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Jay Bruce

Jay Allen Bruce (twitter: @JayABruce)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: April 3, 1987 in Beaumont, TX
High School: West Brook HS (Beaumont, TX)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 2008
Team: Reds 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 6 yrs/$51M (11-16) & 17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.125, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Matt Sosnick [*]
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All-Star

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
2008 21 CIN NL 108 452 413 63 105 17 1 21 52 4 6 33 110 .254 .314 .453 .767 97 187 8 4 0 2 1 987 RoY-5
2009 22 CIN NL 101 387 345 47 77 15 2 22 58 3 3 38 75 .223 .303 .470 .773 101 162 5 2 1 1 2 9
2010 23 CIN NL 148 573 509 80 143 23 5 25 70 5 4 58 136 .281 .353 .493 .846 124 251 12 1 0 5 5 *9
2011 24 CIN NL 157 664 585 84 150 27 2 32 97 8 7 71 158 .256 .341 .474 .814 119 277 8 5 1 2 14 *9 AS
2012 25 CIN NL 48 197 177 27 46 14 1 11 32 3 0 15 49 .260 .315 .537 .851 123 95 2 1 0 4 2 *9
5 Yrs 562 2273 2029 301 521 96 11 111 309 23 20 215 528 .257 .330 .479 .809 113 972 35 13 2 14 24
162 Game Avg. 162 655 585 87 150 28 3 32 89 7 6 62 152 .257 .330 .479 .809 113 280 10 4 1 4 7

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
2008 21 CIN NL 108 452 -2 -1 1 1 -4 -5 -0.6 12 7 0.6 .495 .497 0.6 -0.3 6 $ 987 RoY-5
2009 22 CIN NL 101 387 -0 -1 1 5 -4 1 0.1 10 11 1.1 .501 .500 0.6 0.1 6 $417,500 9
2010 23 CIN NL 148 573 16 2 -0 17 -6 28 2.9 16 43 4.5 .520 .518 2.7 1.2 26 $440,000 *9
2011 24 CIN NL 157 664 11 -2 -0 -2 -7 -0 0.0 18 18 1.8 .500 .500 1.9 -0.9 20 $2,791,666 *9 AS
2012 25 CIN NL 48 197 6 0 0 3 -2 6 0.8 6 12 1.3 .515 .504 0.9 0.2 9 $ *9
5 Seasons 562 2273 31 -3 1 24 -23 30 3.2 62 92 9.3 .506 .504 6.7 0.2 68 $3,649,166

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
2008 21 CIN NL 452 324 56 4.6 110 .296 .254 .270 .314 .342 .453 .430 .767 .772 97 .475 -3.7 -0.4 .689 .274 .199 6.7
2009 22 CIN NL 387 278 49 4.7 107 .221 .223 .266 .303 .339 .470 .422 .773 .761 101 .492 -1.7 -0.2 .732 .357 .246 5.3
2010 23 CIN NL 573 387 88 6.1 104 .334 .281 .264 .353 .335 .493 .416 .846 .751 124 .627 16.4 1.6 .814 .328 .212 8.3
2011 24 CIN NL 664 453 95 5.6 101 .297 .256 .262 .341 .330 .474 .409 .814 .739 119 .608 14.7 1.5 .787 .340 .217 12.8
2012 25 CIN NL 197 137 31 6.0 103 .289 .260 .264 .315 .332 .537 .417 .851 .749 123 .629 5.6 0.6 .857 .379 .277 4.7
5 Yrs 2273 1579 319 5.4 105 .292 .257 .265 .330 .335 .479 .418 .809 .753 113 .571 31.3 3.1 .770 .330 .222 38.1
162 Game Avg. 655 455 92 5.4 105 .292 .257 .265 .330 .335 .479 .418 .809 .753 113 .571 9 1 .770 .330 .222 11

