Bruce Aven

David Bruce Aven

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
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
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Pirates/Dodgers/Indians 1997-2002

Final Game: May 27, 2002
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Standard Batting

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
1994	22	CLE-min	A-	61	259	220	49	73	14	5	5	33	12	3	20	45	.332	.409	.509	.918		112	1	12	2	5	0	WTR · NYPL
1995	23	CLE-min	A+	130	534	479	70	125	23	5	23	69	15	9	41	109	.261	.335	.474	.809		227	7	13	0	1	3	KIN · CARL
1996	24	CLE-min	AA,AAA	134	555	490	96	149	31	4	24	81	22	7	44	102	.304	.380	.531	.911		260	9	18	0	3	0	CAK,BFL · EL,AA
1997	25	CLE-min	AAA	121	500	432	69	124	27	3	17	77	10	3	50	99	.287	.371	.481	.853		208	10	11	2	5	0	BFL · AA
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	LAD-PIT-min	AAA	12	49	42	8	12	2	0	0	6	0	0	7	9	.286	.388	.333	.721		14	1	0	0	0	1	ABQ,NVL · PCL
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-min	AAA	86	324	292	43	76	17	0	8	32	5	1	24	59	.260	.325	.401	.726		117	10	5	1	2	1	LVG · PCL
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	PHI-CLE-min	AAA	94	387	324	43	84	16	0	13	58	4	1	50	56	.259	.375	.429	.804		139	11	11	0	2	3	SWB,BFL · IL
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
2003	31	TOR-min	AAA	56	220	192	21	41	5	0	3	17	1	1	26	44	.214	.309	.286	.596		55	5	1	0	1	2	SYR · IL
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1997	25	CLE	AL	20	-2	-1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	7/98

1999	27	FLA	NL	440	8	1	0	1	1	-4	13	21	2.0	19	1.9	0.1	$200,000	79/8D
2000	28	PIT	NL	153	-7	-1	0	0	1	-1	4	-4	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$320,000	97/8
2000	28	LAD	NL	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$	/7
2001	29	LAD	NL	26	2	0	1	0	-1	0	1	3	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$	/79
2002	30	CLE	AL	21	-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	/789
5 Seasons				683	0	-1	1	1	4	-5	21	22	2.2	17	1.7	0.5	$520,000

LAD (2 yrs)				49	3	0	1	0	-0	0	2	6	0.6	6	0.6	0.0	$
CLE (2 yrs)				41	-4	-1	0	0	2	0	2	-1	-0.1	-3	-0.3	0.2	$
PIT (1 yr)				153	-7	-1	0	0	1	-1	4	-4	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$320,000
FLA (1 yr)				440	8	1	0	1	1	-4	13	21	2.0	19	1.9	0.1	$200,000

Advanced Batting

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	9.1	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	1.0	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	.581	9.1	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	4.9	0.4	.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*

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					2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	8.0%	34%	1.88	5.3	31.4	7.4	0.77	1.08	70%	23%	8.3%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	25	CLE	AL	-1.9	-0.2	21	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	.88	-0.2	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.98	-2.1		0

1999	27	FLA	NL	9.1	0.8	452	1.4	8.6	-7.2	1.01	1.1	0.3	19.6	1.9	0.92	12.0	1.16	26
2000	28	TOT	NL	-5.8	-0.5	183	-1.9	3.0	-4.9	1.21	-0.7	-0.9	-10.1	-0.9	1.00	-6.7	1.52	36
2000	28	PIT	NL	-6.5	-0.6	160	-1.7	2.6	-4.3	1.17	-0.6	-0.9	-9.8	-0.9	1.01	-6.5	1.50	35
2000	28	LAD	NL	0.7	0.1	23	-0.1	0.4	-0.6	1.47	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.98	-0.2	2.09	1
2001	29	LAD	NL	1.6	0.2	26	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	1.22	0.2	-0.3	2.2	0.2	0.99	3.2	1.77	12
2002	30	CLE	AL	-2.0	-0.2	22	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	1.20	-0.3	-0.1	-4.6	-0.5	1.05	-2.9	1.03	1
5 Seasons				1.0	0.1	704	-1.0	12.6	-13.7	1.07	0.2	-1.2	5.1	0.5	0.95	3.5	1.43	75

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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

Situational Hitting*

						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	1.16	12	2	9	8	4	3	9	0	0	0		95	6	6%	43	15	35%	293	59	20%	41	20	49%	7	0	0%	0
2000	28	TOT	NL	176	38%	42	3	0	36	4	0	3	1.52	7	0	12	5	2	4	3	0	0	0		26	4	15%	17	4	24%	136	22	16%	13	5	38%	8	6	75%	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%	8	6	75%	0
2000	28	LAD	NL	23	30%	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.09	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	0	0%	18	2	11%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2001	29	LAD	NL	26	42%	8	0	0	12	3	0	0	1.77	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	1	0	0%	18	1	6%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
2002	30	CLE	AL	21	62%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	2	25%	8	1	13%	17	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
5 Seasons				683	33%	166	14	0	75	14	2	9	1.43	20	2	23	14	6	8	12	0	0	0		139	12	9%	72	20	28%	475	84	18%	57	25	44%	18	7	39%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1606	3.65	994	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	2461	3.61	1548	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						3.73		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	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
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
1999	27	150	460	400	61	114	20	2	12	72	3	1	45	87	.285	.365	.435	.800	108	174	6	9	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	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	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	6	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	5	.211	.250	.263	.513	1	13

1999	27	137	434	377	54	106	18	2	12	66	3	42	82	.281	.362	.435	.797	58	137
2000	28	81	174	166	18	40	10	0	7	26	2	8	39	.241	.276	.428	.704	19	81
2001	29	21	26	24	3	8	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	.333	.385	.542	.926	4	21
2002	30	7	24	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	6	4	.167	.375	.167	.542	1	7
5 Seasons		259	678	604	80	161	31	2	20	96	7	57	135	.267	.338	.424	.762	83	259
162 Game Avg.		162	424	378	50	101	19	1	13	60	4	36	84	.267	.338	.424	.762	52	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 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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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 or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') 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.

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