Sig Broskie

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]

Sig Broskie
Catcher
Born: (1911-03-23)March 23, 1911
Iselin, Pennsylvania
Died: May 17, 1975(1975-05-17) (aged 64)
Canton, Ohio
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 11, 1940, for the Boston Bees
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1940, for the Boston Bees
MLB statistics
Batting average.273
Home runs0
Runs batted in4
Teams

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


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