Sig Broskie
Appearance
Sig Broskie | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Iselin, Pennsylvania | March 23, 1911|
Died: May 17, 1975 Canton, Ohio | (aged 64)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 11, 1940, for the Boston Bees | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 29, 1940, for the Boston Bees | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .273 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 4 |
Teams | |
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Sigmund Theodore "Chops" Broskie (March 23, 1911 – May 17, 1975) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played one season with the Boston Bees for the month of September in 1940.[1]
Broskie was a batterymate of Warren Spahn on the 1941 Evansville Bees.[2] Broskie's veteran leadership was influential on the young pitcher who would go on to become a Hall of Famer.[3]
Broskie's playing career ended in 1942 when he enlisted in the United States Navy.[4]
In 1949, he and his wife, then living in Canton, Ohio, adopted a boy.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Career statistics and history at Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "1941 Evansville Bees Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ Scism, Daniel W. (February 14, 1965). "Sig Broskie and Spahn". Evansville Press. p. 48. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ "Sig Broskie Enlists". The Morning News. October 31, 1942. p. 16. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ Lash, Cindi (February 17, 1992). "Urgently seeking family". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 7. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- Boston Bees players
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Bartlesville Broncos players
- Independence Producers players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Fort Worth Cats players
- Wilmington Pirates players
- Canton Terriers players
- Huntington Boosters players
- Welch Miners players
- Augusta Tigers players
- Charleston Senators players
- Evansville Bees players
- Bridgeport Bees players
- Wilmington Blue Rocks (1940–1952) players
- Harrisburg Senators players
- Baseball players from Indiana County, Pennsylvania
- 1911 births
- 1975 deaths
- York Bees players
- Youngstown Buckeyes players
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American baseball catcher, 1910s birth stubs