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 23 CIN NL NLDS PHI L 3 10 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .250 .400 .625 1.025 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 10 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .250 .400 .625 1.025 5 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 CIN NL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2008 21 CIN NL 452 4.7% 24.3% 7.3% 8.6% 37% 3.33 3.8 19.7 7.9 0.82 1.20 63% 22% 14.2% 11%
2009 22 CIN NL 387 5.7% 19.4% 9.8% 10.1% 51% 1.97 4.6 15.7 5.9 0.65 0.74 64% 14% 15.5% 13%
2010 23 CIN NL 573 4.4% 23.7% 10.1% 9.3% 37% 2.34 3.7 20.4 7.3 0.58 0.78 62% 21% 12.2% 13%
2011 24 CIN NL 664 4.8% 23.8% 10.7% 9.2% 41% 2.23 3.7 18.3 6.0 0.57 0.69 60% 18% 13.2% 11%
2012 25 CIN NL 197 5.6% 24.9% 7.6% 13.2% 57% 3.27 3.6 16.1 5.5 0.49 0.69 61% 20% 14.3% 13%
5 Yrs 2273 4.9% 23.2% 9.5% 9.6% 42% 2.46 3.8 18.3 6.6 0.62 0.81 62% 19% 13.6% 12%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 2.14 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2008 21 CIN NL -3.7 -0.4 465 -0.3 7.9 -8.2 .99 0.2 -0.4 -3.1 -0.3 0.95 0.7 0.22 4
2009 22 CIN NL -1.7 -0.2 398 -0.9 6.2 -7.1 .98 0.6 -1.5 5.6 0.5 0.98 8.2 2.71 4
2010 23 CIN NL 16.4 1.6 588 0.9 11.6 -10.6 1.03 1.8 -0.9 9.1 0.9 0.99 17.4 1.89 9
2011 24 CIN NL 14.7 1.5 682 1.4 14.6 -13.2 1.16 0.7 0.5 13.6 1.3 1.06 12.2 1.71 2
2012 25 CIN NL 5.6 0.6 201 -0.0 3.6 -3.6 1.03 0.7 -0.7 1.5 0.1 0.99 3.9 4.27 0
5 Yrs 31.3 3.1 2334 1.2 43.8 -42.7 1.05 4.0 -2.9 26.7 2.6 1.00 42.3 1.69 19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 21 CIN NL 3 0 35% 143 4 6 40% 4 5 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 12 42% 20 14 6 7 3 4 6 2 4
2009 22 CIN NL 3 0 26% 117 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 13 48% 13 7 6 1 1 0 7 3 4
2010 23 CIN NL 4 0 31% 198 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 66% 25 13 12 7 1 6 18 3 15
2011 24 CIN NL 3 0 27% 201 8 7 53% 6 6 2 1 0 0 2 2 7 11 51% 26 18 8 7 2 4 18 3 14
2012 25 CIN NL 3 0 31% 65 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 36% 5 4 0 2 1 1 4 0 3
5 Yrs 16 0 30% 724 23 20 53% 20 18 3 2 0 0 9 7 18 47 52% 89 56 32 24 8 15 53 11 40

