Tom Burgmeier
Thomas Henry Burgmeier
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 2, 1943 in St. Paul, MN
High School: Cathedral (St. Cloud, MN)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1968
Final Game: August 29, 1984
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 CAL AL 24 P 56 2 72.2 35 11 23 1 7 .971 4.21 0.61 .957 1.89 0.73
1968 CAL AL 24 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1968 CAL AL 24 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1969 KCR AL 25 P 31 0 54.0 24 9 15 0 1 1.000 4.00 0.77 .950 1.88 0.69
1969 KCR AL 25 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1969 KCR AL 25 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1970 KCR AL 26 P 41 0 68.1 25 3 20 2 0 .920 3.03 0.56 .952 1.86 0.67
1971 KCR AL 27 P 67 0 88.1 36 7 28 1 3 .972 3.57 0.52 .958 1.98 0.77
1972 KCR AL 28 P 51 0 55.1 20 6 13 1 0 .950 3.09 0.37 .950 1.85 0.75
1973 KCR AL 29 P 6 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0.17 .900 1.89 0.87
1974 MIN AL 30 P 50 0 91.2 37 11 25 1 0 .973 3.53 0.72 .946 1.81 0.83
1975 MIN AL 31 P 46 0 75.2 18 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.14 0.39 .939 1.87 0.85
1976 MIN AL 32 P 57 0 115.1 34 8 26 0 2 1.000 2.65 0.60 .947 1.87 0.85
1977 MIN AL 33 P 61 0 97.1 30 11 18 1 1 .967 2.68 0.48 .947 1.95 0.84
1978 BOS AL 34 P 35 1 61.1 20 5 13 2 3 .900 2.64 0.51 .955 1.89 0.85
1979 BOS AL 35 P 44 0 88.2 19 5 14 0 3 1.000 1.93 0.43 .947 1.92 0.81
1980 BOS AL 36 P 62 0 99.0 34 7 27 0 5 1.000 3.09 0.55 .956 1.85 0.77 AS
1980 BOS AL 36 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90 AS
1980 BOS AL 36 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20 AS
1981 BOS AL 37 P 32 0 59.2 20 7 13 0 3 1.000 3.02 0.63 .960 1.98 0.81
1982 BOS AL 38 P 40 0 102.1 38 17 20 1 4 .974 3.25 0.93 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 OAK AL 39 P 49 0 96.0 33 7 23 3 2 .909 2.81 0.61 .961 1.80 0.73
1983 OAK AL 39 DH 2
1984 OAK AL 40 P 17 0 23.0 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 2.35 0.35 .950 1.80 0.70
17 Seasons P 745 3 1258.2 430 124 293 13 36 .970 2.98 0.56 .953 1.88 0.78
3 Seasons OF 3 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -51.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.93
1 Season DH 2
2 Seasons LF 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.03 1.65
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
17 Seasons TOT 748 3 1261.0 430 124 293 13 36 .970 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.98 0.56 .922 1.88 0.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 CAL AL 24 71 2 71 71 56 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 16
1969 KCR AL 25 47 0 47 47 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 16
1970 KCR AL 26 42 0 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 KCR AL 27 68 0 68 68 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 KCR AL 28 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 KCR AL 29 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MIN AL 30 51 0 1 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 MIN AL 31 47 0 4 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 MIN AL 32 57 0 1 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 MIN AL 33 61 0 1 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BOS AL 34 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 BOS AL 35 44 0 1 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BOS AL 36 62 0 3 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1981 BOS AL 37 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 BOS AL 38 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 OAK AL 39 51 0 4 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1984 OAK AL 40 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 782 2 294 778 745 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 3 39
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1968 CAL AL 24 304 81% 36% 27 89% 2 11 1 5 23 15 4 1 0 0 1 1 7 4 7 0 4 75%
1969 KCR AL 25 251 82% 29% 19 100% 0 8 1 3 15 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1970 KCR AL 26 290 77% 28% 22 95% 0 3 0 2 21 17 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1971 KCR AL 27 376 78% 30% 30 100% 0 7 2 3 29 26 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 3 1 6 100%
1972 KCR AL 28 266 80% 29% 18 94% 0 7 1 3 14 10 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1973 KCR AL 29 47 81% 30% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MIN AL 30 390 84% 33% 31 94% 0 11 0 5 25 21 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 60%
1975 MIN AL 31 324 80% 30% 15 100% 1 7 2 1 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1976 MIN AL 32 468 84% 32% 26 100% 0 8 0 6 25 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1977 MIN AL 33 435 84% 25% 22 95% 0 8 5 3 18 11 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1978 BOS AL 34 280 82% 25% 15 87% 0 5 0 3 13 10 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 2 1 4 75%
1979 BOS AL 35 373 79% 25% 15 93% 2 5 0 4 15 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 6 83%
1980 BOS AL 36 394 81% 32% 30 100% 0 7 2 4 27 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 7 100%
1981 BOS AL 37 262 79% 27% 15 100% 0 6 1 2 13 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 6 100%
1982 BOS AL 38 423 84% 31% 23 100% 0 15 3 10 21 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 2 100%
1983 OAK AL 39 419 83% 24% 30 93% 0 7 0 3 24 19 5 3 1 2 0 2 3 3 3 0 6 67%
1984 OAK AL 40 91 82% 30% 3 100% 0 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
17 Seasons 5393 81% 29% 343 96% 5 119 19 60 299 218 51 12 1 8 3 9 37 27 35 2 65 88%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1968 CAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 100% 17% 1 0%
1980 BOS AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 100% 100% 0
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 71% 100% 29% 1 0%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.7% 59% 78% 26% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0% 75% 25% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0% 75% 25% 0
MLB Averages 42.8% 3.1% 59% 78% 26% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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