Jim Brosnan

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 197lb (193cm, 89kg)

Born: October 24, 1929 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: June 28, 2014 in Park Ridge, IL

High School: Elder HS (Cincinnati, OH)

School: Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: April 15, 1954 (Age 24-173d, 11,097th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1963 (Age 33-332d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: James Patrick Brosnan

Nicknames: Professor

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.9

ERA

3.54

385

831.1

507

WHIP

1.326

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Team Record in Appearances: 33-20

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 17

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	234	3	Apr 14	CIN	@	STL	W,7-3	9-GF	S(1)	99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.57	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.022	.80	0.04%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
2	235	7	Apr 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-2	9-GF	S(2)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.57	4	0	2	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.088	5.55	0.17%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
3	236	11	Apr 23	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.24	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.12	0.01%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
4	237	12	Apr 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	7-7	BS(1)	2	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.00	2.24	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	-0.363	4.98	-0.52%	-2.00	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 12- 0 out tie
5	238	13	Apr 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	2.27	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.006	.47	0.01%	0.44	8b 12- 2 out d3	8b end d 3
6	239	15	Apr 30(1)	CIN		PIT	L,3-6	5-7		2	2.1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	2.04	9	5	2	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.009	1.19	-0.01%	0.36	5t -2- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	240	18	May 2	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	1.82	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.165	4.12	0.19%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
8	241	21	May 5	CIN	@	MLN	W,6-5	9-12	BW(1-0)	2	3.2	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.74	1.99	15	7	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	-0.026	7.67	-0.04%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a1	12b 12- 2 out a1
9	242	27	May 14	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-1	7-GF	S(4)	8	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.42	2.18	9	3	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.131	3.50	0.26%	1.24	7b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 3
10	243	31	May 20	CIN		MLN	L,5-9	6-6		5	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	2.21	5	0	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.025	2.68	0.06%	0.51	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
11	244	37	May 27	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	S(5)	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	2.22	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	0.080	7.62	0.13%	0.24	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
12	245	40	May 30(1)	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-6	6-9	H(1)	2	3.2	3	3	3	0	2	2	0	2.55	3.54	14	5	4	0	1	3		3	1	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.310	4.97	0.82%	-0.32	6b 123 0 out a3	9b --- 2 out a2
13	246	42	May 31	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-7	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	3.48	2	1	1	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.25	0.512	32.73	1.61%	1.39	9b 123 0 out a2	9b end a 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	247	44	Jun 3	CIN		CHC	L,7-10	7-8	HL(1-1)	2	1.0	3	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.12	4.30	8	1	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.330	8.00	-0.81%	-3.49	7t 12- 1 out a4	8t 12- 1 out a1
15	248	47	Jun 5	CIN		MLN	W,5-3	8-9	W(2-1)	1	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.80	4.21	8	0	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.055	6.45	0.15%	0.58	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 2 out a2
16	249	48	Jun 6	CIN		MLN	W,7-3	9-GF	S(7)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	4.14	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.015	.84	0.04%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
17	250	50	Jun 8	CIN		MLN	W,10-8	8-GF	S(8)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	3.97	4	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.119	6.68	0.31%	0.84	8t -2- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
18	251	54	Jun 11(2)	CIN	@	STL	W,9-3	8-GF	S(9)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.16	3.82	8	4	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.102	5.67	0.30%	1.11	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 6
19	252	56	Jun 14	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	9-GF	BL(2-2)	2	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.51	3.82	2	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5.92	-0.790	31.82	-2.55%	-2.42	9b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
20	253	58	Jun 16	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-1	8-GF	S(10)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.25	3.66	6	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.090	2.58	0.24%	0.98	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
21	254	62	Jun 20(1)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	10-GF(11)	W(3-2)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.03	3.59	7	2	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.280	10.08	0.89%	1.03	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
22	255	65	Jun 22	CIN		STL	W,7-5	8-GF	S(11)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	3.54	4	2	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.111	5.68	0.36%	0.75	8t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
23	256	66	Jun 23	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	9-GF	W(4-2)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	3.45	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	0.140	25.95	0.65%	0.51	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
24	257	68	Jun 25	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	8-GF	S(12)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	3.35	5	0	4	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.73	0.341	29.76	1.63%	1.29	8t 123 2 out a1	9t end a 1
25	258	72	Jun 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-15	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.88	3.27	5	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.49	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	259	75	Jul 2(1)	CIN	@	MLN	W,8-5	10-GF(13)	W(5-2)	2	4.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.58	3.23	14	2	8	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.12	0.428	12.95	1.57%	1.87	10b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 3
