Sam Brenegan

{{Short description|American baseball player (1890–1956)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name =Sam Brenegan

| position =Catcher

| birth_date ={{birth date|1890|9|1}}

| birth_place =Galesville, Wisconsin

| death_date ={{death date|1956|4|20}}

| death_place =Galesville, Wisconsin

| bats =Left

| throws =Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate =April 24

| debutyear =1914

| debutteam =Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate =April 24

| finalyear =1914

| finalteam =Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.000

|stat2label=Home Rus

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{By|1914}})

}}

Sam Brenegan (born Olaf Selmar Brenegan{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=brenesa01|title=Sam Brenegan Stats|publisher=Baseball-Almanac.com|access-date=2011-04-09}}) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1914.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brenesa01.shtml|title=Sam Brenegan|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2011-04-09}} During his one and only game, Brenegan was hit in the hand while catching, which allowed a baserunner to move from second to third. For some time afterwards, any catcher who was hit hard in the hand by the ball was said to have "pulled a brenegan".{{cite book|last=Dickson|first=Paul|title=The Dickson Baseball Dictionary|year=1989|publisher=Facts on File|location=United States|isbn=0816017417|page=[https://archive.org/details/dicksonbaseballd00dick/page/313 313]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/dicksonbaseballd00dick/page/313}}