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Rocky Bridges
Everett Lamar Bridges

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 17, 1951
Final Game October 1, 1961
Born August 7, 1927 in Refugio, TX

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 23 BRO NL  63  134   13   34   7  0   1   15   0  0  10  10  .254  .306  .328   69   44   3           0   9
 1952 24 BRO NL  51   56    9   11   3  0   0    2   0  1   7   9  .196  .286  .250   49   14   3           0   2
 1953 25 CIN NL 122  432   52   98  13  2   1   21   6  3  37  42  .227  .288  .273   47  118   8           0  10
 1954 26 CIN NL  53   52    4   12   1  0   0    2   0  1   7   7  .231  .322  .250   51   13   2   0       0   1
 1955 27 CIN NL  95  168   20   48   4  0   1   18   1  1  15  19  .286  .341  .327   76   55   5   2   2   0   4
 1956 28 CIN NL  71   19    9    4   0  0   0    1   1  2   4   3  .211  .348  .211   53    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1957 29 TOT    125  392   41   89  17  2   3   47   0  2  41  33  .227  .299  .304   67  119   7   6   4   2  17
         CIN NL   5    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .500  .000   47    0   0   0   0   0   0
         WSH AL 120  391   40   89  17  2   3   47   0  2  40  32  .228  .298  .304   67  119   7   6   4   2  17
 1958 30 WSH AL 116  377   38   99  14  3   5   28   0  3  27  32  .263  .315  .355   86  134   2   2   1   3  16 AS
 1959 31 DET AL 116  381   38  102  16  3   3   35   1  2  30  35  .268  .320  .349   80  133   5   3   2   1  14
 1960 32 TOT     23   32    1   10   0  0   0    3   0  0   1   2  .313  .333  .313   78   10   1   0   1   0   2
         TOT AL  20   32    1   10   0  0   0    3   0  0   1   2  .313  .333  .313   78   10   1   0   1   0   2
         DET AL  10    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .200  .200  .200    8    1   0   0   0   0   1
         CLE AL  10   27    1    9   0  0   0    3   0  0   1   2  .333  .357  .333   91    9   1   0   1   0   1
         STL NL   3    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 33 LAA AL  84  229   20   55   5  1   2   15   1  0  26  37  .240  .320  .297   60   68   4   0   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     919 2272  245  562  80 11  16  187  10 15 205 229  .247  .310  .313   68  712  40  13  10   7  79
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        401   43   99  14  2   3   33   2  3  36  40  .247  .310  .313   68  126   7   2   2   1  14
 Career High    125  432   52  102  17  3   5   47   6  3  41  42  .268  .320  .355   86  134   8   6   4   3  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 23 BRO NL  147  112   13   3.1   105| .254  .270| .306  .344| .328  .409| .634  .753|  69  .337  -5.8  -0.6   0%
 1952 24 BRO NL   66   51    4   2.1    98| .196  .263| .286  .336| .250  .391| .536  .727|  49  .223  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1953 25 CIN NL  477  355   34   2.5   110| .227  .274| .288  .345| .273  .427| .561  .773|  47  .234 -33.5  -3.2  66%
 1954 26 CIN NL   61   44    4   2.4   111| .231  .276| .322  .348| .250  .427| .572  .775|  51  .225  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1955 27 CIN NL  190  132   19   3.8   109| .286  .270| .341  .342| .327  .428| .668  .769|  76  .412  -5.5  -0.5  50%
 1956 28 CIN NL   23   17    1   1.6   107| .211  .270| .348  .337| .211  .426| .559  .763|  53  .128  -1.2  -0.1  33%
 1957 29 TOT     448  335   34   2.8    98| .227  .261| .299  .333| .304  .393| .603  .726|  67  .297 -16.8  -1.7   0%
         CIN NL    2    1    0   0.0   108| .000  .275| .500  .340| .000  .426| .500  .766|  47  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
         WSH AL  446  334   34   2.8    98| .228  .261| .298  .333| .304  .393| .602  .726|  67  .299 -16.8  -1.7   0%
 1958 30 WSH AL  411  301   38   3.4    96| .263  .259| .315  .328| .355  .394| .670  .722|  86  .391  -7.3  -0.7   0%
 1959 31 DET AL  420  303   40   3.5   103| .268  .267| .320  .339| .349  .408| .669  .748|  80  .403 -11.0  -1.1  33%
