Career
Mike Baumgartner played his amateur hockey at the University of North Dakota and was drafted in the 5th round by the Chicago Black Hawks. Before playing a game with Montreal, Baumgartner was sold to the expansion Kansas City Scouts on August 22, 1974
Mike made his National Hockey League debut for the Scouts at Maple Leaf Gardens against the Toronto Maple Leafs on October 9, 1974 and played his final National Hockey League game on December 14, 1974 against the Vancouver Canucks suffering a career ending eye injury. Mike went pointless in 17 regular season games.
Mike played 1 professional game with the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League the next season before retiring.
In interviewing Mr. Baumgartner he said he weighed 210 and was 6"3" when he was playing hockey.