Bobby
Bragan
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 30, 1917 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 2 3 5 4 5 4 3 3 9 9 9
1941 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 2 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1942 24 TAM AL     4 4 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1943 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1944 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1945 27 MIN AL     4 4 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 9 9
1946 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 10 10
1947 29 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 2 3 6 5 5 5 4 4 10 10 10
1948 30 MIN AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 5 4 4 10 10 10
1949 31 MIN AL $ 350,000   4 4 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 3 3 3 10 9 9
1950 32 MIN AL $ 350,000   4 4 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 3 3 3 10 9 9
1951 33 CLE AL $ 600,000   4 4 5 2 1 1 5 4 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1952 34 CLE AL $ 600,000   4 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 3 3 3 9 8 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 3 3 3 9 8 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 5 4 4 10 10 10
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
1940 22 AA   137 548 58 140 17 3 14 53 9 5 56 24 .255 .325 .374 .699 68.4  
1941 23 AAA   96 413 40 111 15 0 11 44 3 3 26 26 .269 .312 .385 .697 48.6  
1942 24 AAA   83 325 38 92 9 1 7 40 6 2 40 26 .283 .362 .382 .743 46.8  
    AA   54 234 35 71 15 2 8 28 4 2 22 16 .303 .363 .487 .850 39.3  
1943 25 TAM AL 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .333 .500 .833 0.8 0.0
    AAA   106 439 76 144 20 4 10 66 6 4 49 23 .328 .395 .460 .856 76.1  
1944 26 TAM AL 40 117 11 20 5 0 2 9 1 0 5 9 .171 .205 .265 .470 4.2 0.0
1945 27 AAA   119 362 35 83 11 0 10 43 0 3 27 20 .229 .283 .343 .625 34.8  
1946 28 MIN AL 67 186 9 38 8 0 1 19 0 0 13 8 .204 .255 .263 .518 10.9 0.0
1947 29 MIN AL 59 117 11 22 3 0 0 10 0 0 11 3 .188 .254 .214 .468 6.9 0.0
1948 30 MIN AL 38 54 11 10 1 0 2 5 0 0 5 3 .185 .254 .315 .569 4.8 0.2
1949 31 MIN AL 25 44 4 12 2 0 2 9 1 1 3 1 .273 .319 .455 .774 6.3 0.9
1950 32 MIN AL 51 133 9 23 2 0 1 9 0 0 15 3 .173 .257 .211 .467 5.9 0.0
1951 33 CLE AL 31 51 2 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 1 .176 .208 .176 .384 -0.5 0.0
1952 34 CLE AL 62 140 13 27 6 0 1 14 0 1 8 8 .193 .236 .257 .494 7.2 0.0
9 Years Sim 377 844 71 162 27 0 9 82 2 2 62 36 .192 .246 .256 .502 46.6 1.1
4 Years AAA 404 1539 189 430 55 5 38 193 15 12 142 95 .279 .339 .396 .735 206.2  
2 Years AA 191 782 93 211 32 5 22 81 13 7 78 40 .270 .336 .408 .744 107.7  
6 Years Minors 595 2321 282 641 87 10 60 274 28 19 220 135 .276 .338 .400 .738 313.9  
162 Game Average 362 30 69 11 0 3 35 0 0 26 15 .192 .246 .256 .502 20.0  
Career Highs 67 186 13 38 8 0 2 19 1 1 15 9 .500 .333 .500 .833 10.9  
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   567 49 103 21 0 6 49 1 0 37 26 .182 .230 .250 .481 30.0
vs LH   277 22 59 6 0 3 33 1 2 25 10 .213 .278 .267 .545 20.8
Home 174 400 35 68 7 0 3 30 2 0 26 19 .170 .219 .210 .429 15.7
Away 202 444 36 94 20 0 6 52 0 2 36 17 .212 .270 .297 .568 35.0
RISP   199 0 42 6 0 1 67 0 0 15 9 .211 .261 .256 .518 13.3
Pinch Hitting   53 5 14 0 0 0 7 0 0 6 3 .264 .339 .264 .603 5.3
Close/Late   93 7 23 2 0 2 14 0 0 12 6 .247 .327 .333 .660 11.2
Mar/Apr 74 162 12 27 4 0 2 11 0 1 12 2 .167 .223 .228 .451 7.1
May 72 192 17 43 11 0 2 25 1 1 13 12 .224 .273 .313 .586 15.8
June 67 134 7 25 4 0 0 12 0 0 13 5 .187 .257 .216 .473 7.3
July 49 107 9 16 1 0 1 8 0 0 6 6 .150 .195 .187 .382 2.5
August 58 123 13 22 2 0 3 14 1 0 9 6 .179 .233 .268 .501 7.8
Sep/Oct 55 126 13 29 5 0 1 12 0 0 9 5 .230 .279 .294 .573 10.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1943 25 TAM AL C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 26 TAM AL C 34 29 265.0 106 11 0 0 1.000 3.97 8 2 .250 1 1.1
1946 28 MIN AL C 53 49 424.3 141 12 1 0 .994 3.25 20 2 .100 3 1.6
    SS 4 0 6.3 0 6 0 0 1.000 8.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 29 MIN AL C 29 29 242.0 97 8 1 0 .991 3.90 7 3 .429 0 1.8
    2B 8 0 15.0 5 10 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 3 0 2.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 30 MIN AL C 14 11 98.7 31 5 1 0 .973 3.28 4 1 .250 0 0.4
    2B 11 0 23.3 3 10 0 3 1.000 5.02 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 5 0 7.3 0 5 0 0 1.000 6.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 31 MIN AL C 9 8 65.0 21 8 0 0 1.000 4.02 6 3 .500 1 0.3
    2B 7 2 28.3 4 15 0 2 1.000 6.04 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 2 0 3.3 1 1 1 0 .667 5.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 32 MIN AL C 42 37 316.0 155 12 1 1 .994 4.76 14 5 .357 1 2.5
    2B 8 0 20.3 6 10 0 0 1.000 7.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 33 CLE AL 2B 13 5 62.0 13 32 3 8 .938 6.53 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 8 4 38.0 7 8 1 2 .938 3.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 6 1 13.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 34 CLE AL 2B 41 25 234.3 54 93 5 18 .967 5.65 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 13 6 57.3 27 2 0 0 1.000 4.55 5 2 .400 0 0.4
    SS 7 3 33.7 4 11 0 1 1.000 4.01 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 201 170 1483.0 583 58 4 1 .994 3.89 64 18 .281 6 8.1
  2B 92 32 389.3 85 171 8 32 .970 5.92 0 0 .000 0 1.7
  SS 31 7 95.3 13 33 2 3 .958 4.34 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  LF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   325 209 1968.6 683 262 14 36 .985 4.32 64 18 .281 6 10.1
Career Highs   61 49 435.7 162 106 5 19 1.000 5.28 20 5 .500 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1940 22 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 30 MIN AL 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 48th overall pick, by San Diego in 1940
Won World Series with San Diego in 1940
Injured on 3/28/1941 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/26/1941 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 5-6 weeks
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
Traded from San Diego to Tampa Bay on 6/1/1942 (Going to TAM: C Bobby Bragan. Going to SDP: P Ray Prim)
Had first career hit on 8/1/1943, off Dizzy Trout (OAK)
3/3/1944: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Hit first career homerun on 5/21/1944, off Johnny Vander meer (OAK)
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1944
Traded from Tampa Bay to Minnesota on 4/2/1945 (Going to TAM: P Jack Hallett. Going to MIN: LF Frankie Gustine, C Bobby Bragan, P Jess Dobernic)
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/24/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $600,000 per year