Glenn Dennis Borgmann is a former professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 player. He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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, from 1972 until 1980, primarily as a catcher

Catcher

Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...

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Borgmann was drafted out of the University of South Alabama

University of South Alabama

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 by the Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins

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 in the first round of the secondary phase of the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft

1971 Major League Baseball Draft

-First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1971 Major League Baseball draft.* Did not sign- Background :The June 1971 draft was a productive one, even though none of its top ten choices yielded players who would have memorable major league careers...

. A little over a year later, he made his major league debut for the Twins. He became the team's starting catcher during the second half of 1972, replacing the platoon of Phil Roof

Phil Roof

Phillip Anthony Roof is an American former professional baseball player, coach and minor league manager. He played for 15 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball in and from to , most notably for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics and the Minnesota Twins...

 and George Mitterwald

George Mitterwald

George Eugene Mitterwald is a former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins, primarily as a catcher. His major league career lasted from 1966-77. His nickname was 'The Baron'.Following his retirement, he entered the minor league...

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After spending most of 1973 in the minor leagues, Borgmann was back in the majors for good in 1974. That season, he took over as the club's starting catcher, batting .252 in 128 games while leading all American League

American League

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 catchers with a .997 fielding percentage

Fielding percentage

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. After seeing his average slip to .207 in 1975, Borgmann lost the starting job to rookie Butch Wynegar

Butch Wynegar

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 in 1976. He spent four seasons as Wynegar's backup, then became a free agent.

Borgmann signed with the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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 in 1980. After starting the season in the minors, Borgmann was called up in August to replace Ricky Seilheimer

Ricky Seilheimer

Ricky Allen Seilheimer is a former Major League Baseball catcher, drafted in the first round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago White Sox. He made his major league debut in at the age of 19, the youngest player in the major leagues at the time. His one major league home run...

 as the main backup to starting catcher Bruce Kimm

Bruce Kimm

Bruce Edward Kimm is a retired American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox between 1976 until 1980....

. In September, he split time behind the plate with Marv Foley

Marv Foley

Marvis Edwin Foley is a former Major League Baseball catcher and coach, former minor league baseball coach and manager, and current minor league baseball instructor. In the majors, he played all or part of five seasons, between 1978 and 1984, for the Chicago White Sox and Texas Rangers...

. Borgmann became a free agent again after the season.

In 1981, Borgmann signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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, playing 11 games for their Triple-A farm club, the Charleston Charlies

Charleston Charlies

The Charleston Charlies was the name of the third and most recent Class AAA minor league baseball franchise that was located in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. The Charlies played in the International League from 1971 to 1976 as the relocated Columbus Jets franchise. In 1977 the franchise...

, ending his professional career.

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