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Bobby Bragan

Positions: Shortstop, Catcher and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: October 30, 1917 in Birmingham, AL us

Died: January 21, 2010 in Fort Worth, TX

Buried: Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, TX

High School: Phillips HS (Birmingham, AL)

School: Birmingham-Southern College (Birmingham, AL)

Debut: April 16, 1940 (Age 22-169d, 8,857th in major league history)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 27, 1948 (Age 30-241d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Robert Randall Bragan

Nicknames: Nig

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

1900

456

.240

136

RBI

172

OBP

.282

SLG

.309

OPS

.591

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1938	20	BRO-min	B	137	530	530		158	21	9	1						.298	.298	.377	.675		200							PSC · SEAL
1939	21	PHI-min	B	137	502	502		156	29	10	12						.311	.311	.480	.791		241							PSC · SEAL
1940	22	PHI	NL	132	504	474	36	105	14	1	7	44	2	7	28	34	.222	.265	.300	.565	59	142	10	0	2		3	*6/5
1941	23	PHI	NL	154	597	557	37	140	19	3	4	69	7	7	26	29	.251	.285	.318	.603	73	177	17	0	14		0	*6/45
1942	24	PHI	NL	109	363	335	17	73	12	2	2	15	0	2	20	21	.218	.264	.284	.548	65	95	10	1	7		2	62/H45
1943	25	BRO	NL	74	242	220	17	58	7	2	2	24	0	4	15	16	.264	.311	.341	.652	87	75	7	0	7		3	25/H
1944	26	BRO	NL	94	288	266	26	71	8	4	0	17	2	4	13	14	.267	.304	.327	.631	79	87	10	1	8		2	62/5H4
1945			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1946			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1947	29	BRO	NL	25	43	36	3	7	2	0	0	3	1	0	7	3	.194	.326	.250	.576	53	9	0	0	0		2	2/H
1948	30	BRO-min	AA	67	254	223	25	61	9	1	3	35	2	2	21	13	.274	.339	.363	.702		81		1	9				FTW · TL
1948	30	BRO	NL	9	14	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	7	2	0	0	1		0	/2H
1949	31	BRO-min	AA	111	397	346	47	102	24	1	7	60	4	1	39	17	.295	.370	.431	.800		149		2	10				FTW · TL
1950	32	BRO-min	AA	112	346	346		96	10	1	5						.277	.277	.355	.633		123							FTW · TL
1951	33	BRO-min	AA	103	311	311		78	6	0	1						.251	.251	.280	.531		87							FTW · TL
1952	34	BRO-min	AA	94	272	272		67	10	1	1						.246	.246	.301	.548		82							FTW · TL
1954	36	PIT-min	Opn	76	205	182	16	47	5	0	2	19	6		14	4	.258	.308	.319	.627		58		0	7	2			HOL · PCL
1955	37	PIT-min	Opn	72	210	201	13	51	5	0	2	21	2		5	7	.254	.269	.308	.578		62	7	0	2	2			HOL · PCL
1959	41	LAD-min	AAA	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0					.167	.167	.167	.333		1							SPO · PCL
7 Yrs				597	2051	1900	136	456	62	12	15	172	12	24	110	117	.240	.282	.309	.591	70	587	54	2	39		12
162 Game Avg.				162	557	516	37	124	17	3	4	47	3	7	30	32	.240	.282	.309	.591	70	159	15	1	11		3

BRO (4 yrs)				202	587	534	46	138	17	6	2	44	3	8	36	33	.258	.306	.324	.630	79	173	17	1	16		7
PHI (3 yrs)				395	1464	1366	90	318	45	6	13	128	9	16	74	84	.233	.273	.303	.576	66	414	37	1	23		5