Jim Bragan
| Jim Bragan | |
|---|---|
| coach | |
| Born: March 12, 1929 Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Died: June 2, 2001 (aged 72) Westover, Alabama | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right |
James Alton Bragan (March 12, 1929 – June 2, 2001) was an infielder, manager and league president in American minor league baseball, a scout and coach at the Major League level, and a college baseball coach during a 40-plus year career in the game. He was the brother of Major League catcher, shortstop, manager and coach Bobby Bragan.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Jimmy Bragan attended Mississippi State University and played baseball in the Brooklyn Dodgers farm system in 1950–57. After his playing career ended, he was the manager of the Bluefield Dodgers in 1957 and then joined the Cincinnati Reds organization as a scout. He remained a scout with the Reds through 1966 and then spent time as a Major League coach with Cincinnati in 1967–69.
Bragan was the first base coach of the Montreal Expos in 1970 through early 1971, and the team's third base coach in 1972. He also was manager of the Expos' AAA Winnipeg Whips for the latter half of 1971, head baseball coach of Mississippi State University in 1975,[1] and a coach with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1976–77. He was president of the AA Southern League in 1981–94, one of the most successful periods in that league's history. The league subsequently named Jimmy Bragan Executive of the Year Award in his honor.[2] In 1994 he was presented with the King of Baseball award given by Minor League Baseball.[3]
Bragan died in Westover, Alabama, in 2001 at the age of 72.[4]
Baseball coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi State (Southeastern Conference) (1909) | |||||||||
| 1975 | 16-24 | 6-16 | 10th | NA | |||||
| Mississippi State: | 16-24 (.400) | 6-16 (.273) | |||||||
| Total: | 16-24 (.400) | ||||||||
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
| |||||||||
References
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Bullpen wiki page on Jim Bragan
.jpg){kind=small} | This biographical article relating to a baseball manager or coach is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1929 births
- 2001 deaths
- Major League Baseball coaches
- Minor league baseball players
- Minor league baseball managers
- Milwaukee Brewers coaches
- Montreal Expos coaches
- Cincinnati Reds coaches
- Cincinnati Reds scouts
- Montreal Expos scouts
- Cleveland Indians scouts
- Major League Baseball first base coaches
- Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball coaches
- Sportspeople from Birmingham, Alabama
- Chattanooga Lookouts managers
- Elmira Pioneers players
- Fort Worth Cats players
- Newport News Dodgers players
- Miami Sun Sox players
- Mobile Bears players
- Columbus Reds players
- Nashville Volunteers players
- Savannah Redlegs players
- Macon Dodgers players
- Baseball manager stubs