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Glenn Borgmann

Glenn Dennis Borgmann

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 25, 1950 in Paterson, NJ
School: University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1972
Teams (by GP): Twins/WhiteSox 1972-1980
Agents: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: October 5, 1980
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1972 22 MIN AL 56 203 175 11 41 4 0 3 14 0 0 25 25 .234 .325 .309 .634 86 54 4 0 0 3 8 2
1973 23 MIN AL 12 41 34 7 9 2 0 0 9 0 0 6 10 .265 .375 .324 .699 96 11 0 0 1 0 0 2
1974 24 MIN AL 128 396 345 33 87 8 1 3 45 2 1 39 44 .252 .323 .307 .630 80 106 9 1 3 8 0 *2
1975 25 MIN AL 125 413 352 34 73 15 2 2 33 0 1 47 59 .207 .303 .278 .581 64 98 10 2 10 2 1 *2
1976 26 MIN AL 24 85 65 10 16 3 0 1 6 1 1 19 7 .246 .417 .338 .755 121 22 2 0 1 0 0 2
1977 27 MIN AL 17 54 43 12 11 1 0 2 7 0 0 11 9 .256 .407 .419 .826 128 18 1 0 0 0 0 2
1978 28 MIN AL 49 147 123 16 26 4 1 3 15 0 0 18 17 .211 .306 .333 .639 79 41 0 0 3 3 0 2/D
1979 29 MIN AL 31 84 70 4 14 3 0 0 8 1 0 12 11 .200 .317 .243 .560 52 17 3 0 2 0 0 2
1980 30 CHW AL 32 103 87 10 19 2 0 2 14 0 0 14 9 .218 .320 .310 .631 75 27 1 0 0 2 0 2
9 Yrs 474 1526 1294 137 296 42 4 16 151 4 3 191 191 .229 .325 .304 .630 79 394 30 3 20 18 9
162 Game Avg. 162 522 442 47 101 14 1 5 52 1 1 65 65 .229 .325 .304 .630 79 135 10 1 7 6 3
MIN (8 yrs) 442 1423 1207 127 277 40 4 14 137 4 3 177 182 .229 .326 .304 .630 79 367 29 3 20 16 9
CHW (1 yr) 32 103 87 10 19 2 0 2 14 0 0 14 9 .218 .320 .310 .631 75 27 1 0 0 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1972 22 MIN AL 56 203 -5 -0 0 2 3 -0 -0.1 7 7 0.6 .500 .500 0.4 0.6 5 $ 2
1973 23 MIN AL 12 41 0 0 0 -1 1 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .505 .500 0.3 -0.0 3 $ 2
1974 24 MIN AL 128 396 -9 -0 -1 5 6 1 0.3 13 14 1.4 .501 .501 0.9 1.4 9 $ *2
1975 25 MIN AL 125 413 -17 -1 -2 7 6 -6 -0.5 13 7 0.7 .495 .496 0.0 1.6 0 $ *2
1976 26 MIN AL 24 85 4 -1 0 -3 1 1 0.2 3 4 0.4 .506 .501 0.8 -0.2 7 $ 2
1977 27 MIN AL 17 54 2 0 -0 -2 1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .507 .501 0.5 -0.1 5 $ 2
1978 28 MIN AL 49 147 -3 -1 1 3 2 2 0.3 5 7 0.8 .506 .502 0.5 0.6 4 $ 2/D
1979 29 MIN AL 31 84 -5 0 -0 0 1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .487 .498 -0.1 0.2 -1 $ 2
1980 30 CHW AL 32 103 -3 -0 0 3 2 2 0.2 3 5 0.5 .507 .501 0.2 0.5 2 $ 2
9 Seasons 474 1526 -36 -3 -1 14 24 -2 0.3 49 48 4.8 .500 .500 3.5 4.6 34 $
MIN (8 yrs) 442 1423 -33 -3 -2 11 23 -4 0.0 46 42 4.3 .499 .500 3.3 4.1 32 $
CHW (1 yr) 32 103 -3 -0 0 3 2 2 0.2 3 5 0.5 .507 .501 0.2 0.5 2 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1972 22 MIN AL 203 141 18 3.4 87 .253 .234 .252 .325 .322 .309 .364 .634 .685 86 .474 -2.3 -0.2 .572 .217 .074 .0
1973 23 MIN AL 41 26 5 5.2 97 .375 .265 .264 .375 .334 .324 .388 .699 .722 96 .578 0.1 0.0 .680 .235 .059
1974 24 MIN AL 396 279 36 3.5 92 .275 .252 .263 .323 .328 .307 .378 .630 .706 80 .421 -7.8 -0.8 .549 .171 .055 2.4
1975 25 MIN AL 413 302 31 2.8 94 .242 .207 .260 .303 .331 .278 .382 .581 .713 64 .307 -15.8 -1.6 .503 .202 .071 .0
1976 26 MIN AL 85 53 11 5.6 88 .263 .246 .259 .417 .324 .338 .366 .755 .690 121 .651 3.2 0.3 .788 .385 .092 1.0
1977 27 MIN AL 54 33 8 6.5 99 .281 .256 .265 .407 .329 .419 .403 .826 .732 128 .650 2.2 0.2 .879 .419 .163 .0
1978 28 MIN AL 147 103 15 3.9 95 .217 .211 .263 .306 .329 .333 .388 .639 .717 79 .452 -3.2 -0.3 .608 .268 .122 .0
1979 29 MIN AL 84 61 6 2.6 105 .237 .200 .274 .317 .340 .243 .416 .560 .755 52 .255 -4.5 -0.4 .508 .229 .043 .0
