Tom Burgess (baseball)

Thomas Roland Burgess (September 1, 1927 – November 24, 2008) was a Canadian baseball player, coach and manager. An outfielder and first baseman, Burgess had two trials in Major League Baseball—a 17-game stint with the 1954 St. Louis Cardinals and a full season with the 1962 Los Angeles Angels. He then forged a long career as a minor league manager and served as a Major League coach with the New York Mets (1977) and Atlanta Braves (1978). In his playing days, he threw and batted left-handed and stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg).

Tom Burgess (baseball)

Thomas Roland Burgess (September 1, 1927 – November 24, 2008) was a Canadian baseball player, coach and manager. An outfielder and first baseman, Burgess had two trials in Major League Baseball—a 17-game stint with the 1954 St. Louis Cardinals and a full season with the 1962 Los Angeles Angels. He then forged a long career as a minor league manager and served as a Major League coach with the New York Mets (1977) and Atlanta Braves (1978). In his playing days, he threw and batted left-handed and stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg).