# Jim Bronstad

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1936–2022)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Jim Bronstad
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|image=Jim Bronstad.webp
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1936|06|22}}
|birth_place=[Fort Worth, Texas](/source/Fort_Worth%2C_Texas), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2022|04|09|1936|06|22}}
|death_place=Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 7
|debutyear=1959
|debutteam=New York Yankees
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 4
|finalyear=1964
|finalteam=Washington Senators
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=1–7
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=5.48
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=45
|teams=
*[New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) ({{mlby|1959}})
*[Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%9371)) ({{mlby|1963}}–{{mlby|1964}})
}}

'''James Warren Bronstad''' (June 22, 1936 – April 9, 2022) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) who appeared in 45 [games](/source/games_pitched) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) ([MLB](/source/MLB)) for the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) (1959) and [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%9371)) (1963–1964). Born in [Fort Worth, Texas](/source/Fort_Worth%2C_Texas), he attended [R. L. Paschal High School](/source/R._L._Paschal_High_School). Bronstad threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft|3|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|196|lb}} during his ten-season active career.

After signing with the Yankees in 1955, he moved up through the [farm system](/source/farm_system) of the Bronx Bombers until his recall in mid-1959, the least successful season of [Casey Stengel](/source/Casey_Stengel)'s 12-year run as the club's [manager](/source/manager_(baseball)). After three effective [relief](/source/relief_pitcher) appearances in Bronstad's MLB debut, Stengel gave him his first big-league [start](/source/starting_pitcher) on June 12, 1959, against the [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers). He allowed six [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) and three [earned run](/source/earned_run)s through seven full [innings pitched](/source/innings_pitched), but the Yankee hitters couldn't solve Detroit left-hander [Don Mossi](/source/Don_Mossi), and Bronstad took the 3–1 [defeat](/source/win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)).<ref>{{cite web |website=[Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B06120NYA1959.htm |title=Kansas City Athletics 4, New York Yankees 3 |date=1959-06-12 |access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref> In two other starts, Bronstad gained a [no-decision](/source/decision_(baseball)) June 18 against the eventual [American League](/source/American_League) champion [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox), but absorbed his second loss six days later against the [second-division](/source/first_division_(baseball)) [Kansas City Athletics](/source/Kansas_City_Athletics), despite again allowing only three earned runs, this time over six innings.<ref>{{cite web |website=[Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B06240KC11959.htm |title=Detroit Tigers 3, New York Yankees 1 |date=1959-06-24 |access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref> Returning to the [bullpen](/source/bullpen), Bronstad kept his [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average) below 3.00 through July 4, but a series of rough outings later that month inflated his ERA to 5.22; his last appearance as a Yankee came on July 25, 1959. The three starts he made that season were his only starting pitcher assignments as a major leaguer.

Bronstad remained in the New York organization through [spring training](/source/spring_training) of 1963, when his contract was sold to the Senators. He pitched out of the Washington bullpen for the season's first three months, and although he struggled on the mound, he was able to post his only MLB victory on May 2, 1963, against the Tigers. Relieving [Claude Osteen](/source/Claude_Osteen) in the [fifth inning](/source/inning_(baseball)) with the Senators leading 3–2, he held off a Tigers threat and remained on the mound for the final out of Washington's 9–4 victory. However, Bronstad again posted ERAs of over 5.00 during each of his partial seasons with the Senators. In his 45 big-league games, 16 with the Yankees and 29 with the Senators, he had a 1–7 [won–lost record](/source/win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) with a career 5.48 ERA, with three [saves](/source/save_(baseball)) earned as a reliever. In 93<small>{{fraction|2|3}}</small> innings pitched, he allowed 110 hits and 37 bases on balls. He also had 45 [strikeout](/source/strikeout)s.  He retired after the 1964 season.

Bronstad died April 9, 2022, in Fort Worth, Texas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greenwoodfuneralhomes.com/obituary/james-bronstad |title=James Warren Bronstad |website=Greenwood Funeral Homes |access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats |mlb=111507 |espn= |br=b/bronsji01 |fangraphs= |brm=bronst001jam |retro=B/Pbronj101}}

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Category:Quincy Gems players
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Category:Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players
Category:Washington Senators (1961–1971) players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Winston-Salem Twins players

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