Tom Burgmeier was born on Monday, August 2, 1943, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Burgmeier was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 10, 1968, with the California Angels. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Tom Burgmeier baseball stats page.
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Tom BurgmeierTom Burgmeier Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| 1968 | 25 | Angels | 56 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 72.2 | 295 | 65 | 35 | 41 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1969 | 26 | Royals | 31 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 244 | 67 | 25 | 31 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 1970 | 27 | Royals | 41 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.1 | 283 | 59 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1971 | 28 | Royals | 67 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 7 | .563 | 1.73 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 88.1 | 364 | 71 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - |
| 1972 | 29 | Royals | 51 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 55.1 | 260 | 67 | 26 | 32 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 1973 | 30 | Royals | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 1974 | 31 | Twins | 50 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.52 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 91.2 | 381 | 92 | 46 | 46 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - |
| 1975 | 32 | Twins | 46 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.09 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 75.2 | 318 | 76 | 26 | 32 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 1976 | 33 | Twins | 57 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 115.1 | 456 | 95 | 32 | 36 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 1977 | 34 | Twins | 61 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.09 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 97.1 | 423 | 113 | 55 | 56 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 1978 | 35 | Red Sox | 35 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61.1 | 276 | 74 | 30 | 33 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - |
| 1979 | 36 | Red Sox | 44 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88.2 | 368 | 89 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - |
| 1980 | 37 | Red Sox | 62 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 99.0 | 391 | 87 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - |
| 1981 | 38 | Red Sox | 32 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.87 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 59.2 | 255 | 61 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - |
| 1982 | 39 | Red Sox | 40 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 102.1 | 413 | 98 | 26 | 30 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 1983 | 40 | Athletics | 49 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.81 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 96.0 | 409 | 89 | 30 | 33 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - |
| 1984 | 41 | Athletics | 17 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.0 | 89 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
| 17 Years | 745 | 3 | 370 | 79 | 55 | .590 | 3.23 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 1,258.2 | 5,272 | 1,231 | 452 | 521 | 94 | 384 | 55 | 584 | 23 | 32 | 7 | - | ||
Tom BurgmeierTom Burgmeier Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1968 | 25 | Angels | 71 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
| 1969 | 26 | Royals | 47 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
| 1970 | 27 | Royals | 42 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .200 | .143 |
| 1971 | 28 | Royals | 68 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .286 | .350 |
| 1972 | 29 | Royals | 51 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
| 1973 | 30 | Royals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1974 | 31 | Twins | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1975 | 32 | Twins | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1976 | 33 | Twins | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1977 | 34 | Twins | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1978 | 35 | Red Sox | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1979 | 36 | Red Sox | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1980 | 37 | Red Sox | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1981 | 38 | Red Sox | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1982 | 39 | Red Sox | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1983 | 40 | Athletics | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1984 | 41 | Athletics | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 17 Years | 782 | 66 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .246 | .242 | ||
Tom BurgmeierTom Burgmeier Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1968 Angels | LF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1968 Angels | P | 56 | 2 | 218 | 35 | 0.6 | 34 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 4.21 |
| 1969 Royals | P | 31 | 0 | 162 | 24 | 0.8 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.00 |
| 1969 Royals | RF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1970 Royals | P | 41 | 0 | 205 | 25 | 0.6 | 23 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .920 | 3.03 |
| 1971 Royals | P | 67 | 0 | 265 | 36 | 0.5 | 35 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 3.57 |
| 1972 Royals | P | 51 | 0 | 166 | 20 | 0.4 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 3.09 |
| 1973 Royals | P | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.90 |
| 1974 Twins | P | 50 | 0 | 275 | 37 | 0.7 | 36 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 3.53 |
| 1975 Twins | P | 46 | 0 | 227 | 18 | 0.4 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.14 |
| 1976 Twins | P | 57 | 0 | 346 | 34 | 0.6 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.65 |
| 1977 Twins | P | 61 | 0 | 292 | 30 | 0.5 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 2.68 |
| 1978 Red Sox | P | 35 | 1 | 184 | 20 | 0.6 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .900 | 2.64 |
| 1979 Red Sox | P | 44 | 0 | 266 | 19 | 0.4 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.93 |
| 1980 Red Sox | LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1980 Red Sox | P | 62 | 0 | 297 | 34 | 0.5 | 34 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.09 |
| 1981 Red Sox | P | 32 | 0 | 179 | 20 | 0.6 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.02 |
| 1982 Red Sox | P | 40 | 0 | 307 | 38 | 1.0 | 37 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .974 | 3.25 |
| 1983 Athletics | P | 49 | 0 | 288 | 33 | 0.7 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .909 | 2.81 |
| 1984 Athletics | P | 17 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 0.4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.35 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| P Totals | 745 | 3 | 3,776 | 430 | 0.6 | 417 | 124 | 293 | 13 | 36 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 2.98 | |
| LF Totals | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 | |
| RF Totals | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 | |
| 17 Years | 748 | 3 | 3,783 | 430 | 0.6 | 417 | 124 | 293 | 13 | 36 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 2.98 | |
Tom BurgmeierTom Burgmeier Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1968 Angels | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 16 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.38 | 4.09 | 2.97 |
| 1969 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 16 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1.10 | 3.83 | 3.50 |
| 1970 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1.87 | 5.66 | 3.03 |
| 1971 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 1.47 | 4.48 | 3.06 |
| 1972 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.55 | 2.93 | 5.37 |
| 1973 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.00 | 3.60 | 3.60 |
| 1974 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.31 | 3.34 | 2.55 |
| 1975 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.78 | 4.88 | 2.74 |
| 1976 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.55 | 3.51 | 2.26 |
| 1977 Twins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.06 | 3.24 | 3.05 |
| 1978 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.04 | 3.52 | 3.38 |
| 1979 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.75 | 6.09 | 1.62 |
| 1980 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.70 | 4.91 | 1.82 |
| 1981 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.06 | 5.28 | 2.56 |
| 1982 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.00 | 3.87 | 1.93 |
| 1983 Athletics | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.22 | 3.66 | 3.00 |
| 1984 Athletics | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.00 | 3.13 | 3.13 |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 17 Years | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 1.52 | 4.18 | 2.75 |
Tom BurgmeierTom Burgmeier Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1968 California Angels | 39 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1969 Kansas City Royals | 34 | $15,000.00 | - | - |
| 1970 Kansas City Royals | 22 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1971 Kansas City Royals | 22 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1972 Kansas City Royals | 22 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1973 Kansas City Royals | 22 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1974 Minnesota Twins | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1975 Minnesota Twins | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1976 Minnesota Twins | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1977 Minnesota Twins | 19 | $33,600.00 | - | - |
| 1978 Boston Red Sox | 16 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1979 Boston Red Sox | 16 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1980 Boston Red Sox | 16 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
| 1981 Boston Red Sox | 16 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1982 Boston Red Sox | 16 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1983 Oakland Athletics | 39 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1984 Oakland Athletics | 39 | Undetermined | - | - |
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