Tom Burgess

Thomas Roland Burgess (Tim)

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 1, 1927 in London, Ontario, CAN
High School: Lambeth HS (Lambeth, ON)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1954
Teams (by GP): Angels/Cardinals 1954-1962

Final Game: September 29, 1962
Died: November 24, 2008 in London, Ontario, CAN
Cremated
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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
1946	18	STL-min	D	111	402	402		109	16	8	16						.271	.271	.470	.741		189							HAM · PONY
1947	19	STL-min	B	106	360	360		126	25	5	13						.350	.350	.556	.906		200							ALN · ISLG
1948	20	STL-min	A	87	288	288		68	10	7	2						.236	.236	.340	.576		98							CBS,OMA · SALL,WL
1949		Did not play in major leagues (Restricted List)
1950		Did not play in major leagues (Restricted List)
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Restricted List)
1952	24	STL-min	A	149	525	525		172	40	8	18						.328	.328	.537	.865		282							CBS · SALL
1953	25	STL-min	AAA	122	476	407	85	141	18	6	22	93	3		64	60	.346	.439	.582	1.021		237		3	2				ROC · IL
1954	26	STL-min	AAA	76	294	250	28	59	9	0	10	34	2		37	36	.236	.337	.392	.729		98		2	3	2			ROC · IL
1954	26	STL	NL	17	24	21	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.048	.167	.095	.262	-29	2	0	0	0	0		/9

1955	27	STL-min	AAA	85	341	309	52	88	12	3	10	50	5		26	29	.285	.346	.440	.786		136		4	0	2			ROC · IL
1956	28	STL-min	AAA	132	520	423	60	119	20	6	10	71	1		84	52	.281	.401	.428	.829		181		3	6	4			ROC · IL
1957	29	STL-min	AAA	128	493	422	72	122	29	2	22	72	0		67	47	.289	.386	.524	.910		221		1	1	2			ROC · IL
1958	30	STL-min	AAA	136	546	467	73	129	22	3	19	63	4		75	51	.276	.377	.458	.835		214		1	2	1	4		ROC · IL
1959	31	PIT-min	AAA	132	490	406	71	119	14	2	28	96	1		73	40	.293	.403	.544	.947		221		5	1	5	14		CLB · IL
1960	32	PIT-min	AAA	117	421	349	56	96	20	1	15	59	0	1	68	45	.275	.395	.467	.862		163		2	1	1			CLB · IL
1961	33	ANA-min	AAA	136	526	452	66	130	24	5	14	73	2		74	41	.288	.388	.456	.844		206							DFW · AA
1962	34	LAA	AL	87	183	143	17	28	7	1	2	13	2	0	36	20	.196	.354	.301	.654	81	43	1	0	2	2	8	3/7
1963	35	NYY-min	AAA	15	31	28	2	5	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	3	.179	.258	.286	.544		8							RMD · IL
2 Yrs				104	207	164	19	29	8	1	2	14	2	0	39	29	.177	.332	.274	.606	67	45	1	0	2	2	8
162 Game Avg.				162	322	255	30	45	12	2	3	22	3	0	61	45	.177	.332	.274	.606	67	70	2	0	3	3

STL (1 yr)				17	24	21	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.048	.167	.095	.262	-29	2	0	0	0	0
LAA (1 yr)				87	183	143	17	28	7	1	2	13	2	0	36	20	.196	.354	.301	.654	81	43	1	0	2	2	8

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
1954	26	STL	NL	17	24	-4	0	0	-1	-0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.471	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/9

1962	34	LAA	AL	87	183	-3	0	0	2	-2	-3	-0.4	5	2	0.1	.496	.498	0.0	-0.1	0	$	3/7
2 Seasons				104	207	-8	0	1	1	-2	-8	-0.9	6	-2	-0.3	.492	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$

STL (1 yr)				17	24	-4	0	0	-1	-0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.471	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$
LAA (1 yr)				87	183	-3	0	0	2	-2	-3	-0.4	5	2	0.1	.496	.498	0.0	-0.1	0	$

