#28 Bill Bruton, Leftfield, 34 yrs, Baltimore Orioles Thursday, 10/5/1960 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Bruton
11/9/1925 34 USA,AL,PANOLA 6"0 179
Leftfield L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Loyal None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Normal Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 630,000 1961 7 Year(s), 109 Days (1313 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 109 Days (1313 total Days) 7 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Talent | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 8 6 7 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings LF : 10 (Range), .933 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 10 (Range), .983 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 4 Outfield Arm : 4
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/13 | @WS1 | L 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/14 | DET | W 13-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/15 | DET | L 1-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/17 | @KC | W 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/18 | @KC | W 4-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | #5 | | |
9/20 | BOS | W 5-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/21 | @CHA | L 2-9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
9/22 | CLE | W 9-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/24 | @NYY | L 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
9/27 | CLE | W 8-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 129 | 448 | 131 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 66 | 25 | 69 | .292 | .330 | .359 | .689 | .659 | .067 |
Projected | 137 | 474 | 139 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 70 | 26 | 73 | .292 | .330 | .359 | .689 | .659 | .067 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 104 | 478 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 161 | 22 | 35 | 14 | 71.4 | 60.7 | 4.8 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 118 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .212 | .248 | .220 | .468 |
vs. RHP | 330 | 106 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 56 | 20 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .321 | .359 | .409 | .768 |
Close/Late | 49 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .393 | .327 | .719 |
Scoring Position | 105 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .322 | .362 | .684 |
Pinch Hitting | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .583 | .615 | .833 | 1.449 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 64 | 214 | 64 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 30 | 19 | 35 | .299 | .357 | .369 | .727 |
Road | 65 | 234 | 67 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 34 | .286 | .300 | .350 | .651 |
Last Week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |
March/April | 24 | 92 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 14 | .326 | .370 | .391 | .761 |
May | 26 | 113 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 15 | .283 | .299 | .336 | .635 |
June | 23 | 92 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 11 | .315 | .347 | .402 | .749 |
July | 19 | 62 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 9 | .371 | .412 | .435 | .847 |
August | 18 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | .176 | .192 | .235 | .428 |
Sept/Oct | 19 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .211 | .302 | .289 | .592 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1953 | 37 | 74 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .216 | .247 | .324 | .571 | SLA |
1954 | 132 | 480 | 141 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 57 | 74 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 20 | 7 | .294 | .337 | .421 | .757 | SLA |
1955 | 129 | 366 | 98 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 52 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 10 | 6 | .268 | .307 | .361 | .667 | BAL |
1956 | 111 | 236 | 69 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 3 | .292 | .321 | .470 | .792 | BAL |
1957 | 145 | 582 | 140 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 90 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 69 | 35 | 25 | .241 | .293 | .337 | .630 | BAL |
1958 | 81 | 90 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 5 | .311 | .366 | .556 | .922 | BAL |
1959 | 112 | 339 | 108 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 65 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 30 | 12 | .319 | .369 | .440 | .809 | BAL |
1960 | 129 | 448 | 131 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 66 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 69 | 35 | 14 | .292 | .330 | .359 | .689 | BAL |
Total | 876 | 2615 | 731 | 136 | 31 | 32 | 291 | 412 | 165 | 10 | 13 | 368 | 153 | 73 | .280 | .323 | .392 | .715 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1953, AAA | 57 | 221 | 74 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 47 | 42 | 28 | 10 | 9 | .335 | .438 | .448 | .886 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Leftfield | 94 | 78 | 132 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 17 | .887 | 723.2 | 1.87 | | | | |
Centerfield | 27 | 26 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 2 | .969 | 199.0 | 2.94 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1953... Had first career hit on 6/13/1953, off Fred Hutchinson (BOS)... Hit first career homerun on 6/22/1953, off Monte Kennedy (CHA)... Injured on 7/22/1953 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 5 weeks... Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 4/10/1956... Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1957... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 6/16/1959... 7/30/1959: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $630,000 per year, for 2 years. Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1959, hitting .407 with 1 HR, 11 RBI...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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Triples 1954 - 7 - 2nd 1957 - 8 - 2nd
| SB 1954 - 20 - 7th 1957 - 35 - 1st 1958 - 14 - 8th 1959 - 30 - 2nd
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