Jack Brohamer

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jack Brohamer

|image=1978 Boston Red Sox Photocards Jack Brohamer.jpg

|position=Second baseman

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1950|2|26}}

|birth_place=Maywood, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 18

|debutyear=1972

|debutteam=Cleveland Indians

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=1980

|finalteam=Cleveland Indians

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.245

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=30

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=227

|teams=

Cleveland Indians (1972–1975)
Chicago White Sox (1976–1977)
Boston Red Sox (1978–1980)
Cleveland Indians (1980)

}}

John Anthony Brohamer (born February 26, 1950) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player. A second baseman (though he also played some third base), he played with the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, and Boston Red Sox from {{Baseball year|1972}} to {{Baseball year|1980}}.

Career

Brohamer was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 34th round of the 1967 amateur draft. He recorded a base hit in his first major league at-bat on April 18, 1972, as his Indians lost 4–2 to the Red Sox.{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1972/B04180BOS1972.htm |title=Boston Red Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 2 |website=Retrosheet |date=April 18, 1972}} He was a Cleveland Indians player for four seasons before being traded to the Chicago White Sox for Larvell Blanks on December 12, 1975.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brohaja01.shtml|title=Jack Brohamer Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|access-date=August 24, 2014}}

Brohamer played both second and third base while in Chicago, collecting 128 hits over two seasons and hitting for the cycle on September 24, 1977.{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B09240SEA1977.htm |title=Chicago White Sox 8, Seattle Mariners 3 |website=Retrosheet |date=September 24, 1977}} He is also the only player in MLB history to hit a home run while wearing uniform shorts, having done so off Rudy May in the White Sox's 12-inning 11–10 victory over the Baltimore Orioles at Comiskey Park on August 21, 1976.{{cite web |url=http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/chicago-white-sox-shorts-1976-jack-brohamer-home-run-082115 |last=Epstein |first=Dan |title=Jack Brohamer and MLB's only shorts-fueled homer |website=Fox Sports |date=August 21, 2015}} He signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox on November 30, 1977.

His contract was purchased by the Cleveland Indians on June 20, 1980, and Brohamer finished his career with the team that drafted him. His final major league appearance came at Cleveland Stadium on September 28, 1980, going 1-for-4 in a 5–3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.