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Tom Burgmeier

Thomas Henry Burgmeier

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 2, 1943 in St. Paul, MN
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1968
Teams (by GP): Twins/Royals/RedSox/Angels/Athletics 1968-1984
Agents: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: August 29, 1984
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All-Star

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
1968 24 CAL AL 71 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/7
1969 25 KCR AL 47 18 18 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1/9
1970 26 KCR AL 42 16 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .143 .200 .143 .343 -3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1971 27 KCR AL 68 21 20 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .250 .286 .350 .636 81 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 28 KCR AL 51 12 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .333 .667 100 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 29 KCR AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1974 30 MIN AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 31 MIN AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1976 32 MIN AL 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 33 MIN AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 34 BOS AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 35 BOS AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 36 BOS AL 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/7 AS
1981 37 BOS AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 38 BOS AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 39 OAK AL 51 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1984 40 OAK AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Yrs 782 70 66 20 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 15 14 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 3 0 0 0 0 0
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
KCR (5 yrs) 214 67 64 12 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .219 .242 .250 .492 41 16 0 0 1 0 0
BOS (5 yrs) 213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN (4 yrs) 216 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (2 yrs) 68 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 71 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 11 0 0 0 0 0 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
1968 24 CAL AL 71 3 -0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.1 0 $ 1/7
1969 25 KCR AL 47 18 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $15,000 1/9
1970 26 KCR AL 42 16 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1971 27 KCR AL 68 21 0 -0 0 0 2 2 0.3 1 3 0.3 .504 .502 0.3 -0.0 3 $ 1
1972 28 KCR AL 51 12 -0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ 1
1973 29 KCR AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1974 30 MIN AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $28,000 1
1975 31 MIN AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $28,500 1/D
1976 32 MIN AL 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ 1
1977 33 MIN AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ 1
1978 34 BOS AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1979 35 BOS AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $120,000 1
1980 36 BOS AL 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ 1/7 AS
1981 37 BOS AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 38 BOS AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1983 39 OAK AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1/D
1984 40 OAK AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
17 Seasons 782 70 -5 0 1 -0 7 3 0.4 2 5 0.5 .500 .500 0.5 0.2 5 $191,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
KCR (5 yrs) 214 67 -5 0 1 0 7 4 0.5 2 6 0.5 .502 .501 0.5 -0.1 6 $15,000
BOS (5 yrs) 213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $120,000
MIN (4 yrs) 216 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 -0 $56,500
OAK (2 yrs) 68 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
CAL (1 yr) 71 3 -0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 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
1968 24 CAL AL 3 2 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .232 .333 .301 .000 .344 .333 .645 11 .000 -0.1 -0.0 1.000 1.000 .000 .0
1969 25 KCR AL 18 15 1 1.8 95 .214 .167 .254 .167 .331 .167 .384 .333 .715 -6 .174 -2.6 -0.3 .200 .000 .000
1970 26 KCR AL 16 13 1 2.1 97 .222 .143 .257 .200 .331 .143 .392 .343 .723 -3 .208 -2.0 -0.2 .250 .071 .000
1971 27 KCR AL 21 15 2 3.6 91 .385 .250 .253 .286 .324 .350 .375 .636 .699 81 .447 -0.5 -0.1 .533 .150 .100
1972 28 KCR AL 12 8 1 3.4 82 .500 .333 .246 .333 .314 .333 .354 .667 .669 100 .465 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
17 Yrs 70 53 5 2.5 91 .304 .212 .252 .246 .325 .242 .376 .489 .701 40 .299 -5.3 -0.5 .385 .091 .030 .0
162 Game Avg. 15 11 1 2.5 91 .304 .212 .252 .246 .325 .242 .376 .489 .701 40 .299 -5.3 -0.5 .385 .091 .030
KCR (5 yrs) 67 51 5 2.6 92 .318 .219 .253 .242 .326 .250 .377 .492 .703 41 .311 -5.2 -0.5 .360 .063 .031
CAL (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .232 .333 .301 .000 .344 .333 .645 11 .000 -0.1 -0.0 1.000 1.000 .000 .0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 BOS AL 36 DNP

