Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 180 pounds (82 kg), Sommers both threw and batted right-handed.

Sommers was signed by the Boston Red Sox in 1942, and played that season for their Class C farm team, the Canton Terriers, batting .277 in 129 games.

Baseball records show that he did not play during the 1943 through 1945 seasons, likely due to military service during World War II.

He made his major league debut on April 25, as a ninth-inning defensive replacement in a game against the Detroit Tigers.

[1] Newspaper accounts show that Sommers played for a time during 1951 with the unaffiliated semi-professional Brooklyn Bushwicks.