Jonathan Broxton

[Michael Trzinski]

Jonathan Roy Broxton was born in Augusta, Georgia in 1984. He was selected in the second round of the 2002 MLB Amateur Draft out of Burke County High School by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Broxton made his major league debut in 2005 and was in the big leagues for good in 2006. He made the NL All-Star team in both 2009 and 2010 and his 36 saves in 2009 for the Dodgers were a career high. After seven years with the Dodgers, Broxton became a free agent after the 2011 season and signed with the Kansas City Royals. After saving 23 games in the first half of 2012 for the Royals, Broxton was traded to the Cincinnati Reds. He spent two-plus seasons with the Reds and was traded to the Brewers on the last day of August 2014.

Milwaukee was tied for first place in the NL Central with St. Louis and hoped that Broxton would help bolster its bullpen. The Brewers promptly lost eight of nine games in early September and fell out of the race. Broxton spent part of 2015 with Milwaukee and was traded to the Cardinals in July 2015. Oddly enough, Broxton had no saves over 51 games with the Brewers.

Broxton played for St. Louis until May 2017 when he was released. He played for five teams over his 13-year career and saved 118 games in his career. Broxton appeared in 694 games and posted a FIP of 3.15.

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