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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
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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)


See also[]

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