Posted on 06/30/2006 1:03:56 PM PDT by EveningStar
...Joe Baumann died last week at the age of 83...
In 1954, Baumann hit 72 home runs for Roswell: beating Babe Ruth’s record by 12. It was a mark that wouldn’t be broken until Barry Bonds hit 73 in 2001...
...72 homers in just 138 games was too far off the charts for anyone to contemplate. He’d batted .400, drawn 150 walks, and driven in 224 runs that year...
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