Bruce Aven
David Bruce Aven
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 4, 1972 in Orange, TX
High School: West Orange-Stark (Orange, TX)
School: Lamar University
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 30th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1997
Final Game: May 27, 2002
    About biographical information

Standard Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1997 25 CLE AL 13 20 19 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 .211 .250 .263 .513 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 7/98
1999 27 FLA NL 137 440 381 57 110 19 2 12 70 3 0 44 82 .289 .370 .444 .814 112 169 6 9 0 6 1 79/8D
2000 28 TOT NL 81 176 168 20 42 11 0 7 29 2 3 8 39 .250 .284 .440 .725 81 74 4 0 0 0 0 79/8
2000 28 PIT NL 72 153 148 18 37 11 0 5 25 2 3 5 31 .250 .275 .426 .700 74 63 4 0 0 0 0 97/8
2000 28 LAD NL 9 23 20 2 5 0 0 2 4 0 0 3 8 .250 .348 .550 .898 128 11 0 0 0 0 0 /7
2001 29 LAD NL 21 26 24 3 8 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .333 .385 .542 .926 145 13 0 2 0 0 0 /79
2002 30 CLE AL 7 21 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 .118 .286 .118 .403 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 /789
5 Seasons 259 683 609 85 166 33 2 20 103 6 4 57 135 .273 .343 .432 .774 100 263 12 11 0 6 1
162 Game Avg. 162 427 381 53 104 21 1 13 64 4 3 36 84 .273 .343 .432 .774 100 165 8 7 0 4 1
LAD (2 yrs) 30 49 44 5 13 2 0 3 6 0 0 3 13 .295 .367 .545 .913 137 24 0 2 0 0 0
CLE (2 yrs) 20 41 36 5 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 5 9 .167 .268 .194 .463 25 7 2 0 0 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 72 153 148 18 37 11 0 5 25 2 3 5 31 .250 .275 .426 .700 74 63 4 0 0 0 0
FLA (1 yr) 137 440 381 57 110 19 2 12 70 3 0 44 82 .289 .370 .444 .814 112 169 6 9 0 6 1
NL (3 yrs) 239 642 573 80 160 32 2 20 101 5 3 52 126 .279 .347 .447 .794 104 256 10 11 0 6 1
AL (2 yrs) 20 41 36 5 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 5 9 .167 .268 .194 .463 25 7 2 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1997 25 CLE AL 20 16 1 1.7 112 .286 .211 .275 .250 .345 .263 .435 .513 .779 33 .113 -1.9 -0.2 .313 .053 .053
1999 27 FLA NL 440 283 67 6.3 109 .334 .289 .267 .370 .341 .444 .430 .814 .771 112 .580 9.2 0.8 .812 .278 .155 4.8
2000 28 TOT NL 176 133 19 3.8 115 .287 .250 .271 .284 .348 .440 .443 .725 .792 81 .352 -5.8 -0.5 .609 .232 .190 3.1
2000 28 PIT NL 153 118 15 3.4 115 .286 .250 .272 .275 .349 .426 .444 .700 .794 74 .305 -6.5 -0.6 .568 .203 .176 2.9
2000 28 LAD NL 23 15 4 7.1 111 .300 .250 .266 .348 .342 .550 .434 .898 .777 128 .630 0.7 0.1 .933 .450 .300 .0
2001 29 LAD NL 26 16 5 8.4 104 .389 .333 .259 .385 .329 .542 .424 .926 .753 145 .717 1.6 0.2 .938 .208 .208 .0
2002 30 CLE AL 21 17 1 1.6 103 .154 .118 .261 .286 .328 .118 .420 .403 .747 15 .109 -2.0 -0.2 .412 .294 .000 .0
5 Seasons 683 465 93 5.4 110 .317 .273 .268 .343 .342 .432 .433 .774 .775 100 .505 1.1 0.1 .725 .256 .159 9.2
162 Game Avg. 427 291 58 5.4 110 .317 .273 .268 .343 .342 .432 .433 .774 .775 100 .505 1 0 .725 .256 .159 6
LAD (2 yrs) 49 31 9 7.8 107 .357 .295 .262 .367 .335 .545 .429 .913 .764 137 .678 2.3 0.2 .935 .318 .250 .0
CLE (2 yrs) 41 33 2 1.6 107 .222 .167 .268 .268 .336 .194 .427 .463 .763 25 .111 -3.9 -0.4 .364 .167 .028 .0
PIT (1 yr) 153 118 15 3.4 115 .286 .250 .272 .275 .349 .426 .444 .700 .794 74 .305 -6.5 -0.6 .568 .203 .176 2.9
FLA (1 yr) 440 283 67 6.3 109 .334 .289 .267 .370 .341 .444 .430 .814 .771 112 .580 9.2 0.8 .812 .278 .155 4.8
NL (3 yrs) 642 432 91 5.6 111 .323 .279 .268 .347 .343 .447 .434 .794 .776 104 .528 5.0 0.5 .754 .262 .168 8.0
AL (2 yrs) 41 33 2 1.6 107 .222 .167 .268 .268 .336 .194 .427 .463 .763 25 .111 -3.9 -0.4 .364 .167 .028 .0

