NAME     : Tom Burgmeier
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : 
 
  BIRTHDAY : 8/2/1943
  AGE      : 37
  HEIGHT   : 6"2
  WEIGHT   : 205
 
  POSITION : Pitcher
  ROLE     : Middle Reliever
  BATS     : Left
  THROWS   : Left
 
  CONTRACT : $3,500,000 through 1981
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Average
  LOYALTY                  : Average
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Normal
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Suffers
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

  DEFENSIVE RATINGS :
 
  Range at Pitcher :    B  (Fielding Pct. : .930)

  PITCHING RATINGS :
 
  Duration as Starter  : *
  Duration as Reliever : B
  Holding Runners      : B
  Groundball Pct.      : 57
 
  Avoiding Runs        : 8
  Avoiding Hits        : 7  (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 7, Talent Good)
  Avoiding Doubles     : 6  (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average)
  Avoiding Homeruns    : 8  (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 8, Talent Good)
  Avoiding BB's        : 8  (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 8, Talent Good)
  Getting Strikeouts   : 4  (VS. RHB : 4, VS. LHB : 4, Talent Average)
 
  Throwing Velocity    : 5
  Pitch Assortment     : , Fastball, Slider

  PITCHING STATS :
 
  Category        ERA  W  L  S   G GS    IP  HA   R  ER  BB   K
  Overall        0.00  0  0  0   0  0   0.0   0   0   0   0   0 
  At Home        0.00  0  0  0   0  0   0.0   0   0   0   0   0 
  Away           0.00  0  0  0   0  0   0.0   0   0   0   0   0 
  Last Week      0.00  0  0  0   0  0   0.0   0   0   0   0   0 
  This Week      0.00  0  0  0   0  0   0.0   0   0   0   0   0 
 

  CAREER STATS :
 
  YEAR    ERA  W  L  S   G CG SHO    IP  ER  BB   K  TEAMS
  1968   4.38  1  4  5  56  0   0  72.0  35  24  33  CAL
  1969   4.17  3  1  0  31  0   0  54.0  25  21  23  KC
  1970   3.87  3  7 10 107  0   0 109.1  47  37  64  PHI
  1971   3.50  5  2  1  67  0   0  72.0  28  30  36  PHI,CIN
  1972   2.88  6  6  2  78  0   0  75.0  24  26  42  CIN
  1973   3.24  0  1  1  14  0   0   8.1   3   2   2  CIN
  1974   4.00  2  1  0   5  0   0   9.0   4   4  11  CIN
  1975   2.40  1  3  0  57  0   0  86.1  23  23  51  CIN
  1976   4.36  7  3  0  53  0   0  66.0  32  27  40  CIN,CLE
  1977   2.55  9  4  2  97  0   0  99.0  28  49  64  LA,NL
  1978   5.19  3  2  2  81  0   0  78.0  45  35  51  LA
  1979   2.77  7  5 22  82  0   0  97.1  30  33  49  LA
  1980   4.38  3  3  2  83  0   0  90.1  44  32  53  CLE
 
  Total ERA   : 3.61
  Total Wins  : 50
  Total Losses: 42
  Total Saves : 47
  Total SHO   : 0
  Total CG    : 0
  Total K's   : 519
  Total BB's  : 343
 
  
PLAYER HISTORY
Injured on 10/5/1979 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week... Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/5/1980 to a 2-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year...