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Bobby Bragan

Retrosheet

Full name Robert Randall Bragan
Born October 30, 1917, Birmingham, Alabama
Died January 21, 2010, Fort Worth, Texas
Buried at Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Texas
Born as: Robert Randall Downs
First Game: April 16, 1940; Final Game: June 27, 1948
Managed First Game: April 17, 1956; Managed Final Game: August 8, 1966
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10.5" Weight: 175
Brother of Jimmy Bragan
Named Minor League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1953)
Ejections as player: 1944 (2)
Ejections as coach: 1960 (1)
Ejections as manager: 1956 (6), 1957 (4), 1963 (2), 1964 (1), 1965 (6). Total: 19
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1940 PHI N Daily Splits 132 474 36 105 14 1 7 44 28 3 34 0 2 0 8 10 2 7 .222 .265 .300 -0.9 1940 PHI N 1941 PHI N Daily Splits 154 557 37 140 19 3 4 69 26 0 29 0 14 0 7 17 7 6 .251 .285 .318 -1.7 1941 PHI N 1942 PHI N Daily Splits 109 335 17 73 12 2 2 15 20 2 21 1 7 0 9 10 0 2 .218 .264 .284 -0.5 1942 PHI N 1943 BRO N Daily Splits 74 220 17 58 7 2 2 24 15 3 16 0 7 0 8 7 0 4 .264 .311 .341 0.1 1943 BRO N 1944 BRO N Daily Splits 94 266 26 71 8 4 0 17 13 2 14 1 8 0 9 10 2 4 .267 .304 .327 -0.8 1944 BRO N 1947 BRO N Daily Splits 25 36 3 7 2 0 0 3 7 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 .194 .326 .250 0.0 1947 BRO N 1948 BRO N Daily Splits 9 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .231 .167 -0.1 1948 BRO N Total ( 7 Years) Splits 597 1900 136 456 62 12 15 172 110 12 117 2 39 0 45 54 12 23 .240 .282 .309 -3.9 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1947 BRO N Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1947 BRO N

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1940 PHI N Daily Splits SS 132 128 117 1121.1 268 443 49 83 0 .936 1940 PHI N 3B 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1941 PHI N Daily Splits SS 154 152 137 1326.1 322 437 45 86 0 .944 1941 PHI N 2B 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1941 PHI N 3B 1 1 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1942 PHI N Daily Splits SS 78 73 67 644 161 238 26 49 0 .939 1942 PHI N C 22 17 16 158 68 15 1 4 0 2 10 9 0 .988 1942 PHI N 2B 4 4 4 35 13 10 0 2 0 1.000 1942 PHI N 3B 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 1943 BRO N Daily Splits C 58 50 41 463.2 253 34 8 6 0 1 21 20 3 .973 1943 BRO N 3B 11 9 5 73.2 9 16 1 0 0 .962 1943 BRO N SS 5 0 0 15.1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1944 BRO N Daily Splits SS 51 39 25 331.1 77 109 9 16 1 .954 1944 BRO N C 36 30 23 258.2 130 20 3 5 0 0 13 10 1 .980 1944 BRO N 3B 6 6 6 51 4 16 1 0 0 .952 1944 BRO N 2B 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1947 BRO N Daily Splits C 21 8 6 92.1 56 5 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 1.000 1948 BRO N Daily Splits C 5 2 1 23 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 5 Years) Splits SS 420 392 346 3438.1 828 1227 129 234 1 .941 Total ( 5 Years) C 142 107 87 995.2 518 75 12 16 0 3 49 42 4 .980 Total ( 5 Years) 3B 23 16 11 142.2 14 33 2 0 0 .959 Total ( 3 Years) 2B 7 4 4 40 14 11 0 2 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1956 PIT N 157 66 88 .429 588 653 7 1957 PIT N 104 36 67 .350 401 501 8- 2 7 7 1958 CLE A 67 31 36 .463 293 299 6-26 6 4 1963 MIL N 163 84 78 .519 677 603 6 1964 MIL N 162 88 74 .543 803 744 5 1965 MIL N 162 86 76 .531 708 633 5 1966 ATL N 112 52 59 .468 530 494 8- 8 7 5 Total ( 7 Years) 927 443 478 .481 4000 3927 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

   Coaching Record

Year Team START END 1960 LA N 4-12 10- 2 1962 HOU N 4-10 9-30 Total ( 2 Years)

Ejection Information

As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 8-20-1944(2) BOX BRO N Jocko Conlan Call at HP (Threw mask) 8-22-1944 BOX BRO N George Barr Call at 2B (Threw glove)

As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 4-29-1956(2) BOX PIT N Frank Dascoli Call at 2B (juggled ball) 5-16-1956 BOX PIT N Shag Crawford Balls and strikes 6- 8-1956 BOX PIT N Larry Goetz Balls and strikes 8-29-1956 BOX PIT N Larry Goetz Arguing opposing pitcher was throwing spitball 9- 9-1956(1) BOX PIT N Hal Dixon Call at 3B 9-29-1956(2) BOX PIT N Stan Landes Catcher's interference call 5-14-1957 BOX PIT N Stan Landes Balls and strikes 6-14-1957 BOX PIT N Shag Crawford Bench jockeying 6-23-1957(1) BOX PIT N Frank Dascoli Call at 2B 7-31-1957 BOX PIT N Stan Landes Call at 2B (Held nose) 6-28-1963 BOX MIL N Ed Vargo Called third strike 7-28-1963(1) BOX MIL N Lee Weyer Fair/foul call 9-26-1964 BOX MIL N Ed Vargo Catch/trap call (Reversed) 6-13-1965(2) BOX MIL N Augie Donatelli Obstruction call 6-28-1965(2) BOX MIL N Chris Pelekoudas Balls and strikes 8-15-1965 BOX MIL N Bill Jackowski Call at 1B 8-18-1965 BOX MIL N Chris Pelekoudas Interference call (Aaron out of box) 9-19-1965 BOX MIL N Bob Engel Call at 2B 10- 2-1965 BOX MIL N Doug Harvey Balls and strikes

As coach: Date Team Umpire Reason 6- 8-1960 BOX LA N Tony Venzon Bench jockeying

Transaction Information

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Jack Kraus and cash (March 24, 1943).

Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (June 29, 1946).

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