Otis Brannan
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Otis Owen Brannan
- Bats Left, Throws Right
- Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.
- School Arkansas State University
- Debut April 11, 1928
- Final Game October 5, 1929
- Born March 13, 1899 in Greenbrier, AR USA
- Died June 6, 1967 in Little Rock, AR USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Otis Brannan was a 29-year-old rookie for the 1928 St. Louis Browns serving as the team's regular second baseman, and then played 23 more games for the 1929 Browns, finishing up his major league career.
Brannan was born in 1899 in Greenbrier, AR, 40 miles north of Little Rock, AR. He attended Arkansas State University and was the first player from that institution to come to the majors - the second, years later, was George Kell.
Otis played a couple seasons for Tulsa immediately before coming to the majors, and after his major league days played four years for the Hollywood Stars before appearing several seasons for teams in Arkansas and elsewere in the South. With Hollywood in 1933 he was a teammate of the young Vince DiMaggio.
He also played Cuban winter ball.
One site quotes Heinie Manush as saying that Brannan was a fair hitter but not much of a fielder. Manush asked the manager to play Ski Melillo at second instead of Brannan when Manush was contesting Goose Goslin for the batting championship. Manush figured Melillo would be better at cutting off potential hits by Goslin, and per Manush, Melillo did stop a couple would-be hits.
