Tom Bruno
Thomas Michael Bruno
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 26, 1953 in Chicago, IL
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1976
Final Game: September 28, 1979
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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
1976 23 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 6.75 12 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 20 13 13 3 9 1 11 0 1 0 80 52 1.673 10.4 1.6 4.7 5.7 1.22
1977 24 TOR AL 0 1 .000 7.85 12 0 4 0 0 0 18.1 30 18 16 4 13 1 9 1 0 3 100 53 2.345 14.7 2.0 6.4 4.4 0.69
1978 25 STL NL 4 3 .571 1.99 18 3 8 0 0 1 49.2 38 12 11 3 17 1 33 0 1 0 201 178 1.107 6.9 0.5 3.1 6.0 1.94
1979 26 STL NL 2 3 .400 4.23 27 1 8 0 0 0 38.1 37 18 18 1 22 5 27 2 0 2 174 90 1.539 8.7 0.2 5.2 6.3 1.23
4 Seasons 7 7 .500 4.22 69 4 24 0 0 1 123.2 125 61 58 11 61 8 80 3 2 5 555 88 1.504 9.1 0.8 4.4 5.8 1.31
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .500 4.22 64 4 22 0 0 1 115 116 57 54 10 57 7 75 3 2 5 517 88 1.504 9.1 0.8 4.4 5.8 1.31
STL (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 2.97 45 4 16 0 0 1 88.0 75 30 29 4 39 6 60 2 1 2 375 123 1.295 7.7 0.4 4.0 6.1 1.54
KCR (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.75 12 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 20 13 13 3 9 1 11 0 1 0 80 52 1.673 10.4 1.6 4.7 5.7 1.22
TOR (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.85 12 0 4 0 0 0 18.1 30 18 16 4 13 1 9 1 0 3 100 53 2.345 14.7 2.0 6.4 4.4 0.69
NL (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 2.97 45 4 16 0 0 1 88.0 75 30 29 4 39 6 60 2 1 2 375 123 1.295 7.7 0.4 4.0 6.1 1.54
AL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 7.32 24 0 8 0 0 0 35.2 50 31 29 7 22 2 20 1 1 3 180 53 2.019 12.6 1.8 5.6 5.0 0.91

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
1976 23 KCR AL 12 80 69 13 20 4 1 3 3 0 9 11 .290 .367 .507 .874 .304 35 2 0 1 1 1
1977 24 TOR AL 12 100 82 18 30 3 3 4 2 0 13 9 .366 .444 .622 1.066 .361 51 1 1 1 3 1
1978 25 STL NL 18 201 182 12 38 6 1 3 6 1 17 33 .209 .275 .302 .577 .238 55 4 0 1 1 1
1979 26 STL NL 27 174 146 18 37 10 0 1 6 1 22 27 .253 .355 .342 .697 .300 50 0 2 2 2 5
4 Seasons 69 555 479 61 125 23 5 11 17 2 61 80 .261 .344 .399 .742 .289 191 7 3 5 7 8
162 Game Avg. 64 517 446 57 116 21 5 10 16 2 57 75 .261 .344 .399 .742 .289 178 7 3 5 7 7
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
1978 25 STL NL 18 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 .667 1 0 0 0 3 100% 65 74 56 9 2 2 0 4.0 4.1 7.2
1979 26 STL NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 24 24 24 15 3 0 0 2.0 9.0 3.0
2 Seasons 45 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 3 75% 55 74 24 24 5 2 0 3.4 4.5 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
1976 23 KCR AL 12 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 12 4 33% 6 0.829 2 4 6 3 1 8 7 5 7 1 9 2 4.3
1977 24 TOR AL 12 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 23% 7 0.608 2 0 9 0 1 11 9 3 5 5 6 2 4.6
1978 25 STL NL 18 15 8 3 2 3 1 2 33% 3 0 12 5 42% 6 1.084 5 3 7 7 2 6 6 9 9 2 10 1 5.6
1979 26 STL NL 27 26 8 2 2 1 0 1 0% 4 2 26 10 38% 8 1.213 8 7 11 5 6 15 12 14 13 9 15 5 4.1
4 Seasons 69 65 24 6 5 4 1 3 25% 9 4 63 22 35% 1.002 17 14 33 15 10 40 34 31 34 17 40 10 4.6

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%
1976 23 KCR AL 80 28% 3.8% 13.8% 11.3% 10.0% 40% 0.95 70% 13 2 15%
1977 24 TOR AL 100 49% 4.0% 9.0% 13.0% 10.0% 33% 1.00 72% 21 1 5%
1978 25 STL NL 201 41% 1.5% 16.4% 8.5% 5.0% 26% 0.98 73% 24 4 17%
1979 26 STL NL 174 32% 0.6% 15.5% 12.6% 6.3% 30% 0.70 69% 32 0 0%
4 Seasons 555 37% 2.0% 14.4% 11.0% 7.0% 31% 0.89 71% 90 7 8%
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
1976 23 KCR AL 80 20 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 5 2 1 40% 2 0 0 32 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1977 24 TOR AL 100 30 4 0 7 2 2 2 2 11 5 2 45% 1 3 0 43 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1978 25 STL NL 201 38 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 9 3 2 33% 3 0 0 63 6 1 86% 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 26 STL NL 174 37 1 0 10 1 0 1 0 16 9 4 56% 0 2 0 73 6 1 86% 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 0
4 Seasons 555 125 11 0 25 9 2 6 5 41 19 9 46% 6 5 0 211 17 2 89% 15 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 20 0
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+
1976 23 1 0 1.000 6.75 12 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 20 13 13 3 9 1 11 0 1 0 80 52 1.673 10.4 1.6 4.7 5.7 1.22 52
1977 24 1 1 .500 7.32 24 0 8 0 0 0 35.2 50 31 29 7 22 2 20 1 1 3 180 53 2.019 12.6 1.8 5.6 5.0 0.91 53
1978 25 5 4 .556 4.22 42 3 16 0 0 1 85.1 88 43 40 10 39 3 53 1 2 3 381 87 1.488 9.3 1.1 4.1 5.6 1.36 87
1979 26 7 7 .500 4.22 69 4 24 0 0 1 123.2 125 61 58 11 61 8 80 3 2 5 555 88 1.504 9.1 0.8 4.4 5.8 1.31 88

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
1976 23 0 1 .000 8.44 16.0 22 17 15 3 10 10 0 2.000 12.4 5.6 5.6 1.00 1.7 12
1977 24 0 2 .000 8.00 18.0 31 18 16 4 13 9 1 2.444 15.5 6.5 4.5 0.69 2.0 12
1978 25 4 1 .800 2.25 48.0 40 13 12 3 18 32 0 1.208 7.5 3.4 6.0 1.78 0.6 18
1979 26 2 2 .500 4.62 37.0 38 21 19 1 23 26 2 1.649 9.2 5.6 6.3 1.13 0.2 27
4 Seasons 6 6 .500 4.69 119.0 131 69 62 11 64 77 3 1.639 9.9 5.8 1.20 0.8 69

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Similarity Scores

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  1. Fernando Nieve (993)
  2. Brian Sanches (990)
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  5. Grant Roberts (989)
  6. Bill Kunkel (989)
  7. Bob File (989)
  8. Howie Koplitz (989)
  9. Roy Corcoran (989)
  10. Pete Center (988)
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