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Jim Brosnan

James Patrick Brosnan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 197 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
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cubs/Cardinals/WhiteSox/Redlegs 1954-1963

Final Game: September 21, 1963
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:00AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #839. Alex Kellner… #840. Miguel Batista… #841. Ed Halicki… #842. JIM BROSNAN… #843. Joe Blanton… #844. Blue Moon Odom… #845. Sloppy Thurston… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 24 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 9.45 18 0 7 0 0 0 33.1 44 35 35 9 18 17 1 0 4 158 45 1.860 11.9 2.4 4.9 4.6 0.94
1956 26 CHC NL 5 9 .357 3.79 30 10 11 1 1 1 95.0 95 44 40 9 45 8 51 0 0 2 411 101 1.474 9.0 0.9 4.3 4.8 1.13
1957 27 CHC NL 5 5 .500 3.38 41 5 17 1 0 0 98.2 79 38 37 11 46 4 73 1 0 2 413 115 1.267 7.2 1.0 4.2 6.7 1.59
1958 28 TOT NL 11 8 .579 3.35 41 20 14 4 0 7 166.2 148 66 62 13 79 6 89 1 0 1 702 122 1.362 8.0 0.7 4.3 4.8 1.13
1958 28 CHC NL 3 4 .429 3.14 8 8 0 2 0 0 51.2 41 20 18 3 29 3 24 0 0 0 215 126 1.355 7.1 0.5 5.1 4.2 0.83
1958 28 STL NL 8 4 .667 3.44 33 12 14 2 0 7 115.0 107 46 44 10 50 3 65 1 0 1 487 121 1.365 8.4 0.8 3.9 5.1 1.30
1959 29 TOT NL 9 6 .600 3.79 46 10 20 1 1 4 116.1 113 53 49 12 41 7 74 6 0 1 500 109 1.324 8.7 0.9 3.2 5.7 1.80
1959 29 STL NL 1 3 .250 4.91 20 1 10 0 0 2 33.0 34 18 18 5 15 5 18 1 0 1 142 87 1.485 9.3 1.4 4.1 4.9 1.20
1959 29 CIN NL 8 3 .727 3.35 26 9 10 1 1 2 83.1 79 35 31 7 26 2 56 5 0 0 358 122 1.260 8.5 0.8 2.8 6.0 2.15
1960 30 CIN NL 7 2 .778 2.36 57 2 27 0 0 12 99.0 79 31 26 5 22 5 62 0 0 3 383 163 1.020 7.2 0.5 2.0 5.6 2.82
1961 31 CIN NL 10 4 .714 3.04 53 0 34 0 0 16 80.0 77 34 27 7 18 3 40 0 1 1 335 135 1.188 8.7 0.8 2.0 4.5 2.22 MVP-20
1962 32 CIN NL 4 4 .500 3.34 48 0 34 0 0 13 64.2 76 27 24 6 18 5 51 0 0 0 284 121 1.454 10.6 0.8 2.5 7.1 2.83
1963 33 TOT MLB 3 9 .250 3.13 51 0 37 0 0 14 77.2 79 28 27 9 25 6 50 0 0 2 324 112 1.339 9.2 1.0 2.9 5.8 2.00
1963 33 CHW AL 3 8 .273 2.84 45 0 33 0 0 14 73.0 71 24 23 7 22 5 46 0 0 1 299 124 1.274 8.8 0.9 2.7 5.7 2.09
1963 33 CIN NL 0 1 .000 7.71 6 0 4 0 0 0 4.2 8 4 4 2 3 1 4 0 0 1 25 48 2.357 15.4 3.9 5.8 7.7 1.33
9 Seasons 55 47 .539 3.54 385 47 201 7 2 67 831.1 790 356 327 81 312 44 507 9 1 16 3510 112 1.326 8.6 0.9 3.4 5.5 1.63
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .539 3.54 61 7 32 1 0 11 131 124 56 51 13 49 80 1 0 3 553 112 1.326 8.6 0.9 3.4 5.5 1.63
CIN (5 yrs) 29 14 .674 3.04 190 11 109 1 1 43 331.2 319 131 112 27 87 16 213 5 1 5 1385 132 1.224 8.7 0.7 2.4 5.8 2.45
CHC (4 yrs) 14 18 .438 4.20 97 23 35 4 1 1 278.2 259 137 130 32 138 15 165 2 0 8 1197 93 1.425 8.4 1.0 4.5 5.3 1.20
STL (2 yrs) 9 7 .563 3.77 53 13 24 2 0 9 148.0 141 64 62 15 65 8 83 2 0 2 629 111 1.392 8.6 0.9 4.0 5.0 1.28
CHW (1 yr) 3 8 .273 2.84 45 0 33 0 0 14 73.0 71 24 23 7 22 5 46 0 0 1 299 124 1.274 8.8 0.9 2.7 5.7 2.09
NL (9 yrs) NL 52 39 .571 3.61 340 47 168 7 2 53 758.1 719 332 304 74 290 39 461 9 1 15 3211 111 1.331 8.5 0.9 3.4 5.5 1.59
AL (1 yr) AL 3 8 .273 2.84 45 0 33 0 0 14 73.0 71 24 23 7 22 5 46 0 0 1 299 124 1.274 8.8 0.9 2.7 5.7 2.09

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1954 24 CHC NL 33.1 0 35 22 0 .5 -13 -1.2 $
1956 26 CHC NL 95.0 10 44 54 3 .9 10 0.8 $
1957 27 CHC NL 98.2 5 38 62 -2 1.1 24 2.1 $
1958 28 CHC NL 51.2 8 20 30 0 1.0 10 1.0 $
1958 28 STL NL 115.0 12 46 72 0 1.2 26 2.6 $
1959 29 STL NL 33.0 1 18 21 -1 1.4 3 0.1 $
1959 29 CIN NL 83.1 9 35 51 -1 .8 16 1.4 $
1960 30 CIN NL 99.0 2 31 57 0 1.1 26 2.2 $
1961 31 CIN NL 80.0 0 34 48 2 1.4 14 1.0 $ MVP-20
1962 32 CIN NL 64.2 0 27 39 0 1.5 12 1.0 $
1963 33 CIN NL 4.2 0 4 3 0 1.0 -1 -0.2 $
1963 33 CHW AL 73.0 0 24 35 2 1.5 11 0.9 $
9 Seasons 831.1 47 356 494 3 1.1 138 11.7 $
CIN (5 yrs) 331.2 11 131 198 1 1.2 67 5.4 $
