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Jim Brosnan
James Patrick Brosnan

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 210 lb.

Debut April 15, 1954
Final Game September 21, 1963
Born October 24, 1929 in Cincinnati, OH

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1954 24 CHC NL   1   0  18   0   0   0   7  0   33.3   44   35   35   9   18   17   1   4   158       0  9.45  4.19   44 1.860
 1956 26 CHC NL   5   9  30  10   1   1  11  1   95.0   95   44   40   9   45   51   0   2   411   8   0  3.79  3.81  100 1.474
 1957 27 CHC NL   5   5  41   5   1   0  17  0   98.7   79   38   37  11   46   73   1   2   413   4   0  3.38  3.92  116 1.267
 1958 28 TOT NL  11   8  41  20   4   0  14  7  166.7  148   66   62  13   79   89   1   1   702   6   0  3.35  4.08  122 1.362
         CHC NL   3   4   8   8   2   0   0  0   51.7   41   20   18   3   29   24   0   0   215   3   0  3.14  3.91  125 1.355
         STL NL   8   4  33  12   2   0  14  7  115.0  107   46   44  10   50   65   1   1   487   3   0  3.44  4.15  120 1.365
 1959 29 TOT NL   9   6  46  10   1   1  20  4  116.3  113   53   49  12   41   74   6   1   500   7   0  3.79  4.11  108 1.324
         STL NL   1   3  20   1   0   0  10  2   33.0   34   18   18   5   15   18   1   1   142   5   0  4.91  4.22   86 1.485
         CIN NL   8   3  26   9   1   1  10  2   83.3   79   35   31   7   26   56   5   0   358   2   0  3.35  4.07  121 1.260
 1960 30 CIN NL   7   2  57   2   0   0  27 12   99.0   79   31   26   4   22   62   0   3   383   5   0  2.36  3.84  162 1.020
 1961 31 CIN NL  10   4  53   0   0   0  34 16   80.0   77   34   27   7   18   40   0   1   335   3   1  3.04  4.07  134 1.188 MVP-20
 1962 32 CIN NL   4   4  48   0   0   0  34 13   64.7   76   27   24   6   18   51   0   0   284   5   0  3.34  4.02  120 1.454
 1963 33 TOT      3   9  51   0   0   0  37 14   77.7   79   28   27   9   25   50   0   2   324   6   0  3.13  3.48  111 1.339
         CIN NL   0   1   6   0   0   0   4  0    4.7    8    4    4   2    3    4   0   1    25   1   0  7.71  3.35   43 2.357
         CHW AL   3   8  45   0   0   0  33 14   73.0   71   24   23   7   22   46   0   1   299   5   0  2.84  3.48  123 1.274
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .539  55  47 385  47   7   2 201 67  831.3  790  356  327  80  312  507   9  16  3510  44   1  3.54  3.95  111 1.326
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   7  60   7   1   0  31 10  130.7  124   56   51  12   49   79   1   2   552   6   0  3.54  3.95  111 1.326
 Career High     11   9  57  20   4   1  37 16  166.7  148   66   62  13   79   89   6   4   702   8   1  2.36  4.11  162 1.020
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 24 CHC NL  18    8    1    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .125  .125  .125  -35    1   0   0       0   0
 1956 26 CHC NL  30   22    2    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .182  .182  .227   10    5   2   0   0   0   0
 1957 27 CHC NL  41   20    2    5   4  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .250  .286  .450   95    9   2   0   0   0   0
 1958 28 TOT NL  41   50    2    5   3  0   0    2   0  0   3  17  .100  .151  .160  -18    8   3   0   0   0   1
         CHC NL   8   19    0    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .105  .105  .158  -31    3   0   0   0   0   1
         STL NL  33   31    2    3   2  0   0    1   0  0   3  11  .097  .176  .161  -11    5   3   0   0   0   0
