Arlo Brunsberg Explained

Arlo Brunsberg
Position:Catcher
Bats:Left
Throws:Right
Birth Date:15 August 1940
Birth Place:Fertile, Minnesota, U.S.
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:September 23
Debutyear:1966
Debutteam:Detroit Tigers
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:October 2
Finalyear:1966
Finalteam:Detroit Tigers
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.333
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:0
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:0
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Arlo Adolph Brunsberg (born August 15, 1940) is an American former professional baseball player. A catcher born in Fertile, Minnesota, he appeared in two games in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in, and forged a nine season (1962–1970) pro career. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as tall and . He signed with Detroit after graduating from Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota), where he starred in baseball, football and basketball.[1]

Brunsberg's MLB "cup of coffee" occurred at the end of his fifth season in the Tiger farm system. In his second and last big-league game, on the closing day of the Tigers' 1966 campaign, he registered his only hit in the majors, a double off eventual Baseball Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter.[2]

After his playing career, Brunsberg spent three years, 1971–1973, as head baseball coach at North Dakota State University, then three decades as a teacher and high school baseball coach in Blaine, Minnesota.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/arlo-brunsberg/ Greisen, David, Arlo Brunsberg
  2. [Retrosheet]