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Frank
Baumann		  
Nickname: Beau
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 225
 
Born: July 1, 1933 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 21 NYG NL   6 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6
1956 22 NYG NL   7 4 3 4 7 6 6 6 6 6
1957 23 NYG NL   7 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6
1958 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1959 25 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 7 6 7 7 7 7
1960 26 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 7
1961 27 NYG NL $ 4,614,286 6 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6
1962 28 WAS NL $ 4,614,286 6 9 9 9 7 6 6 7 6 6
1963 29 TAM AL $ 4,614,286 6 9 8 9 7 6 6 7 6 6
1964 30 TAM AL $ 4,757,143 6 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 5
1965 31 DET AL $ 7,200,000 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 5
1966 32 DET AL $ 7,200,000 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5
1967 33 SDP NL $ 7,200,000 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 6 5 5
1968 34 DET AL $ 7,200,000 7 7 6 7 5 4 4 5 4 4
1969 35 DET AL $ 7,200,000 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 5 4 4
1970 36 DET AL $ 7,200,000 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5
1971 37 BOS AL $ 7,200,000 6 6 6 6 4 3 4 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,200,000 7 9 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 21 NYG NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 22 NYG NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 23 NYG NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 27 NYG NL $ 4,614,286   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 28 WAS NL $ 4,614,286   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 29 TAM AL $ 4,614,286   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 30 TAM AL $ 4,757,143   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 31 DET AL $ 7,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 32 DET AL $ 7,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 33 SDP NL $ 7,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 34 DET AL $ 7,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 35 DET AL $ 7,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 36 DET AL $ 7,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 37 BOS AL $ 7,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1955 21 AAA   3 5 .375 71 0 0 0 6 54.0 59 32 4 30 38 5.33 .294 .385 .433 .818  
1956 22 AAA   5 1 .833 59 0 0 0 3 78.3 80 33 6 27 48 3.79 .264 .324 .373 .697  
1957 23 AAA   7 13 .350 30 30 1 0 0 194.3 239 105 21 66 163 4.86 .298 .351 .446 .797  
1958 24 NYG NL 6 5 .545 61 1 0 0 13 79.0 79 40 10 32 43 4.56 .258 .329 .418 .748 6.9
1959 25 NYG NL 16 10 .615 32 32 5 2 0 234.0 216 100 36 74 148 3.85 .244 .304 .417 .721 15.4
1960 26 NYG NL 21 12 .636 42 42 2 1 0 302.3 234 104 40 89 294 3.10 .211 .268 .372 .640 28.1
1961 27 NYG NL 5 3 .625 11 11 0 0 0 67.3 72 42 13 18 54 5.61 .274 .319 .498 .817 0.9
1962 28 WAS NL 12 18 .400 41 41 3 2 0 278.0 230 113 30 96 250 3.66 .224 .293 .364 .657 14.9
1963 29 TAM AL 17 12 .586 43 43 3 1 0 309.3 250 114 42 87 275 3.32 .219 .277 .378 .655 20.8
1964 30 TAM AL 15 11 .577 43 39 4 0 1 274.0 211 82 23 89 265 2.69 .209 .276 .319 .595 25.0
1965 31 TAM AL 6 11 .353 23 23 3 0 0 158.0 143 63 18 58 135 3.59 .239 .306 .386 .692 9.5
  DET AL 9 7 .563 20 20 2 0 0 142.0 118 55 14 49 108 3.49 .224 .290 .361 .651 9.8
  TOT   15 18 .455 43 43 5 0 0 300.0 261 118 32 107 243 3.54 .232 .299 .374 .673 19.4
