Tom Burgmeier
1968–1984 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, Athletics
782G
.212AVG
.246OBP
.242SLG
More career statistics
14H
0HR
0RBI
1SB
79–55W–L
1,258.2IP
584K
3.23ERA
3GS
102SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,271 | 5,270 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 782 | 70 | 66 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .212 | .246 | .242 | .488 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,258.7 | 745 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 55 | 102 | 1,231 | 521 | 452 | 94 | 384 | 584 | 0 | 0 | 3.23 | 1.283 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1972-05-14 to 1972-06-25
3longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 8 scoreless innings | 1982-06-11 | 1 in 54 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 8 strikeouts | 1980-06-25 | 1 in 35 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  California Angels | 71 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | .000 | 72 | 33 |
| 1969 |  Kansas City Royals | 47 | 18 | 3 | – | – | – | .167 | 54 | 23 |
| 1970 | Kansas City Royals | 42 | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | .143 | 68 | 43 |
| 1971 | Kansas City Royals | 68 | 20 | 5 | – | – | – | .250 | 88 | 44 |
| 1972 | Kansas City Royals | 51 | 12 | 4 | – | – | – | .333 | 55 | 18 |
| 1973 | Kansas City Royals | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 4 |
| 1974 |  Minnesota Twins | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 91 | 34 |
| 1975 | Minnesota Twins | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 75 | 41 |
| 1976 | Minnesota Twins | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 115 | 45 |
| 1977 | Minnesota Twins | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 97 | 35 |
| 1978 |  Boston Red Sox | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 61 | 24 |
| 1979 | Boston Red Sox | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 88 | 60 |
| 1980 | Boston Red Sox | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 99 | 54 |
| 1981 | Boston Red Sox | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 59 | 35 |
| 1982 | Boston Red Sox | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 102 | 44 |
| 1983 |  Athletics | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 96 | 39 |
| 1984 | Athletics | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 8 |