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Bruce Campbell

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: October 20, 1909 in Chicago, IL us

Died: June 17, 1995 in Fort Myers Beach, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: LaGrange HS (LaGrange, IL)

Debut: September 12, 1930 (Age 20-327d, 7,125th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1942 (Age 32-338d)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: Bruce Douglas Campbell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.1

4762

1382

106

.290

759

RBI

766

OBP

.367

SLG

.455

OPS

.822

OPS+

110

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1930	20	CHW	AL	5	11	10	4	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	2	.500	.545	.800	1.345	242	8		0	0	0	/7H
1931	21	CHW	AL	4	18	17	4	7	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	4	.412	.444	.882	1.327	250	15		1	0	0	/7
1932	22	TOT	AL	146	660	611	86	173	36	11	14	87	7	6	40	*104*	.283	.333	.447	.780	97	273		6	3	0	*9/7H
1932	22	CHW	AL	7	18	18	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	.222	.222	.278	.500	33	5		0	0	0	/7H9
1932	22	SLB	AL	139	642	593	83	169	35	11	14	85	7	5	40	102	.285	.336	.452	.788	98	268		6	3	0	*9
1933	23	SLB	AL	148	641	567	87	157	38	8	16	106	10	4	69	77	.277	.357	.457	.814	110	259		2	2	2	*9/H
1934	24	SLB	AL	138	534	481	62	134	25	6	9	74	5	4	51	64	.279	.350	.412	.762	91	198		2	0	2	*9H
1935	25	CLE	AL	80	343	308	56	100	26	3	7	54	2	1	31	33	.325	.390	.497	.887	126	153		2	2	2	9/H
1936	26	CLE	AL	76	194	172	35	64	15	2	6	30	2	1	19	17	.372	.440	.587	1.028	149	101		2	1	2	9H
1937	27	CLE	AL	134	519	448	82	135	42	11	4	61	4	5	67	49	.301	.392	.471	.863	118	211		0	4	4	*9H
1938	28	CLE	AL	133	575	511	90	148	27	12	12	72	11	7	53	57	.290	.360	.460	.820	106	235		3	8	0	*9H
1939	29	CLE	AL	130	527	450	84	129	23	13	8	72	7	6	67	48	.287	.383	.449	.832	115	202	6	3	7	6	*9H
1940	30	DET	AL	103	348	297	56	84	15	5	8	44	2	7	45	28	.283	.381	.448	.829	106	133	8	2	4	2	9H
1941	31	DET	AL	141	584	512	72	141	28	10	15	93	3	3	68	67	.275	.364	.457	.821	107	234	7	3	1	5	*9/H	MVP-22
1942	32	WSH	AL	122	416	378	41	105	17	5	5	63	0	6	37	34	.278	.344	.389	.733	107	147	4	1	0	4	9H7
1943			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1944			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1945			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1946	36	DET-NYG-min	AAA	64	203	178	31	48	9	1	5	26	1	1	22	26	.270	.360	.416	.775		74	3	3	0			BFL,MNE · IL,AA
13 Yrs				1360	5370	4762	759	1382	295	87	106	766	53	50	548	584	.290	.367	.455	.822	110	2169	25	27	32	29
162 Game Avg.				162	640	567	90	165	35	10	13	91	6	6	65	70	.290	.367	.455	.822	110	258		3	4	3

CLE (5 yrs)				553	2158	1889	347	576	133	41	37	289	26	20	237	204	.305	.385	.478	.863	118	902		10	22	14
SLB (3 yrs)				425	1817	1641	232	460	98	25	39	265	22	13	160	243	.280	.348	.442	.790	100	725		10	5	4
CHW (3 yrs)				16	47	45	11	16	4	1	2	12	0	1	1	8	.356	.383	.622	1.005	163	28		1	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				244	932	809	128	225	43	15	23	137	5	10	113	95	.278	.370	.454	.824	107	367	15	5	5	7
WSH (1 yr)				122	416	378	41	105	17	5	5	63	0	6	37	34	.278	.344	.389	.733	107	147	4	1	0	4