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
2008 21 CIN NL 452 66% 105 5 0 4 3 0 0 0.22 21 1 13 18 3 13 8 0 1 0 0% 90 8 9% 47 9 19% 267 31 12% 21 9 43% 21 8 38% 0
2009 22 CIN NL 387 70% 77 5 1 4 2 0 1 2.71 22 0 6 20 2 13 9 0 2 1 50% 80 5 6% 41 12 29% 244 36 15% 28 11 39% 19 12 63% 0
2010 23 CIN NL 573 69% 143 12 3 9 2 0 1 1.89 25 0 19 13 12 19 6 0 1 0 0% 127 12 9% 46 11 24% 405 47 12% 34 16 47% 21 10 48% 0
2011 24 CIN NL 664 70% 150 14 0 2 1 0 0 1.71 32 0 24 21 11 16 16 0 1 1 100% 122 8 7% 61 12 20% 463 66 14% 40 16 40% 26 14 54% 0
2012 25 CIN NL 197 71% 46 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.27 11 0 9 9 2 8 3 0 0 0 33 2 6% 24 9 38% 134 22 16% 21 10 48% 10 4 40% 0
5 Yrs 2273 69% 521 37 4 19 8 0 3 1.69 111 1 71 81 30 69 42 0 5 2 40% 452 35 8% 219 53 24% 1513 202 13% 144 62 43% 97 48 49% 0
MLB Averages 55% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2008 21 CIN NL 452 1700 3.76 1079 63% 20% 24% 29% 28% 80% 1% 51% 71% 37% 5% 24 0 13% 57 27 9% 41 26 17% 0 0 0
2009 22 CIN NL 388 1534 3.95 945 62% 22% 19% 30% 29% 78% 1% 48% 76% 32% 6% 22 1 14% 55 21 8% 30 20 21% -1 0 0
2010 23 CIN NL 574 2150 3.75 1304 61% 23% 22% 26% 29% 77% 2% 47% 72% 29% 5% 30 0 18% 102 61 9% 49 27 18% -1 0 0
2011 24 CIN NL 664 2623 3.95 1581 60% 22% 21% 30% 27% 78% 4% 47% 73% 30% 6% 43 3 19% 124 66 9% 61 36 23% 0 0 0
2012 25 CIN NL 198 785 3.96 488 62% 28% 19% 26% 27% 72% 3% 45% 74% 28% 4% 8 2 12% 24 13 10% 19 10 22% -1 0 0
5 Yrs 2276 8792 3.86 5397 61% 22% 21% 28% 28% 78% 2% 48% 73% 31% 6% 127 6 16% 362 188 9% 200 119 20% -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2008 21 108 452 413 63 105 17 1 21 52 4 6 33 110 .254 .314 .453 .767 97 187 8 4 0 2 1
2009 22 209 839 758 110 182 32 3 43 110 7 9 71 185 .240 .309 .460 .769 99 349 13 6 1 3 3
2010 23 357 1412 1267 190 325 55 8 68 180 12 13 129 321 .257 .327 .474 .800 109 600 25 7 1 8 8
2011 24 514 2076 1852 274 475 82 10 100 277 20 20 200 479 .256 .331 .474 .805 112 877 33 12 2 10 22
2012 25 562 2273 2029 301 521 96 11 111 309 23 20 215 528 .257 .330 .479 .809 113 972 35 13 2 14 24

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
2008 21 108 448 410 60 102 17 1 20 49 4 32 110 .249 .308 .441 .749 55 108
2009 22 101 387 345 47 77 15 2 22 58 3 38 75 .223 .303 .470 .773 49 101
2010 23 148 573 509 80 143 23 5 25 70 5 58 136 .281 .353 .493 .846 89 148
2011 24 157 670 589 87 154 28 2 33 101 8 73 158 .261 .347 .484 .831 97 157
2012 25 48 198 178 28 47 14 1 11 33 3 15 49 .264 .318 .539 .858 31 48
5 Yrs 562 2276 2031 302 523 97 11 111 311 23 216 528 .258 .331 .480 .811 321 562
162 Game Avg. 162 656 585 87 151 28 3 32 90 7 62 152 .258 .331 .480 .811 93 562

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2011 *

Doubles s c a p y
2012 NL  14 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 NL  32 (8th)
2012 NL  11 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2011 NL  97 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2011 NL  158 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2012 NL  26 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2012 NL  4 (3rd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 NL  14 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2012 NL  16.1 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
2008 NL  born 1987-04-03 (5th)
2009 NL  born 1987-04-03 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 14 (1221), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1265), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Craig Wilson (964)
  2. Bubba Trammell (960)
  3. Nelson Cruz (948)
  4. Marcus Thames (946)
  5. Jim Greengrass (945)
  6. Phil Plantier (943)
  7. Wily Mo Pena (941)
  8. Mike Jacobs (937)
  9. Carlos Quentin (933)
  10. Johnny Rizzo (933)
Similar Batters through 24 
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  1. Reggie Jackson (965) *
  2. Jeff Burroughs (959)
  3. Darryl Strawberry (956)
  4. Tom Brunansky (949)
  5. Pete Incaviglia (947)
  6. Willie Horton (946)
  7. Ben Grieve (942)
  8. Barry Bonds (936)
  9. Adam Dunn (935)
  10. Ellis Valentine (935)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Barry Bonds (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Willie Horton (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Reggie Jackson (965) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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