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Jim
Brosnan		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 215
 
Born: October 24, 1929 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1955 25 CIN NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1956 26 CIN NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1957 27 CIN NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1958 28 CIN NL $ 350,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1959 29 CIN NL $ 350,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1960 30 CIN NL $ 350,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1961 31 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1962 32 COL NL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1963 33 WOR AL $ 450,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1964 34 WOR AL $ 450,000 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1965 35 KCR AL $ 450,000 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 450,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 28 CIN NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 29 CIN NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 30 CIN NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 31 CIN NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 32 COL NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 33 WOR AL $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 34 WOR AL $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 35 KCR AL $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1954 24 NYG NL 4 3 .571 73 0 0 0 5 72.3 74 44 15 36 28 5.47 .267 .348 .480 .828 4.4
1955 25 NYG NL 5 5 .500 22 1 0 0 8 26.7 25 20 3 16 19 6.75 .240 .342 .404 .746 2.1
  CIN NL 5 1 .833 20 0 0 0 0 31.0 36 16 4 15 10 4.65 .283 .364 .457 .820 2.1
  TOT   10 6 .625 42 1 0 0 8 57.7 61 36 7 31 29 5.62 .264 .354 .433 .787 4.1
    AAA   1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 7.0 13 10 3 4 3 12.86 .419 .486 .774 1.260  
1956 26 CIN NL 7 6 .538 82 0 0 0 1 106.7 112 66 13 48 63 5.57 .268 .340 .438 .778 2.8
1957 27 CIN NL 4 3 .571 69 0 0 0 2 86.3 97 63 15 45 42 6.57 .280 .361 .491 .853 0.0
1958 28 AAA   3 2 .600 66 0 0 0 7 55.0 57 19 3 23 58 3.11 .266 .338 .350 .688  
1959 29 AAA   15 9 .625 32 26 1 0 0 191.3 173 62 23 67 188 2.92 .241 .306 .393 .699  
1960 30 CIN NL 4 9 .308 42 1 0 0 0 65.0 63 46 12 43 36 6.37 .265 .375 .462 .837 0.0
1961 31 CIN NL 4 6 .400 79 0 0 0 10 102.0 106 46 12 40 66 4.06 .268 .333 .405 .738 7.6
1962 32 COL NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.1
    AAA   7 4 .636 60 0 0 0 7 53.3 38 12 7 15 52 2.03 .203 .262 .374 .637  
1963 33 WOR AL 4 3 .571 51 0 0 0 2 68.7 66 32 9 39 41 4.19 .256 .349 .411 .760 5.2
1964 34 WOR AL 1 0 1.000 13 0 0 0 1 31.7 33 20 4 11 13 5.69 .264 .326 .416 .742 0.6
    AAA   1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 14.7 12 7 1 6 8 4.30 .226 .305 .396 .701  
    A   2 0 1.000 13 0 0 0 1 21.7 10 1 1 8 18 0.42 .135 .220 .176 .395  
1965 35 A   8 3 .727 16 16 1 0 0 121.0 92 24 7 31 129 1.79 .208 .259 .289 .548  
9 Years Sim 38 36 .514 452 2 0 0 29 590.6 612 353 87 294 318 5.38 .267 .349 .443 .792 24.8
5 Years AAA 27 15 .643 173 26 1 0 14 321.3 293 110 37 115 309 3.08 .244 .310 .393 .702  
2 Years A 10 3 .769 29 16 1 0 1 142.7 102 25 8 39 147 1.58 .197 .254 .273 .526  
7 Years Minors 37 18 .673 202 42 2 0 15 464.0 395 135 45 154 456 2.62 .230 .293 .357 .650  
Season Average 4 4 .500 50 0 0 0 3 65.6 68 39 9 32 35 5.38 .267 .349 .443 .792  
Career Highs 10 9 1.000 82 1 0 0 10 106.7 112 66 15 48 66 6.57 .280 .500 .491 .853  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   333 206 50 158 202   .251 .331 .428 .759
vs LH   279 147 37 136 116   .290 .378 .464 .842
Home 22 14 .611 234 0 0 0 11 309.6 322 182 44 148 176 5.29 .267 .348 .434 .781
Away 16 22 .421 218 2 0 0 18 281.0 290 171 43 146 142 5.48 .267 .354 .453 .808
Mar/Apr 5 8 .385 62 1 0 0 4 79.7 83 53 15 43 49 5.99 .272 .362 .489 .851
May 12 8 .600 80 0 0 0 7 96.3 85 55 16 49 53 5.14 .232 .323 .413 .735
June 4 4 .500 68 1 0 0 4 85.3 78 46 9 39 45 4.85 .245 .327 .386 .712
July 7 4 .636 81 0 0 0 8 109.7 109 54 11 53 55 4.43 .262 .345 .409 .754
August 5 8 .385 90 0 0 0 2 122.3 139 71 19 67 66 5.22 .286 .373 .447 .819
Sep/Oct 5 4 .556 71 0 0 0 4 97.3 118 74 17 43 50 6.84 .297 .366 .514 .880
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1954 24 NYG NL 73 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1955 25 NYG NL 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  CIN NL 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
  TOT   42 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1956 26 CIN NL 82 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .214 .429 0.5 0.0
1957 27 CIN NL 69 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0
1960 30 CIN NL 42 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.6 0.0
1961 31 CIN NL 79 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0 0.3
1963 33 WOR AL 51 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1964 34 WOR AL 13 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
8 Years Sim 451 52 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 .192 .192 .192 .385 1.2 0.3
162 Game Average 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .192 .192 .192 .385 0.4  
Career Highs 82 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   40 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.9
vs LH   12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Home 233 28 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .250 .500 1.5
Away 182 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.5
RISP   6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Close/Late   6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6
Mar/Apr 33 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2
May 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
June 51 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7
July 58 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
August 67 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.6
Sep/Oct 34 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1954 24 NYG NL P 73 0 72.3 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.49    
1955 25 NYG NL P 22 1 26.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.70    
  CIN NL P 20 0 31.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.32    
  TOT   P 42 1 57.7 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.50    
1956 26 CIN NL P 82 0 106.7 4 20 0 0 1.000 2.03    
1957 27 CIN NL P 69 0 86.3 6 11 1 0 .944 1.77    
1960 30 CIN NL P 42 1 65.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.38    
1961 31 CIN NL P 79 0 102.0 7 13 1 1 .952 1.76    
1962 32 COL NL P 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 33 WOR AL P 51 0 68.7 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.70    
1964 34 WOR AL P 13 0 31.7 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.71    
Career Totals   452 2 590.6 28 90 2 2 .983 1.80    
Career Highs   82 1 106.7 7 20 1 1 1.000 2.50    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1955-8-8
1961-10-10
 Games Pitched
1954-5-73
1956-3-82
1961-5-79
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  2. Jim Winford (967)
  3. Kirby Higbe (962)
  4. Darrell Osteen (961)
  5. Ted Abernathy (954)
  6. Ron Tompkins (952)
  7. Clem Labine (952)
  8. Jim Hearn (951)
  9. Hy Vandenberg (946)
  10. Milo Candini (945)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1954
Earned first career win on 5/4/1954
Injured on 9/7/1954 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 8 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Cincinnati on 7/31/1955 (Going to NYG: P Billy Pierce. Going to CIN: P Bob Milliken, P Jim Brosnan)
Had first career hit on 8/16/1955, off Walt Masterson (DET)
Injured on 6/17/1957 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Worcester on 2/4/1963 to a 4-year deal worth $450,000 per year
Injured on 8/23/1963 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
6/1/1965: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
 
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