Jim Brosnan
James Patrick Brosnan
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 24, 1929 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Elder (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1954
Final Game: September 21, 1963
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 CHC NL 24 P 18 0 33.1 14 3 10 1 2 .929 3.51 0.72 .964 2.08 0.87
1956 CHC NL 26 P 30 10 95.0 19 8 11 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.63 .963 2.05 0.83
1957 CHC NL 27 P 41 5 98.2 24 4 19 1 1 .958 2.10 0.56 .962 2.06 0.82
1958 TOT NL 28 P 41 20 166.2 43 12 30 1 3 .977 2.27 1.02 .953 1.97 0.77
1958 CHC NL 28 P 8 8 51.2 16 4 12 0 2 1.000 2.79 2.00 .950 1.97 0.78
1958 STL NL 28 P 33 12 115.0 27 8 18 1 1 .963 2.03 0.79 .956 1.97 0.77
1959 TOT NL 29 P 46 10 116.1 33 9 23 1 3 .970 2.48 0.70 .952 1.99 0.82
1959 STL NL 29 P 20 1 33.0 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 3.27 0.60 .950 1.99 0.82
1959 CIN NL 29 P 26 9 83.1 21 5 15 1 2 .952 2.16 0.77 .952 1.99 0.82
1960 CIN NL 30 P 57 2 99.0 21 7 14 0 2 1.000 1.91 0.37 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 CIN NL 31 P 53 0 80.0 30 9 18 3 0 .900 3.04 0.51 .960 2.18 0.88 MVP-20
1962 CIN NL 32 P 48 0 64.2 13 4 8 1 0 .923 1.67 0.25 .946 2.07 0.82
1963 TOT MLB 33 P 51 0 77.2 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.85 0.31 .950 1.99 0.80
1963 CIN NL 33 P 6 0 4.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.79 0.50 .933 2.12 0.83
1963 CHW AL 33 P 45 0 73.0 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.60 0.29 .954 1.98 0.79
9 Seasons P 385 47 831.1 213 59 146 8 12 .962 2.22 0.53 .957 2.04 0.83
9 Seasons TOT 385 47 831.1 213 59 146 8 12 .962 2.22 0.53 .919 2.04 0.83

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 CHC NL 24 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHC NL 26 30 10 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHC NL 27 41 5 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 STL NL 28 33 12 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 28 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN NL 29 26 9 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 STL NL 29 20 1 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 30 57 2 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CIN NL 31 53 0 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CIN NL 32 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHW AL 33 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CIN NL 33 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 385 47 385 385 385 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CHC NL 24 114 78% 19% 8 100% 0 2 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1956 CHC NL 26 244 77% 23% 8 100% 0 4 0 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1957 CHC NL 27 370 71% 28% 21 90% 0 4 1 3 18 13 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1958 STL NL 28 491 76% 24% 22 77% 0 8 0 8 17 14 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1958 CHC NL 28 221 76% 32% 13 100% 0 4 0 4 13 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 100%
1959 CIN NL 29 364 76% 24% 15 93% 0 4 0 4 14 8 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 4 75%
1959 STL NL 29 143 76% 29% 10 80% 2 4 0 3 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0%
1960 CIN NL 30 393 79% 27% 18 100% 1 8 3 3 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 100%
1961 CIN NL 31 337 83% 27% 26 85% 0 9 1 5 19 15 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1962 CIN NL 32 289 76% 25% 14 71% 0 4 1 3 9 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1963 CHW AL 33 303 78% 23% 10 100% 0 3 0 1 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1963 CIN NL 33 26 73% 4% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
9 Seasons 3295 77% 25% 168 89% 3 54 6 38 141 106 17 7 0 3 4 4 11 6 9 2 31 87%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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