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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
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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1968 24 CAL AL 1 4 .200 4.33 56 2 24 0 0 5 72.2 65 41 35 5 24 3 33 0 0 1 295 67 1.225 8.1 0.6 3.0 4.1 1.38
1969 25 KCR AL 3 1 .750 4.17 31 0 12 0 0 0 54.0 67 31 25 5 21 3 23 1 0 2 244 88 1.630 11.2 0.8 3.5 3.8 1.10
1970 26 KCR AL 6 6 .500 3.16 41 0 17 0 0 1 68.1 59 31 24 6 23 1 43 0 0 2 283 118 1.200 7.8 0.8 3.0 5.7 1.87
1971 27 KCR AL 9 7 .563 1.73 67 0 34 0 0 17 88.1 71 23 17 3 30 4 44 7 0 2 364 198 1.143 7.2 0.3 3.1 4.5 1.47
1972 28 KCR AL 6 2 .750 4.23 51 0 30 0 0 9 55.1 67 32 26 0 33 6 18 1 0 0 260 71 1.807 10.9 0.0 5.4 2.9 0.55
1973 29 KCR AL 0 0 5.40 6 0 5 0 0 1 10.0 13 6 6 2 4 0 4 1 0 1 47 75 1.700 11.7 1.8 3.6 3.6 1.00
1974 30 MIN AL 5 3 .625 4.52 50 0 25 0 0 4 91.2 92 46 46 7 26 2 34 2 0 3 381 83 1.287 9.0 0.7 2.6 3.3 1.31
1975 31 MIN AL 5 8 .385 3.09 46 0 37 0 0 11 75.2 76 32 26 7 23 2 41 1 0 1 318 125 1.308 9.0 0.8 2.7 4.9 1.78
1976 32 MIN AL 8 1 .889 2.50 57 0 22 0 0 1 115.1 95 36 32 11 29 3 45 2 2 2 456 144 1.075 7.4 0.9 2.3 3.5 1.55
1977 33 MIN AL 6 4 .600 5.09 61 0 20 0 0 7 97.1 113 56 55 15 33 0 35 2 2 3 423 79 1.500 10.4 1.4 3.1 3.2 1.06
1978 34 BOS AL 2 1 .667 4.40 35 1 13 0 0 4 61.1 74 33 30 7 23 1 24 3 0 0 276 94 1.582 10.9 1.0 3.4 3.5 1.04
1979 35 BOS AL 3 2 .600 2.74 44 0 24 0 0 4 88.2 89 32 27 8 16 4 60 4 0 1 368 164 1.184 9.0 0.8 1.6 6.1 3.75
1980 36 BOS AL 5 4 .556 2.00 62 0 39 0 0 24 99.0 87 30 22 3 20 3 54 2 0 1 391 212 1.081 7.9 0.3 1.8 4.9 2.70 AS
1981 37 BOS AL 4 5 .444 2.87 32 0 21 0 0 6 59.2 61 23 19 5 17 4 35 4 0 0 255 135 1.307 9.2 0.8 2.6 5.3 2.06
1982 38 BOS AL 7 0 1.000 2.29 40 0 17 0 0 2 102.1 98 30 26 6 22 7 44 2 1 1 413 189 1.173 8.6 0.5 1.9 3.9 2.00
1983 39 OAK AL 6 7 .462 2.81 49 0 22 0 0 4 96.0 89 33 30 2 32 8 39 0 2 2 409 136 1.260 8.3 0.2 3.0 3.7 1.22
1984 40 OAK AL 3 0 1.000 2.35 17 0 8 0 0 2 23.0 15 6 6 2 8 4 8 0 0 1 89 158 1.000 5.9 0.8 3.1 3.1 1.00
17 Seasons 79 55 .590 3.23 745 3 370 0 0 102 1258.2 1231 521 452 94 384 55 584 32 7 23 5272 118 1.283 8.8 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.52
162 Game Avg. 7 5 .590 3.23 68 0 34 0 0 9 114 112 47 41 9 35 5 53 3 1 2 479 118 1.283 8.8 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.52
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
KCR (5 yrs) 24 16 .600 3.20 196 0 98 0 0 28 276.0 277 123 98 16 111 14 132 10 0 7 1198 109 1.406 9.0 0.5 3.6 4.3 1.19
BOS (5 yrs) 21 12 .636 2.72 213 1 114 0 0 40 411.0 409 148 124 29 98 19 217 15 1 3 1703 157 1.234 9.0 0.6 2.1 4.8 2.21
MIN (4 yrs) 24 16 .600 3.77 214 0 104 0 0 23 380.0 376 170 159 40 111 7 155 7 4 9 1578 101 1.282 8.9 0.9 2.6 3.7 1.40
OAK (2 yrs) 9 7 .563 2.72 66 0 30 0 0 6 119.0 104 39 36 4 40 12 47 0 2 3 498 140 1.210 7.9 0.3 3.0 3.6 1.18
CAL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 4.33 56 2 24 0 0 5 72.2 65 41 35 5 24 3 33 0 0 1 295 67 1.225 8.1 0.6 3.0 4.1 1.38
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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
1974 30 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 31 MIN AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 32 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 33 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 35 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 36 BOS AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/7 AS
1983 39 OAK AL 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
17 Seasons 294 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 39 36 11 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 .212 .246 .242 .489 40 9 0 0 1 0 0
MIN (4 yrs) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KCR (5 yrs) 208 67 64 12 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .219 .242 .250 .492 40 16 0 0 1 0 0
BOS (5 yrs) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (2 yrs) 4 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
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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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 3.03 0.56 .952 1.86 0.67
1971 KCR AL 27 P 67 0 88.1 36 7 28 1 3 .972 0.0 0.0 3.57 0.52 .958 1.98 0.77
1972 KCR AL 28 P 51 0 55.1 20 6 13 1 0 .950 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.90 0.17 .900 1.89 0.87
1974 MIN AL 30 P 50 0 91.2 37 11 25 1 0 .973 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.65 0.60 .947 1.87 0.85
1977 MIN AL 33 P 61 0 97.1 30 11 18 1 1 .967 0.0 0.0 2.68 0.48 .947 1.95 0.84
1978 BOS AL 34 P 35 1 61.1 20 5 13 2 3 .900 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 3.02 0.63 .960 1.98 0.81
1982 BOS AL 38 P 40 0 102.1 38 17 20 1 4 .974 0.0 0.0 3.25 0.93 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 OAK AL 39 P 49 0 96.0 33 7 23 3 2 .909 0.0 0.0 2.81 0.61 .961 1.80 0.73
1983 OAK AL 39 DH 2 0.0
1984 OAK AL 40 P 17 0 23.0 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.35 0.35 .950 1.80 0.70
17 Seasons P 745 3 1258.2 430 124 293 13 36 .970 0.0 0.0 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 0.0
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1980

Win-Loss % s c a p y
Career--.590--146th

Games Played s c a p y
1968 AL--56--7th
1971 AL--67--3rd
1976 AL--57--7th
1977 AL--61--7th
1980 AL--62--8th
Career--745--57th

Saves s c a p y
1971 AL--17--4th
1975 AL--11--8th
1980 AL--24--5th
Career--102--112th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 AL--7--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1971 AL--34--6th
1975 AL--37--6th
1980 AL--39--10th
Career--370--66th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career--118--135th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 14 (1278), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (534), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (385), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 24, 1961: Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent.

June 10, 1964: Released by the Houston Colt .45's.

July 22, 1964: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the California Angels as the 47th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

October 24, 1973: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Minnesota Twins for Ken Gill (minors).

November 2, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

February 17, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.

November 16, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

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