CHC (4 yrs) 278.2 23 137 168 1 .9 31 2.7 $
STL (2 yrs) 148.0 13 64 93 -1 1.2 29 2.7 $
CHW (1 yr) 73.0 0 24 35 2 1.5 11 0.9 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1961 31 CIN NL WS L NYY 0 0 7.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 5 0 4 3 5 0 0 2 29 2.167 13.5 0.0 6.0 7.5 1.25
1 WS 0 0 7.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 5 0 4 3 5 0 0 2 29 2.167 13.5 0.0 6.0 7.5 1.25

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1954 24 CHC NL 18 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 1 0 0 0 0 1
1956 26 CHC NL 30 24 22 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .182 .182 .227 .409 10 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1957 27 CHC NL 41 23 20 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .286 .450 .736 95 9 0 0 2 0 0 1
1958 28 TOT NL 41 56 50 2 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 17 .100 .151 .160 .311 -18 8 1 0 3 0 0 1
1958 28 CHC NL 8 19 19 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .105 .105 .158 .263 -31 3 1 0 0 0 0 /1
1958 28 STL NL 33 37 31 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 11 .097 .176 .161 .338 -11 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
1959 29 TOT NL 46 32 30 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 .100 .129 .167 .296 -23 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
1959 29 STL NL 20 7 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .571 .857 116 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 29 CIN NL 26 25 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .043 .083 .043 .127 -65 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1960 30 CIN NL 57 17 15 1 3 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 6 .200 .250 .533 .783 106 8 0 0 1 0 0 1
1961 31 CIN NL 53 15 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .154 .368 -1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 MVP-20
1962 32 CIN NL 48 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1963 33 TOT MLB 51 13 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .308 .308 .308 .615 75 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 33 CHW AL 45 13 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .308 .308 .308 .615 75 4 0 0 0 0 0 1/1
1963 33 CIN NL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1
9 Seasons 385 196 177 10 27 10 1 1 9 0 0 7 54 .153 .185 .237 .422 12 42 2 0 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 82 74 4 11 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 23 .153 .185 .237 .422 12 18 1 0 5 0
CIN (5 yrs) 190 65 57 3 6 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 20 .105 .150 .193 .343 -10 11 1 0 5 0 0
CHC (4 yrs) 97 74 69 5 12 6 0 0 3 0 0 1 17 .174 .186 .261 .447 18 18 1 0 4 0 0
STL (2 yrs) 53 44 38 2 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 13 .132 .195 .237 .432 12 9 0 0 3 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 45 13 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .308 .308 .308 .615 75 4 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 340 183 164 10 23 10 1 1 9 0 0 7 50 .140 .175 .232 .407 7 38 2 0 12 0 0
AL (1 yr) 45 13 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .308 .308 .308 .615 75 4 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1954 24 CHC NL 8 -1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1956 26 CHC NL 24 -3 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1957 27 CHC NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1958 28 CHC NL 19 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /1
1958 28 STL NL 37 -5 -1 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1959 29 STL NL 7 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1959 29 CIN NL 25 -6 0 0 0 0 2 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1960 30 CIN NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1961 31 CIN NL 15 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1 MVP-20
