Jim Bruske
James Scott Bruske
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 7, 1964 in East St. Louis, IL
High School: Palmdale (Palmdale, CA)
School: Loyola Marymount University
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
Final Game: May 13, 2000
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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
1995 30 LAD NL 0 0 4.50 9 0 3 0 0 1 10.0 12 7 5 0 4 0 5 1 0 1 45 85 1.600 10.8 0.0 3.6 4.5 1.25
1996 31 LAD NL 0 0 5.68 11 0 5 0 0 0 12.2 17 8 8 2 3 1 12 1 0 1 58 68 1.579 12.1 1.4 2.1 8.5 4.00
1997 32 SDP NL 4 1 .800 3.63 28 0 6 0 0 0 44.2 37 22 18 4 25 1 32 1 0 4 193 108 1.388 7.5 0.8 5.0 6.4 1.28
1998 33 TOT MLB 4 0 1.000 3.45 42 1 11 0 0 1 60.0 66 25 23 5 24 3 38 3 0 3 265 118 1.500 9.9 0.8 3.6 5.7 1.58
1998 33 TOT NL 3 0 1.000 3.53 39 0 11 0 0 1 51.0 57 22 20 3 23 3 35 3 0 3 229 114 1.569 10.1 0.5 4.1 6.2 1.52
1998 33 LAD NL 3 0 1.000 3.48 35 0 10 0 0 1 44.0 47 18 17 2 19 1 31 3 0 3 195 116 1.500 9.6 0.4 3.9 6.3 1.63
1998 33 SDP NL 0 0 3.86 4 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 10 4 3 1 4 2 4 0 0 0 34 101 2.000 12.9 1.3 5.1 5.1 1.00
1998 33 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 3.00 3 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 9 3 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 36 147 1.111 9.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 3.00
2000 35 MIL NL 1 0 1.000 6.48 15 0 1 0 0 0 16.2 22 15 12 5 12 1 8 2 0 0 85 70 2.040 11.9 2.7 6.5 4.3 0.67
5 Seasons 9 1 .900 4.12 105 1 26 0 0 2 144.0 154 77 66 16 68 6 95 8 0 9 646 98 1.542 9.6 1.0 4.3 5.9 1.40
162 Game Avg. 6 1 .900 4.12 67 1 17 0 0 1 92 99 49 42 10 44 4 61 5 0 6 414 98 1.542 9.6 1.0 4.3 5.9 1.40
LAD (3 yrs) 3 0 1.000 4.05 55 0 18 0 0 2 66.2 76 33 30 4 26 2 48 5 0 5 298 98 1.530 10.3 0.5 3.5 6.5 1.85
SDP (2 yrs) 4 1 .800 3.66 32 0 7 0 0 0 51.2 47 26 21 5 29 3 36 1 0 4 227 107 1.471 8.2 0.9 5.1 6.3 1.24
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.00 3 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 9 3 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 36 147 1.111 9.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 3.00
MIL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.48 15 0 1 0 0 0 16.2 22 15 12 5 12 1 8 2 0 0 85 70 2.040 11.9 2.7 6.5 4.3 0.67
NL (5 yrs) 8 1 .889 4.20 102 0 26 0 0 2 135.0 145 74 63 14 67 6 92 8 0 9 610 96 1.570 9.7 0.9 4.5 6.1 1.37
AL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.00 3 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 9 3 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 36 147 1.111 9.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 3.00

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
1995 30 LAD NL 9 45 40 7 12 2 1 0 1 0 4 5 .300 .378 .400 .778 .343 16 1 1 0 0 0
1996 31 LAD NL 11 58 54 8 17 2 0 2 0 0 3 12 .315 .362 .463 .825 .375 25 2 1 0 0 1
1997 32 SDP NL 28 193 162 22 37 8 0 4 4 2 25 32 .228 .330 .352 .682 .256 57 4 1 2 3 1
1998 33 NYY AL 3 36 35 3 9 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 .257 .278 .486 .763 .233 17 0 0 0 0 0
1998 33 TOT NL 39 229 203 22 57 17 1 3 7 0 23 35 .281 .362 .419 .781 .327 85 5 3 0 0 3
1998 33 LAD NL 35 195 173 18 47 12 1 2 7 0 19 31 .272 .354 .387 .741 .321 67 4 3 0 0 1
