Roger Bresnahan

Positions: Catcher and Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 200lb (175cm, 90kg)

Born: June 11, 1879 in Toledo, OH us

Died: December 4, 1944 in Toledo, OH

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Toledo, OH

Debut: August 27, 1897 (Age 18-077d, 2,023rd in major league history)

Last Game: October 3, 1915 (Age 36-114d)
vs. STL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1945. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
No induction ceremony in Cooperstown held (until 2013).
View Roger Bresnahan's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1901 season

Full Name: Roger Philip Bresnahan

Nicknames: The Duke Of Tralee

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.9

4481

1252

.279

682

RBI

530

212

OBP

.386

SLG

.377

OPS

.764

OPS+

126

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
2	2	Apr 16	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	9	2	1	12	0
3	3	Apr 17	NYG	@	PHI	W,14-2	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
5	5	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
6	6	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
7	7	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
8	8	Apr 23	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	5	4	1	10	0
9	9	Apr 24	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	6	4	0	10	0
10	10	Apr 25	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
11	11	Apr 27	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	13	Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	0	10.2	3	2	0	5	0
14	14	Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 2	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
16	16	May 4	NYG		PHI	W,12-2	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
17	17	May 5	NYG		PHI	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
18	18	May 9	NYG		BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	19	May 11	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	20	May 12	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
21	21	May 13	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS	0		5	3	0	8	0
22	22	May 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-2	GS	0		4	2	0	6	1
23	23	May 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
24	24	May 17	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
25	25	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
26	27 (1)	May 21	NYG	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	28	May 23 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	GS	0		3	2	1	6	0
28	29	May 23 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
29	30	May 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	31	May 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	42 (10)	Jun 8	NYG		STL	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
32	43	Jun 9	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	44	Jun 10	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
34	45	Jun 11	NYG		PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	46	Jun 12	NYG		PIT	L,0-4	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
36	50 (3)	Jun 18	NYG		CHC	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
37	51	Jun 19	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
38	52	Jun 20	NYG		CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	53	Jun 22	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
40	54	Jun 23 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
41	55	Jun 23 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
42	56	Jun 24 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
43	57	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,7-1	GS	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
44	58	Jun 25 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,10-14	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
45	59	Jun 25 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	60	Jun 26	NYG		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
47	61	Jun 27 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
48	62	Jun 27 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
49	63	Jun 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-11	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
50	64	Jun 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	65	Jul 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	66	Jul 2	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
53	67	Jul 3	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,9-3	GS	0	7.0	4	2	0	6	0
56	70	Jul 6	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
57	71	Jul 7	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
58	72	Jul 8	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	6	2	1	9	0
59	73	Jul 9	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
60	74	Jul 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	75	Jul 11	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	76	Jul 13 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-0	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
63	77	Jul 13 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	78	Jul 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	79	Jul 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
66	80	Jul 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
67	81	Jul 18	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	82	Jul 19	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	0	16.0	10	3	0	13	0
69	83	Jul 21 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	12.0	10	1	0	11	0
70	84	Jul 21 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	85	Jul 24	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
72	86	Jul 25	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	GS	0		6	2	0	8	0
73	87	Jul 27	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
74	88	Jul 28	NYG		PIT	T,2-2	CG	0	16.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	89	Jul 29	NYG		STL	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
76	90	Jul 30	NYG		STL	W,11-0	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
77	91	Jul 31	NYG		STL	W,9-2	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	92	Aug 1	NYG		STL	W,6-1	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
79	93	Aug 3	NYG		CIN	W,6-0	GS	0		2	2	0	4	0
80	94	Aug 4 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	95	Aug 4 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
82	96	Aug 5	NYG		CIN	T,4-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
83	97	Aug 6	NYG		CIN	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
84	98	Aug 8	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	99	Aug 10	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
86	100	Aug 11	NYG		CHC	L,0-4	CG	0	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
87	101	Aug 12	NYG		BRO	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
88	102	Aug 13	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	103	Aug 15	NYG	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	105 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	12	3	0	15	0
91	106	Aug 17	NYG	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	107	Aug 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
93	108	Aug 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
94	109	Aug 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
95	110	Aug 24 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	111	Aug 24 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
97	112	Aug 25	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
98	113	Aug 26	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
99	114	Aug 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
100	115	Aug 29	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	116	Aug 30	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	117	Sep 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	118	Sep 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-0	GS	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
104	119	Sep 3 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	120	Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
106	121	Sep 4	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-1	GS	0		7	0	0	7	0
107	122	Sep 5	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
108	123	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
109	124	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	4	2	0	6	0
110	125	Sep 8	NYG		BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
111	126	Sep 9	NYG		BRO	W,7-3	GS	0		5	1	0	6	0
112	127	Sep 10	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
113	128	Sep 11	NYG		BRO	W,6-1	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
114	129	Sep 12	NYG		BRO	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
115	130	Sep 14	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	7	1	0	8	1
116	131	Sep 15	NYG		STL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	8	5	0	13	1
117	132	Sep 16	NYG		STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
118	133	Sep 17	NYG		STL	W,10-5	GS	0	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	134	Sep 18 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,7-0	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
120	135	Sep 18 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,12-7	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
121	136	Sep 19	NYG		PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	10.0	6	2	0	8	0
122	137	Sep 21	NYG		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
123	138	Sep 22 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	139	Sep 22 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
125	140	Sep 23	NYG		CHC	T,1-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
126	141	Sep 24	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
127	142	Sep 25 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,1-7	GS	0		2	2	0	4	0
128	143	Sep 25 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
129	144	Sep 26 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,6-2	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
130	145	Sep 26 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
131	146	Sep 28	NYG		PHI	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
132	147	Sep 29 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	GS	0		5	2	0	7	0
133	148	Sep 29 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,0-7	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	152 (3)	Oct 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
135	153	Oct 3	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
136	154	Oct 5	NYG		BSN	W,8-1	GS	0	7.0	10	2	0	12	0
137	155	Oct 6	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
138	156	Oct 7	NYG		BSN	W,7-2	GS	0		4	1	0	5	0
139	157	Oct 8	NYG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
							139gm		1156.0	657	140	12	809	12