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Louis Cardinals fan, Bream rooted for the same team growing up. His family had their own Christian singing group, and Bream travelled all over Pennsylvania with them, eventually getting to sing as part of a family quartet once he got older. The third-oldest of six children, he grew up in Mount Holly Springs. Sidney Eugene Bream was born on August 3, 1960, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Harrisburg. Bream played one more year in 1994 with the Astros as a backup to Jeff Bagwell before retiring in 1995. He was getting the majority of the playing time at first base in 1993 until the Braves acquired Fred McGriff in July, relegating Bream to a reserve role for the rest of the year. Bream received most of the starts at first base in 19, hitting 11 and 10 home runs, respectively. The Braves defeated Pittsburgh in the NLCS in 19, reaching the World Series two years in a row but losing it both times. After a knee injury cost him most of the 1989 season, he hit 15 home runs in 1990 as the Pirates reached the playoffs, losing to the Cincinnati Reds in the NLCS.īream reached the playoffs each of the next three seasons as well, though he did so with the Braves, who signed him as a free agent after the 1990 season. Defensively, he set an NL record for most assists in a season with 166 in 1986.

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In Pittsburgh, he regularly played over 100 games a year for the Pirates, hitting at least 10 home runs in four full seasons (1986–88, 1990) with them. 184 in limited playing time before getting traded to the Pirates in 1985. Though thrice ranking among the minor league home run leaders, he batted no higher than. He is best remembered for his game-winning run scored in the 1992 National League Championship Series (NLCS) that sent the Braves to the World Series.Īfter attending Liberty University, Bream was drafted by the Dodgers in 1981.

From 1983 through 1994, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1983–85), Pittsburgh Pirates (1985–90), Atlanta Braves (1991–93), and Houston Astros (1994).

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Sidney Eugene Bream (born August 3, 1960) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. September 1, 1983, for the Los Angeles Dodgers