Franklin Lee Brosseau is an American former professional baseball player. He played three games in Major League Baseball as a right-handed relief pitcher for the 1969 and 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he received a B.A. degree in mathematics, Brosseau stood 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 180 pounds. Brosseau began his six-season professional career as an outfielder in the Pirates' farm system. But after batting only .176 and .211 in successive campaigns in Class A, he converted to pitcher in 1968, and posted strong earned run averages in both 1968 and 1969. Brosseau was then recalled by Pittsburgh in September 1969 for his first taste of MLB service. In his debut game, on September 10 at Forbes Field, he replaced starting pitcher Steve Blass in the fourth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals, with the Bucs already trailing 4?0. Brosseau gave up a run-scoring single to Curt Flood, but got the final out to limit the damage. However, in the fifth inning, he left the bases loaded with only one out before being relieved by Bruce Dal Canton, who then allowed two of Brosseau's runners to score. 

July 31st, 1944 in (Age 80)