Fred Kommers

Frederick Raymond Kommers (Bugs)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

• Debut June 25, 1913
• Final Game September 26, 1914
• Born March 31, 1886 in Chicago, IL USA
• Died June 14, 1943 in Chicago, IL USA

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Biographical Information

In 1908 precisely a century ago, as of this writing, 22 year old Fred Kommers was in the midst of his first season of professional baseball with the Illinois-Missouri League Havana Perfectos. The young Chicago native was having a whale of a year.

Kommers led his team with 114 games played, mostly as an outfielder and found time to pitch in 25 games having a 13-12 record. Again he led his team and the Illinois-Missouri League in four categories by batting .349, scoring 75 runs, busting 153 hits, of which 11 where home runs.

If this wasn't enough Kommers managed the club along with Mike Sampson for a greater part of the season. Records are not clear on the managing time of either man.

Fred spent until June 24, 1913 in the minors and on that date was traded by the Springfield Senators of the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Everett Booe.

In the Pirate lineup the next day Kommers played center field and went 2 for 5 in the contest. He batted .232 for the Pittsburg club in 40 games. Just before the 1914 season Kommers jumped from the Pittsburg Pirates to the St. Louis Terriers of the Federal League. He batted .306 while with the Terriers before being "loaned" to the Baltimore Terrapins on August 26 and remained under contract by the Federal League in 1915 even though he played in the minors.

Kommers was finally given a release from his contract in January 1916. He continued to play minor league ball, showing up with the Central Association Dubuque Dubs in 1917 and finished out his professional Career in the Central League in 1921.

Source

SABR Minor League Data base
Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Third Edition
Frank Russo and Gene Racz History Book
baseball-reference.com