Sig Broskie

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name =Sig Broskie

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| position =Catcher

| birth_date ={{Birth date|1911|03|23|mf=yes}}

| birth_place =Iselin, Pennsylvania

| death_date ={{death date and age|mf=yes|1975|05|17|1911|03|23}}

| death_place =Canton, Ohio

| bats =Right

| throws =Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate =September 11

| debutyear =1940

| debutteam =Boston Bees

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate =September 29

| finalyear =1940

| finalteam =Boston Bees

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label =Batting average

| stat1value =.273

| stat2label =Home runs

| stat2value =0

| stat3label =Runs batted in

| stat3value =4

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Boston Bees (1940)

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Sigmund Theodore "Chops" Broskie (March 23, 1911 – May 17, 1975) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played one season with the Boston Bees for the month of September in 1940.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brosksi01.shtml Career statistics and history] at [https://www.baseball-reference.com Baseball-Reference.com]

Broskie was a batterymate of Warren Spahn on the 1941 Evansville Bees.{{cite web |title=1941 Evansville Bees Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=43f69772 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=en}} Broskie's veteran leadership was influential on the young pitcher who would go on to become a Hall of Famer.{{cite news |last1=Scism |first1=Daniel W. |title=Sig Broskie and Spahn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99130836/sig-broskie-and-spahn/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Evansville Press |date=14 February 1965 |pages=48}}

Broskie's playing career ended in 1942 when he enlisted in the United States Navy.{{cite news |title=Sig Broskie Enlists |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99130583/sig-broskie-enlists/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=The Morning News |date=31 October 1942 |pages=16}}

In 1949, he and his wife, then living in Canton, Ohio, adopted a boy.{{cite news |last1=Lash |first1=Cindi |title=Urgently seeking family |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99130714/urgently-seeking-family/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=17 February 1992 |pages=7}}