1966 32 DET AL 9 12 .429 43 42 2 0 0 290.0 297 136 41 105 229 4.22 .266 .330 .437 .767 15.3
1967 33 SDP NL 15 14 .517 40 40 2 0 0 278.3 244 105 35 106 231 3.40 .233 .305 .370 .675 15.7
1968 34 DET AL 11 20 .355 44 44 2 0 0 311.0 274 136 34 124 251 3.94 .236 .313 .367 .680 19.6
1969 35 DET AL 11 21 .344 35 35 4 1 0 243.7 219 122 32 138 169 4.51 .242 .341 .406 .746 12.4
1970 36 DET AL 7 11 .389 29 27 1 1 0 191.7 181 92 17 96 113 4.32 .249 .339 .372 .711 9.9
1971 37 DET AL 0 3 .000 5 5 0 0 0 27.3 40 25 3 21 9 8.23 .354 .456 .504 .960 0.0
    AA   4 4 .500 11 11 1 0 0 71.0 58 24 7 28 68 3.04 .219 .294 .332 .626  
14 Years Sim 160 170 .485 512 445 33 8 14 3186.0 2808 1329 388 1182 2574 3.75 .235 .305 .384 .690 204.4
3 Years AAA 15 19 .441 160 30 1 0 9 326.7 378 170 31 123 249 4.68 .289 .350 .427 .777  
1 Years AA 4 4 .500 11 11 1 0 0 71.0 58 24 7 28 68 3.04 .219 .294 .332 .626  
4 Years Minors 19 23 .452 171 41 2 0 9 397.7 436 194 38 151 317 4.39 .277 .341 .411 .752  
Season Average 11 12 .478 36 31 2 0 1 227.6 200 94 27 84 183 3.75 .235 .305 .384 .690  
Career Highs 21 21 .636 61 44 5 2 13 311.0 297 136 42 138 294 8.23 .354 .456 .504 .960  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2010 952 290 831 1788   .242 .311 .397 .708
vs LH   798 377 98 351 786   .220 .289 .355 .644
Home 84 71 .542 240 209 20 6 3 1528.3 1290 620 202 551 1224 3.65 .227 .296 .385 .681
Away 76 99 .434 272 236 13 2 12 1657.6 1518 709 186 631 1350 3.85 .242 .312 .383 .695
Mar/Apr 34 34 .500 89 78 7 2 3 564.6 504 239 75 207 462 3.81 .236 .304 .392 .696
May 23 35 .397 93 82 4 2 2 565.6 499 256 59 217 473 4.07 .234 .305 .372 .677
June 21 27 .438 85 77 5 1 1 546.0 469 236 64 232 431 3.89 .231 .310 .383 .693
July 23 31 .426 82 71 7 1 4 512.0 496 226 69 176 401 3.97 .254 .316 .412 .728
August 26 25 .510 82 73 5 1 1 521.0 440 209 74 181 427 3.61 .228 .294 .389 .684
Sep/Oct 33 18 .647 81 64 5 1 4 476.6 400 163 47 169 380 3.08 .227 .294 .354 .648
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 21 AAA   11 2 7 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.4  
1957 23 AAA   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1958 24 NYG NL 64 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
1959 25 NYG NL 36 84 7 14 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 33 .167 .176 .179 .355 1.2 0.0
1960 26 NYG NL 43 110 10 29 3 0 1 12 0 0 0 38 .264 .261 .318 .579 8.5 0.3
1961 27 NYG NL 13 29 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .138 .138 .138 .276 -0.4 0.0
1962 28 WAS NL 42 82 3 15 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 .183 .181 .207 .388 2.2 0.0
1963 29 TAM AL 43 110 8 19 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 38 .173 .179 .200 .379 1.5 0.0
1964 30 TAM AL 43 92 4 17 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 40 .185 .185 .207 .391 2.0 0.0
1965 31 TAM AL 23 57 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 28 .140 .140 .140 .281 -1.6 0.0
  DET AL 21 50 5 15 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 17 .300 .327 .340 .667 5.1 0.7
  TOT   44 107 9 23 2 0 0 4 0 3 2 45 .215 .229 .234 .463 3.5 0.7
1966 32 DET AL 42 101 6 19 4 1 1 6 0 1 0 37 .188 .186 .277 .464 4.0 0.0
1967 33 SDP NL 41 95 11 18 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 25 .189 .222 .200 .422 3.4 0.0
1968 34 DET AL 44 96 9 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 28 .156 .163 .167 .330 0.5 0.0
1971 37 DET AL 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
12 Years Sim 458 908 71 174 17 2 2 41 0 4 9 328 .192 .198 .221 .420 26.9 1.1
