Bruce Fields

Bruce Alan Fields

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 6, 1960 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Everett HS (Lansing, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1986
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Tigers 1986-1989

Final Game: July 14, 1989
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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
1978	17	DET-min	Rk	46	159	159		32	6	2	0						.201	.201	.264	.465		42							BRS · APPY
1979	18	DET-min	A,Rk	111	358	358		84	8	3	1						.235	.235	.282	.517		101							LAK,BRS · FLOR,APPY
1980	19	DET-min	A	120	480	402	62	108	12	3	3	42	35	10	67	63	.269	.375	.336	.711		135		4	3	4			MAC,LAK · SALL,FLOR
1981	20	DET-min	A	103	432	377	54	112	14	3	1	37	29	15	49	54	.297	.382	.358	.740		135		3	3	0	4		LAK · FLOR
1982	21	DET-min	A,AA	123	538	474	87	142	16	5	6	52	38	17	53	68	.300	.373	.392	.766		186		4	5	2	0		MAC,BIR · SALL,SOUL
1983	22	SJO	A	123	514	450	80	123	21	6	2	45	26	11	54	74	.273	.357	.360	.717		162		6	2	2	2		SJO · CALL
1984	23	DET-min	AA	93	353	307	49	92	11	3	4	38	11	12	31	34	.300	.362	.394	.756		121		1	10	4	1		BIR · SOUL
1985	24	DET-min	AA	114	482	421	59	136	24	4	2	41	9	6	54	50	.323	.400	.413	.814		174		3	0	4	1		BIR · SOUL
1986	25	DET-min	AAA	116	434	383	57	141	31	5	1	53	22	7	44	51	.368	.431	.483	.914		185		1	2	4	3		NVL · AA
1986	25	DET	AL	16	47	43	4	12	1	1	0	6	1	1	1	6	.279	.283	.349	.631	71	15	0	0	1	2	0	7/D

1987	26	DET-min	AAA	123	490	446	75	136	32	4	3	51	24	8	41	48	.305	.364	.415	.779		185		1	1	1	4		TOL · IL
1988	27	SEA-min	AAA	42	181	168	31	54	6	1	4	19	8	2	10	14	.321	.359	.440	.800		74		1	0	2	0		CGY · PCL
1988	27	SEA	AL	39	73	67	8	18	5	0	1	5	0	1	4	11	.269	.310	.388	.698	92	26	2	0	2	0	0	7/9D8
1989	28	SEA-min	AAA	101	457	407	88	143	36	4	10	48	14	12	44	52	.351	.416	.533	.949		217		2	3	1	1		CGY · PCL
1989	28	SEA	AL	3	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	173	2	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1990	29	OAK-min	AAA	87	375	336	46	94	18	2	2	34	8	2	36	62	.280	.350	.363	.713		122		1	1	1	3		TAC · PCL
1991	30	TOR-ATL-min	AAA	79	290	260	28	65	10	0	2	21	1	1	26	36	.250	.322	.312	.633		81	11	2	1	1	3		SYR,RMD · IL
3 Yrs				58	123	113	14	31	7	1	1	11	1	2	5	18	.274	.300	.381	.681	86	43	2	0	3	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	344	316	39	87	20	3	3	31	3	6	14	50	.274	.300	.381	.681	86	120	6	0	8	6	0

SEA (2 yrs)				42	76	70	10	19	6	0	1	5	0	1	4	12	.271	.311	.400	.711	95	28	2	0	2	0	0
DET (1 yr)				16	47	43	4	12	1	1	0	6	1	1	1	6	.279	.283	.349	.631	71	15	0	0	1	2	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
1986	25	DET	AL	16	47	-2	0	0	0	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-1	-0.1	.483	.498	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	7/D

1988	27	SEA	AL	39	73	-0	0	-0	-2	-2	-4	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.491	.498	0.1	-0.3	0	$62,500	7/9D8
1989	28	SEA	AL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.511	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/9
3 Seasons				58	123	-3	1	0	-2	-2	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.489	.499	0.0	-0.4	-1	$62,500

SEA (2 yrs)				42	76	-0	1	-0	-2	-2	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	0.1	-0.3	1	$62,500
DET (1 yr)				16	47	-2	0	0	0	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-1	-0.1	.483	.498	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$

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	PwrSpd
1986	25	DET	AL	47	35	4	3.0	100	.308	.279	.261	.283	.330	.349	.408	.631	.737	71	.314	-1.7	-0.2	.500	.093	.070	.0

