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Thurman Munson League
8-6-2254
John Burgo First Base
Retired (1983, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .241 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .660 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 266 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 11-05-1948
HR 31 Drafted Round 2, Pick 18
(1970)		 Majors Svc Time 6 years
(89 games)
RBI 141
SB 48
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C  Contact vs. L C- Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A 
Speed A- Bunt C- Control C-   Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 1
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm C  WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF A  (88.6%)   Health B  LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1970 Minors 22 21.00 2 / 2 0 / 1 4 / 4 4 / 5 0 / 1 4 / 4 4 / 4 18 / 21
1971 Minors 23 21.00 1 / 3 1 / 1 2 / 3 3 / 4 0 / 3 3 / 3 3 / 4 13 / 21
1972 Minors 24 21.00 0 / 0 2 / 3 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 4 4 / 7 3 / 3 13 / 21
1973 Minors 25 18.00 2 / 4 3 / 6 1 / 1 3 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 2 12 / 18
1973 Majors 25 1.75 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1974 Minors 26 20.00 1 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 2 1 / 2 4 / 7 1 / 2 9 / 20
1974 Majors 26 0.21 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1975 Minors 27 24.00 0 / 3 2 / 5 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 3 2 / 4 4 / 7 9 / 24
1976 Minors 28 31.00 0 / 6 1 / 6 3 / 4 3 / 4 0 / 4 2 / 3 0 / 4 9 / 31
1977 Minors 29 20.00 0 / 1 2 / 4 1 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 2 2 / 5 6 / 20
1977 Majors 29 6.82 51 3 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 6
1978 Majors 30 20.83 162 6 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 20
1979 Majors 31 29.88 162 9 0 0 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 7 1 / 29
1980 Majors 32 33.13 162 24 0 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 33
1981 Majors 33 22.99 162 1 0 1 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 22
1982 Majors 34 54.13 139 99 23 0 / 8 0 / 2 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 54
1983 Majors 35 51.71 140 84 22 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 51
Total 978 226 45 7 / 55 11 / 54 16 / 45 18 / 60 1 / 46 20 / 68 20 / 64 93 / 392
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1983-11-01John Burgo has retired from the Milwaukee Beer Men
1983-07-02John Burgo of the Milwaukee Beer Men is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1982-09-05John Burgo of the Milwaukee Beer Men is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1982-05-21John Burgo of the Milwaukee Beer Men is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1977-07-29The Milwaukee Beer Men have promoted John Burgo to the major league team. The Milwaukee Beer Men have sent Greg Stillwell to the minors.
1974-08-23The Milwaukee Beer Men have promoted Craig Clowers to the major league team. The Milwaukee Beer Men have sent John Burgo to the minors.
1974-08-13The Milwaukee Beer Men have promoted John Burgo to the major league team.
1973-06-19The Milwaukee Beer Men have promoted Dave Baczewski to the major league team. The Milwaukee Beer Men have promoted Andy Riedling to the major league team. The Milwaukee Beer Men have sent John Burgo to the minors. The Milwaukee Beer Men have sent Craig Clowers to the minors.
1973-05-25The Milwaukee Beer Men have promoted John Burgo to the major league team. The Milwaukee Beer Men have sent Tyrone Banks to the minors.
1972-06-04The Milwaukee Beer Men have acquired John Burgo from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee Beer Men have waived Vinny Vadeboncoeur.
1972-04-01The Brooklyn Bandits have waived John Burgo.