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Bobby Bragan, 1963
Bobby Bragan, Wikipedia Page
Robert Randall Bragan (October 30, 1917 – January 21, 2010)
was an American shortstop, catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball and an influential minor league executive. His professional baseball career encompassed 73 years, from his first season as a player in the Class D Alabama–Florida League in 1937 to 2009, the last full year of his life, when he was still listed as a consultant to the Texas Rangers' organization. READ MORE….
2022 Bragan Slugger Award winner, Ivan Melendez
Ivan Melendez, the “Hispanic Titanic,” honored at Bobby Bragan gala
He’s the Golden Spikes Award winner, the Dick Howser Trophy winner and Baseball America’s Player of the Year. Yet those collegiate baseball honors don’t aptly fit Ivan Melendez profile as much as the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award does. “It’s special because it represents what I try to do on the field and off the field,” Melendez said this week. “I don’t want to just dominate on the field, I want to dominate off of it, too.”
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Josh Jung likes carrying Texas Tech legacy as Bobby Bragan Award winner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
This has been a banner year for Josh Jung.
He reached the College World Series with Texas Tech in June. He was the Texas Rangers’ first-round selection later that month. And he followed in one of his best friend’s footsteps by winning the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award presented by SR Bats. READ MORE…
Josh Jung, 2019 Bragan Slugger Award winner
Jackie Robinson Day, celebrated annually, April 15
A Baseball Story, by Joe Posnanski
NBC Sports
Bobby Bragan didn't want to play with Jackie Robinson, but when he did, it changed him forever.
“If we call Jackie Robinson up,” Rickey asked, “will you change the way you play for me?”
And here, at last, Bobby Bragan was forced to confront what kind of man he was.
“No sir,” Bragan said. “I’d still play my best.”
That was what Rickey wanted and needed to hear. He dismissed Bragan and made a note in his mind: Bobby Bragan would be OK. Bobby Bragan had it in him to change. READ MORE…
Jung Tabbed Bobby Bragan Slugger Award Winner, texastech.com
Josh Jung becomes the second Red Raider all-time to earn the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award. READ MORE…
Josh Jung, 2019 Collegiate Slugger Award Winner
October 30, Bobby Bragan Day
It’s Bobby Bragan Day!
Fort Worth Business Press
Today, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, would have been Bobby Bragan's 100th birthday and the City of Fort Worth proclaimed it Bobby Bragan Day. He was known as "Mr. Baseball" in Fort Worth due to his long baseball career, as well as the fact that he was the player/manager of the Fort Worth Cats from 1948-1952. Bragan played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and would go on to manage in the majors for the Pirates, Indians and Braves. READ MORE…
Dallas Baptist outfielder beats out two Big 12 stars for Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award
Dallas Baptist outfielder Devlin Granberg was selected as the 2018 Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award winner on Tuesday, beating out fellow finalists in Texas' Kody Clemens and Texas Tech's Josh Jung.
Hargrove Harbors Collegiate Slugger Award
Texas Tech baseball's Hunter Hargrove has been named the inaugural winner of the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award (BBCSA), it was announced today.