Bob Bruce

Robert James Bruce

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 16, 1933 in Detroit, MI
High School: Highland Park HS (Highland Park, MI)
School: Alma College (Alma, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1959
Teams (by GP): Colt.45's/Astros/Tigers/Braves 1959-1967

Final Game: June 24, 1967
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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
1953	20	DET-min	D	42	87	87		28	3	0	0						.322	.322	.356	.678		31							WAU · WISL
1954	21	DET-min	B,A	33	55	55		8	2	0	0						.145	.145	.182	.327		10							DHM,WKB · CARL,EL
1955	22	DET-min	A,B	35	65	65		8	1	0	0						.123	.123	.138	.262		9							AUG,DHM · SALL,CARL
1956	23	DET-min	A,AAA	18	34	34		5	0	0	1						.147	.147	.235	.382		8							AUG,CHL · SALL,AA
1958	25	DET-min	AA,AAA	26	40	40		7	0	0	0						.175	.175	.150	.325		6							BIR,CHL · SOUA,AA
1959	26	DET-min	AAA	38	78	70	1	10	2	0	0	4	0		3	3	.143	.178	.171	.350		12		0	5	0	0		CHL · AA
1959	26	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1960	27	DET	AL	34	45	39	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	.179	.256	.179	.435	18	7	0	0	2	0	0	1
1961	28	DET-min	AAA	4	11	11		2									.182	.182											DEN · AA
1961	28	DET	AL	14	12	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.111	.273	.222	.495	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
1962	29	HOU	NL	32	68	55	8	11	1	0	0	7	0	0	12	14	.200	.343	.218	.561	60	12	2	0	1	0	0	1
1963	30	HOU	NL	32	64	55	5	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	5	17	.127	.213	.200	.413	23	11	0	1	3	0	0	1
1964	31	HOU	NL	37	72	63	1	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.190	.239	.206	.445	30	13	0	2	5	0	0	1
1965	32	HOU	NL	35	80	74	3	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	26	.122	.132	.149	.280	-18	11	0	0	4	1	0	1
1966	33	HOU	NL	25	47	39	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.077	.100	.077	.177	-48	3	0	0	7	0	0	1
1967	34	ATL-min	AAA	11	27	26	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.269	.296	.269	.566		7		0	0	0			RMD · IL
1967	34	ATL	NL	12	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.231	.167	.397	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
9 Yrs				223	401	346	25	52	7	1	0	17	0	0	28	102	.150	.220	.176	.396	15	61	3	3	23	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	291	251	18	38	5	1	0	12	0	0	20	74	.150	.220	.176	.396	15	44	2	2	17	1	0

HOU (5 yrs)				161	331	286	19	42	6	1	0	16	0	0	21	85	.147	.212	.175	.387	13	50	2	3	20	1	0
DET (3 yrs)				50	57	48	5	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	13	.167	.259	.188	.447	21	9	1	0	3	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				12	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.231	.167	.397	16	2	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				173	344	298	20	44	6	1	0	16	0	0	22	89	.148	.213	.174	.387	13	52	2	3	20	1	0
AL (3 yrs)				50	57	48	5	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	13	.167	.259	.188	.447	21	9	1	0	3	0	0

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
1959	26	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1960	27	DET	AL	34	45	-5	-0	0	0	5	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1961	28	DET	AL	14	12	-0	0	-0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1962	29	HOU	NL	32	68	-1	-1	0	0	8	6	0.6	2	9	0.6	.520	.504	0.6	0.0	9	$	1
1963	30	HOU	NL	32	64	-4	0	0	0	7	4	0.5	2	6	0.5	.514	.503	0.4	0.0	6	$	1
1964	31	HOU	NL	37	72	-5	0	0	0	8	4	0.5	2	7	0.5	.512	.503	0.5	0.0	7	$	1
1965	32	HOU	NL	35	80	-11	-0	0	0	9	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	1	$	1
1966	33	HOU	NL	25	47	-9	-0	0	0	5	-3	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.485	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$	1
1967	34	ATL	NL	12	13	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
9 Seasons				223	401	-35	-1	1	0	46	10	1.1	13	24	1.1	.505	.501	1.0	0.1	24	$

