| Birth: | Nov. 14, 1937
Merced
Merced County
California, USA | | Death: | Nov. 16, 1987
Tyler
Smith County
Texas, USA | 
Major League Baseball Player, Coach. For seventeen seasons (1960 to 1976), he was a left-handed pitcher with the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels. Born James Thomas Brewer, he was raised in Oklahoma where he attended Broken Arrow High School. Signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs in 1956, he marked his Major League debut with them on July 17th, 1960 and pitched in 5 games that year. Brewer's most accomplished body of work came as a Dodger, when he contributed to two consecutive National League Pennant-winning squads (1965 and 1966 Dodgers), which includes the 1965 World Champion Dodgers. Primarily a reliever, he produced six consecutive seasons in which he topped 50 games pitched (1968 to 1973) and earned All-Star status in 1973. He experienced his final postseason action as a member of the Dodgers' whom captured the 1974 National League Pennant. In 584 regular season games, he compiled a 69 win 65 loss record with a 3.07 lifetime ERA in 1,040 innings pitched. He totaled 3 innings with a 2.70 ERA in World Series competition. Following his playing career, he served as a coach with the Montreal Expos (1977 to 1979) and at Oral Roberts University. At the time of his death, he was serving as a coach with the Dodgers' Minor League affiliate team. He died in an automobile accident. (bio by: C.S.)
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Patricia C Brewer (1938 - ____)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Jim Brewer | | | Burial:
Floral Haven Memorial Gardens
Broken Arrow
Tulsa County
Oklahoma, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: C.S.
Record added: Aug 24, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 95874652 |
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David Wend
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Happy birthday Jim. So sorry you left us so young. I will always remember the incident between you and Billy Martin. Rest well.
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Don MacBeth
Added: Nov. 14, 2012 |
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