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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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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 81 112 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 76 248 230 18 51 6 7 0 13 8 12 16 .222 .260 .309 .569 75 71 0 6 5O4
5 Seasons 448 1577 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: 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 Awards
1914 19 STL NL 10 -2 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /45
1915 20 STL NL 401 -9 -1 0 0 4 4 11 9 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $ *5/46
1916 21 STL NL 560 -11 -3 0 0 -1 1 16 2 -0.2 3 0.4 -0.6 $ *45/O
1917 22 STL NL 358 -15 -1 0 0 6 -1 10 -1 -0.5 -7 -0.8 0.3 $ 4O/5
1918 23 STL NL 248 -7 0 0 0 -2 0 7 -2 -0.4 0 0.0 -0.4 $ 5O4
5 Seasons 1577 -44 -5 0 0 8 4 44 7 -0.5 -1 -0.1 -0.4 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1914 STL NL 19 2B 4 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 3.75 .949 5.20
1914 STL NL 19 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
1915 STL NL 20 3B 105 348 105 221 22 10 .937 3.10 .947 3.13
1915 STL NL 20 2B 3 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.67 .953 5.07
1915 STL NL 20 SS 2 11 3 6 2 1 .818 4.50 .931 5.45
1916 STL NL 21 2B 113 668 275 366 27 64 .960 5.67 .951 5.12
1916 STL NL 21 3B 33 116 34 69 13 3 .888 3.12 .938 3.18
1916 STL NL 21 OF 7 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 .967 2.14 1-2-4
1917 STL NL 22 2B 75 391 159 217 15 40 .962 5.01 .956 5.33
1917 STL NL 22 OF 23 36 32 3 1 1 .972 1.52 .963 2.20 12-1-9
1917 STL NL 22 3B 4 8 2 5 1 1 .875 1.75 .942 3.25
1918 STL NL 23 3B 34 105 32 64 9 3 .914 2.82 .949 3.39
1918 STL NL 23 OF 21 45 42 2 1 1 .978 2.10 .962 2.26 1-7-15
1918 STL NL 23 2B 10 70 26 37 7 6 .900 6.30 .957 5.45
5 Seasons 2B 205 1147 465 632 50 110 .956 5.35 .953 5.21
5 Seasons 3B 177 577 173 359 45 17 .922 3.01 .945 3.19
3 Seasons OF 51 91 84 5 2 2 .978 1.75 .963 2.22 14-10-28
1 Season SS 2 11 3 6 2 1 .818 4.50 .931 5.45
5 Seasons TOT 435 1826 725 1002 99 130 .946 3.97 .951 4.04 14-10-28
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1916 NL  113 (4th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1916 NL  275 (4th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1916 NL  366 (4th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1916 NL  27 (3rd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1915 NL  221 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1915 NL  22 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1916 NL  5.67 (1st)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1916 NL  .960 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1915 NL  3.10 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1914 NL  born 1894-12-06 (4th)

             

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

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