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Don Brennan
James Donald Brennan

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 210 lb.
School Georgetown University

Debut April 16, 1933
Final Game September 29, 1937
Born December 2, 1903 in Augusta, ME
Died April 26, 1953 in Boston, MA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1933 29 NYY AL   5   1  18  10   3   0   6  3   85.0   92   56   47   4   47   46   0   1   391       2  4.98  3.90   78 1.635
 1934 30 CIN NL   4   3  28   7   2   0  13  2   78.0   89   51   33   3   35   31   1   0   349       0  3.81  4.06  107 1.590
 1935 31 CIN NL   5   5  38   5   2   1  18  5  114.3  101   43   40   4   44   48   4   1   477       1  3.15  3.98  126 1.268
 1936 32 CIN NL   5   2  41   4   0   0  23  9   94.3  117   60   46   2   35   40   1   4   424       0  4.39  3.82   87 1.611
 1937 33 TOT NL   2   1  16   0   0   0   5  0   25.3   37   22   19   1   19    7   1   1   132       0  6.75  3.77   56 2.211
         CIN NL   1   1  10   0   0   0   3  0   16.0   25   14   12   1   10    6   0   0    82       0  6.75  3.71   55 2.188
         NYG NL   1   0   6   0   0   0   2  0    9.3   12    8    7   0    9    1   1   1    50       0  6.75  3.87   57 2.250
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .636  21  12 141  26   7   1  65 19  397.0  436  232  185  14  180  172   7   7  1773       3  4.19  3.93   94 1.552
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   4  57  10   2   0  26  7  161.3  177   94   75   5   73   70   2   2   721   0   1  4.19  3.93   94 1.552
 Career High      5   5  41  10   3   1  23  9  114.3  117   60   47   4   47   48   4   4   477   0   2  3.15  4.06  126 1.268

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 29 NYY AL  18   27    1    7   0  0   0    2   0  0   3   9  .259  .333  .259   63    7   3           0    
 1934 30 CIN NL  28   22    2    5   2  0   0    2   0      0  11  .227  .227  .318   46    7   1           0   0
 1935 31 CIN NL  38   30    3    3   0  0   0    2   0      2  11  .100  .182  .100  -21    3   0           1   0
 1936 32 CIN NL  41   25    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      0  10  .080  .080  .080  -56    2   2           0   0
 1937 33 TOT NL  16    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   4  .000  .143  .000  -58    0   0           0   0
         CIN NL  10    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         NYG NL   6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .000  .500  .000   46    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      141  110    7   17   2  0   0    6   0  0   6  45  .155  .205  .173    4   19   6   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        126    8   20   2  0   0    7   0  0   7  52  .155  .205  .173    4   22   7   0   0   1   0
 Career High     41   30    3    7   2  0   0    2   0  0   3  11                           7   3   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 29 NYY AL   33   23    2   2.3   101| .259  .273| .333  .344| .259  .394| .592  .737|  63  .214  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1934 30 CIN NL   23   18    2   3.0   103| .227  .285| .227  .340| .318  .405| .545  .744|  46  .297  -1.7  -0.2     
 1935 31 CIN NL   33   27    0   0.0   101| .100  .282| .182  .337| .100  .402| .282  .738| -21  .000  -5.1  -0.5     
 1936 32 CIN NL   27   25    0   0.0    98| .080  .278| .080  .337| .080  .390| .160  .726| -56  .000  -5.4  -0.5     
 1937 33 TOT NL    7    6    0   0.0    98| .000  .275| .143  .337| .000  .390| .143  .727| -58  .000  -1.3  -0.1     
         CIN NL    5    5    0   0.0    97| .000  .274| .000  .335| .000  .388| .000  .723|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1     
         NYG NL    2    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .281| .500  .343| .000  .399| .500  .742|  46  .000   0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       123   99    4   1.1   100| .155  .279| .205  .339| .173  .397| .378  .736|   4  .063 -14.7  -1.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1933 29 NYY AL P 18 3 23 2 2 .929 .959 1.44 1.18 2.75 2.28 10 85.0 1934 30 CIN NL P 28 1 15 1 0 .941 .958 0.57 1.12 1.85 2.27 7 78.0 1935 31 CIN NL P 38 4 14 0 1 1.000 .957 0.47 1.18 1.42 2.31 5 114.3 1936 32 CIN NL P 41 1 19 2 2 .909 .948 0.49 1.16 1.91 2.32 4 94.3 1937 33 TOT NL P 16 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.31 1.20 1.78 2.38 0 25.3 CIN NL P 10 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.20 2.25 2.36 0 16.0 NYG NL P 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.17 1.20 0.97 2.42 0 9.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1933 29 NYY AL P 18 3 23 2 2 .929 .959 1.44 1.18 2.75 2.28 10 85.0 1934 30 CIN NL P 28 1 15 1 0 .941 .958 0.57 1.12 1.85 2.27 7 78.0 1935 31 CIN NL P 38 4 14 0 1 1.000 .957 0.47 1.18 1.42 2.31 5 114.3 1936 32 CIN NL P 41 1 19 2 2 .909 .948 0.49 1.16 1.91 2.32 4 94.3 1937 33 TOT NL P 16 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.31 1.20 1.78 2.38 0 25.3 CIN NL P 10 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.20 2.25 2.36 0 16.0 NYG NL P 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.17 1.20 0.97 2.42 0 9.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 141 10 75 5 5 .944 .956 0.60 1.16 1.93 2.30 26 397.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 141 10 75 5 5 .944 .956 0.60 1.16 1.93 2.30 26 397
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1937   WS    NYG NYY     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3     1   0   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1937   WS    NYG NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Saves
1935 NL-5-4
1936 NL-9-2

Games Finished
1935 NL-18-6
1936 NL-23-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1725) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

March 5, 1934: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Yankees.

April 25, 1938: Released by the New York Giants.


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