1980 30 CHW AL 103 71 10 3.8 98 .218 .218 .268 .320 .330 .310 .397 .631 .727 75 .412 -2.5 -0.2 .594 .253 .092 .0
9 Yrs 1526 1069 140 3.5 94 .253 .229 .262 .325 .329 .304 .382 .630 .711 79 .419 -30.5 -3.1 .571 .224 .076 6.4
162 Game Avg. 522 365 48 3.5 94 .253 .229 .262 .325 .329 .304 .382 .630 .711 79 .419 -30.5 -3.1 .571 .224 .076 2
MIN (8 yrs) 1423 998 130 3.5 93 .256 .229 .261 .326 .328 .304 .381 .630 .709 79 .419 -28.0 -2.9 .570 .222 .075 6.2
CHW (1 yr) 103 71 10 3.8 98 .218 .218 .268 .320 .330 .310 .397 .631 .727 75 .413 -2.5 -0.2 .594 .253 .092 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1972 22 MIN AL 203 1.5% 12.3% 12.3% 3.5% 17% 1.00 7.0 58.3 12.5 0.95 74%
1973 23 MIN AL 41 0.0% 24.4% 14.6% 4.9% 22% 1.67 3.4 3.8 0.88 59%
1974 24 MIN AL 396 0.8% 11.1% 9.9% 3.0% 14% 1.13 7.8 115.0 7.7 0.83 77%
1975 25 MIN AL 413 0.5% 14.3% 11.4% 4.6% 26% 1.26 6.0 176.0 10.7 1.11 71%
1976 26 MIN AL 85 1.2% 8.2% 22.4% 4.7% 25% 0.37 9.3 65.0 10.8 1.05 67%
1977 27 MIN AL 54 3.7% 16.7% 20.4% 5.6% 27% 0.82 4.8 21.5 6.1 0.71 59%
1978 28 MIN AL 147 2.0% 11.6% 12.2% 5.4% 31% 0.94 7.2 41.0 8.2 1.18 72%
1979 29 MIN AL 84 0.0% 13.1% 14.3% 3.6% 21% 0.92 6.4 8.8 1.13 70%
1980 30 CHW AL 103 1.9% 8.7% 13.6% 3.9% 21% 0.64 9.7 43.5 6.2 1.26 76%
9 Yrs 1526 1.1% 12.5% 12.5% 4.1% 21% 1.00 6.8 80.9 8.6 1.00 72%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.1% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.53 6.8 46.5 8.7 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1972 22 MIN AL -2.3 -0.2 204 -1.0 2.6 -3.6 1.04 -0.2 -0.8 -6.7 -0.7 0.92 -1.2 0
1973 23 MIN AL 0.1 0.0 41 0.3 0.9 -0.6 1.07 -0.0 0.3 4.2 0.4 1.07 1.4 0
1974 24 MIN AL -7.8 -0.8 403 0.0 7.0 -7.0 1.11 -0.8 0.8 -4.1 -0.4 1.01 -8.4 1.24 4
1975 25 MIN AL -15.8 -1.6 415 -2.4 5.5 -7.9 1.01 -1.8 -0.5 -14.9 -1.5 1.00 -18.1 0.07 1
1976 26 MIN AL 3.2 0.3 89 -0.0 1.1 -1.1 .79 0.2 -0.2 2.7 0.3 0.99 3.9 0.54 1
1977 27 MIN AL 2.2 0.2 55 0.7 1.4 -0.7 .99 0.2 0.5 4.2 0.4 0.90 2.2 0
1978 28 MIN AL -3.2 -0.3 148 -0.1 2.5 -2.5 1.04 -0.1 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 1.01 -0.8 2.93 3
1979 29 MIN AL -4.5 -0.4 85 -0.0 1.4 -1.5 1.02 -0.5 0.4 -5.1 -0.5 0.95 -5.9 0
1980 30 CHW AL -2.6 -0.3 106 0.4 1.9 -1.5 1.00 0.0 0.4 2.4 0.2 0.99 0.3 2.74 0
9 Yrs -30.6 -3.1 1546 -2.2 24.3 -26.5 1.03 -3.0 0.8 -19.3 -2.0 0.99 -26.4 1.59 9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1972 22 MIN AL 1 0 13% 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 29% 8 6 2 0 0 0 6 4 2
1973 23 MIN AL 1 0 47% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 44% 5 4 1 1 0 1 3 1 2
1974 24 MIN AL 4 0 24% 146 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 31% 26 19 6 3 3 0 13 5 7
1975 25 MIN AL 4 0 27% 143 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 37% 26 17 9 4 2 1 16 7 7
1976 26 MIN AL 2 0 27% 55 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 23% 9 8 1 1 0 0 3 1 2
1977 27 MIN AL 0 0 50% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 29% 4 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
1978 28 MIN AL 2 0 32% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27% 6 5 1 2 2 0 3 1 2
1979 29 MIN AL 0 0 15% 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38% 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1
1980 30 CHW AL 1 0 26% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14% 5 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
9 Yrs 15 0 26% 594 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 11 28 32% 93 69 22 15 10 3 49 21 25