Ratio Batting*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1997 25 CLE AL 20 0.0% 25.0% 5.0% 5.0% 25% 5.00 3.8 9.5 1.33 1.50 70% 29% 0.0% 33%
1999 27 FLA NL 440 2.7% 18.6% 10.0% 7.5% 30% 1.86 4.6 31.8 5.4 0.75 0.91 67% 20% 8.4% 18%
2000 28 TOT NL 176 4.0% 22.2% 4.6% 10.2% 43% 4.88 4.3 24.0 5.8 0.72 1.00 69% 23% 12.3% 20%
2000 28 PIT NL 153 3.3% 20.3% 3.3% 10.5% 43% 6.20 4.8 29.6 5.9 0.78 1.07 73% 23% 9.8% 19%
2000 28 LAD NL 23 8.7% 34.8% 13.0% 8.7% 40% 2.67 2.5 10.0 5.0 0.25 0.40 43% 25% 33.3% 25%
2001 29 LAD NL 26 3.9% 19.2% 0.0% 11.5% 38% 4.8 24.0 12.0 0.29 0.25 69% 37% 9.1% 21%
2002 30 CLE AL 21 0.0% 19.1% 19.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 4.3 0.44 0.63 62% 15% 0.0% 33%
5 Seasons 683 2.9% 19.8% 8.4% 8.1% 33% 2.37 4.5 30.5 5.9 0.72 0.91 67% 21% 9.0% 19%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1997 25 CLE AL 0 0 80% 11 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1999 27 FLA NL 3 0 30% 210 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 14 37% 31 24 7 11 5 6 17 7 9
2000 28 TOT NL 1 0 30% 47 2 3 40% 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 44% 9 6 3 1 1 0 6 1 4
2000 28 PIT NL 1 0 35% 43 2 3 40% 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 43% 7 5 2 1 1 0 6 1 4
2000 28 LAD NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 29 LAD NL 1 0 22% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
2002 30 CLE AL 0 0 17% 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 5 0 30% 287 6 4 60% 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 7 19 35% 45 35 10 14 8 6 26 10 14
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1997 25 CLE AL 20 50% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 11 2 18% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1999 27 FLA NL 440 28% 110 10 0 26 7 2 6 1.17 12 2 9 8 4 3 9 0 0 0 95 6 6% 43 15 35% 293 59 20% 41 20 49% 37 13 35% 0
2000 28 TOT NL 176 38% 42 3 0 36 4 0 3 1.51 7 0 12 5 2 4 3 0 0 0 26 4 15% 17 4 24% 136 22 16% 13 5 38% 14 8 57% 0
2000 28 PIT NL 153 39% 37 3 0 35 4 0 3 1.50 5 0 10 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 21 4 19% 14 4 29% 118 20 17% 12 5 42% 13 7 54% 0
2000 28 LAD NL 23 30% 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.07 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0% 3 0 0% 18 2 11% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2001 29 LAD NL 26 42% 8 0 0 12 3 0 0 1.81 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 18 1 6% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2002 30 CLE AL 21 62% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 8 1 13% 17 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 683 33% 166 14 0 75 14 2 9 1.44 20 2 23 14 6 8 12 0 0 0 139 12 9% 72 20 28% 475 84 18% 57 25 44% 52 21 40% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1997 25 CLE AL 19 67 3.53 48 72% 21% 25% 27% 27% 79% 0% 57% 68% 26% 0% 0 0 11% 2 2 0% 0 0 20% 1 0 0
