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Jay Bruce

Jay Allen Bruce

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 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
Team: Reds 2008-2011
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:00AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1198. Enos Cabell… #1199. Babe Phelps… #1200. Harry Walker… #1201. JAY BRUCE… #1202. Mark DeRosa… #1203. Dan Wilson… #1204. Hank Blalock… 

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 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
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 *
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
4 Seasons 514 2076 1852 274 475 82 10 100 277 20 20 200 479 .256 .331 .474 .805 112 877 33 12 2 10 22
162 Game Avg. 162 654 584 86 150 26 3 32 87 6 6 63 151 .256 .331 .474 .805 112 276 10 4 1 3 7

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
2008 21 CIN NL 452 -3 0 0 1 -11 -3 12 -3 -0.3 7 0.7 -1.0 $ RoY-5
2009 22 CIN NL 387 -1 -0 0 1 3 -5 11 8 0.8 6 0.6 0.2 $417,500
2010 23 CIN NL 573 18 1 0 -0 18 -7 16 46 4.6 29 2.9 1.7 $440,000 *
2011 24 CIN NL 664 15 -2 -1 -0 -11 -8 18 12 1.2 22 2.3 -1.1 $2,791,666 *9 AS
4 Seasons 2076 29 -1 -1 1 -1 -22 57 63 6.3 63 6.5 -0.2 $3,649,166

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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2008 CIN NL 21 OF 105 242 223 8 11 4 .955 -11 4 2.20 .985 2.20 RoY-5
2008 CIN NL 21 RF 78 64 61 590.0 157 143 5 9 3 .943 -7 1 -15 2 2.26 1.90 .982 2.12 2.11 RoY-5
2008 CIN NL 21 CF 35 35 17 285.0 82 77 3 2 1 .976 -2 6 -9 25 2.53 2.29 .990 2.61 2.59 RoY-5
2008 CIN NL 21 LF 11 4 3 41.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 -35 -88 0.66 0.27 .983 1.91 1.89 RoY-5
2009 CIN NL 22 OF 98 213 200 11 2 2 .991 3 11 2.15 .986 2.18
2009 CIN NL 22 RF 98 89 87 810.1 213 200 11 2 2 .991 3 11 4 16 2.34 2.15 .986 2.08 2.06
2010 CIN NL 23 OF 146 353 343 7 3 1 .992 18 17 2.40 .987 2.15
2010 CIN NL 23 RF 146 133 126 1199.1 353 343 7 3 1 .992 18 17 18 17 2.63 2.40 .986 2.10 2.07
2011 CIN NL 24 OF 155 151 148 1371.0 320 306 10 4 1 .988 -11 -4 -9 -3 2.07 2.04 .986 2.16 2.15 AS
2011 CIN NL 24 RF 155 151 148 1371.0 320 306 10 4 1 .988 -11 -4 -9 -4 2.07 2.04 .983 2.05 2.04 AS
4 Seasons OF 504 151 148 1371.0 1128 1072 36 20 8 .982 -1 28 -1 7 2.07 2.20 .986 2.16 2.17
4 Seasons RF 477 437 422 3970.2 1043 992 33 18 7 .983 3 25 1 7 2.32 2.15 .984 2.08 2.06
1 Season CF 35 35 17 285.0 82 77 3 2 1 .976 -2 6 -9 25 2.53 2.29 .990 2.61 2.59
1 Season LF 11 4 3 41.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 -35 -87 0.66 0.27 .983 1.91 1.89
4 Seasons TOT 504 151 148 1371.0 1128 1072 36 20 8 .982 -1 56 -1 49 2.07 2.20 .986 2.16 2.17
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

All-Star Games
2011 *

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 NL  1.7 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 NL  32 (8th)

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

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

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

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2010 NL  18 (4th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  477 (22nd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  992 (20th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  33 (20th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  18 (16th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2011 NL  155 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2009 NL  11 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  11 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2009 NL  2.34 (2nd)
2010 NL  2.63 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  2.15 (3rd)
2010 NL  2.40 (1st)
2011 NL  2.04 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  .991 (5th)
2011 NL  .988 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2010 NL  18 (4th)

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 - 8 (1522), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1535), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1389), 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

Transactions

  • June 7, 2005: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2005.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200922Cincinnati Reds$417,500
201023Cincinnati Reds$440,000
201124Cincinnati Reds$2,791,666
201225Cincinnati Reds$5,000,000
201326Cincinnati Reds$7,500,000
201427Cincinnati Reds$10,000,000
201528Cincinnati Reds$12,000,000
201629Cincinnati Reds$12,500,000
201730Cincinnati Reds*$13,000,000$13M Team Option, $1M Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,649,166Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Jay A. Allen jason Jay jim joe Bruce

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