Jay Bruce
Jay A. Bruce
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 3, 1987 in Beaumont, TX
High School: Westbrook (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
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Standard Batting

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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
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 .773 100 162 5 2 1 1 2 9
2 Seasons 209 839 758 110 182 32 3 43 110 7 9 71 185 .240 .309 .460 .769 98 349 13 6 1 3 3
162 Game Avg. 162 650 588 85 141 25 2 33 85 5 7 55 143 .240 .309 .460 .769 98 271 10 5 1 2 2

Advanced Batting

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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 4.7 108 .221 .223 .267 .303 .340 .470 .424 .773 .764 100 .492 -2.2 -0.2 .732 .357 .246 5.3
2 Seasons 839 602 105 4.7 109 .261 .240 .268 .309 .341 .460 .427 .769 .768 98 .483 -5.9 -0.6 .709 .311 .220 12.0
162 Game Avg. 650 467 81 4.7 109 .261 .240 .268 .309 .341 .460 .427 .769 .768 98 .483 -5.9 -0.6 .709 .311 .220 9

Ratio Batting*

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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%
2 Seasons 839 5.1% 22.1% 8.5% 9.3% 43% 2.61 4.1 17.6 6.9 0.73 0.95 64% 18% 14.8% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2 Seasons 6 0 31% 260 7 9 44% 7 8 0 1 0 0 6 5 4 25 44% 33 21 12 8 4 4 13 5 8
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.24 21 1 13 18 3 13 8 0 1 0 0% 90 8 9% 47 9 19% 267 31 12% 21 9 43% 33 12 36% 0
2009 22 CIN NL 387 70% 77 5 1 4 2 0 1 2.62 22 0 6 20 2 13 9 0 2 1 50% 80 5 6% 41 12 29% 244 36 15% 28 11 39% 23 10 43% 0
2 Seasons 839 68% 182 10 1 8 5 0 1 1.43 43 1 19 38 5 26 17 0 3 1 33% 170 13 8% 88 21 24% 511 67 13% 49 20 41% 56 22 39% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 387 1530 3.95 943 62% 22% 19% 30% 29% 78% 1% 48% 76% 32% 6% 22 1 14% 55 21 8% 30 20 21% 0 0 0
2 Seasons 839 3230 3.85 2022 63% 21% 21% 29% 29% 79% 1% 50% 73% 35% 5% 46 1 13% 112 48 8% 71 46 19% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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 98 349 13 6 1 3 3

Neutralized Batting

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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 21 108 447 409 60 101 16 1 20 50 4 32 110 .247 .306 .438 .744 54 108
2009 22 101 383 343 45 75 15 2 21 55 3 37 75 .219 .298 .458 .755 47 101
2 Seasons 209 830 752 105 176 31 3 41 105 7 69 185 .234 .302 .447 .749 101 209
162 Game Avg. 162 643 583 81 136 24 2 32 81 5 53 143 .234 .302 .447 .749 78 209

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1646), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bob Thurman (966)
  2. Mike Simms (962)
  3. Elijah Dukes (961)
  4. Jon Nunnally (960)
  5. Damon Hollins (957)
  6. Mike Diaz (951)
  7. Mike Kelly (949)
  8. Ken Hunt (949)
  9. Rick Ankiel (948)
  10. Brant Alyea (946)
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  2. Wily Mo Pena (965)
  3. Tom Brunansky (961)
  4. Reggie Jackson (958) *
  5. Pete Incaviglia (956)
  6. Jeff Burroughs (952)
  7. Willie Horton (952)
  8. Curt Blefary (950)
  9. Ruppert Jones (948)
  10. Adam Dunn (947)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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