Frank Conrad Baumholtz (October 7, 1918 - December 14, 1997) was an American outfielder for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds (1947-49), Chicago Cubs (1949 and 1951-55) and Philadelphia Phillies (1956-57). Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. He was born in Midvale, Ohio. Midvale is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.
Baumholtz finished 5th in voting for the 1947 National League Rookie of the Year for playing in 151 Games and having 643 At Bats, 96 Runs, 182 Hits, 32 Doubles, 9 Triples, 5 Home Runs, 45 RBI, 6 Stolen Bases, 56 Walks, . 283 Batting Average, . 341 On-base percentage, . 384 Slugging Percentage, 247 Total Bases and 11 Sacrifice Hits.
Baumholtz finished 17th in voting for the 1952 National League MVP for playing in 103 Games and having 409 At Bats, 59 Runs, 133 Hits, 17 Doubles, 4 Triples, 4 Home Runs, 35 RBI, 5 Stolen Bases, 27 Walks, . 325 Batting Average, . 371 On-base percentage, . 416 Slugging Percentage, 170 Total Bases and 7 Sacrifice Hits.
In 10 seasons he played in 1,019 Games and had 3,477 At Bats, 450 Runs, 1,010 Hits, 165 Doubles, 51 Triples, 25 Home Runs, 272 RBI, 30 Stolen Bases, 258 Walks, . 290 Batting Average, . 342 On-base percentage, . 389 Slugging Percentage, 1,352 Total Bases, 45 Sacrifice Hits, 10 Sacrifice Flies and 2 Intentional Walks.
Baumholtz had a memorable minor league season in 1950, batting . 379 and collecting 254 hits in 172 games for the Los Angeles Angels of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.
Baumholtz was also a great basketball player at Ohio University. Ohio University is a public university located in Athens Ohio that is situated on a 1800 acre (7 His No. 54 jersey hangs from the rafters of the Convocation Center. It was retired on Feb. 4, 1995, which was declared "Frank Baumholtz Day" in the city of Athens, Ohio and on campus and was the only number so honored at the school until 2007 when Dave Jamerson and Walter Luckett had their numbers retired as well. Athens is a historic College town in the southeastern part of the U
Baumholtz was a first-team All-American in basketball in 1941, his senior year, leading the Bobcats to the finals of the National Invitation Tournament, the most prestigious tournament in the country at the time. He was named the tournament's most valuable player. He played one season of professional basketball for the Cleveland Rebels of the Basketball Association of America, the direct predecessor to today's National Basketball Association. Franchise history The Rebels were an inaugural franchise in the BAA's first season During the 1946-47 season, Baumholtz played in 45 games, averaging 14. 0 points per game.
He died in Winter Springs, Florida at the age of 79. Winter Springs is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States.
In contrast to radio's "Quiz Kids" or the 1950 Phillies "Whiz Kids", according to Chicago columnist Mike Royko Baumholtz was the anchor, as it were, of a 1950s Cubs outfield "that was so slow they were known as the Quicksand Kids. Quiz Kids, a popular radio-TV series of the 1940s and 1950s was created by Chicago public relations and advertising man Louis G Michael "Mike" Royko ( September 19, 1932 &ndash April 29, 1997) was a newspaper Columnist in Chicago, Illinois Quicksand is a Colloid Hydrogel consisting of fine Granular matter (such as Sand or Silt) Clay, and " Hank Sauer and Ralph Kiner were in left and right fields respectively. Henry John (Hank Sauer ( March 17, 1917 - August 24, 2001) was a Left fielder in Major League Baseball. Ralph McPherran Kiner (born October 27, 1922) is an American former Major League Baseball player and current Announcer. (One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko, University of Chicago, 1999, p. 29-31)
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Frank Baumholtz Statistics at Basketball-Reference. com
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