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Sig Broskie

Sig Broskie

American baseball player

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]

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    Career statistics and history at Baseball-Reference.com
  2. [2]
    "1941 Evansville Bees Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. [3]
    Scism, Daniel W. (14 February 1965). "Sig Broskie and Spahn". Evansville Press. p. 48. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Sig Broskie Enlists". The Morning News. 31 October 1942. p. 16. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  5. [5]
    Lash, Cindi (17 February 1992). "Urgently seeking family". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 7. Retrieved 5 April 2022.


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