Arlo Brunsberg

Arlo Brunsberg
Arlo Brunsberg
	Catcher
	Born: August 15, 1940 (age 83); Fertile, Minnesota, U.S.
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 23, 1966, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
	October 2, 1966, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.333
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
Teams
	Detroit Tigers (1966);

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 1966, and forged a nine season (1962–1970) pro career. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 195 pounds (88 kg). 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]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Greisen, David, Arlo Brunsberg, Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project
^ Retrosheet box score (2 October 1966): "Kansas City Athletics 7, Detroit Tigers 5"

External links[edit]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

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[Engel-1] Greisen, David, Arlo Brunsberg, Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project

[2] Retrosheet box score (2 October 1966): "Kansas City Athletics 7, Detroit Tigers 5"

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