Bruce Berenyi
Bruce Michael Berenyi
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 21, 1954 in Bryan, OH
School: Truman State University
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1980
Final Game: July 9, 1986
Relatives: Nephew of Ned Garver
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1980 25 CIN NL 2 2 .500 7.81 6 6 0 0 0 0 27.2 34 26 24 1 23 0 19 0 0 3 132 46 2.060 11.1 0.3 7.5 6.2 0.83
1981 26 CIN NL 9 6 .600 3.50 21 20 0 5 3 0 126.0 97 55 49 3 77 0 106 0 2 7 544 102 1.381 6.9 0.2 5.5 7.6 1.38 RoY-4
1982 27 CIN NL 9 18 .333 3.36 34 34 0 4 1 0 222.1 208 90 83 8 96 5 157 2 3 16 938 110 1.367 8.4 0.3 3.9 6.4 1.64
1983 28 CIN NL 9 14 .391 3.86 32 31 1 4 1 0 186.1 173 92 80 9 102 3 151 2 0 8 816 98 1.476 8.4 0.4 4.9 7.3 1.48
1984 29 TOT NL 12 13 .480 4.45 32 30 1 0 0 0 166.0 163 93 82 6 95 4 134 1 0 11 737 81 1.554 8.8 0.3 5.2 7.3 1.41
1984 29 CIN NL 3 7 .300 6.00 13 11 1 0 0 0 51.0 63 35 34 0 42 2 53 0 0 4 251 63 2.059 11.1 0.0 7.4 9.4 1.26
1984 29 NYM NL 9 6 .600 3.76 19 19 0 0 0 0 115.0 100 58 48 6 53 2 81 1 0 7 486 95 1.330 7.8 0.5 4.1 6.3 1.53
1985 30 NYM NL 1 0 1.000 2.63 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.2 8 6 4 0 10 0 10 1 0 3 58 132 1.317 5.3 0.0 6.6 6.6 1.00
1986 31 NYM NL 2 2 .500 6.35 14 7 2 0 0 0 39.2 47 30 28 5 22 0 30 1 0 4 184 56 1.739 10.7 1.1 5.0 6.8 1.36
7 Seasons 44 55 .444 4.03 142 131 4 13 5 0 781.2 730 392 350 32 425 12 607 7 5 52 3409 91 1.478 8.4 0.4 4.9 7.0 1.43
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .444 4.03 35 33 1 3 1 0 195 182 98 87 8 106 3 151 2 1 13 849 91 1.478 8.4 0.4 4.9 7.0 1.43
CIN (5 yrs) 32 47 .405 3.96 106 102 2 13 5 0 613.1 575 298 270 21 340 10 486 4 5 38 2681 93 1.492 8.4 0.3 5.0 7.1 1.43
NYM (3 yrs) 12 8 .600 4.28 36 29 2 0 0 0 168.1 155 94 80 11 85 2 121 3 0 14 728 83 1.426 8.3 0.6 4.5 6.5 1.42

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 25 CIN NL 6 132 107 26 34 3 1 1 12 3 23 19 .318 .438 .393 .831 .379 42 4 0 2 0 0
1981 26 CIN NL 21 544 460 55 97 18 0 3 20 4 77 106 .211 .322 .270 .591 .265 124 12 0 3 4 0
1982 27 CIN NL 34 938 816 90 208 33 6 8 34 8 96 157 .255 .332 .339 .672 .304 277 29 2 17 7 5
1983 28 CIN NL 32 815 699 92 173 29 8 9 22 5 102 151 .247 .343 .351 .694 .302 245 20 2 8 4 3
1984 29 CIN NL 13 251 206 35 63 17 3 0 11 4 42 53 .306 .422 .417 .839 .409 86 3 0 2 1 2
1984 29 NYM NL 19 486 420 58 100 12 2 6 16 6 53 81 .238 .324 .319 .643 .281 134 15 1 10 2 2
1984 29 TOT NL 32 737 626 93 163 29 5 6 27 10 95 134 .260 .357 .351 .709 .321 220 18 1 12 3 4
1985 30 NYM NL 3 58 47 6 8 1 0 0 3 1 10 10 .170 .328 .191 .519 .216 9 3 1 0 0 0
1986 31 NYM NL 14 184 157 30 47 8 0 5 7 2 22 30 .299 .383 .446 .828 .336 70 4 1 1 3 0
7 Seasons 142 3408 2912 392 730 121 20 32 125 33 425 607 .251 .345 .339 .684 .304 987 90 7 43 21 12
162 Game Avg. 35 849 725 98 182 30 5 8 31 8 106 151 .251 .345 .339 .684 .304 246 22 2 11 5 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1980 25 CIN NL 6 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 2 33% 38 57 17 11 8 0 4 5.6 4.8 4.6
