Back before players made a ton of money -- when owners were the only rich ones in baseball -- they would have offseason jobs. That has since gone away due to the players making millions or even "only" hundreds of thousands. As such, the offseason is a time for family, vacation and working out.

For Tigers starting pitcher Michael Fulmer -- who won AL Rookie of the Year on Monday night -- he is a bit of a throwback. He has an offseason job. He's a plumber, working for the uncle of a friend.

From the Detroit Free Press:

These days, Fulmer works as a part-time plumber.

"I don't cut him any slack," Larry Wright, Fulmer's boss at Cyrus Wright Plumbing, a small, long-standing family business in Yukon, Okla., said. "He digs ditches and gets dirty and does whatever needs to be done."

It's Fulmer's second off-season working with Wright, who is the uncle of one of Fulmer's good friends. He came aboard last year in a pinch, when Wright's son - also a plumber - went off on another job.

"He called me, and I said, 'All right, we'll see how it goes from here,' " Fulmer said. "And I'm still doing it, so it's fun."

Even though I called Fulmer a throwback, it should be pointed out this is done as a favor and not a necessity. He signed with the Mets out of high school for $937,500 in 2011 and made the prorated league minimum last season, which is over a half million bucks. As a pre-arbitration player next year, he'll be in the upper $500K range, too.

Not that it really matters, though, as Fulmer is doing a solid to a small business. That's great and it sounds like he enjoys doing it in the offseason. More power to him and Cyrus Wright Plumbing!