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Full Name: Jerry Dean Lumpe Primary Position: 2B,SS
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185 First Game: April 17, 1956
Birthdate: June 2, 1933 Final Game: October 1, 1967
Birthplace: Lincoln, Missouri MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

Biography[]

Jerry Lumpe (Jerry Dean Lumpe) was born on June 2, 1933 in Lincoln, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 1956 for the New York Yankees. In 1958, his rookie year, he hit .254 with 3 home runs and 32 RBI. Lumpe played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Jerry Lumpe's best season was 1962, when he hit for a .301 average and knocked in 83 runs.

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1956 NY A 20 62 12 16 0 4 .258 .313 .306 3 0 5 11 0 1 1 2 1
1957 NY A 40 103 15 35 0 11 .340 .389 .437 6 2 9 13 0 0 2 0 1
1958 NY A 81 232 34 59 3 32 .254 .319 .362 8 4 23 21 1 2 1 2 7
1959 NY A 18 45 2 10 0 2 .222 .314 .222 0 0 6 7 0 2 0 5 2
1959 KC A 108 403 47 98 3 28 .243 .313 .318 11 5 41 32 0 7 2 1 10
1959 TOT A 126 448 49 108 3 30 .241 .313 .308 11 5 47 39 0 9 2 6 12
1960 KC A 146 574 69 156 8 53 .272 .326 .357 19 3 48 49 0 4 1 1 14
1961 KC A 148 569 81 167 3 54 .293 .348 .392 29 9 48 39 2 4 1 0 10
1962 KC A 156 641 89 193 10 83 .301 .341 .432 34 10 44 38 0 6 0 0 14
1963 KC A 157 595 75 161 5 59 .271 .333 .363 26 7 58 44 0 6 3 3 9
1964 DET A 158 624 75 160 6 46 .256 .312 .338 21 6 50 61 2 8 2 3 12
1965 DET A 145 502 72 129 4 39 .257 .333 .323 15 3 56 34 3 10 7 1 11
1966 DET A 113 385 30 89 1 26 .231 .275 .291 14 3 24 44 0 7 0 1 3
1967 DET A 81 177 19 41 4 17 .232 .295 .322 4 0 16 18 0 0 0 2 3
Total 1371 4912 620 1314 47 454 .268 .325 .356 190 52 428 411 8 57 20 21 97

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1956 NY A 3B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 NY A SS 17 0 0 32 55 8 15 0 0 0 0 0 .916
1957 NY A 3B 30 21 206.2 20 45 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1957 NY A SS 6 2 30 2 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1958 NY A 3B 65 54 489.2 57 126 11 13 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1958 NY A SS 5 3 27 6 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 NY A SS 4 2 23.1 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 NY A 2B 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 NY A 3B 12 12 100 5 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 KC A SS 56 47 424.2 85 148 8 39 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1959 KC A 3B 4 1 12 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1959 KC A 2B 61 54 471 133 158 4 41 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1959 TOT A SS 60 49 448 89 159 8 41 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1959 TOT A 2B 62 54 474 135 159 4 42 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1959 TOT A 3B 16 13 112 7 25 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1960 KC A SS 15 14 102.1 28 44 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1960 KC A 2B 134 127 1133.1 355 364 13 99 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1961 KC A 2B 147 146 1271 403 426 18 105 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1962 KC A SS 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 KC A 2B 156 155 1357.2 343 435 11 97 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1963 KC A 2B 155 155 1377.2 341 451 10 92 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1964 DET A 2B 158 156 1373.1 339 394 13 95 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1965 DET A 2B 139 130 1126.1 281 308 9 69 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1966 DET A 2B 95 90 760.1 202 223 4 51 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1967 DET A 3B 6 5 43 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1967 DET A 2B 53 31 271.1 70 85 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 .963
Total SS 105 68 610.1 158 279 20 73 0 0 0 0 0 .956
Total 2B 1099 1044 9145 2469 2845 88 662 0 0 0 0 0 .984
Total 3B 118 93 851.1 88 205 16 22 0 0 0 0 0 .948

Transactions[]

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1951).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with Johnny Kucks and Tom Sturdivant to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Ralph Terry and Hector Lopez (May 26, 1959).
  • Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Ed Rakow and Dave Wickersham to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Rocky Colavito, Bob Anderson and $50000 (November 18, 1963).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (October 20, 1967).

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