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Name Team Age
John Burgo Retired (1983, Age 34) Died (2025, Age 77)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 18
(1970)		 1B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League 0 6 years (89 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C  C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C  C- A-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B+ C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- C-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C  A  A 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B  0 11/5/1948
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 3 4
Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
A  (88.6 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1970 Minors 21.00 2 / 2 0 / 1 4 / 4 4 / 5 0 / 1 4 / 4 4 / 4 18 / 21
1971 Minors 21.00 1 / 3 1 / 1 2 / 3 3 / 4 0 / 3 3 / 3 3 / 4 13 / 21
1972 Minors 21.00 0 / 0 2 / 3 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 4 4 / 7 3 / 3 13 / 21
1973 Minors 18.00 2 / 4 3 / 6 1 / 1 3 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 2 12 / 18
1973 Majors 1.75 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1974 Minors 20.00 1 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 2 1 / 2 4 / 7 1 / 2 9 / 20
1974 Majors 0.21 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1975 Minors 24.00 0 / 3 2 / 5 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 3 2 / 4 4 / 7 9 / 24
1976 Minors 31.00 0 / 6 1 / 6 3 / 4 3 / 4 0 / 4 2 / 3 0 / 4 9 / 31
1977 Minors 20.00 0 / 1 2 / 4 1 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 2 2 / 5 6 / 20
1977 Majors 6.82 51 3 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 6
1978 Majors 20.83 162 6 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 20
1979 Majors 29.88 162 9 0 0 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 7 1 / 29
1980 Majors 33.13 162 24 0 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 33
1981 Majors 22.99 162 1 0 1 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 22
1982 Majors 54.13 139 99 23 0 / 8 0 / 2 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 54
1983 Majors 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.