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Aaron James Bummer (born September 21, 1993) is an American
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for the
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of
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(MLB).


Amateur career

Bummer attended Sunrise Mountain High School in
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and was drafted by the
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in the 31st round of the
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. He did not sign and played
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at the
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. In 2013, he played collegiate summer baseball with the
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of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star. In 2014, as a junior at Nebraska, he went 7–5 with a 3.34 ERA in 15 starts. After the season, he was drafted by the
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in the 19th round of the
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.


Professional career

After signing with the White Sox, Bummer made his professional debut that same year with the
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where he compiled a 2.45 ERA in 22 innings pitched. He missed all of 2015 due to injury. In 2016, he pitched for the
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, Great Falls, and
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where he was a combined 1–2 with a 4.86 ERA in 15 relief appearances between the two teams. He began 2017 with Winston-Salem, was promoted to the Birmingham Barons in May, and was promoted to the
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in July. Chicago selected Bummer's contract on July 27, 2017, and he made his Major League debut that same night against the Chicago Cubs, striking out the first batter he faced,
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. In 49 innings pitched between Winston-Salem, Birmingham and Charlotte prior to his call up, he was 1–5 with a 3.31 ERA. Bummer spent the remainder of 2017 with the White Sox, compiling a 1–3 record and 4.50 ERA in 30 relief appearances. In 2018, Bummer made 37 appearances, collecting an ERA of 4.26 in innings. The following season, he improved dramatically, making 58 appearances while registering an ERA of 2.13 in innings and striking out 60. The White Sox signed him a five-year $16 million contract. In 2020, Bummer only appeared in only nine games due to a left biceps strain that kept him out for a majority of the season. He was able to return for the final week of the season and was added to the White Sox' 2020 postseason roster. He appeared in two games in the 2020 American League Wild Card Series, not allowing a run in innings combined during Chicago's 2–1 series loss to the Oakland Athletics. In 2021, Bummer appeared in 62 games with an ERA of 3.51 in 56.1 innings while striking out 75 batters.


Personal

Bummer earned his bachelor's degree in finance from Nebraska in December 2016. Bummer and his wife, Amber, married in 2018. They welcomed their first child, a daughter, in February 2021.


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