Jim Baumer
Baseball
Baumer had a highly unusual Major League playing career. After reaching the Majors at age 18 as a "bonus baby" with the 1949 Chicago White Sox, Baumer hit .400 (four hits in 10 at bats, including a double and a triple). He then disappeared into the minor leagues for the decade of the 1950s, and did not return to MLB until, as a 30-year-old, he had a brief trial with the 1961 Cincinnati Reds. Baumer appeared in ten of Cincinnati\'s first 13 games, eight as the Reds\' starting second baseman, but collected only three singles and batted .125. The day of his last MLB game, April 27, 1961, the Reds acquired second baseman Don Blasingame in a trade with the San Francisco Giants. Baumer was traded to the Detroit Tigers for first baseman Dick Gernert on May 10, and returned to the minor leagues. Overall, Baumer batted .206 in 18 MLB games and 34 at bats, with two runs batted in. After his big…
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