1981 26 CIN NL 21 20 9 6 5 2 2 14 6 .700 0 2 5 3 11 55% 56 94 25 25 8 3 9 4.6 3.7 6.2
1982 27 CIN NL 34 34 9 18 7 2 9 11 23 .324 1 5 4 1 21 62% 54 79 16 28 6 0 6 2.5 1.9 6.5
1983 28 CIN NL 32 31 9 14 8 2 5 13 18 .419 2 4 4 1 14 45% 51 84 22 22 8 3 12 4.3 4.4 6.0
1984 29 TOT NL 32 30 11 13 6 1 2 15 15 .500 2 4 0 0 14 47% 48 74 8 29 10 1 13 4.1 4.3 5.4
1984 29 CIN NL 13 11 2 7 2 1 2 3 8 .273 1 1 0 0 4 36% 42 65 15 18 6 1 6 3.4 3.2 4.3
1984 29 NYM NL 19 19 9 6 4 0 0 12 7 .632 1 3 0 0 10 53% 52 74 8 11 4 0 7 4.5 4.8 6.1
1985 30 NYM NL 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 54 80 35 3 0 0 2 4.8 7.6 4.6
1986 31 NYM NL 14 7 1 2 4 1 0 4 3 .571 0 2 0 0 1 14% 43 62 31 7 1 1 4 4.6 5.6 4.3
7 Seasons 142 131 42 55 34 8 18 62 69 .473 5 18 13 5 64 49% 51 94 8 125 41 8 50 3.9 3.6 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1981 26 CIN NL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.087 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1983 28 CIN NL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 10 0.986 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1984 29 TOT NL 32 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.128 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 5.5
1984 29 CIN NL 13 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 1.189 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 5.5
1986 31 NYM NL 14 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 7 0.983 2 2 3 0 2 5 3 4 4 0 4 0 4.1
4 Seasons 80 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 30% 1.045 4 3 4 0 4 7 5 6 7 0 7 1 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1980 25 CIN NL 132 37% 0.8% 14.4% 17.4% 3.8% 15% 1.31 66% 30 4 13%
1981 26 CIN NL 544 51% 0.6% 19.5% 14.2% 3.9% 22% 1.54 65% 92 12 13%
1982 27 CIN NL 938 51% 0.9% 16.7% 10.2% 5.0% 23% 1.78 70% 162 29 18%
1983 28 CIN NL 816 52% 1.1% 18.5% 12.5% 5.6% 27% 1.51 67% 164 20 12%
1984 29 TOT NL 737 48% 0.8% 18.2% 12.9% 5.4% 25% 1.23 66% 159 18 11%
1984 29 CIN NL 251 40% 0.0% 21.1% 16.7% 8.0% 32% 0.88 61% 60 3 5%
1984 29 NYM NL 486 52% 1.2% 16.7% 10.9% 4.1% 20% 1.39 69% 99 15 15%
1985 30 NYM NL 58 47% 0.0% 17.2% 17.2% 1.7% 13% 2.33 64% 13 3 23%
1986 31 NYM NL 184 48% 2.7% 16.3% 12.0% 7.1% 28% 1.28 68% 43 4 9%
7 Seasons 3409 50% 0.9% 17.8% 12.5% 5.1% 24% 1.51 67% 663 90 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1980 25 CIN NL 132 34 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12 7 3 58% 2 3 0 62 12 3 80% 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1981 26 CIN NL 544 97 3 0 12 2 1 0 3 30 19 4 63% 7 7 1 202 20 4 83% 19 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1982 27 CIN NL 938 208 8 0 13 5 3 4 4 61 30 8 49% 8 16 4 338 34 8 81% 31 6 3 2 0 0 1 0 36 0
1983 28 CIN NL 816 173 9 0 30 6 3 6 3 45 22 14 49% 11 8 3 321 22 5 81% 21 5 1 0 0 0 4 1 18 0
1984 29 TOT NL 737 163 6 0 19 4 2 6 0 52 31 8 60% 8 11 2 308 27 10 73% 27 8 0 1 0 1 2 0 19 0
1984 29 CIN NL 251 63 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 30 14 7 47% 1 4 0 110 11 4 73% 11 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