1998 33 SDP NL 4 34 30 4 10 5 0 1 0 0 4 4 .333 .412 .600 1.012 .360 18 1 0 0 0 2
1998 33 TOT MLB 42 265 238 25 66 19 1 5 7 1 24 38 .277 .351 .429 .780 .313 102 5 3 0 0 3
2000 35 MIL NL 15 85 70 15 22 4 0 5 2 0 12 8 .314 .424 .586 1.009 .293 41 2 2 0 1 1
5 Seasons 105 646 564 77 154 35 2 16 14 3 68 95 .273 .357 .427 .784 .302 241 14 8 2 4 6
162 Game Avg. 67 414 362 49 99 22 1 10 9 2 44 61 .273 .357 .427 .784 .302 155 9 5 1 3 4
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
1998 33 TOT MLB 42 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 56 56 13 2 0 0 9.0 4.5 5.0 70 1 0 0 0 70
1998 33 NYY AL 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 9.0 4.5 5.0 70 1 0 0 0 70
1 Season 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 9.0 4.5 5.0 70 1 0 0 0 70
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
1995 30 LAD NL 9 9 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 5 50% 5 0.382 1 1 7 1 1 7 5 4 4 3 4 2 3.3 18
1996 31 LAD NL 11 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 7 0.525 1 2 8 0 1 10 3 8 2 2 4 1 3.5 21
1997 32 SDP NL 28 28 6 4 1 2 0 2 0% 7 5 31 9 29% 7 0.905 8 6 14 12 2 14 15 13 18 5 20 1 4.8 28
1998 33 TOT MLB 42 41 11 3 0 2 1 1 50% 6 4 29 15 52% 0.759 14 8 19 10 9 22 15 26 16 10 18 7 4.0 22
1998 33 TOT NL 39 39 11 3 0 2 1 1 50% 5 3 29 15 52% 0.733 14 7 18 9 9 21 15 24 15 10 17 7 3.9 22
1998 33 LAD NL 35 35 10 3 0 2 1 1 50% 4 2 28 15 54% 7 0.759 14 5 16 8 9 18 14 21 13 10 14 7 3.8 21
1998 33 SDP NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 7 0.584 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 3 0 5.3 31
1998 33 NYY AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.924 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0 30
2000 35 MIL NL 15 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 12 6 50% 6 0.792 4 4 7 4 3 8 6 9 6 6 7 3 3.3 23
5 Seasons 105 104 26 8 1 5 2 3 40% 16 11 87 37 43% 0.760 28 21 55 27 16 61 44 60 46 26 53 14 4.0 23

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%
1995 30 LAD NL 45 38% 0.0% 11.1% 8.9% 6.7% 25% 2.50 4.00 78% 14% 0.0% 0% 9 1 11%
1996 31 LAD NL 58 36% 3.5% 20.7% 5.2% 6.9% 24% 1.16 1.89 69% 24% 12.5% 16% 11 2 18%
1997 32 SDP NL 193 53% 2.1% 16.6% 13.0% 6.2% 32% 0.71 0.89 67% 19% 5.9% 11% 46 4 9%
1998 33 TOT MLB 265 40% 1.9% 14.3% 9.1% 9.4% 38% 0.79 0.91 74% 17% 5.6% 19% 40 5 13%
1998 33 TOT NL 229 39% 1.3% 15.3% 10.0% 9.2% 37% 0.82 0.87 72% 17% 4.2% 22% 36 5 14%
1998 33 LAD NL 195 39% 1.0% 15.9% 9.7% 7.7% 32% 0.78 0.84 72% 16% 3.3% 23% 31 4 13%
1998 33 SDP NL 34 38% 2.9% 11.8% 11.8% 17.7% 60% 1.00 1.13 74% 19% 9.1% 15% 5 1 20%
1998 33 NYY AL 36 44% 5.6% 8.3% 2.8% 11.1% 44% 0.68 1.09 83% 19% 11.1% 5% 4 0 0%
2000 35 MIL NL 85 47% 5.9% 9.4% 14.1% 10.6% 41% 1.04 1.33 68% 21% 20.0% 11% 24 2 8%
5 Seasons 646 44% 2.5% 14.7% 10.5% 8.2% 34% 0.89 1.10 71% 18% 7.7% 14% 130 14 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1995 30 LAD NL 45 160 3.56 99 62% 23% 8% 33% 35% 77% 0% 48% 89% 58% 2% 1 1 20% 9 3 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1996 31 LAD NL 42 147 3.50 91 62% 35% 13% 15% 36% 65% 7% 40% 80% 57% 2% 1 0 5% 2 0 0 29% 0 0 16 0 0
1997 32 SDP NL 180 703 3.91 414 59% 31% 14% 24% 30% 68% 1% 40% 79% 49% 6% 10 3 16% 29 20 1 32% 7 6 13 1 2
1998 33 TOT MLB 265 993 3.75 601 61% 29% 13% 24% 33% 71% 3% 43% 81% 52% 5% 13 5 14% 36 19 2 26% 5 5 0 0 0
