Jim Bruske

James Scott Bruske

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

Born: October 7, 1964 in East St. Louis, IL
High School: Palmdale HS (Palmdale, CA)
School: Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 22, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1995
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Padres/Brewers/Yankees 1995-2000

Final Game: May 13, 2000
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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
1986	21	CLE-min	A-	56	209	181	23	44	2	2	3	14	7	0	21	50	.243	.344	.326	.670		59		7	0	0	1		BAT · NYPL
1987	22	CLE-min	A	123	439	439		102	16	3	7						.232	.232	.330	.563		145							KIN · CARL
1988	23	CLE-min	AA	135	495	443	49	105	12	3	1	44	16	8	45	138	.237	.312	.284	.596		126		4	1	2	1		WPT · EL
1989	24	CLE-min	A,AA	114	415	351	46	95	17	1	6	43	16	6	53	72	.271	.370	.376	.746		132	8	4	4	3	2		KIN,CAK · CARL,EL
1990	25	CLE-min	AA	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CAK · EL
1991	26	CLE-min	AAA,AA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CSP,CAK · PCL,EL
1992	27	HOU-CLE-min	AA,AAA	21	16	15	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.188	.267	.454		4	0	0	0	1	0		JAC,CSP · TL,PCL
1993	28	HOU-min	AA,AAA	29	43	39	5	14	3	0	4	8	0	0	1	5	.359	.375	.744	1.119		29		0	3	0	0		JAC,TUC · TL,PCL
1994	29	HOU-min	AAA	8	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286		1	0	0	1	0	0		TUC · PCL
1995	30	LAD-min	AAA	45	22	19	4	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	.421	.450	.474	.924		9	0	0	2	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1995	30	LAD	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1996	31	LAD-min	AAA	36	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286		1	1	0	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1996	31	LAD	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	32	SDP-min	AAA	18	15	10	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.400	.364	.500	.864		5	0	0	4	1	0		LVG · PCL
1997	32	SDP	NL	29	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333	.500	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	33	SDP-NYY-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LVG,CLB · PCL,IL
1998	33	TOT	MLB	42	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	33	TOT	NL	39	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	33	LAD	NL	35	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	33	SDP	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	33	NYY	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1999		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2000	35	MIL-min	AAA	19	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1	0	0	0	0	0		INA · IL
2000	35	MIL	NL	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	36	ANA-LAD-min	AAA	38	14	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.231	.250	.481		3	1	0	1	0	0		SLK,LVG · PCL
5 Yrs				106	10	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.200	.300	-22	2	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	15	15	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.200	.300	-22	3	0	0	0	0	0

LAD (3 yrs)				55	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (2 yrs)				33	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333	.500	31	2	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				103	10	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.200	.300	-22	2	0	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1995	30	LAD	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1996	31	LAD	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1997	32	SDP	NL	29	6	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$185,000	1
1998	33	LAD	NL	35	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$200,000	1
1998	33	SDP	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1998	33	NYY	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

2000	35	MIL	NL	15	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$200,000	1
5 Seasons				106	10	-2	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$585,000

LAD (3 yrs)				55	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$200,000
SDP (2 yrs)				33	6	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$185,000
NYY (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
MIL (1 yr)				15	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$200,000

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
1997	32	SDP	NL	6	5	0	0.0	102	.200	.167	.262	.167	.333	.333	.411	.500	.744	31	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.167
1998	33	TOT	MLB	3	3	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.263	.000	.333	.000	.415	.000	.747	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1998	33	TOT	NL	3	3	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.263	.000	.333	.000	.415	.000	.747	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1998	33	LAD	NL	3	3	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.263	.000	.333	.000	.415	.000	.747	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2000	35	MIL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.270	.000	.346	.000	.440	.000	.786	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				10	9	0	0.0	103	.125	.100	.263	.100	.334	.200	.415	.300	.749	-22	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.222	.100	.100
162 Game Avg.				15	14	0	0.0	103	.125	.100	.263	.100	.334	.200	.415	.300	.749	-22	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.222	.100	.100

LAD (3 yrs)				3	3	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.263	.000	.333	.000	.415	.000	.747	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
SDP (2 yrs)				6	5	0	0.0	102	.200	.167	.262	.167	.333	.333	.411	.500	.744	31	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.167
MIL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.270	.000	.346	.000	.440	.000	.786	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (5 yrs)				10	9	0	0.0	103	.125	.100	.263	.100	.334	.200	.415	.300	.749	-22	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.222	.100	.100

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
1997	32	SDP	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	16.7%	100%		6.0			0.67	1.00	83%	40%	0.0%	0%
1998	33	TOT	MLB	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0					67%	0%
1998	33	TOT	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0					67%	0%
1998	33	LAD	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0					67%	0%

2000	35	MIL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
5 Yrs				10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	10.0%	100%		5.0			1.67	2.50	80%	25%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.6%	9.2%	7.9%	33%	1.82	5.3	31.8	7.3	0.80	1.09	70%	22%	8.3%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1995	30	LAD	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1996	31	LAD	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1997	32	SDP	NL	-0.6	-0.1	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.47	-0.0	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.01	-0.8	0.00	1
1998	33	TOT	MLB	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.38	-0.8		0
1998	33	TOT	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.38	-0.8		0
1998	33	LAD	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.38	-0.8		0
1998	33	SDP	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1998	33	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0

2000	35	MIL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.47	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.10	-0.3		0
5 Yrs				-1.7	-0.2	10	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.40	-0.1	0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.83	-1.9	0.00	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	32	SDP	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	33	TOT	MLB	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	33	TOT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	33	LAD	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	35	MIL	NL	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1997	32	SDP	NL	6	17%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1998	33	TOT	MLB	3	33%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1998	33	TOT	NL	3	33%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1998	33	LAD	NL	3	33%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2000	35	MIL	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				10	20%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					55%																			73%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

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
1997	32	SDP	NL	5	11	2.20	9	82%	44%	0%	0%	56%	56%	0%	45%	100%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0
1998	33	TOT	MLB	3	13	4.33	8	62%	38%	25%	13%	25%	63%	0%	38%	60%	33%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1998	33	TOT	NL	3	13	4.33	8	62%	38%	25%	13%	25%	63%	0%	38%	60%	33%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1998	33	LAD	NL	3	13	4.33	8	62%	38%	25%	13%	25%	63%	0%	38%	60%	33%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2000	35	MIL	NL	1	7	7.00	4	57%	0%	0%	75%	25%	100%	0%	57%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
3 Yrs				9	31	3.44	21	68%	33%	10%	19%	38%	67%	0%	45%	86%	44%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1997	32	49	6	6	1	1	1	.167	.167	.333	.500	31	2
1998	33	91	9	9	1	1	2	.111	.111	.222	.333	-13	2
1999	34	91	9	9	1	1	2	.111	.111	.222	.333	-13	2
2000	35	106	10	10	1	1	2	.100	.100	.200	.300	-22	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1997	32	29	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	29
1998	33	42	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	42

2000	35	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
3 Yrs		86	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	86
162 Game Avg.		162	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	86

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