Sig Broskie | |
Position: | Catcher |
Birth Date: | March 23, 1911 |
Birth Place: | Iselin, Pennsylvania |
Death Place: | Canton, Ohio |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | September 11 |
Debutyear: | 1940 |
Debutteam: | Boston Bees |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | September 29 |
Finalyear: | 1940 |
Finalteam: | Boston Bees |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .273 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 0 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 4 |
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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]