Bob Bruce
Robert James Bruce
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 16, 1933 in Detroit, MI
High School: Highland Park (Highland Park, MI)
School: Alma College
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1959
Final Game: June 24, 1967
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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
1959 26 DET AL 0 1 .000 9.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 5 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 12 45 2.500 9.0 4.5 13.5 4.5 0.33
1960 27 DET AL 4 7 .364 3.74 34 15 8 1 0 0 130.0 127 68 54 16 56 1 76 5 0 6 572 107 1.408 8.8 1.1 3.9 5.3 1.36
1961 28 DET AL 1 2 .333 4.43 14 6 2 0 0 0 44.2 57 28 22 6 24 2 25 2 0 0 210 93 1.813 11.5 1.2 4.8 5.0 1.04
1962 29 HOU NL 10 9 .526 4.06 32 27 0 6 0 0 175.0 164 92 79 16 82 3 135 12 1 7 765 92 1.406 8.4 0.8 4.2 6.9 1.65
1963 30 HOU NL 5 9 .357 3.59 30 25 2 1 1 0 170.1 162 73 68 7 60 3 123 8 3 9 726 88 1.303 8.6 0.4 3.2 6.5 2.05
1964 31 HOU NL 15 9 .625 2.76 35 29 2 9 4 0 202.1 191 70 62 8 33 4 135 3 1 4 830 124 1.107 8.5 0.4 1.5 6.0 4.09
1965 32 HOU NL 9 18 .333 3.72 35 34 0 7 1 0 229.2 241 107 95 22 38 4 145 9 0 8 956 89 1.215 9.4 0.9 1.5 5.7 3.82
1966 33 HOU NL 3 13 .188 5.34 25 23 0 1 0 0 129.2 160 83 77 16 29 4 71 8 1 1 574 63 1.458 11.1 1.1 2.0 4.9 2.45
1967 34 ATL NL 2 3 .400 4.89 12 7 2 1 0 1 38.2 42 25 21 3 15 4 22 1 1 1 173 68 1.474 9.8 0.7 3.5 5.1 1.47
9 Seasons 49 71 .408 3.85 219 167 17 26 6 1 1122.1 1146 551 480 95 340 25 733 48 7 37 4818 91 1.324 9.2 0.8 2.7 5.9 2.16
162 Game Avg. 9 13 .408 3.85 39 29 3 5 1 0 198 202 97 85 17 60 4 129 8 1 7 849 91 1.324 9.2 0.8 2.7 5.9 2.16
HOU (5 yrs) 42 58 .420 3.78 157 138 4 24 6 0 907.0 918 425 381 69 242 18 609 40 6 29 3851 90 1.279 9.1 0.7 2.4 6.0 2.52
DET (3 yrs) 5 10 .333 3.97 50 22 11 1 0 0 176.2 186 101 78 23 83 3 102 7 0 7 794 101 1.523 9.5 1.2 4.2 5.2 1.23
ATL (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.89 12 7 2 1 0 1 38.2 42 25 21 3 15 4 22 1 1 1 173 68 1.474 9.8 0.7 3.5 5.1 1.47
NL (6 yrs) 44 61 .419 3.83 169 145 6 25 6 1 945.2 960 450 402 72 257 22 631 41 7 30 4024 89 1.287 9.1 0.7 2.4 6.0 2.46
AL (3 yrs) 5 10 .333 3.97 50 22 11 1 0 0 176.2 186 101 78 23 83 3 102 7 0 7 794 101 1.523 9.5 1.2 4.2 5.2 1.23

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
1959 26 DET AL 2 12 8 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 .250 .455 .625 1.080 .167 5 0 0 1 0 0
1960 27 DET AL 34 572 507 68 127 13 1 16 13 4 56 76 .250 .331 .375 .706 .267 190 12 5 4 0 1
1961 28 DET AL 14 210 178 28 57 10 2 6 2 2 24 25 .320 .403 .500 .903 .342 89 5 2 4 2 2
1962 29 HOU NL 32 765 661 92 164 27 8 16 19 4 82 135 .248 .339 .386 .725 .287 255 16 12 5 5 3
1963 30 HOU NL 30 726 648 73 162 15 10 7 10 4 60 123 .250 .318 .336 .655 .295 218 10 8 3 7 3
1964 31 HOU NL 35 830 777 70 191 29 6 8 11 3 33 135 .246 .277 .329 .606 .285 256 10 3 10 7 4
1965 32 HOU NL 35 956 891 107 241 29 7 22 19 6 38 145 .270 .305 .393 .698 .300 350 20 9 13 5 4
1966 33 HOU NL 25 574 532 83 160 32 5 16 8 3 29 71 .301 .344 .470 .814 .321 250 14 8 2 3 4
1967 34 ATL NL 12 173 156 25 42 10 0 3 1 1 15 22 .269 .337 .391 .728 .298 61 1 1 1 0 4
9 Seasons 219 4818 4358 551 1146 165 39 95 85 27 340 733 .263 .321 .384 .705 .295 1674 88 48 43 29 25
162 Game Avg. 39 849 768 97 202 29 7 17 15 5 60 129 .263 .321 .384 .705 .295 295 16 8 8 5 4
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
1959 26 DET AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 0 0 0 1 4.0 1.0
1960 27 DET AL 34 15 4 5 6 0 3 6 9 .400 1 3 1 0 9 60% 50 83 28 26 8 8 2 3.9 3.9 6.1
