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Braggs (other)
Braggs can refer to: * Glenn Braggs (born 1962), American former Major League Baseball player * Torraye Braggs (born 1976), American basketball player * Braggs, Oklahoma Braggs is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 259 as of the 2010 census, with a 14.0 percent decline from the figure of 301 recorded in 2000. The town is best known as the site of Camp Gruber, a World War II milit ..., United States, a town * Braggs, a former chain of bakers based in the English Midlands which were merged into Greggs in 1999 {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Braggs
Glenn Erick Braggs (born October 17, 1962) is an American former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder and designated hitter. Braggs was a member of the Cincinnati Reds team that defeated the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 World Series. He is an alumnus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Major League Baseball career Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft, Braggs made his major league debut with the Brewers on July 18, 1986. Starting in left field and batting fifth, Braggs went 1-4 in a 6-1 road loss to the Oakland Athletics. His first career hit was a sixth-inning single off Joaquin Andujar. He hit the first of his 70 career home runs on August 2, 1986 with a two-run shot off Charlie Hough. He had his best season in 1989, hitting 15 home runs with 66 runs batted in (RBI) and 17 stolen bases with a .247 batting average. After beginning the season batting .248 with three homers and 13 RBI in 37 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torraye Braggs
Torraye L. Braggs (born May 15, 1976) is an American professional basketball player born in Fresno, California, formerly of the NBA. After a college career at Xavier University, Braggs was drafted by the Utah Jazz in the second round of the 1998 NBA Draft, and had short stints in the NBA, with the Houston Rockets (November 2003 and March 2005) and the Washington Wizards (January–February 2004), averaging 2.1 points per game. In the United States, he also played in the CBA, the ABA and the NBDL. Upon graduating from Xavier, Braggs played professionally in twelve countries, from Spain to the Philippines. In 2006–2007, Braggs played in Latvian club ASK Rīga, becoming Latvian Basketball League (LBL) champion in that season, averaging 13,4 points per game (13 ppg in domestic competition, 14,4 in Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was the Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004. The league mainly focused on teams from the Baltic states, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braggs, Oklahoma
Braggs is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 259 as of the 2010 census, with a 14.0 percent decline from the figure of 301 recorded in 2000. The town is best known as the site of Camp Gruber, a World War II military cantonment that was the home base of the 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division) and the 88th Infantry Division (Blue Devil Division).B. J. Brooks, "Braggs," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Accessed May 2, 2015 History This town was named Patrick, Indian Territory, on May 2, 1886, for John J. Patrick, its first postmaster. On September 10, 1888, it was renamed for a prominent landowner, Solomon Bragg. Braggs remained a small farming town through the first part of the 20 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |