One Last Double-Header: Joe Bauman's Homerun Summer

By: Johnson, Dewey

In 1954, Joe Bauman moved to Roswell, NM and purchased the new Texaco station on the road to Ruidoso. Locals knew of him. He had played first base for the Class C Longhorn League Artesia Drillers, forty miles away. He hit 50 home runs in 1952 and 53 more in 1953, the most in organized baseball both years.
His signing in 1954 with the Roswell Rockets, also in the Longhorn League, gave fans high hopes for the team. When he hit ten home runs in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798321709955
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"