1961 28 DET AL 14 6 1 1 4 0 0 4 2 .667 0 1 0 0 2 33% 48 71 31 9 2 2 4 5.9 4.8 5.3
1962 29 HOU NL 32 27 9 9 9 2 2 12 14 .462 2 4 6 0 11 41% 50 80 18 26 11 9 11 4.9 5.7 6.0
1963 30 HOU NL 30 25 5 9 11 0 6 11 14 .440 4 4 1 1 16 64% 54 90 25 24 7 9 7 2.9 3.1 6.5
1964 31 HOU NL 35 29 14 9 6 1 1 17 12 .586 0 4 9 4 17 59% 57 96 24 25 5 10 6 3.3 2.6 6.6
1965 32 HOU NL 35 34 9 18 7 0 9 15 19 .441 2 4 7 1 22 65% 53 79 21 19 8 9 6 3.2 2.9 6.8
1966 33 HOU NL 25 23 3 12 8 0 3 7 16 .304 3 4 1 0 9 39% 45 77 23 25 13 8 9 3.5 3.5 5.5
1967 34 ATL NL 12 7 2 2 3 0 1 4 3 .571 0 3 1 0 3 43% 45 75 25 7 4 1 4 5.2 5.6 4.7
9 Seasons 219 167 47 66 54 3 25 76 90 .458 12 27 26 6 89 53% 51 96 18 161 58 56 50 3.7 3.6 6.2
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
1959 26 DET AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.753 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1960 27 DET AL 34 19 8 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 3 33% 7 1.076 5 2 12 2 3 14 4 15 13 4 13 3 6.1
1961 28 DET AL 14 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0.874 0 3 5 0 0 8 2 6 5 2 6 0 4.9
1962 29 HOU NL 32 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 0.947 0 2 3 0 0 5 1 4 3 0 3 0 8.0
1963 30 HOU NL 30 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.089 1 1 3 1 0 4 1 4 2 1 2 1 4.8
1964 31 HOU NL 35 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 3 75% 7 1.131 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 4 3 0 5 1 5.0
1965 32 HOU NL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0% 9 1.048 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1966 33 HOU NL 25 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0.951 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1967 34 ATL NL 12 5 2 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 5 4 80% 4 1.019 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 3.4
9 Seasons 219 52 17 2 5 3 1 2 33% 6 2 26 14 54% 1.035 12 11 29 8 5 39 15 37 29 10 32 6 5.3

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%
1959 26 DET AL 12 33% 8.3% 8.3% 25.0% 8.3% 50% 0.67 50% 4 0 0%
1960 27 DET AL 572 35% 2.8% 13.3% 9.8% 5.2% 24% 1.32 73% 108 12 11%
1961 28 DET AL 210 36% 2.9% 11.9% 11.4% 8.6% 32% 0.87 71% 44 5 11%
1962 29 HOU NL 765 43% 2.1% 17.7% 10.7% 6.7% 31% 1.34 67% 143 16 11%
1963 30 HOU NL 726 45% 1.0% 16.9% 8.3% 4.4% 20% 1.27 72% 130 10 8%
1964 31 HOU NL 830 46% 1.0% 16.3% 4.0% 5.2% 23% 1.36 77% 137 10 7%
1965 32 HOU NL 956 46% 2.3% 15.2% 4.0% 6.1% 24% 1.44 76% 169 20 12%
1966 33 HOU NL 574 47% 2.8% 12.4% 5.1% 9.2% 33% 1.62 78% 100 14 14%
1967 34 ATL NL 173 48% 1.7% 12.7% 8.7% 7.5% 31% 1.06 76% 29 1 3%
9 Seasons 4818 44% 2.0% 15.2% 7.1% 6.2% 26% 1.35 74% 864 88 10%
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
1959 26 DET AL 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 75% 2 1 0 6 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 27 DET AL 572 127 16 1 12 7 9 7 9 25 10 4 40% 13 6 3 210 13 4 76% 10 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1961 28 DET AL 210 57 6 0 4 3 3 2 4 10 8 0 80% 5 0 0 92 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1962 29 HOU NL 765 164 16 1 14 8 8 6 10 36 20 8 56% 9 7 3 282 19 4 83% 18 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
1963 30 HOU NL 725 162 7 0 13 2 5 2 5 32 13 5 41% 9 9 5 276 10 4 71% 10 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 25 1
1964 31 HOU NL 830 191 8 0 10 6 2 3 5 29 17 4 59% 14 4 2 301 11 3 79% 10 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
