Jim Brosnan

Full Name: James Patrick Brosnan	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/197	First Game: April 15, 1954
Birthdate: October 24, 1929	Final Game: September 21, 1963
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on October 24, 1929 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jim Brosnan (James Patrick Brosnan) played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 9 year career. Brosnan broke into the bigs on April 15, 1954 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.79 ERA in 95 innings pitched in 1956, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Jim Brosnan's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1961, when he posted a 3.04 ERA, won 10 games and notched 16 saves. However, others believe that it was 1960, when he posted a 2.36 ERA, notched 12 saves and struck out 62 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1954	CHI	N	18	0	1	0	9.45	17	35	35	0	0	0	33.1	44	9	18	2	4	1
1956	CHI	N	30	10	5	9	3.79	51	44	40	1	1	1	95	95	9	45	8	2	0
1957	CHI	N	41	5	5	5	3.38	73	38	37	1	0	0	98.2	79	11	46	4	2	1
1958	STL	N	33	12	8	4	3.44	65	46	44	2	0	7	115	107	10	50	3	1	1
1958	CHI	N	8	8	3	4	3.14	24	20	18	2	0	0	51.2	41	3	29	3	0	0
1958	TOT	N	41	20	11	8	3.35	89	66	62	4	0	7	166.2	148	13	79	6	1	1
1959	STL	N	20	1	1	3	4.91	18	18	18	0	0	2	33	34	5	15	5	1	1
1959	CIN	N	26	9	8	3	3.35	56	35	31	1	1	2	83.1	79	7	26	2	0	5
1959	TOT	N	46	10	9	6	3.79	74	53	49	1	1	4	116.1	113	12	41	7	1	6
1960	CIN	N	57	2	7	2	2.36	62	31	26	0	0	12	99	79	4	22	5	3	0
1961	CIN	N	53	0	10	4	3.04	40	34	27	0	0	16	80	77	7	18	3	1	0
1962	CIN	N	48	0	4	4	3.34	51	27	24	0	0	13	64.2	76	6	18	5	0	0
1963	CIN	N	6	0	0	1	7.71	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.2	8	2	3	1	1	0
1963	CHI	A	45	0	3	8	2.84	46	24	23	0	0	14	73	71	7	22	5	1	0
1963	Total		51	0	3	9	3.13	50	28	27	0	0	14	77.2	79	9	25	6	2	0
Total	NL		340	47	52	39	3.61	461	332	304	7	2	53	758.1	719	73	290	41	15	9
Total	AL		45	0	3	8	2.84	46	24	23	0	0	14	73	71	7	22	5	1	0
Total			385	47	55	47	3.54	507	356	327	7	2	67	831.1	790	80	312	46	16	9

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1954	CHI	N	P	18	0	33.1	3	10	1	2	0	0	3	.929
1956	CHI	N	P	30	0	0	8	11	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	CHI	N	P	41	5	98.2	4	19	1	1	0	3	1	.958
1958	STL	N	P	33	12	115	8	18	1	1	0	1	1	.963
1958	CHI	N	P	8	8	51.2	4	12	0	2	0	4	1	1.000
1958	TOT	N	P	41	20	166.2	12	30	1	3	0	5	2	.977
1959	STL	N	P	20	1	33	4	8	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1959	CIN	N	P	26	9	83.1	5	15	1	2	0	4	3	.952
1959	TOT	N	P	46	10	116.1	9	23	1	3	0	4	3	.970
1960	CIN	N	P	57	2	99	7	14	0	2	0	3	4	1.000
1961	CIN	N	P	53	0	80	9	18	3	0	0	0	0	.900
1962	CIN	N	P	48	0	64.2	4	8	1	0	1	3	2	.923
1963	CIN	N	P	6	0	4.2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	CHI	A	P	45	0	73	3	10	0	1	0	0	2	1.000
1963	Total		P	51	0	77.2	3	13	0	1	0	0	2	1.000
Total			P	385	37	736.1	59	146	8	12	1	18	17	.962

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1954	CHI	N	18	8	1	1	0	2	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	1	0	0
1956	CHI	N	30	22	2	4	0	0	.182	.182	.227	1	0	0	6	2	0
1957	CHI	N	41	20	2	5	0	0	.250	.286	.450	4	0	1	4	2	0
1958	STL	N	33	31	2	3	0	1	.097	.176	.161	2	0	3	11	3	0
1958	CHI	N	8	19	0	2	0	1	.105	.105	.158	1	0	0	6	0	1
1958	TOT	N	41	50	2	5	0	2	.100	.151	.160	3	0	3	17	3	1
1959	STL	N	20	7	0	2	0	0	.286	.286	.571	0	1	0	2	0	0
1959	CIN	N	26	23	0	1	0	0	.043	.083	.043	0	0	1	7	1	0
1959	TOT	N	46	30	0	3	0	0	.100	.129	.167	0	1	1	9	1	0
1960	CIN	N	57	15	1	3	1	4	.200	.250	.533	2	0	1	6	1	0
1961	CIN	N	53	13	1	2	0	1	.154	.214	.154	0	0	1	6	1	1
1962	CIN	N	48	6	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	2	0
1963	CIN	N	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	CHI	A	45	13	0	4	0	0	.308	.308	.308	0	0	0	4	0	0
1963	Total		51	13	0	4	0	0	.308	.308	.308	0	0	0	4	0	0
Total	NL		340	164	10	23	1	9	.140	.175	.232	10	1	7	50	12	2
Total	AL		45	13	0	4	0	0	.308	.308	.308	0	0	0	4	0	0
Total			385	177	10	27	1	9	.153	.185	.237	10	1	7	54	12	2

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (November 21, 1946).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Al Dark (May 20, 1958).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Hal Jeffcoat (June 8, 1959).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Dom Zanni (May 5, 1963).
Released by Chicago White Sox (February 25, 1964).

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