 1960 32 TOT      34   25    3   3.2   100| .313  .261| .333  .334| .313  .399| .646  .733|  78  .354  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         TOT AL   34   25    3   3.2   100| .313  .261| .333  .334| .313  .399| .646  .733|  78  .354  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         DET AL    5    5    0   0.0   104| .200  .267| .200  .341| .200  .408| .400  .749|   8  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
         CLE AL   29   20    3   4.0    99| .333  .260| .357  .333| .333  .398| .690  .730|  91  .452  -0.4   0.0   0%
         STL NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1961 33 LAA AL  260  182   23   3.4   113| .240  .276| .320  .353| .297  .430| .617  .783|  60  .357 -14.0  -1.4 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2537 1857  213   3.1   104| .247  .267| .310  .339| .313  .411| .623  .750|  68  .330 -103.5 -10.2  40%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 23 BRO NL 3B 40 26 62 13 10 .871 .953 2.20 3.10 2B 10 11 12 0 1 1.000 .975 2.30 5.05 SS 9 11 20 2 4 .939 .954 3.44 4.47 1952 24 BRO NL 2B 24 35 34 1 11 .986 .975 2.88 4.96 SS 13 5 11 1 1 .941 .958 1.23 4.70 3B 6 4 8 1 0 .923 .952 2.00 2.92 1953 25 CIN NL 2B 115 329 320 16 94 .976 .972 5.64 4.83 SS 6 4 1 0 1 1.000 .962 0.83 4.63 3B 3 2 7 0 0 1.000 .947 3.00 2.73 1954 26 CIN NL SS 20 11 15 0 2 1.000 .959 1.30 4.63 2B 19 29 38 2 10 .971 .977 3.53 5.31 3B 13 5 7 0 1 1.000 .952 0.92 2.82 1955 27 CIN NL 3B 59 48 88 5 7 .965 .951 2.31 2.81 SS 26 11 19 1 4 .968 .965 1.15 4.57 2B 9 10 10 0 3 1.000 .976 2.22 5.00 1956 28 CIN NL 3B 51 15 13 1 1 .966 .956 0.55 2.64 2.58 3.05 0 97.7 2B 8 7 4 0 0 1.000 .982 1.38 4.66 5.82 5.35 0 17.0 SS 7 3 7 0 0 1.000 .962 1.43 4.53 4.09 4.95 0 22.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.08 0 1.3 1957 29 TOT SS 109 226 382 18 77 .971 .963 5.58 4.43 5.97 5.11 104 916.3 TOT 2B 16 35 40 2 7 .974 .980 4.69 4.86 5.20 5.39 14 129.7 TOT 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.75 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 CIN NL 2B 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.95 3.00 5.40 0 6.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 WSH AL SS 108 226 382 18 77 .971 .963 5.63 4.43 5.98 5.11 104 915.3 2B 14 33 40 2 7 .973 .980 5.21 4.84 5.31 5.39 14 123.7 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.60 0 1.0 1958 30 WSH AL SS 112 191 331 13 73 .976 .964 4.66 4.17 5.25 4.96 101 895.0 AS 2B 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 4.67 2.25 5.29 3 16.0 AS 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 2.60 1.80 3.06 0 5.0 AS 1959 31 DET AL SS 110 179 293 24 66 .952 .959 4.29 3.97 4.93 4.87 108 861.7 2B 5 16 15 0 4 1.000 .975 6.20 4.74 5.94 5.29 4 47.0 1960 32 TOT AL SS 10 13 25 0 4 1.000 .960 3.80 4.37 6.07 5.10 6 56.3 TOT AL 3B 10 3 10 3 1 .813 .949 1.30 2.72 3.28 3.13 3 35.7 DET AL 3B 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 1.00 2.71 3.77 3.13 1 16.7 SS 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 4.37 6.16 5.05 0 7.3 CLE AL SS 7 11 22 0 3 1.000 .959 4.71 4.37 6.06 5.11 6 49.0 3B 3 1 5 3 1 .667 .952 2.00 2.73 2.84 3.13 2 19.0 STL NL 2B 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 .980 1.67 4.47 11.25 5.17 0 4.0 1961 33 LAA AL 2B 58 113 139 3 23 .988 .978 4.34 4.72 5.28 5.24 49 429.7 SS 25 32 57 3 12 .967 .956 3.56 4.37 4.94 4.84 19 162.0 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 2.80 1.29 3.21 0 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 23 BRO NL 2B 10 11 12 0 1 1.000 .975 2.30 5.05 1952 24 BRO NL 2B 24 35 34 1 11 .986 .975 2.88 4.96 1953 25 CIN NL 2B 115 329 320 16 94 .976 .972 5.64 4.83 1954 26 CIN NL 2B 19 29 38 2 10 .971 .977 3.53 5.31 1955 27 CIN NL 2B 9 10 10 0 3 1.000 .976 2.22 5.00 1956 28 CIN NL 2B 8 7 4 0 0 1.000 .982 1.38 4.66 5.82 5.35 0 17.0 1957 29 TOT 2B 16 35 40 2 7 .974 .980 4.69 4.86 5.20 5.39 14 129.7 CIN NL 2B 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.95 3.00 5.40 0 6.0 WSH AL 2B 14 33 40 2 7 .973 .980 5.21 4.84 5.31 5.39 14 123.7 1958 30 WSH AL 2B 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 4.67 2.25 5.29 3 16.0 1959 31 DET AL 2B 5 16 15 0 4 1.000 .975 6.20 4.74 5.94 5.29 4 47.0 1960 32 STL