 1959 29 TOT NL  46   30    0    3   0  1   0    0   0  0   1   9  .100  .129  .167  -23    5   1   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  20    7    0    2   0  1   0    0   0  0   0   2  .286  .286  .571  116    4   0   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  26   23    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .043  .083  .043  -65    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1960 30 CIN NL  57   15    1    3   2  0   1    4   0  0   1   6  .200  .250  .533  106    8   1   0   0   0   0
 1961 31 CIN NL  53   13    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   6  .154  .214  .154   -1    2   1   0   0   0   1 MVP-20
 1962 32 CIN NL  48    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
 1963 33 TOT     51   13    0    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .308  .308  .308   75    4   0   0   0   0   0
         CHW AL  45   13    0    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .308  .308  .308   75    4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      385  177   10   27  10  1   1    9   0  0   7  54  .153  .185  .237   12   42  12   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         74    4   11   4  0   0    4   0  0   3  23  .153  .185  .237   12   18   5   0   0   0   1
 Career High     57   50    2    5   4  1   1    4   0  0   3  17                           9   3   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 24 CHC NL    8    7    0   0.0   110| .125  .275| .125  .347| .125  .426| .250  .772| -35  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1956 26 CHC NL   24   20    1   1.3   102| .182  .263| .182  .330| .227  .415| .409  .745|  10  .099  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1957 27 CHC NL   23   17    3   4.8   102| .250  .267| .286  .331| .450  .414| .736  .745|  95  .516  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1958 28 TOT NL   56   49    1   0.6   108| .100  .272| .151  .340| .160  .424| .311  .764| -18  .020  -8.7  -0.9   0%
         CHC NL   19   18    0   0.0   104| .105  .267| .105  .335| .158  .417| .263  .752| -31  .000  -3.6  -0.4   0%
         STL NL   37   31    1   0.9   109| .097  .274| .176  .343| .161  .429| .337  .771| -11  .044  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 1959 29 TOT NL   32   28    1   1.0   109| .100  .275| .129  .342| .167  .426| .296  .768| -23  .052  -5.6  -0.6   0%
         STL NL    7    5    1   5.3   110| .286  .277| .286  .344| .571  .429| .857  .773| 116  .566   0.0   0.0   0%
         CIN NL   25   23    0   0.0   108| .043  .275| .083  .341| .043  .425| .126  .766| -65  .000  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1960 30 CIN NL   17   13    2   4.1   101| .200  .265| .250  .332| .533  .407| .783  .739| 106  .475   0.1   0.0   0%
 1961 31 CIN NL   15   13    0   0.0   107| .154  .272| .214  .339| .154  .424| .368  .763|  -1  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1962 32 CIN NL    8    8    0   0.0   106| .000  .275| .000  .342| .000  .417| .000  .759|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1963 33 TOT      13    9    1   3.0    93| .308  .253| .308  .319| .308  .391| .616  .710|  75  .351  -0.5  -0.1   0%
