page_title: Jerry Lumpe
section_title: Playing career
hierarchical_section_title: Jerry Lumpe / Playing career
caption_attribution_description: English: Professional baseball player Jerry Lumpe
context_page_description: Jerry Dean Lumpe was an American professional baseball player and coach. He had a 12-season career in Major League Baseball, primarily as a second baseman, for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers, played in two World Series, and was selected to the 1964 American League All-Star team. Named for National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, Lumpe was born in Lincoln, Missouri. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches tall and 175 pounds.
  Lumpe was raised in Warsaw, Missouri, where he graduated from high school. He signed with the Yankees as a shortstop in 1951. Lumpe and future MLB teammate Norm Siebern had been basketball players together for Missouri State University, where they won two NAIA Championships in 1952 and 1953, although both needed to miss some tournament games to report to baseball spring training camp. Lumpe maintained strong ties to the university and died in 2014 in Springfield, Missouri, the school's home.
caption: Lumpe, circa 1966
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