Bruce Kimm

Bruce Edward Kimm

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 29, 1951 in Cedar Rapids, IA
High School: Norway (Norway, IA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 7th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1976
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Tigers/Cubs 1976-1980

Final Game: September 19, 1980
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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
1969	18	CHW-min	Rk	36	84	84		26	2	0	1						.310	.310	.369	.679		31						WHS · GULF
1970	19	CHW-min	A-,A	67	296	246	50	65	12	1	3	43	7	1	47	35	.264	.381	.358	.739		88		0	2	1		DSU,APP · NORL,MIDW
1971	20	CHW-min	A	54	195	168	18	28	3	3	2	15	1	1	27	29	.167	.282	.256	.538		43						APP · MIDW
1972	21	CHW-min	AA,AAA	129	447	372	52	94	6	3	9	55	4	0	67	61	.253	.366	.358	.724		133		2	2	4		KNX,TUC · SOUL,PCL
1973	22	DET-min	AA,AAA	98	295	282	6	70	15	4	2	7	1	0	11	12	.248	.279	.351	.630		99		1	1	0		MTG,TOL · SOUL,IL
1974	23	DET-min	AAA,AA	97	355	311	49	80	9	5	4	39	10	3	36	43	.257	.339	.357	.696		111		4	1	3		EVN,MTG · AA,SOUL
1975	24	DET-OAK-min	AAA	97	324	283	28	65	11	2	1	21	8	6	29	36	.230	.307	.293	.600		83		3	8	1		EVN,TUC · AA,PCL
1976	25	DET-min	AAA	2	8	6	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	.333	.500	1.000	1.500		6		0	0	0		EVN · AA
1976	25	DET	AL	63	174	152	13	40	8	0	1	6	4	3	15	20	.263	.329	.336	.665	93	51	2	0	7	0	0	2
1977	26	BAL-min	AAA	37	125	108	11	18	3	1	0	11	0	0	13	8	.167	.254	.213	.467		23		0	3	1		ROC · IL
1977	26	DET	AL	14	26	25	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	.080	.115	.120	.235	-37	3	1	1	0	0	0	2

1979	28	DET-min	AAA	113	452	382	63	108	18	1	10	75	8	8	57	46	.283	.376	.414	.790		158		4	3	6		EVN · AA
1979	28	CHC	NL	9	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1980	29	CHW	AL	100	273	251	20	61	10	1	0	19	1	3	17	26	.243	.290	.291	.581	60	73	10	0	4	1	0	2
4 Seasons				186	484	439	35	104	19	1	1	26	5	8	32	50	.237	.290	.292	.581	63	128	13	1	11	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	422	382	30	91	17	1	1	23	4	7	28	44	.237	.290	.292	.581	63	111	11	1	10	1	0

DET (2 yrs)				77	200	177	15	42	9	0	1	7	4	4	15	24	.237	.301	.305	.606	74	54	3	1	7	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				9	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				100	273	251	20	61	10	1	0	19	1	3	17	26	.243	.290	.291	.581	60	73	10	0	4	1	0

AL (3 yrs)				177	473	428	35	103	19	1	1	26	5	7	32	50	.241	.294	.297	.591	66	127	13	1	11	1	0
NL (1 yr)				9	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1976	25	DET	AL	174	-1	-1	2	1	4	3	6	14	1.4	10	1.1	0.3	$	2
1977	26	DET	AL	26	-5	-1	0	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$	2

1979	28	CHC	NL	11	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	/2
1980	29	CHW	AL	273	-14	-3	-1	-1	-3	5	9	-8	-0.9	-5	-0.5	-0.4	$	2
4 Seasons				484	-22	-5	1	0	0	8	16	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.1	-0.2	$

DET (2 yrs)				200	-6	-2	2	1	4	3	7	9	0.9	5	0.6	0.3	$
CHC (1 yr)				11	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$
CHW (1 yr)				273	-14	-3	-1	-1	-3	5	9	-8	-0.9	-5	-0.5	-0.4	$

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
1976	25	DET	AL	174	124	17	3.7	88	.298	.263	.259	.329	.324	.336	.366	.665	.690	93	.466	-1.1	-0.1	.573	.178	.072	1.6
1977	26	DET	AL	26	25	0	0.0	104	.095	.080	.272	.115	.337	.120	.414	.235	.751	-37	.000	-4.9	-0.5	.120	.000	.040

1979	28	CHC	NL	11	11	0	0.0	108	.091	.091	.280	.091	.347	.091	.416	.182	.763	-52	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.000	-.091	.000
1980	29	CHW	AL	273	208	19	2.5	99	.270	.243	.269	.290	.332	.291	.399	.581	.731	60	.241	-13.8	-1.4	.433	.108	.048	.0
4 Seasons				484	368	36	2.6	96	.265	.237	.266	.290	.330	.292	.389	.581	.718	63	.284	-22.2	-2.2	.444	.121	.055	1.7
162 Game Avg.				422	321	31	2.6	96	.265	.237	.266	.290	.330	.292	.389	.581	.718	63	.284	-22.2	-2.2	.444	.121	.055	1

