Dick Braggins Explained

Dick Braggins
Position:Pitcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:25 December 1879
Birth Place:Mercer, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Lake Wales, Florida
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:May 16
Debutyear:1901
Debutteam:Cleveland Blues
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:June 26
Finalyear:1901
Finalteam:Cleveland Blues
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:1–2
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:4.78
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:1
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Richard Realf Braggins (December 25, 1879 – August 16, 1963) was an American baseball player who pitched in only four games over the course of about six weeks for the 1901 Cleveland Blues. In 32 innings he gave up 17 runs on 44 hits, struck out 1 and walked 15. He attended Case School of Applied Science (now Case Western Reserve University) from 1898 to 1901 where he was a member of the baseball and track teams.[1] Braggins, while also a player, was manager of the Case baseball team from 1899 to 1901.[2]

Braggins was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Dick Braggins . The Baseball Gauge . https://web.archive.org/web/20180318121316/https://www.thebaseballgauge.com/player.php?playerID=braggdi01 . 18 March 2018 . dead.
  2. Web site: Richard R. Braggins . University Archives . . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203548/https://case.edu/its/archives/Coaches/braggins_richard.htm . 24 June 2021 . live.
  3. Book: The Catalogue of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. 939 . Richard R. Braggins. . R.L. Polk . Fraternity. Phi Delta Theta. 1918.