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1972 22 MIN AL 203 32% 41 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 31 4 13% 19 5 26% 110 11 10% 10 6 60% 7 1 14% 0
1973 23 MIN AL 41 41% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0 0% 3 1 33% 32 9 28% 2 2 100% 4 3 75% 0
1974 24 MIN AL 396 35% 87 4 0 0 0 1.24 3 0 10 3 0 3 0 0 3 3 100% 89 9 10% 37 19 51% 284 43 15% 32 19 59% 9 5 56% 0
1975 25 MIN AL 413 37% 73 1 0 0 0 0.07 2 0 9 0 2 2 0 0 11 10 91% 84 10 12% 39 13 33% 287 33 12% 19 8 42% 14 3 21% 0
1976 26 MIN AL 85 66% 16 1 1 0 0 0.54 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 16 2 13% 8 2 25% 53 6 11% 4 0 0% 0 0 0
1977 27 MIN AL 54 61% 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 4 1 25% 30 5 17% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1978 28 MIN AL 147 69% 26 3 1 0 0 2.93 3 0 5 0 3 3 0 0 6 3 50% 33 0 0% 19 9 47% 103 13 13% 11 6 55% 7 5 71% 0
1979 29 MIN AL 84 73% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 15 3 20% 9 2 22% 53 8 15% 4 2 50% 4 0 0% 0
1980 30 CHW AL 103 39% 19 0 0 0 0 2.74 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 24 1 4% 10 5 50% 74 13 18% 7 4 57% 4 3 75% 0
9 Yrs 1526 44% 296 9 2 0 0 1.59 16 0 38 6 10 12 4 0 24 20 83% 308 30 10% 148 57 39% 1026 141 14% 91 48 53% 50 20 40% 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 34% 14% 49% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 22 56 203 175 11 41 4 0 3 14 0 0 25 25 .234 .325 .309 .634 86 54 4 0 0 3 8
1973 23 68 244 209 18 50 6 0 3 23 0 0 31 35 .239 .333 .311 .644 88 65 4 0 1 3 8
1974 24 196 640 554 51 137 14 1 6 68 2 1 70 79 .247 .327 .309 .636 83 171 13 1 4 11 8
1975 25 321 1053 906 85 210 29 3 8 101 2 2 117 138 .232 .318 .297 .615 76 269 23 3 14 13 9
1976 26 345 1138 971 95 226 32 3 9 107 3 3 136 145 .233 .325 .300 .625 79 291 25 3 15 13 9
1977 27 362 1192 1014 107 237 33 3 11 114 3 3 147 154 .234 .329 .305 .634 81 309 26 3 15 13 9
1978 28 411 1339 1137 123 263 37 4 14 129 3 3 165 171 .231 .326 .308 .634 81 350 26 3 18 16 9
1979 29 442 1423 1207 127 277 40 4 14 137 4 3 177 182 .229 .326 .304 .630 79 367 29 3 20 16 9
1980 30 474 1526 1294 137 296 42 4 16 151 4 3 191 191 .229 .325 .304 .630 79 394 30 3 20 18 9

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1972 22 59 222 189 14 49 5 0 4 18 0 30 26 .259 .356 .349 .705 23 56
1973 23 12 41 34 7 9 2 0 0 9 0 6 10 .265 .375 .324 .699 4 12
1974 24 128 403 350 36 92 8 1 3 49 2 41 44 .263 .335 .317 .652 38 128
1975 25 126 422 358 37 77 16 2 2 36 0 50 59 .215 .313 .288 .601 32 125
1976 26 24 87 66 11 17 3 0 1 7 1 20 7 .258 .430 .348 .779 10 24
1977 27 17 56 44 13 12 1 0 2 8 0 12 9 .273 .429 .432 .860 8 17
1978 28 49 149 124 18 27 4 1 3 16 0 19 17 .218 .315 .339 .654 14 49
1979 29 31 82 69 4 13 3 0 0 7 1 11 11 .188 .300 .232 .532 5 31
1980 30 32 103 87 10 19 2 0 2 14 0 14 9 .218 .320 .310 .631 9 32
9 Yrs 478 1565 1321 150 315 44 4 17 164 4 203 192 .238 .337 .316 .654 143 474
162 Game Avg. 162 530 448 51 107 15 1 6 56 1 69 65 .238 .337 .316 .654 48 474

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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1974 AL  8 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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