1965 32 HOU NL 956 241 22 0 13 14 8 6 16 40 24 2 60% 15 8 2 339 19 6 76% 17 5 1 1 1 0 3 0 17 0
1966 33 HOU NL 574 160 16 0 5 6 10 4 12 33 16 4 48% 8 1 3 204 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1967 34 ATL NL 140 42 3 0 7 0 3 2 1 10 6 2 60% 1 1 1 58 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 33
9 Seasons 4784 1146 95 2 78 46 49 33 62 219 117 29 53% 76 37 19 1768 85 27 76% 77 25 7 2 1 0 10 0 106 34
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+
1959 26 0 1 .000 9.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 5 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 12 45 2.500 9.0 4.5 13.5 4.5 0.33 45
1960 27 4 8 .333 3.82 36 16 9 1 0 0 132.0 129 73 56 17 59 1 77 5 0 7 584 104 1.424 8.8 1.2 4.0 5.3 1.31 104
1961 28 5 10 .333 3.97 50 22 11 1 0 0 176.2 186 101 78 23 83 3 102 7 0 7 794 101 1.523 9.5 1.2 4.2 5.2 1.23 101
1962 29 15 19 .441 4.02 82 49 11 7 0 0 351.2 350 193 157 39 165 6 237 19 1 14 1559 97 1.464 9.0 1.0 4.2 6.1 1.44 97
1963 30 20 28 .417 3.88 112 74 13 8 1 0 522.0 512 266 225 46 225 9 360 27 4 23 2285 94 1.412 8.8 0.8 3.9 6.2 1.60 94
1964 31 35 37 .486 3.57 147 103 15 17 5 0 724.1 703 336 287 54 258 13 495 30 5 27 3115 101 1.327 8.7 0.7 3.2 6.2 1.92 101
1965 32 44 55 .444 3.60 182 137 15 24 6 0 954.0 944 443 382 76 296 17 640 39 5 35 4071 98 1.300 8.9 0.7 2.8 6.0 2.16 98
1966 33 47 68 .409 3.81 207 160 15 25 6 0 1083.2 1104 526 459 92 325 21 711 47 6 36 4645 92 1.319 9.2 0.8 2.7 5.9 2.19 92
1967 34 49 71 .408 3.85 219 167 17 26 6 1 1122.1 1146 551 480 95 340 25 733 48 7 37 4818 91 1.324 9.2 0.8 2.7 5.9 2.16 91

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1959 26 0 0 6.00 3.0 2 2 2 1 3 2 0 1.667 6.0 9.0 6.0 0.67 3.0 2
1960 27 7 7 .500 3.73 135.0 134 62 56 17 59 79 5 1.430 8.9 3.9 5.3 1.34 1.1 34
1961 28 2 2 .500 4.40 43.0 56 23 21 6 24 24 2 1.860 11.7 5.0 5.0 1.00 1.3 14
1962 29 8 10 .444 4.42 167.0 167 91 82 16 84 129 12 1.503 9.0 4.5 7.0 1.54 0.9 32
1963 30 7 10 .412 4.67 158.0 177 91 82 8 66 114 9 1.538 10.1 3.8 6.5 1.73 0.5 30
1964 31 13 8 .619 3.21 196.0 204 78 70 9 35 131 3 1.219 9.4 1.6 6.0 3.74 0.4 35
1965 32 10 13 .435 4.65 213.0 259 122 110 24 41 134 10 1.408 10.9 1.7 5.7 3.27 1.0 35
1966 33 3 10 .231 6.68 120.0 173 99 89 17 31 66 9 1.700 13.0 2.3 5.0 2.13 1.3 25
1967 34 1 3 .250 6.08 37.0 46 28 25 3 16 21 1 1.676 11.2 3.9 5.1 1.31 0.7 12
9 Seasons 51 63 .447 4.51 1072.0 1218 596 537 101 359 700 51 1.471 10.2 5.9 1.95 0.8 219

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1964 NL  2.758 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1964 NL  .625 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1964 NL  1.107 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL  1.468 (2nd)
1965 NL  1.489 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 NL  6.943 (6th)
1963 NL  6.499 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1964 NL  4 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1965 NL  241 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1964 NL  4.091 (3rd)
1965 NL  3.816 (4th)
Career  2.156 (190th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 NL  .370 (3rd)
1964 NL  .356 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1965 NL  18 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1965 NL  95 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1963 NL  9 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 NL  12 (2nd)
1963 NL  8 (7th)
1965 NL  9 (6th)
1966 NL  8 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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