1988	27	SEA	AL	73	54	7	3.5	98	.309	.269	.264	.310	.329	.388	.397	.698	.727	92	.392	-0.9	-0.1	.558	.164	.119	.0
1989	28	SEA	AL	3	2	1	13.4	96	.500	.333	.264	.333	.330	.667	.389	1.000	.718	173	.887	0.3	0.0	1.000	.333	.333
3 Yrs				123	91	12	3.5	99	.313	.274	.263	.300	.330	.381	.401	.681	.731	86	.390	-2.3	-0.2	.547	.142	.106	1.0
162 Game Avg.				344	254	34	3.5	99	.313	.274	.263	.300	.330	.381	.401	.681	.731	86	.390	-2.3	-0.2	.547	.142	.106	3

SEA (2 yrs)				76	56	8	3.8	98	.316	.271	.264	.311	.330	.400	.397	.711	.727	95	.435	-0.6	-0.1	.574	.171	.129	.0
DET (1 yr)				47	35	4	3.1	100	.308	.279	.261	.283	.330	.349	.408	.631	.737	71	.315	-1.7	-0.2	.500	.093	.070	.0

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
1986	25	DET	AL	47	0.0%	12.8%	2.1%	4.3%	17%	6.00	7.2		7.2		0.87	83%

1988	27	SEA	AL	73	1.4%	15.1%	5.5%	8.2%	33%	2.75	6.1	67.0	13.4	0.96	1.73	75%	19%	5.0%	29%
1989	28	SEA	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	33.3%	100%		3.0			0.00	0.00	67%	100%	0.0%	0%
3 Yrs				123	0.8%	14.6%	4.1%	7.3%	29%	3.60	6.3	113.0	10.3	0.90	1.26	78%	22%	4.5%	27%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.1%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.76	5.9	39.4	8.4	0.81	1.06	73%	20%	6.8%	29%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1986	25	DET	AL	-1.7	-0.2	49	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	.88	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.97	-2.6	0.68	2

1988	27	SEA	AL	-0.9	-0.1	77	-0.2	1.3	-1.4	1.16	-0.4	0.2	-2.5	-0.2	0.98	-2.5	1.86	12
1989	28	SEA	AL	0.3	0.0	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.68	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	1.13	0.1	2.52	2
3 Yrs				-2.3	-0.2	129	-0.5	1.8	-2.3	1.07	-0.6	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.98	-5.1	1.79	16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1986	25	DET	AL	0	0	31%	15	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33%	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0

1988	27	SEA	AL	1	0	33%	38	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	83%	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	2
1989	28	SEA	AL	0	0	200%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
3 Yrs				1	0	37%	57	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	73%	5	1	4	1	1	0	5	1	4

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
1986	25	DET	AL	47	91%	12			2	1	0	1	0.68	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	0	0%	5	3	60%	30	6	20%	3	2	67%	0	0		0

1988	27	SEA	AL	73	100%	18	2	1	12	3	1	2	1.86	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	14	2	14%	8	2	25%	46	4	9%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	0
1989	28	SEA	AL	3	100%	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				123	97%	31	2	1	16	5	1	3	1.79	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	26	2	8%	13	5	38%	79	10	13%	6	4	67%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

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
1988	27	SEA	AL	73	246	3.37	160	65%	21%	18%	25%	36%	79%	0%	52%	77%	40%	7%	5	0	14%	10	3	4%	3	2	18%	0	0	0
1989	28	SEA	AL	3	9	3.00	6	67%	0%	50%	17%	33%	100%	0%	67%	50%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				76	255	3.36	166	65%	20%	19%	25%	36%	80%	0%	52%	76%	41%	7%	5	0	13%	10	3	4%	3	2	17%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			15%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1986	25	16	47	43	4	12	1	1	0	6	1	1	1	6	.279	.283	.349	.631	71	15	0	1	2
1987	26	16	47	43	4	12	1	1	0	6	1	1	1	6	.279	.283	.349	.631	71	15	0	1	2
1988	27	55	120	110	12	30	6	1	1	11	1	2	5	17	.273	.299	.373	.672	84	41	2	3	2
1989	28	58	123	113	14	31	7	1	1	11	1	2	5	18	.274	.300	.381	.681	86	43	2	3	2

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1986	25	16	48	44	5	13	1	1	0	7	1	1	6	.295	.298	.364	.662	5	16

1988	27	39	73	67	8	18	5	0	1	5	0	4	11	.269	.310	.388	.698	8	39
1989	28	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	1	3
3 Yrs		58	124	114	16	32	7	1	1	12	1	5	18	.281	.306	.386	.692	14	58
162 Game Avg.		162	346	318	45	89	20	3	3	34	3	14	50	.281	.306	.386	.692	39	58

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