         CHW AL   13    9    1   3.0    93| .308  .253| .308  .319| .308  .391| .616  .710|  75  .351  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       196  164    9   1.5   105| .153  .269| .185  .336| .237  .418| .422  .754|  12  .111 -22.8  -2.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 24 CHC NL P 18 3 10 1 2 .929 .963 0.72 0.87 3.51 2.08 0 33.3 1956 26 CHC NL P 30 8 11 0 0 1.000 .964 0.63 0.83 1.80 2.05 10 95.0 1957 27 CHC NL P 41 4 19 1 1 .958 .962 0.56 0.82 2.10 2.06 5 98.7 1958 28 TOT NL P 41 12 30 1 3 .977 .955 1.02 0.77 2.27 1.97 20 166.7 CHC NL P 8 4 12 0 2 1.000 .952 2.00 0.78 2.79 1.97 8 51.7 STL NL P 33 8 18 1 1 .963 .956 0.79 0.77 2.03 1.97 12 115.0 1959 29 TOT NL P 46 9 23 1 3 .970 .952 0.70 0.82 2.48 1.99 10 116.3 STL NL P 20 4 8 0 1 1.000 .952 0.60 0.82 3.27 1.99 1 33.0 CIN NL P 26 5 15 1 2 .952 .952 0.77 0.82 2.16 1.99 9 83.3 1960 30 CIN NL P 57 7 14 0 2 1.000 .963 0.37 0.87 1.91 2.09 2 99.0 1961 31 CIN NL P 53 9 18 3 0 .900 .957 0.51 0.88 3.04 2.18 0 80.0 1962 32 CIN NL P 48 4 8 1 0 .923 .945 0.25 0.82 1.67 2.07 0 64.7 1963 33 TOT P 51 3 13 0 1 1.000 .952 0.31 0.80 1.85 1.99 0 77.7 CIN NL P 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.50 0.83 5.74 2.11 0 4.7 CHW AL P 45 3 10 0 1 1.000 .956 0.29 0.79 1.60 1.98 0 73.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 24 CHC NL P 18 3 10 1 2 .929 .963 0.72 0.87 3.51 2.08 0 33.3 1956 26 CHC NL P 30 8 11 0 0 1.000 .964 0.63 0.83 1.80 2.05 10 95.0 1957 27 CHC NL P 41 4 19 1 1 .958 .962 0.56 0.82 2.10 2.06 5 98.7 1958 28 TOT NL P 41 12 30 1 3 .977 .955 1.02 0.77 2.27 1.97 20 166.7 CHC NL P 8 4 12 0 2 1.000 .952 2.00 0.78 2.79 1.97 8 51.7 STL NL P 33 8 18 1 1 .963 .956 0.79 0.77 2.03 1.97 12 115.0 1959 29 TOT NL P 46 9 23 1 3 .970 .952 0.70 0.82 2.48 1.99 10 116.3 STL NL P 20 4 8 0 1 1.000 .952 0.60 0.82 3.27 1.99 1 33.0 CIN NL P 26 5 15 1 2 .952 .952 0.77 0.82 2.16 1.99 9 83.3 1960 30 CIN NL P 57 7 14 0 2 1.000 .963 0.37 0.87 1.91 2.09 2 99.0 1961 31 CIN NL P 53 9 18 3 0 .900 .957 0.51 0.88 3.04 2.18 0 80.0 1962 32 CIN NL P 48 4 8 1 0 .923 .945 0.25 0.82 1.67 2.07 0 64.7 1963 33 TOT P 51 3 13 0 1 1.000 .952 0.31 0.80 1.85 1.99 0 77.7 CIN NL P 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.50 0.83 5.74 2.11 0 4.7 CHW AL P 45 3 10 0 1 1.000 .956 0.29 0.79 1.60 1.98 0 73.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 385 59 146 8 12 .962 .957 0.53 0.83 2.22 2.04 47 831.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 385 59 146 8 12 .962 .957 0.53 0.83 2.22 2.04 47 831
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1961   WS    CIN NYY     L   3   0   7.50  0  0  0  0   6     9   5   4   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1961   WS    CIN NYY     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1961-NL-20-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

ERA
1958 NL-3.35-7

Won-Loss %
1958 NL-.579-8
1959 NL-.600-9
1961 NL-.714-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1958 NL-7.99-5

Games
1960 NL-57-6
1961 NL-53-9

Saves
1958 NL-7-10
1960 NL-12-4
1961 NL-16-3
1962 NL-13-5
1963 AL-14-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1958 NL-79-9

Hit Batsmen
1959 NL-6-9

Games Finished
1960 NL-27-8
1961 NL-34-5
1962 NL-34-8
1963 AL-33-7

Adjusted ERA+
1958 NL-122-4

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 32 (733) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (705) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1117) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

November 21, 1946: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

May 20, 1958: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Alvin Dark.

June 8, 1959: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Hal Jeffcoat.

May 5, 1963: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Dom Zanni.

February 25, 1964: Released by the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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