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Bruno Betzel

Christian Frederick Albert John Henry David Betzel

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: December 6, 1894 in Chattanooga, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1914
Team: Cardinals 1914-1918

Final Game: September 2, 1918
Died: February 7, 1965 in West Hollywood, FL
Buried: North Grove Cemetery, Celina, OH
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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 Awards
1914 19 STL NL 7 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 /45
1915 20 STL NL 117 401 367 42 92 12 4 0 27 10 13 18 48 .251 .291 .305 .596 80 112 3 13 *5/46
1916 21 STL NL 142 560 510 49 119 15 11 1 37 22 16 39 77 .233 .288 .312 .600 85 159 0 11 *45/O
1917 22 STL NL 106 358 328 24 71 4 3 1 17 9 20 47 .216 .266 .256 .522 62 84 2 8 4O/5
1918 23 STL NL 76 247 230 18 51 6 7 0 13 8 12 16 .222 .260 .309 .569 75 71 0 6 5O94/8
5 Yrs 448 1576 1444 135 333 37 25 2 94 49 29 90 189 .231 .278 .295 .573 76 426 5 38
162 Game Avg. 162 570 522 49 120 13 9 1 34 18 33 68 .231 .278 .295 .573 76 154 2 14

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1914 19 STL NL 7 10 -2 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ /45
1915 20 STL NL 117 401 -9 -2 0 4 4 -3 -0.5 11 8 0.7 .497 .498 0.3 0.9 4 $ *5/46
1916 21 STL NL 142 560 -9 0 0 -1 1 -10 -1.2 16 6 0.4 .491 .493 0.5 -0.0 7 $ *45/O
1917 22 STL NL 106 358 -13 -0 0 6 -1 -8 -1.1 10 2 0.0 .490 .494 -0.8 0.7 -4 $ 4O/5
1918 23 STL NL 76 247 -6 0 0 -2 0 -8 -1.0 7 -1 -0.3 .487 .494 0.0 -0.2 1 $ 5O94/8
5 Seasons 448 1576 -40 -2 0 8 4 -30 -3.9 44 15 0.7 .492 .495 -0.2 1.4 7 $

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
1914 19 STL NL 10 9 0 0.0 83 .000 .000 .256 .100 .324 .000 .343 .100 .667 -69 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
1915 20 STL NL 401 301 30 2.7 82 .288 .251 .257 .291 .320 .305 .344 .596 .664 80 .409 -9.7 -1.1 .451 .095 .054 .0
1916 21 STL NL 560 418 44 2.8 77 .273 .233 .253 .288 .311 .312 .338 .600 .649 85 .420 -9.9 -1.2 .501 .167 .078 1.9
1917 22 STL NL 358 265 22 2.2 76 .250 .216 .253 .266 .310 .256 .334 .522 .644 62 .326 -14.8 -1.7 .447 .128 .040 1.8
1918 23 STL NL 247 185 18 2.6 77 .238 .222 .258 .260 .315 .309 .333 .569 .648 75 .381 -7.8 -0.9 .508 .174 .087 .0
5 Yrs 1576 1178 114 2.6 78 .264 .231 .255 .278 .314 .295 .338 .573 .652 76 .385 -44.0 -5.1 .475 .141 .064 3.8
162 Game Avg. 570 426 41 2.6 78 .264 .231 .255 .278 .314 .295 .338 .573 .652 76 .385 -44.0 -5.1 .475 .141 .064 1

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
1918 23 STL NL 247 0.0% 6.5% 4.9% 5.3% 26% 1.33 14.4 17.7 87%
5 Yrs 247 0.8% 76.5% 36.4% 25.9% 19% 2.10 7.6 722.0 15.4 507%
MLB Averages 3.0% 69.6% 55.2% 34.7% 22% 1.26 9.0 207.0 10.5 553%

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 SH SF IBB
1914 19 7 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0
1915 20 124 411 376 44 92 12 4 0 27 10 13 19 49 .245 .286 .298 .584 76 112 3 13
1916 21 266 971 886 93 211 27 15 1 64 32 29 58 126 .238 .287 .306 .593 81 271 3 24
1917 22 372 1329 1214 117 282 31 18 2 81 41 29 78 173 .232 .281 .292 .574 76 355 5 32
1918 23 448 1576 1444 135 333 37 25 2 94 49 29 90 189 .231 .278 .295 .573 76 426 5 38

Neutralized Batting

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
1914 19 7 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 7
1915 20 122 431 393 53 107 14 5 0 34 12 21 50 .272 .314 .333 .647 40 117
1916 21 147 608 550 66 144 18 13 1 50 27 47 80 .262 .320 .347 .667 61 142
1917 22 110 386 352 32 85 5 4 1 23 11 24 49 .241 .294 .287 .581 29 106
1918 23 97 327 302 29 74 9 10 0 21 12 17 20 .245 .285 .341 .626 29 76
5 Yrs 483 1762 1606 182 410 46 32 2 128 62 110 200 .255 .305 .328 .633 159 448
162 Game Avg. 162 591 539 61 138 15 11 1 43 21 37 67 .255 .305 .328 .633 53 448

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1915 NL  0.9 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1916 NL  77 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1914 NL  born 1894-12-06 (3rd)

             

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Name and misspellings: Christian Frederick Albert John Henry Bruno David Betzel

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