HOU (5 yrs)				161	331	-29	-1	1	0	38	9	1.0	11	21	1.0	.506	.501	0.9	0.1	21	$
DET (3 yrs)				50	57	-5	-0	0	0	6	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	3	$
ATL (1 yr)				12	13	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1960	27	DET	AL	45	34	2	1.6	105	.250	.179	.268	.256	.342	.179	.410	.435	.753	18	.129	-4.6	-0.5	.344	.103	.000
1961	28	DET	AL	12	10	1	2.7	106	.143	.111	.267	.273	.343	.222	.416	.495	.759	33	.266	-0.8	-0.1	.444	.333	.111
1962	29	HOU	NL	68	47	5	2.8	97	.268	.200	.262	.343	.328	.218	.397	.561	.725	60	.297	-2.4	-0.2	.522	.236	.018
1963	30	HOU	NL	64	51	3	1.6	84	.184	.127	.247	.213	.308	.200	.370	.413	.678	23	.160	-5.3	-0.6	.354	.164	.073
1964	31	HOU	NL	72	56	4	1.9	89	.245	.190	.256	.239	.313	.206	.381	.445	.694	30	.200	-5.6	-0.6	.333	.048	.016
1965	32	HOU	NL	80	70	2	0.8	87	.184	.122	.249	.132	.311	.149	.376	.280	.687	-18	.044	-11.1	-1.2	.185	.041	.027
1966	33	HOU	NL	47	43	1	0.6	90	.120	.077	.257	.100	.314	.077	.386	.177	.701	-48	.030	-7.6	-0.8	.111	.026	.000
1967	34	ATL	NL	13	10	1	2.7	90	.250	.167	.257	.231	.319	.167	.377	.397	.697	16	.331	-1.3	-0.1	.300	.083	.000
9 Yrs				401	321	19	1.6	92	.212	.150	.256	.220	.319	.176	.385	.396	.704	15	.143	-38.8	-4.0	.310	.107	.026
162 Game Avg.				291	233	14	1.6	92	.212	.150	.256	.220	.319	.176	.385	.396	.704	15	.143	-38.8	-4.0	.310	.107	.026

HOU (5 yrs)				331	267	15	1.5	89	.208	.147	.254	.212	.315	.175	.381	.387	.696	13	.134	-32.0	-3.4	.301	.101	.028
DET (3 yrs)				57	44	3	1.8	105	.229	.167	.268	.259	.342	.188	.411	.447	.754	21	.161	-5.4	-0.5	.366	.146	.021
ATL (1 yr)				13	10	1	2.7	90	.250	.167	.257	.231	.319	.167	.377	.397	.697	16	.331	-1.3	-0.1	.300	.083	.000

NL (6 yrs)				344	277	16	1.6	89	.210	.148	.254	.213	.315	.174	.381	.387	.696	13	.141	-33.3	-3.5	.301	.101	.027
AL (3 yrs)				57	44	3	1.8	105	.229	.167	.268	.259	.342	.188	.411	.447	.754	21	.161	-5.4	-0.5	.366	.146	.021

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1960	27	DET	AL	45	0.0%	24.4%	8.9%	0.0%	0%	2.75	3.5			1.56	62%
1961	28	DET	AL	12	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	8.3%	100%	1.00	4.5		9.0	1.33	58%
1962	29	HOU	NL	68	0.0%	20.6%	17.7%	1.5%	9%	1.17	3.9		7.9	5.20	60%
1963	30	HOU	NL	64	0.0%	26.6%	7.8%	4.7%	43%	3.40	3.2		55.0	1.91	59%
1964	31	HOU	NL	72	0.0%	19.4%	2.8%	1.4%	8%	7.00	4.5		63.0	2.15	68%
1965	32	HOU	NL	80	0.0%	32.5%	1.3%	2.5%	22%	26.00	2.8		12.3	1.39	61%
1966	33	HOU	NL	47	0.0%	29.8%	2.1%	0.0%	0%	14.00	2.8		39.0	1.64	53%
1967	34	ATL	NL	13	0.0%	30.8%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	4.00	3.0			2.00	62%
9 Yrs				401	0.0%	25.4%	7.0%	2.0%	15%	3.64	3.4		20.4	1.94	61%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.8%	8.3%	6.4%	29%	1.79	6.0	39.7	8.8	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	26	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1960	27	DET	AL	-4.6	-0.5	45	-0.7	0.2	-1.0	.98	-0.5	-0.3	-7.7	-0.8	0.92	-5.5	0.09	0
1961	28	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	12	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.94	-0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.93	-0.5		0
1962	29	HOU	NL	-2.4	-0.2	68	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	.77	-0.1	-0.0	1.1	0.1	0.99	-0.5		0
1963	30	HOU	NL	-5.3	-0.6	66	-0.0	1.0	-1.0	1.05	-0.2	0.2	-2.1	-0.2	0.84	-2.9	0.77	1
1964	31	HOU	NL	-5.7	-0.6	73	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	1.01	-0.6	0.1	-5.8	-0.6	0.87	-5.7	0.42	1
1965	32	HOU	NL	-11.1	-1.2	80	-0.9	0.7	-1.6	1.00	-1.2	0.3	-8.4	-0.9	0.92	-11.4		0
1966	33	HOU	NL	-7.6	-0.8	47	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	.96	-0.8	0.1	-8.6	-0.9	0.99	-8.6		0
1967	34	ATL	NL	-1.3	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.88	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.01	-0.5		0
9 Yrs				-38.8	-4.0	400	-3.1	3.9	-7.0	.96	-3.5	0.3	-31.8	-3.4	0.92	-35.6	0.59	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1960	27	DET	AL	0	36%	16	0	0	33%	4	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
1961	28	DET	AL	1	33%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	29	HOU	NL	2	35%	28	2	3	30%	5	2	1	3	2	1	2	1	1
1963	30	HOU	NL	3	39%	20	0	2	29%	4	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	1
1964	31	HOU	NL	2	6%	27	0	3	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1965	32	HOU	NL	1	30%	11	1	0	14%	4	3	1	1	1	0	2	2	0
1966	33	HOU	NL	0	50%	4	0	0	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1967	34	ATL	NL	0	33%	3	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
9 Yrs				9	30%	111	3	8	27%	20	15	3	8	6	2	9	4	5

