165 51 25 263 30 18 252 252 .291 .343 .393 .735 96 1325 54 16 43 7 2
1956 37 1017 3805 3475 450 1010 165 51 25 272 30 20 258 258 .291 .342 .389 .731 95 1352 57 17 45 10 2
1957 38 1019 3807 3477 450 1010 165 51 25 272 30 20 258 258 .290 .342 .389 .730 95 1352 57 17 45 10 2

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 28 158 728 669 98 187 33 9 5 46 6 58 55 .280 .338 .378 .716 86 151
1948 29 134 467 435 61 130 20 5 4 32 8 29 33 .299 .347 .395 .742 60 128
1949 30 88 272 254 28 58 9 5 2 24 2 16 30 .228 .279 .327 .606 23 85
1951 32 152 631 577 62 161 28 10 2 50 5 50 37 .279 .341 .373 .713 73 146
1952 33 108 461 429 65 141 18 4 4 39 5 29 28 .329 .375 .417 .793 67 103
1953 34 138 573 531 71 156 35 7 3 24 3 41 37 .294 .346 .403 .749 74 133
1954 35 95 338 315 38 91 12 6 4 28 1 20 16 .289 .331 .403 .735 42 90
1955 36 110 312 290 23 81 12 5 1 27 0 16 25 .279 .314 .366 .680 34 105
1956 37 79 115 105 15 29 0 0 0 10 0 6 6 .276 .313 .276 .589 9 76
1957 38 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
10 Seasons 1064 3899 3607 461 1034 167 51 25 280 30 265 267 .287 .338 .382 .720 468 1019
162 Game Avg. 162 594 549 70 157 25 8 4 43 5 40 41 .287 .338 .382 .720 71 1019

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 NL (17, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1094th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1948 NL  .296 (9th)
1952 NL  .325 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1952 NL  .371 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1947 NL  151 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1947 NL  643 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1947 NL  711 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1947 NL  182 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1947 NL  32 (5th)
1953 NL  36 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1947 NL  9 (4th)
1951 NL  10 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 NL  8 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1947 NL  136 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1947 NL  11 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1952 NL  7 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1952 NL  15.1 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1947 NL  478 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1957 NL  born 1918-10-07 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 21 (971), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1307), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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