Bobby Bragan
| Bobby Bragan | |
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| Shortstop / catcher | |
| Born: October 30th, 1917 Birmingham , United States 
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| Died on: January 21, 2010 Fort Worth , United States
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| Suggested: Right | Threw: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| April 16, 1940 with the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Last MLB assignment | |
| With the Brooklyn Dodgers June 27, 1948 | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Batting average | , 240 |
| Home runs | 15th |
| Runs Batted In | 172 |
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As a player
As a manager
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Robert Randall Bragan (born October 30, 1917 in Birmingham , Alabama , † January 21, 2010 in Fort Worth , Texas ) was an American shortstop , catcher , baseball manager and coach in Major League Baseball . He was also an influential leader in minor league baseball . He was born in Birmingham, Alabama .
On August 16, 2005, Bragan returned from retirement to manage the Fort Worth Cats for a game. That made him the oldest professional baseball manager in history at 87 years, nine months, and 16 days (beating Connie Mack's record by a week). He was known for his pioneering spirit, his sense of humor and his talent for provoking the umpires . Bragan was kicked out in the third inning of his comeback, becoming the oldest person to be sent off in a professional baseball game.
Bragan died of a heart attack at his Fort Worth home on January 21, 2010 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Bobby Bragan in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- LosAngelesDodgersonline.com ( Memento from August 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Bobby Bragan in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation
Individual evidence
- ^ Benjamin Hill: Bragan had positive impact on MiLB . In: The Official Website of Minor League Baseball , January 22, 2010.
- ↑ Richard Goldstein: Bobby Bragan, Ex-Baseball Manager and Executive, Dies at 92 . In: The New York Times , January 26, 2010.
- ↑ Robert Wilonsky: A Poignant Farewell to Bobby Bragan . In: Dallas Observer , January 22, 2010.
- ↑ Jim Reeves: Bragan was friend to all who knew himForth Worth icon, who died Thursday, will be missed by baseball world and beyond , ESPNDallas.com . January 22, 2010.
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| SURNAME | Bragan, Bobby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bragan, Robert Randall (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player and baseball manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham , Alabama |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 2010 |
| Place of death | Fort Worth , Texas |