Sam Brenegan

American baseball player

Baseball player
Sam Brenegan
Catcher
Born: (1890-09-01)September 1, 1890
Galesville, Wisconsin
Died: (1956-04-20)April 20, 1956
Galesville, Wisconsin
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 24, 1914, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
April 24, 1914, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average.000
Home Rus0
Runs batted in0
Teams
  • Pittsburgh Pirates (1914)

Sam Brenegan (born Olaf Selmar Brenegan[1]) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1914.[2] During his one and only game, Brenegan was hit in the hand while catching, which allowed a baserunner to move from second to third. For some time afterwards, any catcher who was hit hard in the hand by the ball was said to have "pulled a brenegan".[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sam Brenegan Stats". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  2. ^ "Sam Brenegan". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  3. ^ Dickson, Paul (1989). The Dickson Baseball Dictionary. United States: Facts on File. p. 313. ISBN 0816017417.


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