2 Years AAA 15 3 7 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9  
162 Game Average 321 25 61 6 0 0 14 0 1 3 116 .192 .198 .221 .420 9.5  
Career Highs 64 110 11 29 4 1 1 12 0 3 4 45 .500 .500 .500 1.000 8.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   564 46 114 12 1 2 28 0 4 6 195 .202 .209 .238 .446 19.6
vs LH   344 23 60 5 1 0 13 0 0 3 133 .174 .182 .195 .376 5.4
Home 217 412 35 89 10 0 2 25 0 2 5 141 .216 .223 .255 .478 18.6
Away 207 496 35 85 7 2 0 16 0 2 4 187 .171 .178 .194 .371 6.4
RISP   168 0 31 2 1 0 38 0 0 1 59 .185 .184 .208 .392 3.7
Close/Late   56 7 14 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 18 .250 .250 .339 .589 4.2
Mar/Apr 69 173 9 34 0 2 1 10 0 0 1 59 .197 .200 .237 .437 6.0
May 75 157 17 34 8 0 0 7 0 1 1 57 .217 .220 .268 .488 7.0
June 62 150 12 27 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 46 .180 .190 .213 .403 3.8
July 61 146 13 28 2 0 0 5 0 1 3 58 .192 .208 .205 .414 3.8
August 71 140 8 25 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 59 .179 .183 .193 .376 2.2
Sep/Oct 64 142 10 26 3 0 0 6 0 2 1 49 .183 .188 .204 .392 2.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1958 24 NYG NL P 61 1 79.0 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.59    
1959 25 NYG NL P 32 32 234.0 16 37 0 6 1.000 2.04    
1960 26 NYG NL P 42 42 302.3 18 44 0 1 1.000 1.85    
1961 27 NYG NL P 11 11 67.3 6 11 0 0 1.000 2.27    
1962 28 WAS NL P 41 41 278.0 12 42 1 2 .982 1.75    
1963 29 TAM AL P 43 43 309.3 16 41 0 4 1.000 1.66    
1964 30 TAM AL P 43 39 274.0 15 37 1 3 .981 1.71    
1965 31 TAM AL P 23 23 158.0 7 24 2 2 .939 1.77    
  DET AL P 20 20 142.0 7 22 2 1 .935 1.84    
  TOT   P 43 43 300.0 14 46 4 3 .938 1.80    
1966 32 DET AL P 42 42 290.0 21 36 1 5 .983 1.77    
1967 33 SDP NL P 40 40 278.3 13 47 4 3 .938 1.94    
1968 34 DET AL P 44 44 311.0 17 37 1 4 .982 1.56    
1969 35 DET AL P 35 35 243.7 17 35 1 2 .981 1.92    
1970 36 DET AL P 29 27 191.7 11 27 3 4 .927 1.78    
1971 37 DET AL P 5 5 27.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   511 445 3186.0 180 450 16 38 .975 1.78    
Career Highs   61 44 311.0 21 47 4 6 1.000 2.27    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1958 24 NYG NL 2 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 1 7.0 3 1 1 3 2 1.29 .120 .214 .320 .534
1959 25 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 4.7 3 1 0 1 2 1.93 .200 .250 .267 .517
1960 26 NYG NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 6 4 1 4 8 6.75 .273 .385 .455 .839
1963 29 TAM AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 17 14 1 8 9 10.50 .340 .431 .440 .871
1964 30 TAM AL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 7.3 17 14 4 7 12 17.19 .459 .545 .946 1.491
1967 33 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 10.7 3 0 0 3 11 0.00 .088 .162 .088 .250
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 4 .500 20 5 0 0 1 47.0 49 34 7 26 44 6.51 .268 .359 .448 .807
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1960 26 NYG NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1963 29 TAM AL 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800
1964 30 TAM AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1967 33 SDP NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .182 .364
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1960-7-3.10
1964-5-2.69
 Wins
1960-6-21
1963-9-17
 Losses
1962-6-18
1965-7-18
1968-4-20
1969-2-21
 Winning Pct
1959-8-.615
1960-9-.636
 Saves
1958-4-13
 Games Pitched
1958-9-61