NL 2B 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 .980 1.67 4.47 11.25 5.17 0 4.0 1961 33 LAA AL 2B 58 113 139 3 23 .988 .978 4.34 4.72 5.28 5.24 49 429.7 1951 23 BRO NL 3B 40 26 62 13 10 .871 .953 2.20 3.10 1952 24 BRO NL 3B 6 4 8 1 0 .923 .952 2.00 2.92 1953 25 CIN NL 3B 3 2 7 0 0 1.000 .947 3.00 2.73 1954 26 CIN NL 3B 13 5 7 0 1 1.000 .952 0.92 2.82 1955 27 CIN NL 3B 59 48 88 5 7 .965 .951 2.31 2.81 1956 28 CIN NL 3B 51 15 13 1 1 .966 .956 0.55 2.64 2.58 3.05 0 97.7 1957 29 TOT 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.75 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 CIN NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 WSH AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.60 0 1.0 1958 30 WSH AL 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 2.60 1.80 3.06 0 5.0 1960 32 TOT AL 3B 10 3 10 3 1 .813 .949 1.30 2.72 3.28 3.13 3 35.7 DET AL 3B 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 1.00 2.71 3.77 3.13 1 16.7 CLE AL 3B 3 1 5 3 1 .667 .952 2.00 2.73 2.84 3.13 2 19.0 1961 33 LAA AL 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 2.80 1.29 3.21 0 7.0 1956 28 CIN NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.08 0 1.3 1956 28 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.08 0 1.3 1951 23 BRO NL SS 9 11 20 2 4 .939 .954 3.44 4.47 1952 24 BRO NL SS 13 5 11 1 1 .941 .958 1.23 4.70 1953 25 CIN NL SS 6 4 1 0 1 1.000 .962 0.83 4.63 1954 26 CIN NL SS 20 11 15 0 2 1.000 .959 1.30 4.63 1955 27 CIN NL SS 26 11 19 1 4 .968 .965 1.15 4.57 1956 28 CIN NL SS 7 3 7 0 0 1.000 .962 1.43 4.53 4.09 4.95 0 22.0 1957 29 TOT SS 109 226 382 18 77 .971 .963 5.58 4.43 5.97 5.11 104 916.3 CIN NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 WSH AL SS 108 226 382 18 77 .971 .963 5.63 4.43 5.98 5.11 104 915.3 1958 30 WSH AL SS 112 191 331 13 73 .976 .964 4.66 4.17 5.25 4.96 101 895.0 1959 31 DET AL SS 110 179 293 24 66 .952 .959 4.29 3.97 4.93 4.87 108 861.7 1960 32 TOT AL SS 10 13 25 0 4 1.000 .960 3.80 4.37 6.07 5.10 6 56.3 DET AL SS 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 4.37 6.16 5.05 0 7.3 CLE AL SS 7 11 22 0 3 1.000 .959 4.71 4.37 6.06 5.11 6 49.0 1961 33 LAA AL SS 25 32 57 3 12 .967 .956 3.56 4.37 4.94 4.84 19 162.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 447 686 1161 62 244 .968 .962 4.13 4.28 338 2913.3 2B* 270 592 614 24 154 .980 .974 4.47 4.85 70 643.3 3B* 191 103 197 23 20 .929 .952 1.57 2.82 3 147.3 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0 1.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 909 1381 1972 109 418 .969 .965 3.69 4.14
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1958   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1958

Sac. Flies
1957 AL-6-9

Grounded into Double Plays
1957 AL-17-4
1959 AL-14-7

HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1687) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

February 16, 1953: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds. The Milwaukee Braves sent cash to the Cincinnati Reds. The Milwaukee Braves sent Earl Torgeson to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Cincinnati Reds sent Joe Adcock to the Milwaukee Braves. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent Jim Pendleton to the Milwaukee Braves. The Philadelphia Phillies sent cash to the Milwaukee Braves. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Russ Meyer to the Brooklyn Dodgers.

May 20, 1957: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Cincinnati Redlegs.

December 6, 1958: Traded by the Washington Senators with Neil Chrisley and Eddie Yost to the Detroit Tigers for Reno Bertoia, Ron Samford, and Jim Delsing.

July 26, 1960: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Red Wilson to the Cleveland Indians for Hank Foiles.

September 2, 1960: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Cleveland Indians.

October 11, 1960: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 10, 1961: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels.

October 19, 1961: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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