1999 27 FLA NL 440 1605 3.65 993 62% 21% 19% 29% 31% 79% 1% 49% 76% 40% 4% 18 1 11% 50 22 6% 27 20 21% 0 0 0
2000 28 TOT NL 176 612 3.48 393 64% 21% 18% 28% 33% 79% 0% 51% 77% 44% 3% 6 1 15% 26 15 6% 11 6 44% 0 0 0
2000 28 PIT NL 153 527 3.44 341 65% 20% 17% 29% 34% 80% 0% 52% 79% 45% 3% 5 1 16% 24 14 6% 9 6 42% 0 0 0
2000 28 LAD NL 23 85 3.70 52 61% 27% 27% 23% 23% 73% 0% 45% 63% 35% 4% 1 0 9% 2 1 9% 2 0 50% 0 0 0
2001 29 LAD NL 26 95 3.65 64 67% 25% 22% 23% 30% 75% 0% 51% 71% 35% 0% 0 0 12% 3 2 4% 1 1 40% 0 0 0
2002 30 CLE AL 21 81 3.86 49 60% 22% 22% 29% 27% 78% 0% 47% 71% 33% 10% 2 0 10% 2 0 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 682 2460 3.61 1547 63% 21% 19% 29% 31% 79% 0% 50% 75% 40% 4% 26 2 12% 83 41 6% 40 27 27% 1 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 25 13 20 19 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 .211 .250 .263 .513 33 5 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 13 20 19 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 .211 .250 .263 .513 33 5 0 0 0 0 0
1999 27 150 460 400 61 114 20 2 12 72 3 1 45 87 .285 .365 .435 .800 108 174 6 9 0 6 1
2000 28 231 636 568 81 156 31 2 19 101 5 4 53 126 .275 .343 .437 .779 100 248 10 9 0 6 1
2001 29 252 662 592 84 164 33 2 20 103 5 4 53 131 .277 .344 .441 .785 102 261 10 11 0 6 1
2002 30 259 683 609 85 166 33 2 20 103 6 4 57 135 .273 .343 .432 .774 100 263 12 11 0 6 1

Neutralized Batting

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1997 25 13 20 19 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 .211 .250 .263 .513 1 13
1999 27 137 443 383 54 112 19 2 12 66 3 45 82 .292 .375 .446 .821 63 137
2000 28 81 170 163 18 37 10 0 6 26 2 7 39 .227 .259 .399 .658 17 81
2001 29 21 26 24 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .000 .077 .000 .077 5 21
2002 30 7 24 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 4 .167 .375 .167 .542 1 7
5 Seasons 259 683 607 80 156 30 2 18 96 7 59 135 .257 .331 .402 .733 87 259
162 Game Avg. 162 427 380 50 98 19 1 11 60 4 37 84 .257 .331 .402 .733 54 259

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Danny Gardella (977)
  2. Phil Clark (975)
  3. Jeff Abbott (974)
  4. Lou Skizas (973)
  5. Lyle Mouton (968)
  6. Ryan Raburn (967)
  7. George Alusik (966)
  8. Angel Echevarria (966)
  9. George Puccinelli (965)
  10. Travis Buck (964)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Danny Gardella (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dave Harris (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Eddie Williams (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Bruce Aven    

Viewed 22,056 times through December 2, 2009.
Name and misspellings: David Bruce Aven

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.