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
1960	27	DET	AL	45	40%	7			0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	8	0	0%	8	2	25%	30	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1961	28	DET	AL	12	8%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	7	1	14%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	29	HOU	NL	68	28%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	16	2	13%	13	3	23%	49	8	16%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1963	30	HOU	NL	64	36%	7			1	0	0	0	0.77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	7	0	0%	9	2	22%	24	2	8%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1964	31	HOU	NL	72	19%	12			1	0	0	0	0.42	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	13	0	0%	13	1	8%	37	2	5%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1965	32	HOU	NL	80	44%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	13	0	0%	15	2	13%	45	6	13%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1966	33	HOU	NL	47	34%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	88%	11	0	0%	12	5	42%	36	1	3%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1967	34	ATL	NL	13	44%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				401	33%	52			2	0	0	0	0.59	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	28	23	82%	72	3	4%	74	16	22%	235	20	9%	13	3	23%	9	3	33%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1960	27	36	45	39	4	7	0	0	0	4	11	.179	.256	.179	.435	18	7	0	0	2	0
1961	28	50	57	48	5	8	1	0	1	6	13	.167	.259	.188	.447	21	9	1	0	3	0
1962	29	82	125	103	13	19	2	0	8	18	27	.184	.306	.204	.510	42	21	3	0	4	0
1963	30	114	189	158	18	26	4	1	9	23	44	.165	.275	.203	.477	36	32	3	1	7	0
1964	31	151	261	221	19	38	5	1	10	25	58	.172	.265	.204	.469	35	45	3	3	12	0
1965	32	186	341	295	22	47	7	1	16	26	84	.159	.234	.190	.424	22	56	3	3	16	1
1966	33	211	388	334	24	50	7	1	17	27	98	.150	.219	.177	.396	15	59	3	3	23	1
1967	34	223	401	346	25	52	7	1	17	28	102	.150	.220	.176	.396	15	61	3	3	23	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1960	27	36	49	42	5	8	0	0	0	5	12	.190	.277	.190	.467	2	34
1961	28	14	12	9	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	.111	.273	.222	.495	1	14
1962	29	32	68	55	8	11	1	0	7	12	14	.200	.343	.218	.561	4	32
1963	30	32	66	56	7	8	2	1	1	6	17	.143	.238	.214	.452	3	32
1964	31	37	72	63	1	12	1	0	1	2	14	.190	.239	.206	.445	3	37
1965	32	35	82	76	4	11	2	0	8	1	26	.145	.154	.171	.325	2	35
1966	33	25	47	39	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.000	.025	.000	.025	0	25
1967	34	12	15	13	2	3	0	0	0	2	4	.231	.333	.231	.564	1	12
8 Yrs		223	411	353	29	54	7	1	19	31	103	.153	.227	.178	.405	16	221
162 Game Avg.		162	299	256	21	39	5	1	14	23	75	.153	.227	.178	.405	12	221

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