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Name	Team	Age
Joe Burgess	Retired (1983, Age 35)	Died (2017, Age 69)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 37 (1970)	RP	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Robin Roberts League	0	3 years (18 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A	D-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
F	D-	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
F	D-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
C-	B+	B-
Leadership	Mentor Value
C-	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	9/1/1948
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	1
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log

Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1970	Minors	28.00	0 / 1	3 / 17	6 / 10	9 / 28
1970	Majors	9.59	0 / 0	1 / 6	1 / 3	2 / 9
1971	Majors	37.87	3 / 7	1 / 11	6 / 19	10 / 37
1972	Majors	41.45	5 / 11	3 / 12	3 / 18	11 / 41
1973	Minors	35.00	0 / 3	3 / 16	2 / 16	5 / 35
1974	Minors	34.00	2 / 4	2 / 19	5 / 11	9 / 34
1975	Minors	22.00	0 / 0	0 / 7	1 / 15	1 / 22
1976	Minors	22.00	0 / 0	2 / 11	4 / 11	6 / 22
1977	Minors	24.00	0 / 0	0 / 10	1 / 14	1 / 24
1978	Minors	31.00	0 / 4	0 / 14	1 / 13	1 / 31
1979	Minors	47.00	0 / 4	0 / 22	0 / 21	0 / 47
1980	Minors	64.00	0 / 4	0 / 31	0 / 29	0 / 64
1981	Minors	49.00	0 / 3	0 / 29	0 / 17	0 / 49
1982	Majors	23.40	-4 / 0	0 / 12	-5 / 11	-9 / 23
1983	Minors	33.00	0 / 3	0 / 18	0 / 12	0 / 33
Total			6 / 44	15 / 235	25 / 220	46 / 499

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1983-11-01	Joe Burgess has retired from the Chicago Storm
1983-04-01	The Chicago Storm have promoted Harry Covington to the major league team. The Chicago Storm have designated Joe Burgess for assignment.
1982-03-26	The Chicago Storm have promoted Jimmy Clemensen to the major league team. The Chicago Storm have promoted Joe Burgess to the major league team. The Chicago Storm have promoted Omar Taveras to the major league team.
1974-09-26	The Chicago Storm have acquired Joe Burgess from the waiver wire.
1974-09-19	The Cincinnati Centurions have waived Joe Burgess.
1973-04-01	The Cincinnati Centurions have promoted Steve Nicholson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Centurions have sent Joe Burgess to the minors.
1971-06-08	The Cincinnati Centurions have promoted Joe Burgess to the major league team.
1971-05-19	The Cincinnati Centurions have demoted Joe Burgess to the minor leagues.
1971-05-15	Joe Burgess of the Cincinnati Centurions is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1970-08-23	The Cincinnati Centurions have promoted Joe Burgess to the major league team. The Cincinnati Centurions have promoted Charlie Collins to the major league team.