1998 33 TOT NL 229 864 3.77 515 60% 30% 14% 23% 33% 70% 3% 42% 79% 51% 6% 13 5 14% 31 16 2 26% 5 5 0 0 0
1998 33 LAD NL 195 739 3.79 445 60% 30% 15% 23% 32% 70% 1% 42% 78% 52% 6% 11 5 15% 29 16 2 23% 5 5 0 0 0
1998 33 SDP NL 34 125 3.68 70 56% 33% 9% 21% 37% 67% 15% 38% 87% 41% 6% 2 0 6% 2 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 33 NYY AL 36 129 3.58 86 67% 26% 7% 30% 37% 74% 0% 50% 91% 58% 0% 0 0 14% 5 3 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 35 MIL NL 85 339 3.99 195 58% 33% 12% 22% 32% 67% 2% 38% 82% 56% 4% 3 1 18% 15 5 0 50% 2 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons 617 2342 3.80 1400 60% 30% 13% 24% 33% 69% 2% 42% 81% 52% 5% 28 10 15% 91 47 4 29% 14 12 29 1 2
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
1995 30 LAD NL 45 12 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 100% 0 1 0 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 31 LAD NL 58 17 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 1 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1997 32 SDP NL 193 37 7 0 4 0 14 2 2 1 3 16 10 0 63% 3 4 0 76 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1998 33 TOT MLB 265 66 15 0 5 0 10 3 2 1 4 17 6 4 35% 2 3 0 96 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1998 33 TOT NL 229 57 14 0 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 15 5 4 33% 2 3 0 89 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1998 33 LAD NL 195 47 13 0 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 13 5 4 38% 1 3 0 71 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1998 33 SDP NL 34 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0% 1 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 33 NYY AL 36 9 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 7 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 35 MIL NL 85 22 4 1 5 0 5 2 3 0 5 3 2 1 67% 1 0 1 37 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Seasons 646 154 28 1 16 0 33 8 8 3 13 42 24 5 57% 7 9 1 250 14 3 82% 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 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+
1995 30 0 0 4.50 9 0 3 0 0 1 10.0 12 7 5 0 4 0 5 1 0 1 45 85 1.600 10.8 0.0 3.6 4.5 1.25 85
1996 31 0 0 5.16 20 0 8 0 0 1 22.2 29 15 13 2 7 1 17 2 0 2 103 75 1.588 11.5 0.8 2.8 6.8 2.43 75
1997 32 4 1 .800 4.14 48 0 14 0 0 1 67.1 66 37 31 6 32 2 49 3 0 6 296 94 1.455 8.8 0.8 4.3 6.5 1.53 94
1998 33 8 1 .889 3.82 90 1 25 0 0 2 127.1 132 62 54 11 56 5 87 6 0 9 561 104 1.476 9.3 0.8 4.0 6.1 1.55 104
1999 34 8 1 .889 3.82 90 1 25 0 0 2 127.1 132 62 54 11 56 5 87 6 0 9 561 104 1.476 9.3 0.8 4.0 6.1 1.55 104
2000 35 9 1 .900 4.12 105 1 26 0 0 2 144.0 154 77 66 16 68 6 95 8 0 9 646 98 1.542 9.6 1.0 4.3 5.9 1.40 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
1995 30 0 1 .000 4.91 11.0 13 7 6 0 4 6 1 1.545 10.6 3.3 4.9 1.50 0.0 9
1996 31 0 1 .000 6.00 12.0 17 9 8 2 3 11 1 1.667 12.8 2.3 8.3 3.67 1.5 11
1997 32 2 2 .500 3.77 43.0 37 20 18 4 25 31 1 1.442 7.7 5.2 6.5 1.24 0.8 28
1998 33 3 3 .500 3.63 57.0 66 26 23 5 24 36 3 1.579 10.4 3.8 5.7 1.50 0.8 42
2000 35 0 1 .000 6.19 16.0 22 12 11 5 12 8 2 2.125 12.4 6.8 4.5 0.67 2.8 15
5 Seasons 5 8 .385 4.27 139.0 155 74 66 16 68 92 8 1.604 10.0 6.0 1.35 1.0 105

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