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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 CLE AL 25 OF 13 3 52.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 20.8 0.9 1.0 -0.1 0 2.77 1.23 .981 2.32 2.02
1997 CLE AL 25 LF 10 2 37.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 9.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.95 0.80 .975 2.07 1.71
1997 CLE AL 25 RF 2 1 13.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -9.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.15 3.00 .983 2.15 1.80
1997 CLE AL 25 CF 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 420.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.30
1999 FLA NL 27 OF 102 84 735.0 188 181 4 3 1 .984 1.2 2.0 3.2 1.4 1.8 -2 2.27 1.81 .981 2.26 1.86
1999 FLA NL 27 LF 78 62 546.0 141 137 2 2 0 .986 4.5 9.9 5.5 1.3 4.2 -1 2.29 1.78 .977 2.00 1.48
1999 FLA NL 27 RF 24 17 135.0 32 29 2 1 1 .969 -3.3 -29.3 -2.3 -0.7 -1.6 -1 2.07 1.29 .981 2.16 1.72
1999 FLA NL 27 CF 9 5 54.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0 2.50 1.67 .987 2.63 2.20
1999 FLA NL 27 DH 6
2000 TOT NL 28 OF 50 32 299.0 62 61 0 1 0 .984 1.5 6.0 0.5 0.0 0.3 1 1.84 1.22 .982 2.25 1.86
2000 TOT NL 28 LF 26 16 149.0 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 7.2 0.9 -0.1 1.0 0 1.75 1.12 .976 1.91 1.41
2000 PIT NL 28 OF 41 26 239.0 50 49 0 1 0 .980 0.8 4.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 1 1.85 1.20 .982 2.25 1.86
2000 PIT NL 28 RF 20 11 104.1 22 21 0 1 0 .955 0.1 1.2 -0.9 0.4 -1.4 1 1.81 1.05 .977 2.18 1.75
2000 PIT NL 28 LF 17 10 89.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 2.7 0.2 -0.4 0.6 0 1.72 1.00 .976 1.91 1.41
2000 PIT NL 28 CF 8 5 45.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 13.1 0.5 -0.3 0.7 0 2.17 1.38 .991 2.64 2.24
2000 LAD NL 28 LF 9 6 60.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 14.0 0.7 0.3 0.4 0 1.80 1.33 .975 1.90 1.41
2000 LAD NL 28 OF 9 6 60.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 14.0 0.7 0.3 0.4 0 1.80 1.33 .983 2.25 1.86
2001 LAD NL 29 OF 9 1 30.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -40.0 -1.0 -0.4 -0.6 0 1.50 0.56 .980 2.19 1.86
2001 LAD NL 29 LF 5 1 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -38.2 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 1.23 0.60 .967 1.92 1.48
2001 LAD NL 29 RF 4 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.14 1.72
2002 CLE AL 30 OF 7 6 50.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 28.8 1.2 0.5 0.7 0 2.16 1.71 .983 2.36 2.04
2002 CLE AL 30 LF 5 5 41.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 26.3 0.9 0.5 0.4 0 2.20 2.00 .980 2.13 1.74
2002 CLE AL 30 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
2002 CLE AL 30 RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.14 1.80
5 Seasons OF 181 126 1166.0 283 274 5 4 1 .986 3.8 3.9 4.8 2.5 2.1 -1 2.15 1.54 .981 2.26 1.88
5 Seasons LF 124 86 795.0 191 187 2 2 0 .990 5.9 8.9 6.9 1.8 5.1 -1 2.14 1.52 .976 1.99 1.49
5 Seasons RF 51 30 268.1 64 59 3 2 1 .969 -3.3 -14.8 -3.3 -0.5 -2.9 0 2.08 1.22 .981 2.17 1.74
4 Seasons CF 19 10 102.2 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 14.0 1.2 1.2 -0.1 0 2.45 1.47 .989 2.64 2.24
1 Season DH 6
5 Seasons TOT 194 126 1166.0 283 274 5 4 1 .986 3.8 3.9 4.8 2.5 2.1 -1 2.15 1.44 .965 2.09 1.63
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1997 CLE AL 25 13 3 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 13 0 0 2
1999 FLA NL 27 137 90 137 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 9 24 102 6 34 0
2000 PIT NL 28 72 26 72 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 20 41 0 35 0
2000 LAD NL 28 9 6 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 1 0
2001 LAD NL 29 21 1 21 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 9 0 13 0
2002 CLE AL 30 7 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 7 0 1 0
5 Seasons 259 132 259 181 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 19 51 181 6 84 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1997 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 173 55% 72% 37% 15 53%
1999 FLA NL 27 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 23 16 0 17 8 1 12 6 0 12 4 0 11 10 0 75 44 58.7% 30 1 1.3% 1 2508 52% 76% 40% 266 52%
2000 PIT NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 11 9 81.8% 2 0 0.0% 0 395 66% 74% 34% 41 41%
2000 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 245 49% 64% 32% 27 44%
2001 LAD NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 99 56% 78% 44% 7 43%
2002 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 180 56% 71% 31% 11 91%
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 34 25 0 22 11 1 16 8 0 15 4 0 15 14 0 102 62 60.8% 39 1 1.0% 1 3600 54% 75% 39% 367 51%
MLB Averages 61.5% 2.5% 56% 74% 38% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1997 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 57 46% 75% 35% 9 67%
1999 FLA NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 10 5 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 20 8 40.0% 12 0 0.0% 2 610 52% 74% 39% 63 46%
2000 PIT NL 28 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 13 8 61.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 462 57% 75% 36% 52 40%
2001 LAD NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 57% 73% 38% 5 40%
2002 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 85% 61% 21% 2 100%
5 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 14 8 0 8 3 1 6 1 0 3 0 0 6 5 0 37 17 45.9% 19 1 2.7% 2 1199 55% 74% 37% 131 46%
MLB Averages 46.7% 2.5% 56% 74% 38% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1997 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 63% 63% 25% 2 100%
1999 FLA NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 248 55% 70% 33% 31 48%
2000 PIT NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 196 61% 66% 33% 19 63%
2002 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 0% 0% 0
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 0 455 58% 68% 33% 52 56%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.1% 56% 74% 38% 54%

* 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.

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