Roger Bresnahan

Full Name: Roger Philip Bresnahan Primary Position: C,OF Height/Weight: 5' 9"/200 First Game: August 27, 1897 Birthdate: June 11, 1879 Final Game: October 3, 1915 Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio MLB Experience: 17 years Died: December 4, 1944 Deathplace: Toledo, Ohio Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945

Biography

Roger Bresnahan (Roger Philip Bresnahan) was born on June 11, 1879 in Toledo, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on August 27, 1897 for the Washington Senators. In 1901, his rookie year, he hit .268 with 1 home run and 32 RBI. Bresnahan played for the Washington Senators, Chicago Orphans, Baltimore Orioles, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 17 year career.

Most people believe that Roger Bresnahan's best season was 1903, when he stole 34 bases, hit for a .350 average and knocked in 55 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1897	WAS	N	6	16	1	6	0	3	.375	.412	.375	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1900	CHI	N	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901	BAL	A	86	295	40	79	1	32	.268	.323	.369	9	9	23	0	1	4	10	0	0
1902	NY	N	51	178	16	51	1	22	.287	.352	.388	9	3	16	0	2	6	6	0	0
1902	BAL	A	65	235	30	64	4	34	.272	.337	.409	8	6	21	0	2	4	12	0	0
1902	Total		116	413	46	115	5	56	.278	.344	.400	17	9	37	0	4	10	18	0	0
1903	NY	N	113	406	87	142	4	55	.350	.443	.493	30	8	61	0	7	12	34	0	0
1904	NY	N	109	402	81	114	5	33	.284	.381	.410	22	7	58	0	5	3	13	0	0
1905	NY	N	104	331	58	100	0	46	.302	.411	.375	18	3	50	0	11	7	11	0	0
1906	NY	N	124	405	69	114	0	43	.281	.419	.356	22	4	81	0	15	5	25	0	0
1907	NY	N	110	328	57	83	4	38	.253	.380	.360	9	7	61	0	6	6	15	0	0
1908	NY	N	140	449	70	127	1	54	.283	.401	.359	25	3	83	0	6	24	14	0	0
1909	STL	N	72	234	27	57	0	23	.244	.370	.269	4	1	46	0	1	7	11	0	0
1910	STL	N	88	234	35	65	0	27	.278	.419	.368	15	3	55	17	2	8	13	0	0
1911	STL	N	81	227	22	63	3	41	.278	.404	.463	17	8	45	19	3	6	4	1	4
1912	STL	N	48	108	8	36	1	15	.333	.419	.463	7	2	14	9	2	0	4	0	0
1913	CHI	N	69	162	20	37	1	21	.228	.324	.302	5	2	21	11	2	4	7	0	0
1914	CHI	N	101	248	42	69	0	24	.278	.401	.351	10	4	49	20	2	12	14	0	0
1915	CHI	N	77	221	19	45	1	19	.204	.296	.262	8	1	29	23	0	4	19	0	0
Total	NL		1295	3951	612	1109	21	464	.281	.393	.376	201	56	670	99	64	104	190	1	4
Total	AL		151	530	70	143	5	66	.270	.329	.387	17	15	44	0	3	8	22	0	0
Total			1446	4481	682	1252	26	530	.279	.386	.377	218	71	714	99	67	112	212	1	4

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1897	WAS	N	P	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1897	WAS	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1900	CHI	N	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000
1901	BAL	A	C	69	0	0	199	63	23	3	0	14	0	0	0	.919
1901	BAL	A	2B	2	0	0	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1901	BAL	A	OF	8	0	0	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1901	BAL	A	P	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1901	BAL	A	3B	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1902	NY	N	C	16	0	0	85	22	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	.955
1902	NY	N	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1902	NY	N	SS	4	0	0	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.818
1902	NY	N	OF	27	0	0	29	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1902	NY	N	1B	4	0	0	41	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1902	BAL	A	C	22	0	0	67	22	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	.947
1902	BAL	A	OF	15	0	0	26	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.853
1902	BAL	A	3B	30	0	0	33	55	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	.880
1902	Total		3B	31	0	0	33	55	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	.880
1902	Total		C	38	0	0	152	44	10	4	0	4	0	0	0	.951
1902	Total		OF	42	0	0	55	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.901
1903	NY	N	C	11	0	0	46	11	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.919
1903	NY	N	OF	84	0	0	150	14	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1903	NY	N	3B	4	0	0	3	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1903	NY	N	1B	13	0	0	101	9	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1904	NY	N	OF	93	0	0	151	14	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1904	NY	N	2B	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1904	NY	N	1B	10	0	0	83	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1904	NY	N	3B	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1904	NY	N	SS	4	0	0	7	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1905	NY	N	OF	8	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1905	NY	N	C	87	0	0	492	114	19	15	0	18	0	0	0	.970
1906	NY	N	C	82	0	0	407	125	14	6	0	16	0	0	0	.974
1906	NY	N	OF	40	0	0	71	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1907	NY	N	C	95	0	0	483	94	8	11	0	11	0	0	0	.986
1907	NY	N	3B	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1907	NY	N	1B	6	0	0	58	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1907	NY	N	OF	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1908	NY	N	C	139	0	0	657	140	12	12	0	17	0	0	0	.985
1909	STL	N	2B	9	0	0	11	25	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1909	STL	N	3B	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1909	STL	N	C	59	0	0	211	78	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1910	STL	N	OF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1910	STL	N	P	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1910	STL	N	C	77	0	0	295	100	16	11	0	12	0	0	0	.961
1911	STL	N	2B	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1911	STL	N	C	77	76	589	325	102	14	9	0	11	47	24	5	.968
1912	STL	N	C	28	0	0	138	49	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	.974
1913	CHI	N	C	58	0	0	194	67	10	2	0	7	0	0	0	.963
1914	CHI	N	C	85	0	0	365	113	11	6	0	10	0	0	0	.978
1914	CHI	N	2B	14	0	0	11	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1914	CHI	N	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1915	CHI	N	C	68	0	0	345	95	8	9	0	3	0	0	0	.982
Total			OF	281	0	0	454	47	26	18	0	0	0	0	0	.951
Total			3B	42	0	0	41	75	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	.847
Total			P	9	0	0	2	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.933
Total			1B	33	0	0	283	22	17	6	0	0	0	0	0	.947
Total			C	974	76	589	4309	1195	167	96	0	129	47	24	5	.971
Total			SS	8	0	0	16	16	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.889
Total			2B	28	0	0	33	49	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	.943

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1897	WAS	N	6	5	4	0	3.95	12	21	18	3	1	0	41	52	1	10	0	0	3
1901	BAL	A	2	1	0	1	6.00	3	8	4	0	0	0	6	10	0	4	0	0	0
1910	STL	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	6	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		7	5	4	0	3.65	12	22	18	3	1	0	44.1	58	1	11	0	0	3
Total	AL		2	1	0	1	6.00	3	8	4	0	0	0	6	10	0	4	0	0	0
Total			9	6	4	1	3.93	15	30	22	3	1	0	50.1	68	1	15	0	0	3

Transactions

• Sold by Lima (Ohio State) to Washington Senators (August 10, 1897).
• Released by Washington Senators (May 10, 1898).
• Released by Chicago Orphans (September 1, 1900).
• Signed by Baltimore Orioles (1901).
• Released by Baltimore Orioles (@July 17, 1902).
• Signed by New York Giants (@July 17, 1902).
• Traded by New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Admiral Schlei, Bugs Raymond and Red Murray (December 12, 1908).
• Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Cubs (June 8, 1913).

Trivia

• World Series Champion: (1905 New York Giants)