Games Started
1960-8-42
1963-4-43
1965-4-43
1966-5-42
1968-1-44
1969-5-35
 Shutouts
1959-6-2
1960-10-1
 Innings Pitched
1960-9-302.3
1963-7-309.3
 Hits Allowed
1966-9-297
1968-10-274
 Homeruns Allowed
1959-9-36
1960-6-40
1962-10-30
1963-2-42
1965-4-32
1966-1-41
1967-7-35
1968-4-34
1969-3-32
CAR-27-388
 Strikeouts
1960-4-294
1962-10-250
1963-3-275
1964-5-265
1965-10-243
1967-9-231
CAR-40-2574
Walks Allowed
1960-10-89
1962-8-96
1965-9-107
1967-5-106
1968-7-124
1969-2-138
 Hits per 9IP
1959-10-8.3
1960-4-7.0
1962-8-7.4
1963-7-7.3
1964-6-6.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1960-3-8.8
1962-7-8.1
1963-3-8.0
1964-4-8.7
1965-9-7.3
1967-8-7.5
CAR-40-7.3
 WHiP
1960-5-1.07
1963-5-1.09
1964-8-1.09
 OAVG
1960-4-.211
1962-9-.224
1963-6-.219
1964-6-.209
 OOBP
1960-4-.268
1963-7-.277
1964-8-.276
OSLG
1960-9-.372
1964-7-.319
 OOPS
1960-8-.640
1964-6-.595
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 86    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Ralph Lumenti (938)
  2. Jim Maloney (930)
  3. Danny McDevitt (913)
  4. Carl Scheib (908)
  5. Mickey Lolich (908)
  6. Bill Singer (907)
  7. Rollie Fingers (904)
  8. Bob Gibson (901)
  9. Gary Peters (899)
  10. Ramon Monzant (891)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Joe Nuxhall (993)
  2. Ray Benge (990)
  3. Ray Scarborough (981)
  4. Gary Peters (981)
  5. Joe Heving (980)
  6. Marius Russo (978)
  7. Hal Newhouser (977)
  8. Max Lanier (977)
  9. Carl Scheib (976)
  10. Lon Warneke (975)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 40th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1955
Injured on 6/28/1956 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/9/1957 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/15/1958
Had first career hit on 8/1/1958, off Pete Burnside (MON)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
Hit first career homerun on 6/20/1960, off Johnny Kucks (BRK)
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,614,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/15/1961 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,614,286 through salary arbitration
Pitched NO-HITTER against St. Louis on 5/23/1962, striking out 5
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1962, winning 2 games with a 0.51 ERA
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,614,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Washington to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1963 (Going to WAS: 1B Ken Harrelson, 3B Andy Carey, P Stu Miller. Going to TAM: CF Bob Hazle, P Frank Baumann, 2B Luis Aparicio)
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,757,143 through salary arbitration
10/29/1964: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $7,200,000 per year, for 7 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to Detroit on 7/1/1965 (Going to TAM: P Russ Kemmerer, P Jack Aker, P Larry Jaster. Going to DET: RF Al Pilarcik, P Frank Baumann, P Raul Sanchez)
Injured on 8/3/1965 with a Inflamed Bicep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 3/3/1967 (Going to SDP: P Frank Baumann. Going to DET: C Frank House)
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 2/3/1968 (Going to SDP: P Al Jackson. Going to DET: P Frank Baumann)
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 7/1/1971 (Going to DET: LF Willie Stargell. Going to BOS: P Frank Baumann, CF Bobby Wine, 1B Ossie Blanco, P Juan Pizarro)
Injured on 8/25/1971 with a Spasms Back, out for 6 weeks
 
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