Tom Burgmeier

Birth Date: 08/02/1943

Tom Burgmeier Bio

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Thomas Henry (Tom) Burgmeier was born August 2, 1943, in St. Paul, MN, the fourth of eight children. He grew up in St. Cloud, MN, and graduated from St. Cloud Cathedral High School in 1961, where he was a significant contributor to Cathedral's Catholic state championship baseball team in 1961, as a pitcher.

Tom signed with the Houston Colt 45's in September 1961 and subsequently bounced around the Houston and California Angels organizations until making his major league debut on April 10, 1968, for the Angels. He was subsequently selected by the Kansas City Royals in the expansion draft prior to the 1969 season. He spent all or parts of 5 seasons with the Royals before being dealt to the Twins on October 24, 1973, for minor league pitcher Ken Gill.

Tom pitched out of the bullpen for the Twins for the 1974 to 1977 seasons. He became a free agent after the 1977 season and signed with the Boston Red Sox. He spent 5 seasons with the Red Sox and became a free agent again after the 1982 season. He then signed with the Oakland A's, where he pitched for 2 more seasons, before retiring after the 1984 season.

Tom spent many seasons after his playing career ended with the Kansas City Royals, serving at various times as the video coordinator and on the coaching staff. He also served as a minor league pitching coach for a short time in the Baltimore Orioles organization. To this day, Tom has retained close ties with the Royals organization and still resides in the Kansas City area.

Notable Events & Trivia

Tom was selected for the 1980 AL All-Star team, but did not pitch in the game.

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Thomas Henry Burgmeier (born August 2, 1943) is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the California Angels, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox and Oakland A's from 1968 to 1984. He has also served as the pitching coach of the Omaha Royals.

Tom Burgmeier Statistics

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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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1968	24	CAL	AL	1	4	.200	4.33	56	2	25	0	0	5	72.2	65	41	35	5	24	3	33	0	0	1	295	67	3.36	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	89	4.08	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	3.53	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	197	3.15	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	72	3.59	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	78	5.87	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	84	3.75	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	126	3.66	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	3.90	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	5.10	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	95	4.56	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	163	3.23	1.184	9.0	0.8	1.6	6.1	3.75
1980	36	BOS	AL	5	4	.556	2.00	62	0	38	0	0	24	99.0	87	30	22	3	20	3	54	2	0	1	391	213	2.72	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	136	3.57	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	190	3.32	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	137	3.21	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	161	4.25	1.000	5.9	0.8	3.1	3.1	1.00
17 Yrs				79	55	.590	3.23	745	3	370	0	0	102	1258.2	1231	521	452	94	384	55	584	32	7	23	5272	119	3.66	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	119	3.66	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	110	3.61	1.406	9.0	0.5	3.6	4.3	1.19
BOS (5 yrs)				21	12	.636	2.72	213	1	113	0	0	40	411.0	409	148	124	29	98	19	217	15	1	3	1703	157	3.38	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	4.12	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	141	3.41	1.210	7.9	0.3	3.0	3.6	1.18
CAL (1 yr)				1	4	.200	4.33	56	2	25	0	0	5	72.2	65	41	35	5	24	3	33	0	0	1	295	67	3.36	1.225	8.1	0.6	3.0	4.1	1.38

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