Jack Bruner

Jack Raymond Bruner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 1, 1924 in Waterloo, IA
School: University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1949
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns 1949-1950

Final Game: October 1, 1950
Died: June 24, 2003 in Lincoln, NE
Buried: Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, NE
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1949	24	CHW-min	B	13	4	.765	2.44	21						170.0	115	57	46		99							1.259	6.1		5.2			WLO · IIIL
1949	24	CHW	AL	1	2	.333	8.22	4	2	1	0	0	0	7.2	10	7	7	0	8	4	0	0	0	36	53	2.348	11.7	0.0	9.4	4.7	0.50
1950	25	TOT	AL	1	2	.333	4.37	22	1	12	0	0	1	47.1	43	27	23	4	37	24	3	0	1	217	112	1.690	8.2	0.8	7.0	4.6	0.65
1950	25	CHW	AL	0	0		3.65	9	0	5	0	0	0	12.1	7	6	5	0	14	8	1	0	1	55	126	1.703	5.1	0.0	10.2	5.8	0.57
1950	25	SLB	AL	1	2	.333	4.63	13	1	7	0	0	1	35.0	36	21	18	4	23	16	2	0	0	162	108	1.686	9.3	1.0	5.9	4.1	0.70
1951	26	CHW-BAL-min	A,AA,AAA	4	9	.308	4.59	21	2		0	0		100.0	77	57	51	6	58	3	0	0	0			1.350	6.9	0.5	5.2	0.3	0.05	CSP,SAN,TTO · WL,TL,IL
1952	27	CLE-BOS-min	A,AA	14	16	.467	4.98	43						217.0	234	153	120	11	149							1.765	9.7	0.5	6.2			WCH,BIR · WL,SOUA
1954	29	SFG-min	A	2	2	.500		8																								SXC · WL
2 Yrs				2	4	.333	4.91	26	3	13	0	0	1	55.0	53	34	30	4	45	28	3	0	1	253	98	1.782	8.7	0.7	7.4	4.6	0.62
162 Game Avg.				5	9	.333	4.91	61	7	30	0	0	2	129	124	80	70	9	106	66	7	0	2	593	98	1.782	8.7	0.7	7.4	4.6	0.62

CHW (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	5.40	13	2	6	0	0	0	20.0	17	13	12	0	22	12	1	0	1	91	84	1.950	7.7	0.0	9.9	5.4	0.55
SLB (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.63	13	1	7	0	0	1	35.0	36	21	18	4	23	16	2	0	0	162	108	1.686	9.3	1.0	5.9	4.1	0.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1949	24	CHW	AL	7.2	4	2	7	8.22	4.67	0.14	0.00	97.2	4.41	-3	-0.3	.2	0.0	-0.2	-3	.424	.498	$
1950	25	CHW	AL	12.1	9	0	6	4.38	4.67	0.10	0.00	98.1	4.48	0	0.0	.4	-0.0	0.1	1	.501	.500	$
1950	25	SLB	AL	35.0	13	1	21	5.40	5.10	-0.54	0.00	106.3	6.00	2	0.2	.6	-0.1	0.4	6	.516	.501	$
2 Seasons				55.0	26	3	34	5.56	4.94	-0.30	0.00	103.2	5.44	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.1	0.3	5	.496	.500	$