1962 32 CIN NL 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $28,000 1
1963 33 CHW AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1/1
9 Seasons 196 -22 -2 2 0 0 17 6 1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $28,000
CIN (4 yrs) 65 -10 0 0 0 0 5 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $28,000
CHC (4 yrs) 74 -7 0 2 0 0 7 3 5 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $
STL (2 yrs) 44 -5 -2 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
CHW (1 yr) 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 31 CIN NL WS NYY L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1954 CHC NL 24 P 18 33.1 14 3 10 1 2 .929 3.51 0.72 .960 2.08 2.06
1956 CHC NL 26 P 30 95.0 19 8 11 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.63 .966 2.05 2.03
1957 CHC NL 27 P 41 98.2 24 4 19 1 1 .958 2.10 0.56 .962 2.06 2.08
1958 TOT NL 28 P 41 20 4 166.2 43 12 30 1 3 .977 2.27 1.02 .955 1.97 1.96 5 2 29% 0
1958 CHC NL 28 P 8 8 2 51.2 16 4 12 0 2 1.000 2.79 2.00 .955 1.97 1.96 4 1 20% 0
1958 STL NL 28 P 33 12 2 115.0 27 8 18 1 1 .963 2.03 0.79 .955 1.97 1.96 1 1 50% 0
1959 TOT NL 29 P 46 10 1 116.1 33 9 23 1 3 .970 2.48 0.70 .954 1.99 1.97 4 3 43% 0
1959 STL NL 29 P 20 1 0 33.0 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 3.27 0.60 .954 1.99 1.97 0 0 0
1959 CIN NL 29 P 26 9 1 83.1 21 5 15 1 2 .952 2.16 0.77 .954 1.99 1.97 4 3 43% 0
1960 CIN NL 30 P 57 99.0 21 7 14 0 2 1.000 1.91 0.37 .962 2.09 2.08
1961 CIN NL 31 P 53 80.0 30 9 18 3 0 .900 3.04 0.51 .959 2.18 2.15 MVP-20
1962 CIN NL 32 P 48 64.2 13 4 8 1 0 .923 1.67 0.25 .948 2.07 2.05
1963 TOT MLB 33 P 51 77.2 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.85 0.31 .954 1.99 2.01
1963 CHW AL 33 P 45 73.0 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.60 0.29 .955 1.98 2.00
1963 CIN NL 33 P 6 4.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.79 0.50 .950 2.12 2.07
9 Seasons P 385 30 5 831.1 213 59 146 8 12 .962 2.22 0.53 .958 2.04 2.05 9 5 36% 0
9 Seasons TOT 385 30 5 831.1 213 59 146 8 12 .962 2.22 0.53 .958 2.04 2.05 9 5 36% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1961 NL (20, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1958 NL  3.35 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1958 NL  .579 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 NL  7.992 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1960 NL  57 (6th)
1961 NL  53 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1958 NL  7 (10th)
1960 NL  12 (4th)
1961 NL  16 (3rd)
1962 NL  13 (5th)
1963 AL  14 (8th)
Career  67 (203rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL  79 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 NL  0.702 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1959 NL  6 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1960 NL  27 (8th)
1961 NL  34 (5th)
1962 NL  34 (8th)
1963 AL  33 (7th)
Career  201 (231st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1958 NL  122 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1958 NL  26.03 (4th)
1960 NL  21.09 (8th)
Career  82.75 (216th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1958 NL  3.2 (2nd)
1960 NL  2.7 (8th)
1961 NL  2.5 (5th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1960 NL  2.2 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1958 NL  2.7 (4th)
1960 NL  2.2 (8th)
Career  8.6 (227th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1956 NL  1.000 (1st)
1960 NL  1.000 (1st)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (893), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (737), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196232Cincinnati Reds$28,0001/24/62 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$28,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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