27	260	77	Jul 3	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	9-GF	S(13)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	3.22	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.037	9.04	0.14%	0.11	9t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
28	261	79	Jul 5	CIN	@	SFG	W,3-2	9-9	H(3)	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.54	3.24	3	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	-0.074	33.00	-0.29%	-0.86	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b 123 2 out a1
29	262	81	Jul 7(1)	CIN	@	LAD	W,11-7	7-7	H(4)	1	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.95	3.31	6	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.221	9.83	-1.12%	-1.92	7b --- 0 out a3	7b 12- 2 out a1
30	263	86	Jul 14	CIN		CHC	L,7-8	8-GF(10)	BL(5-3)	6	2.1	4	3	2	0	1	1	0	3.21	3.53	12	3	4	1	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.08	-0.487	8.83	-1.24%	-1.61	8t --3 2 out a1	10t end d 1
31	264	88	Jul 16	CIN		CHC	L,2-4	7-GF		1	3.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.20	3.40	13	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.040	3.09	-0.10%	0.54	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
32	265	90	Jul 18	CIN		MLN	L,8-12	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.33	3.66	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.015	.54	-0.05%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
33	266	92	Jul 20	CIN		LAD	L,1-10	6-GF		1	4.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.24	3.57	16	9	6	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	1	1	.01	-0.002	.11	-0.01%	1.05	6t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 9
34	267	98	Jul 26	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-2	8-GF	S(14)	5	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.12	3.50	7	0	5	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	0.324	15.54	1.29%	0.93	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
35	268	100	Jul 28	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	9-9		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.12	3.55	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.86	-0.047	34.63	-0.17%	-0.25	9b --3 1 out a1	9b 1-3 1 out a1
36	269	103	Jul 30(2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-4	7-8	H(5)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	3.44	7	1	3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.251	12.70	0.93%	1.02	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	270	107	Aug 4	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	9-GF	W(6-3)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	3.43	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	0.140	16.80	0.51%	0.51	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
38	271	110	Aug 6(2)	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	8-GF(10)	W(7-3)	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.79	3.35	9	3	5	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.333	9.57	1.32%	1.54	8t --- 0 out d1	10t end tie
39	272	115	Aug 12	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-6	7-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	3.34	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.56	0.03%	0.49	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
40	273	122	Aug 20	CIN		STL	L,4-7	9-GF		7	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.72	3.38	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	.37	-0.009	2.21	-0.03%	0.20	9t 1-3 1 out d2	9t end d 3
41	274	124	Aug 22(2)	CIN		SFG	L,3-5	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.63	3.32	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.048	3.49	0.23%	1.03	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
42	275	125	Aug 23	CIN		SFG	L,0-14	9-9		0	0.1	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	2.61	3.53	6	1	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	-0.007	.24	-0.04%	-3.96	9t --- 1 out d5	9t 1-- 2 out d9
43	276	128	Aug 26	CIN		LAD	L,6-10	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.57	3.48	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.69	0.03%	0.51	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
44	277	129	Aug 27(1)	CIN		LAD	W,6-5	8-8	W(8-3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.53	3.43	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.053	10.40	0.48%	0.51	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
45	278	130	Aug 27(2)	CIN		LAD	W,8-3	8-9		-1	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.49	3.51	6	2	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.004	5.79	0.03%	0.18	8t 12- 2 out a5	9t 123 2 out a5
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
46	279	138	Sep 6	CIN	@	STL	L,5-11	7-8		9	1.1	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.12	3.51	11	2	1	0	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.083	7.03	-0.40%	-3.36	7b --- 0 out d1	8b -23 1 out d4
47	280	139	Sep 8	CIN		STL	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	W(9-3)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.03	3.48	8	3	3	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	0.280	29.90	1.68%	1.03	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
48	281	140	Sep 9	CIN		STL	W,4-3	8-9		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	3.46	7	2	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.248	17.12	1.24%	1.03	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
49	282	144	Sep 16	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	8-GF	S(15)	6	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.86	3.42	8	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.46	0.287	5.28	0.37%	1.03	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
50	283	145	Sep 17	CIN		PHI	L,0-4	8-GF		0	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.91	3.38	10	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.21	-0.023	.40	-0.03%	0.03	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
51	284	149	Sep 23	CIN		SFG	W,10-6	8-GF	S(16)	5	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.96	3.53	7	2	3	0	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.29	0.013	.45	0.01%	-0.53	8t --3 1 out a6	9t end a 4
52	285	151	Sep 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	7-GF	W(10-3)	2	3.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.85	3.40	11	3	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.220	.76	0.08%	1.52	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 3
53	286	154	Oct 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	7-7	L(10-4)	4	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.04	3.39	7	4	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.278	.00	0.00%	-1.50	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d2
							33-20		W-L:10-4,Sv:16,BSv:4,Hld:5	2.3	80.0	77	34	27	18	40	7	0	3.04	3.39	334	0.92		8%	10%	63		28	29%	0	0	0	307	13	3	3	4	3	6	1.43	2.466	7.34	10.38%	6.27

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