Roger Bresnahan

Positions: Catcher and Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 200lb (175cm, 90kg)

Born: June 11, 1879 in Toledo, OH us

Died: December 4, 1944 in Toledo, OH

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Toledo, OH

Debut: August 27, 1897 (Age 18-077d, 2,023rd in major league history)

Last Game: October 3, 1915 (Age 36-114d)
vs. STL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1945. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
No induction ceremony in Cooperstown held (until 2013).
View Roger Bresnahan's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1901 season

Full Name: Roger Philip Bresnahan

Nicknames: The Duke Of Tralee

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.9

4481

1252

.279

682

RBI

530

212

OBP

.386

SLG

.377

OPS

.764

OPS+

126

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	NYG		BRO	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
2	3	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	T,5-5	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
3	4	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	5	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	6	Apr 23	NYG		BSN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	10 (3)	Apr 28	NYG		PHI	W,12-7	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
7	11	Apr 29	NYG		PHI	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	12	Apr 30	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	13	May 1	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	14	May 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-5	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
11	15	May 6	NYG	@	BRO	W,20-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
12	17 (1)	May 8	NYG		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
13	18	May 9	NYG		PHI	W,10-3	GS	0		4	1	1	6	0
14	19	May 11	NYG		BRO	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	2	9	0
15	21 (1)	May 13	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	22	May 14	NYG		CIN	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	23	May 15	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	24	May 16	NYG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
19	26 (1)	May 19	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	27	May 20	NYG		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	28	May 21	NYG		STL	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	29	May 22	NYG		STL	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
23	30	May 23	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	36 (5)	May 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
25	37	May 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	38	Jun 1	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	39	Jun 2	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	40	Jun 3	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	41	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	42	Jun 5	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
31	43	Jun 6	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-4	GS	0		6	0	0	6	0
32	44	Jun 7	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	45	Jun 9	NYG	@	STL	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
34	46	Jun 10	NYG	@	STL	W,1-0	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
35	47	Jun 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	48	Jun 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	49	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	51 (1)	Jun 17	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	10	2	1	13	0
39	52	Jun 18	NYG		CHC	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	9	3	1	13	1
40	53	Jun 22 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	54	Jun 22 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
42	55	Jun 25 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	1
43	56	Jun 25 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	2
44	57	Jun 26	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
45	58	Jun 27	NYG		PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	59	Jun 30	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	60	Jul 1	NYG		STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	61	Jul 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,9-16	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
49	62	Jul 5	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-1		0		1	0	0	1	0
50	70 (7)	Jul 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
51	71	Jul 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
52	72	Jul 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	14.0	2	5	3	10	0
53	73	Jul 16	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-16	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
54	81 (7)	Jul 27	NYG		BSN	L,9-11	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	82	Jul 28	NYG		BSN	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	83	Jul 29	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	84	Jul 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	0	5.0	2	1	0	3	1
58	85	Jul 31	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	86	Aug 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	87	Aug 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	88	Aug 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	89	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	90	Aug 7 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	91	Aug 8 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	92	Aug 8 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
66	93	Aug 10	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	94	Aug 11	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	95	Aug 12	NYG		STL	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	96	Aug 13 (1)	NYG		STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
70	97	Aug 13 (2)	NYG		STL	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
71	98	Aug 14	NYG		STL	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
72	99	Aug 15	NYG		CIN	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	100	Aug 17 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
74	101	Aug 17 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	102	Aug 18	NYG		CIN	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	103	Aug 20 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,13-7	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	104	Aug 20 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
78	105	Aug 21 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	106	Aug 21 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	107	Aug 22	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	108	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	109	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,8-1	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	110	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	111	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	112	Aug 27 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
86	113	Aug 27 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	114	Aug 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	115	Aug 31 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	116	Aug 31 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	117	Sep 1	NYG		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	118	Sep 2	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
92	120 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	GS	0		5	4	0	9	0
93	121	Sep 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-7	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
94	123 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-4	GF	0		4	0	0	4	0
95	124	Sep 7 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
96	125	Sep 8	NYG		BRO	T,4-4	CG	0	8.0	8	1	2	11	0
97	128 (2)	Sep 12	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	129	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
99	130	Sep 13 (2)	NYG	@	STL	T,9-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	131	Sep 14 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	132	Sep 14 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	133	Sep 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	134	Sep 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
104	135	Sep 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
105	136	Sep 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	137	Sep 20	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	138	Sep 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	139	Sep 22	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	140	Sep 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-15	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
110	141	Sep 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
111	142	Sep 26	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							114gm		228.0	300	46	21	367	10