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Roger Bresnahan

St. Louis N. L.

Hall of Fame Inductee - 1945

1909,10,11,12: Manager: St. Louis Cardinals 

1903 .350 BA (#4 NL)


ROGER BRESNAHAN Bresnahan, Roger Philip "The Duke Of Tralee" b: 6/11/1879, Toledo, Ohio d: 12/4/44, Toledo, Ohio BR/TR, 5'9", 200 lbs. Deb: 8/27/1897 MCH ============================================================================== YEAR TM/L G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1897 Was-N 6 16 1 6 0 0 0 3 1 .375 1900 Chi-N 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1901 Bal-A 86 295 40 79 9 9 1 32 23 .268 1902 Bal-A 65 235 30 64 8 6 4 34 21 .272 NY-N 51 178 16 51 9 3 1 22 16 .287 1903 NY-N 113 406 87 142 30 8 4 55 61 .350 1904 NY-N 109 402 81 114 22 7 5 33 58 .284 1905 *NY-N 104 331 58 100 18 3 0 46 50 .302 1906 NY-N 124 405 69 114 22 4 0 43 81 .281 1907 NY-N 110 328 57 83 9 7 4 38 61 .253 1908 NY-N 140 449 70 127 25 3 1 54 83 .283 1909 StL-N 72 234 27 57 4 1 0 23 46 .244 1910 StL-N 88 234 35 65 15 3 0 27 55 17 .278 1911 StL-N 81 227 22 63 17 8 3 41 45 19 .278 1912 StL-N 48 108 8 36 7 2 1 15 14 9 .333 1913 Chi-N 69 162 20 37 5 2 1 21 21 11 .228 1914 Chi-N 101 248 42 69 10 4 0 24 49 20 .278 1915 Chi-N 77 221 19 45 8 1 1 19 29 23 .204 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 17 1446 4481 682 1252 218 71 26 530 714 ? 99 .279


The Duke of Tralee called and caught 3 Christy Mathewson shut-outs called by many 'the finest performance of all time' in the 1905 World Series.  He was the most versatile player of his era having played all 9 positions.  He became the first catcher to lead off and hit a stellar .350 in 1903.  Roger also introduced catcher's shin guards.