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
1954	26	STL	NL	24	20	0	0.0	109	.083	.048	.274	.167	.345	.095	.424	.262	.769	-29	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.250	.190	.048

1962	34	LAA	AL	183	120	18	4.0	100	.211	.196	.259	.354	.331	.301	.404	.654	.736	81	.445	-1.8	-0.2	.698	.371	.105	2.0
2 Yrs				207	140	18	3.5	101	.200	.177	.261	.332	.333	.274	.407	.606	.740	67	.374	-5.9	-0.6	.632	.348	.098	2.0
162 Game Avg.				322	218	28	3.5	101	.200	.177	.261	.332	.333	.274	.407	.606	.740	67	.374	-5.9	-0.6	.632	.348	.098	3

STL (1 yr)				24	20	0	0.0	109	.083	.048	.274	.167	.345	.095	.424	.262	.769	-29	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.250	.190	.048
LAA (1 yr)				183	120	18	4.0	100	.211	.196	.259	.354	.331	.301	.404	.654	.736	81	.444	-1.8	-0.2	.698	.371	.105	2.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	26	STL	NL	24	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	4.2%	100%	3.00	2.3		21.0	0.43	50%

1962	34	LAA	AL	183	1.1%	10.9%	19.7%	5.5%	36%	0.56	7.2	71.5	11.0	0.72	67%
2 Yrs				207	1.0%	14.0%	18.8%	5.3%	38%	0.74	5.7	82.0	11.7	0.69	65%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.8%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.42	6.9	37.9	8.2	1.01	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	26	STL	NL	-4.1	-0.4	21	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	1.11	-0.4	-0.1	-4.2	-0.4	1.06	-4.0	1.31	9

1962	34	LAA	AL	-1.8	-0.2	183	0.5	3.4	-2.8	1.11	0.0	0.5	3.8	0.4	1.00	-0.2	1.62	42
2 Yrs				-5.9	-0.6	204	0.0	3.4	-3.3	1.11	-0.4	0.4	-0.4	-0.0	1.01	-4.2	1.56	51

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	26	STL	NL	0	0	50%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1962	34	LAA	AL	4	0	24%	38	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	4	61%	9	5	4	4	1	2	5	0	5
2 Yrs				4	0	26%	43	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	60%	10	6	4	4	1	2	6	0	6

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
1954	26	STL	NL	24	86%	1			9	0	0	0	1.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	6	0	0%	17	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1962	34	LAA	AL	183	93%	28			42	7	1	4	1.62	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	3	2	67%	40	1	3%	13	6	46%	121	11	9%	10	5	50%	6	3	50%	0
2 Yrs				207	92%	29			51	7	1	4	1.56	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	3	2	67%	49	1	2%	19	6	32%	138	11	8%	10	5	50%	6	3	50%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			77%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1954	26	17	24	21	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	.048	.167	.095	.262	-29	2	0	0	0
1955	27	17	24	21	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	.048	.167	.095	.262	-29	2	0	0	0
1956	28	17	24	21	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	.048	.167	.095	.262	-29	2	0	0	0
1957	29	17	24	21	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	.048	.167	.095	.262	-29	2	0	0	0
1958	30	17	24	21	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	.048	.167	.095	.262	-29	2	0	0	0
1959	31	17	24	21	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	.048	.167	.095	.262	-29	2	0	0	0
1960	32	17	24	21	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	.048	.167	.095	.262	-29	2	0	0	0
1961	33	17	24	21	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	.048	.167	.095	.262	-29	2	0	0	0
1962	34	104	207	164	19	29	8	1	2	14	2	39	29	.177	.332	.274	.606	67	45	1	2	2	8

Neutralized Batting

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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
1954	26	18	25	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.000	.120	.000	.120	0	17

1962	34	87	185	144	18	29	7	1	2	14	2	37	20	.201	.361	.306	.666	16	87
2 Yrs		105	210	166	18	29	7	1	2	14	2	40	29	.175	.332	.265	.597	16	104
162 Game Avg.		162	324	256	28	45	11	2	3	22	3	62	45	.175	.332	.265	.597	25	104

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