1984 29 NYM NL 486 100 6 0 5 4 2 6 0 22 17 1 77% 7 7 2 198 16 6 73% 16 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 0
1985 30 NYM NL 58 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 24 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1986 31 NYM NL 184 47 5 0 8 3 2 2 3 17 13 1 76% 3 4 0 77 7 2 78% 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
7 Seasons 3409 730 32 0 84 21 11 19 13 217 123 38 57% 41 52 11 1332 125 33 79% 119 25 6 6 0 2 7 1 102 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1980 25 2 2 .500 7.81 6 6 0 0 0 0 27.2 34 26 24 1 23 0 19 0 0 3 132 46 2.060 11.1 0.3 7.5 6.2 0.83 46
1981 26 11 8 .579 4.28 27 26 0 5 3 0 153.2 131 81 73 4 100 0 125 0 2 10 676 83 1.503 7.7 0.2 5.9 7.3 1.25 83
1982 27 20 26 .435 3.73 61 60 0 9 4 0 376.0 339 171 156 12 196 5 282 2 5 26 1614 97 1.423 8.1 0.3 4.7 6.8 1.44 97
1983 28 29 40 .420 3.78 93 91 1 13 5 0 562.1 512 263 236 21 298 8 433 4 5 34 2430 98 1.440 8.2 0.3 4.8 6.9 1.45 98
1984 29 41 53 .436 3.93 125 121 2 13 5 0 728.1 675 356 318 27 393 12 567 5 5 45 3167 93 1.466 8.3 0.3 4.9 7.0 1.44 93
1985 30 42 53 .442 3.91 128 124 2 13 5 0 742.0 683 362 322 27 403 12 577 6 5 48 3225 94 1.464 8.3 0.3 4.9 7.0 1.43 94
1986 31 44 55 .444 4.03 142 131 4 13 5 0 781.2 730 392 350 32 425 12 607 7 5 52 3409 91 1.478 8.4 0.4 4.9 7.0 1.43 91

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1980 25 0 2 .000 9.75 24.0 35 29 26 1 24 16 0 2.458 13.1 9.0 6.0 0.67 0.4 6
1981 26 10 10 .500 4.05 182.0 155 91 82 5 123 153 0 1.527 7.7 6.1 7.6 1.24 0.2 21
1982 27 12 11 .522 3.79 209.0 212 98 88 8 98 148 2 1.483 9.1 4.2 6.4 1.51 0.3 34
1983 28 9 10 .474 4.17 179.0 175 92 83 9 103 145 2 1.553 8.8 5.2 7.3 1.41 0.5 32
1984 29 7 10 .412 5.04 157.0 167 98 88 6 97 127 1 1.682 9.6 5.6 7.3 1.31 0.3 32
1985 30 1 0 1.000 2.77 13.0 8 4 4 0 10 9 1 1.385 5.5 6.9 6.2 0.90 0.0 3
1986 31 1 3 .250 7.54 37.0 49 34 31 5 23 28 1 1.946 11.9 5.6 6.8 1.22 1.2 14
7 Seasons 40 46 .465 4.52 801.0 801 446 402 34 478 626 7 1.597 9.0 7.0 1.31 0.4 142

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 NL--6.929--4th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 NL--7.571--5th
1982 NL--6.355--8th
1983 NL--7.293--5th
1984 NL--7.265--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1981 NL--106--6th
1982 NL--157--9th
1983 NL--151--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1981 NL--5--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 NL--3--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 NL--77--1st
1982 NL--96--3rd
1983 NL--102--3rd
1984 NL--95--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 NL--.214--5th
1982 NL--.324--1st
1983 NL--.435--4th
1984 NL--.325--4th

Losses s c a p y
1982 NL--18--1st
1983 NL--14--4th
1984 NL--13--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1981 NL--7--4th
1982 NL--16--4th
1983 NL--8--9th
1984 NL--11--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 17 (1151), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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