Kitty Brashear

Norman Cobb Brashear

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 205 lb.

• Debut June 25, 1899
• Final Game July 30, 1899
• Born August 27, 1877 in Mansfield, OH USA
• Died December 22, 1934 in Los Angeles, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Brother of Roy Brashear, Norman "Kitty" Brashear played three games with the 1899 Louisville Colonels. He was the same age as teammate Tommy Leach and a year younger than Rube Waddell. Much of Brashear's minor league career, which ran through 1915, was spent in the PCL. He announced his retirement in January 1913, but came back as player-manager in 1915 in the Rio Grande Association. The brothers, Roy and Kitty, played on the same team, Vernon, in the PCL in 1910 and 1912. Kitty managed three years in the minors (1912-13 and 1915) as well as in the California Winter League.

He and Kitty Bransfield are the only major league players remembered with the first name "Kitty", although Jim Kaat was sometimes called "Kitty Kaat". According to the book Baseball Nicknames, Brashear was nicknamed Kitty due to his resemblance to Bransfield, a contemporary in the senior circuit.

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Playoffs	Notes
1911	Vancouver Beavers	Northwestern League	103-61	1st	none League Champs
1912	Vancouver Champions	Northwestern League	93-74	3rd
1913	San Bernardino Kittens	Southern California League	48-38	2nd	none	replaced Ed Householder
1915	Tucson Old Pueblos	Rio Grande Association		--	--	replaced by Spots MacMurdo