Dan Brouthers

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Dan Brouthers
First baseman
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
June 23, 1879 for the Troy Trojans
Final game
October 4, 1904 for the New York Giants
Career statistics
AVG	.342
HR	106
RBI	1,296
Teams
Troy Trojans (1879-1880) Buffalo Bisons (1881-1885) Detroit Wolverines (1886-1888) Boston Beaneaters (1889) Boston Red Stockings (1890-1891) Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1892-1893) Baltimore Orioles (1894-1895) Louisville Colonels (1895) Philadelphia Phillies (1896) New York Giants (1904)
Career highlights and awards

Dennis Joseph "Big Dan" Brouthers (IPA pronunciation: [ˈbɹuθɹs]) (May 8, 1858 - August 2, 1932) was a pre-1900 era Major League Baseball player. He was born in Sylvan Lake, New York.

Brouthers' career began in 1879 and didn't finish until 1904 (with a gap between 1896 and 1904), giving him the distinction of playing in four different decades. From the last weeks of the 1886 season to the first month of the 1890 season, Brouthers had more career home runs than any other player. He was the third Major Leaguer to reach 100 or more career homers (after Harry Stovey and Roger Connor).

Major League Baseball claims his career batting average was .349. Other sources such as baseball-reference.com indicate his career mark was .342. This disparity results from a league rule in effect in 1887, which counted walks as hits. Some sources reflect the statistics as originally recorded, while others change them retroactively.

Dan Brouthers is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame

After retiring from the Major Leagues, Brouthers played minor league baseball. He played for Toronto in the Eastern League in 1898 and in 1904 played for Poughkeepsie of the Hudson River League, batting a league-leading .373 at age 46.

Brouthers was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1945.

Dan Brouthers is interred in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Wappingers Falls, New York. He is also immortalized in a statue in Veteran's Park in this small town.

[edit] External links

• Baseball Hall of Fame biography
• Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
• BaseballLibrary.com
• Baseball-Almanac.com
• TheDeadBallEra.com - obituary
• FindAGrave.com
• BallparkReviews.com - images of the Dan Brouthers Monument in Wappingers Falls, New York.

Preceded by Jim O'Rourke & Harry Stovey	National League Home Run Champion 1881	Succeeded by George Wood
Preceded by Cap Anson	National League Batting Champion 1882-1883	Succeeded by King Kelly
Preceded by Cap Anson	National League RBI Champion 1883	Succeeded by Cap Anson
Preceded by Abner Dalrymple	National League Home Run Champion 1886 (with Hardy Richardson)	Succeeded by Billy O'Brien
Preceded by Cap Anson	National League Batting Champion 1889	Succeeded by Jack Glasscock
Preceded by Billy Hamilton	National League Batting Champion 1892	Succeeded by Billy Hamilton
Preceded by Cap Anson	National League RBI Champion 1892	Succeeded by Ed Delahanty
Preceded by Harry Stovey	Career home run record holders 1886-1889	Succeeded by Harry Stovey