Hamburger attended Mounds View High School in Arden Hills, Minnesota and was a multi-sport athlete playing basketball, rugby, tennis, football, and baseball.

[1] After graduating from high school in 2005, Hamburger attended and played baseball at Mesabi Range College where he posted an 11-0 record and a 0.65 ERA.

[1] The summer following Hamburger's season of collegiate baseball, he attended a try-out for the Minnesota Twins that was held at the Metrodome in 2007.

[3] After two years in the Twins' minor league system, Hamburger was traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Eddie Guardado on August 25, 2008.

On March 23, 2018, Hamburger was traded by the St. Paul Saints to the New Britain Bees of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.