DET (2 yrs)				200	149	17	3.1	90	.270	.237	.261	.301	.326	.305	.373	.606	.698	74	.375	-6.0	-0.6	.493	.153	.068	1.6
CHC (1 yr)				11	11	0	0.0	108	.091	.091	.280	.091	.347	.091	.416	.182	.763	-52	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.000	-.091	.000
CHW (1 yr)				273	208	19	2.5	99	.270	.243	.269	.290	.332	.291	.399	.581	.731	60	.241	-13.8	-1.4	.433	.108	.048	.0

AL (3 yrs)				473	357	36	2.7	95	.270	.241	.266	.294	.329	.297	.388	.591	.717	66	.295	-19.8	-2.0	.458	.126	.056	1.7
NL (1 yr)				11	11	0	0.0	108	.091	.091	.280	.091	.347	.091	.416	.182	.763	-52	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.000	-.091	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1976	25	DET	AL	174	0.6%	11.5%	8.6%	5.2%	23%	1.33	7.6	152.0	25.3	1.37	75%
1977	26	DET	AL	26	0.0%	15.4%	0.0%	3.9%	50%		6.3		25.0	0.90	81%

1979	28	CHC	NL	11	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.25	100%
1980	29	CHW	AL	273	0.0%	9.5%	6.2%	4.0%	18%	1.53	9.7		13.2	1.60	83%
4 Seasons				484	0.2%	10.3%	6.6%	4.3%	20%	1.56	8.8	439.0	16.9	1.39	80%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.8%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.52	7.0	45.8	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1976	25	DET	AL	-1.1	-0.1	185	-0.2	2.4	-2.6	.94	-0.3	0.1	-6.2	-0.7	0.85	-4.0	4.02	0
1977	26	DET	AL	-4.9	-0.5	27	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.82	-0.4	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.80	-4.2		0

1979	28	CHC	NL	-2.4	-0.2	12	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.21	-0.2	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.94	-2.6		0
1980	29	CHW	AL	-13.8	-1.4	281	-1.7	3.8	-5.4	1.00	-1.6	-0.0	-14.6	-1.5	0.95	-17.8	4.30	3
4 Seasons				-22.2	-2.2	505	-2.6	6.4	-9.0	.97	-2.5	-0.1	-26.7	-2.7	0.91	-28.7	4.30	3

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
1976	25	DET	AL	5	0	22%	78	4	3	57%	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	33%	8	6	2	1	0	1	3	1	1
1977	26	DET	AL	1	0	67%	8	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	67%	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

1979	28	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	29	CHW	AL	3	0	26%	111	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	17%	11	9	2	4	4	0	8	5	2
4 Seasons				9	0	25%	198	5	8	38%	5	7	0	0	0	1	1	1	10	11	26%	22	15	6	5	4	1	11	6	3

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
1976	25	DET	AL	174	26%	40			0	0	0	0	4.02	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	7	7	100%	25	2	8%	14	9	64%	74	5	7%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0
1977	26	DET	AL	26	46%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	3	1	33%	11	1	9%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1979	28	CHC	NL	11	36%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1980	29	CHW	AL	273	44%	61			3	0	0	0	4.30	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	43	10	23%	28	13	46%	165	20	12%	19	9	47%	10	6	60%	0
4 Seasons				484	37%	104			3	0	0	0	4.30	1	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	13	11	85%	74	13	18%	45	23	51%	256	26	10%	22	11	50%	13	8	62%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1976	25	63	174	152	13	40	8	0	1	6	4	3	15	20	.263	.329	.336	.665	93	51	2	0	7	0
1977	26	77	200	177	15	42	9	0	1	7	4	4	15	24	.237	.301	.305	.606	74	54	3	1	7	0
1978	27	77	200	177	15	42	9	0	1	7	4	4	15	24	.237	.301	.305	.606	74	54	3	1	7	0
1979	28	86	211	188	15	43	9	0	1	7	4	5	15	24	.229	.289	.293	.582	66	55	3	1	7	0
1980	29	186	484	439	35	104	19	1	1	26	5	8	32	50	.237	.290	.292	.581	63	128	13	1	11	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1976	25	63	172	156	15	43	9	0	1	7	4	16	20	.276	.343	.353	.696	19	63
1977	26	14	26	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.038	.000	.038	0	14

1979	28	9	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1980	29	100	270	252	21	62	10	1	0	20	1	17	26	.246	.293	.294	.586	22	100
4 Seasons		186	479	444	36	105	19	1	1	27	5	33	50	.236	.290	.291	.581	41	186
162 Game Avg.		162	417	387	31	91	17	1	1	24	4	29	44	.236	.290	.291	.581	36	186

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