CHW (2 yrs)				20.0	13	2	13	5.85	4.67	0.12	0.00	97.8	4.45	-3	-0.3	.4	0.0	-0.1	-1	.477	.499	$
SLB (1 yr)				35.0	13	1	21	5.40	5.10	-0.54	0.00	106.3	6.00	2	0.2	.6	-0.1	0.4	6	.516	.501	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1949	24	CHW	AL	4	35	28	7	10	4	0	0	1	3	8	4	.357	.500	.500	1.000	.417	14	2	0	0	0	0
1950	25	CHW	AL	9	41	38	6	7	1	1	0	0	2	14	8	.184	.415	.263	.678	.233	10	1	1	2	0	0
1950	25	SLB	AL	13	119	136	21	36	3	0	4	0	1	23	16	.265	.379	.375	.754	.276	51	3	2	2	0	2
1950	25	TOT	AL	22	160	174	27	43	4	1	4	0	3	37	24	.247	.388	.351	.738	.267	61	4	3	4	0	2
2 Yrs				26	195	202	34	53	8	1	4	1	6	45	28	.262	.404	.371	.775	.288	75	6	3	4	0	2
162 Game Avg.				61	457	474	80	124	19	2	9	2	14	106	66	.262	.404	.371	.775	.288	176	14	7	9	0	5
MLB Averages																.264	.345	.379	.723	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1949	24	CHW	AL	-2.9	-0.3	40	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.72	-0.2	-0.3	-3.7	-0.3	0.71	-2.3	0	2
1950	25	TOT	AL	2.1	0.2	167	0.3	1.8	-1.5	.60	0.0	0.4	-0.3	-0.0	0.59	-0.9	2	12
1950	25	CHW	AL	1.2	0.1	45	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	.21	-0.1	0.0	1.5	0.1	0.21	-0.1	1	6
1950	25	SLB	AL	1.0	0.1	122	0.3	1.7	-1.4	.73	0.1	0.3	-1.8	-0.2	0.73	-0.8	1	6
2 Yrs				-0.8	-0.1	207	-0.1	2.2	-2.3	.61	-0.2	-0.0	-4.0	-0.4	0.61	-3.2	2	14

Starting Pitching*

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
1949	24	CHW	AL	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	39	37	3	0	2	0	2.4	0.0	2.8
1950	25	TOT	AL	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%		26	26	4	2	0	0	3.0	0.0	4.3
1950	25	SLB	AL	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	26.0	26	26	2	1	0	0	3.0	0.0	4.3
2 Yrs				17	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34	39	26	5	1	2	0	2.6	0.0	3.3
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	104	-9					4.8	4.8	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SV	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1949	24	CHW	AL	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		8	.717	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0
1950	25	TOT	AL	22	21	12	1	1	1	8	4	50%		.597	2	12	15	5	10	12	3	10	1	6.1
1950	25	CHW	AL	9	9	5	0	0	0	1	0	0%	7	.210	1	6	7	1	6	4	1	5	1	4.1
1950	25	SLB	AL	13	12	7	1	1	1	7	4	57%		.730	1	6	8	4	4	8	2	5	0	7.7
2 Yrs				26	23	13	2	1	1	8	4	50%		.618	2	14	17	5	12	12	3	10	1	5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1949	24	CHW	AL	36	46%	0.0%	11.4%	22.9%	11.4%	40%	2.20	69%	6	2	33%
1950	25	TOT	AL	218	40%	2.5%	15.0%	23.1%	5.6%	21%	0.79	91%	46	4	9%
1950	25	CHW	AL	55	44%	0.0%	19.5%	34.2%	4.9%	29%	0.69	73%	11	1	9%
1950	25	SLB	AL	163	39%	3.4%	13.5%	19.3%	5.9%	19%	0.82	97%	35	3	9%
2 Yrs				254	41%	2.1%	14.4%	23.1%	6.7%	25%	0.92	87%	52	6	12%
MLB Averages					48%	2.6%	12.5%	13.5%	7.2%	24%	0.95	99%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1949	24	CHW	AL	35	10			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	11	1	3	25%	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1950	25	TOT	AL	160	43			4	0	11	1	1	1	1	14	7	1	50%	2	1	1	71	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	58
1950	25	CHW	AL	41	7			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0	19	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14
1950	25	SLB	AL	119	36			4	0	11	1	1	1	1	14	6	1	43%	2	0	1	52	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	44
2 Yrs				195	53			4	0	13	1	1	1	1	17	9	1	53%	2	1	1	82	1	6	14%	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	59
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1949	24	1	2	.333	8.22	4	2	1	0	0	0	7.2	10	7	7	0	8		4	0	0	0	36	53	2.348	11.7	0.0	9.4	4.7	0.50	53
1950	25	2	4	.333	4.91	26	3	13	0	0	1	55.0	53	34	30	4	45		28	3	0	1	253	98	1.782	8.7	0.7	7.4	4.6	0.62	98

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1949	24	0	0		9.00	7.0	10	8	7	0	8	3	0	2.571	12.9	10.3	3.9	0.38	0.0	4
1950	25	3	2	.600	3.67	49.0	41	22	20	4	35	25	3	1.551	7.5	6.4	4.6	0.71	0.7	22
2 Yrs		3	2	.600	4.34	56.0	51	30	27	4	43	28	3	1.679	8.2		4.5	0.65	0.6	26

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