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
1968 24 CAL AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.00 1.00 67%
1969 25 KCR AL 18 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.5 1.00 78%
1970 26 KCR AL 16 0.0% 31.3% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 5.00 2.8 1.00 56%
1971 27 KCR AL 21 0.0% 33.3% 4.8% 9.5% 40% 7.00 2.9 0.75 62%
1972 28 KCR AL 12 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 3.00 67%
17 Yrs 70 0.0% 28.6% 4.3% 2.9% 14% 6.67 3.3 1.06 66%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.6% 8.5% 6.3% 27% 1.60 6.5 45.6 8.8 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1968 24 CAL AL -0.1 -0.0 4 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.02 0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.0 1.05 -0.0 0
1969 25 KCR AL -2.6 -0.3 18 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1.00 -0.2 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.96 -2.6 1.06 3
1970 26 KCR AL -2.0 -0.2 16 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.10 -0.2 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.85 -2.0 0
1971 27 KCR AL -0.5 -0.1 22 0.2 0.4 -0.2 .57 -0.0 0.4 -0.7 -0.1 0.93 -0.5 0
1972 28 KCR AL -0.1 -0.0 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .80 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.74 -0.4 0
1973 29 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1974 30 MIN AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1975 31 MIN AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976 32 MIN AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 33 MIN AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1978 34 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1979 35 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1980 36 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 37 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1982 38 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1983 39 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 40 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
17 Yrs -5.4 -0.5 73 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 .86 -0.6 0.0 -5.5 -0.6 0.89 -5.5 1.06 3
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1968 24 CAL AL 0 0 700% 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38% 3 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 2
1969 25 KCR AL 0 0 233% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 50% 5 1 4 3 2 0 0 0 0
1970 26 KCR AL 0 0 33% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 27 KCR AL 1 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1972 28 KCR AL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
17 Yrs 1 0 118% 80 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 42% 13 8 5 6 3 2 5 2 3

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
1968 24 CAL AL 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1969 25 KCR AL 18 83% 3 3 0 0 0 1.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 6 0 0% 10 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1970 26 KCR AL 16 75% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1971 27 KCR AL 21 76% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 12 1 8% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1972 28 KCR AL 12 75% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 70 79% 14 3 0 0 0 1.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 10 0 0% 13 0 0% 35 1 3% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 55% 78% 11% 33% 14% 49% 53%

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
1968 24 71 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 25 118 21 20 14 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .150 .190 .150 .340 -2 3 0 0 0 0 0
1970 26 160 37 34 15 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 .147 .194 .147 .342 -3 5 0 0 1 0 0
1971 27 228 58 54 17 10 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 16 .185 .228 .222 .450 28 12 0 0 1 0 0
1972 28 279 70 66 19 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
1973 29 285 70 66 19 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
1974 30 336 70 66 19 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
1975 31 383 70 66 19 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
1976 32 440 70 66 19 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
1977 33 501 70 66 19 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
1978 34 536 70 66 19 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
1979 35 580 70 66 19 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
1980 36 642 70 66 19 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
1981 37 674 70 66 19 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
1982 38 714 70 66 19 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
1983 39 765 70 66 20 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
1984 40 782 70 66 20 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 16 0 0 1 0 0

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
1968 24 71 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 71
1969 25 47 19 19 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .211 .211 .211 .421 1 47
1970 26 42 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 42
1971 27 68 21 20 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 .250 .286 .350 .636 2 68
1972 28 53 13 13 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .385 .385 .385 .769 2 51
5 Yrs 281 72 68 26 14 2 0 0 0 1 3 20 .206 .239 .235 .475 5 279
162 Game Avg. 162 42 39 15 8 1 0 0 0 1 2 12 .206 .239 .235 .475 3 279

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1980

Oldest s c a p y
1981 AL  born 1943-08-02 (9th)
1982 AL  born 1943-08-02 (9th)
1983 AL  born 1943-08-02 (6th)
1984 AL  born 1943-08-02 (4th)

                           

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