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]