Bill Bruton

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 169lb (183cm, 76kg)

Born: November 9, 1925 in Panola, AL us

Died: December 5, 1995 in Marshallton, DE

Buried: Gracelawn Memorial Park, New Castle, DE

Debut: April 13, 1953 (Age 27-155d, 10,977th in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1964 (Age 38-328d)
vs. BAL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: William Haron Bruton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.4

6056

1651

.273

937

RBI

545

207

OBP

.328

SLG

.393

OPS

.721

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	44-34 / in Starts: 42-33
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 332 PAs	30
Actual Runners on Base	150 (80-50-20)
Avg. MLBer w/ 332 PAs	35
Avg. Runners on Base	204 (107-64-32)

Most Driven In
J Logan	9
Self	5
D Crandall	3
J Adcock	3
B Thomson	3
C Sawatski	2
E Mathews	1
D Rice	1

Most Driven In By
H Aaron	10
E Mathews	7
Self	5
D Crandall	3
R Schoendienst	3
D O'Connell	1
D Rice	1
L Burdette	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	590	1	Apr 16	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.90	-0.067	2.26	-0.10%	-0.81	CF
2	591	2	Apr 18	MLN		CIN	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	7	.63	0.048	1.78	0.08%	0.39	CF
3	592	3	Apr 20	MLN		CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	7	.39	-0.039	1.16	-0.07%	-0.85	CF
4	593	4	Apr 21	MLN		CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	1.00	0.047	3.13	0.09%	0.01	CF
5	594	5	Apr 22	MLN		CHC	W,9-4	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.368	.333	.702	7	.83	0.191	2.88	0.40%	2.72	CF
6	595	6	Apr 23	MLN		CHC	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.409	.458	.409	.867	7	2.49	0.178	9.12	0.39%	1.64	CF
7	596	7	Apr 24	MLN		STL	W,8-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.393	.346	.739	7	1.18	-0.116	3.75	-0.22%	-0.66	CF
8	597	8	Apr 26	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.344	.300	.644	7	.18	-0.017	.67	-0.04%	-0.42	CF
9	598	9	Apr 27	MLN	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.324	.657	7	1.27	0.071	4.88	0.16%	0.11	CF
10	599	10	Apr 28	MLN	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.333	.351	.685	7	.92	0.026	3.59	0.06%	0.02	CF
11	600	11	Apr 30	MLN	@	NYG	L,0-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.341	.359	.700	7	1.42	-0.042	6.13	-0.11%	-0.34	CF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	601	12	May 1	MLN	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.318	.623	7	.73	-0.091	3.19	-0.24%	-1.07	CF
13	602	13	May 2	MLN	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.314	.313	.626	7	.83	-0.035	3.34	-0.08%	-0.53	CF
14	603	14	May 3	MLN	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG(11)	6	6	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.316	.352	.668	7	1.27	-0.039	5.30	-0.10%	-0.57	CF
15	604	15	May 4	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.345	.679	7	1.27	-0.004	5.41	-0.01%	0.01	CF
16	605	16	May 5	MLN	@	BRO	W,10-7	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.305	.354	.390	.744	7	.85	0.058	4.44	0.18%	1.27	CF
17	606	17	May 6	MLN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG(14)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.308	.352	.385	.737	7	1.29	0.147	6.77	0.46%	0.89	CF
18	607	18	May 7	MLN	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.333	.362	.696	7	.62	-0.067	2.75	-0.18%	-0.73	CF
19	608	19	May 8	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.329	.370	.699	7	1.72	0.015	7.37	0.04%	0.14	CF
20	609	20	May 10	MLN	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.310	.346	.656	7	.45	-0.055	1.98	-0.15%	-1.41	CF
21	610	21	May 11	MLN	@	STL	L,7-8	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.268	.315	.354	.668	7	1.77	-0.017	8.10	-0.05%	0.13	CF
22	611	22	May 12 (1)	MLN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.271	.312	.353	.665	7	1.27	0.019	5.57	0.05%	-0.22	CF
23	612	23	May 12 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,10-4	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273	.320	.364	.683	7	.50	0.078	2.29	0.22%	0.74	CF
24	613	24	May 14	MLN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.275	.320	.385	.705	7	.63	0.057	2.99	0.16%	1.03	CF
25	614	25	May 15	MLN		BRO	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.308	.368	.676	7	1.41	-0.139	6.94	-0.41%	-0.73	CF
26	615	26	May 16	MLN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.315	.374	.689	7	1.66	0.085	6.71	0.21%	0.10	CF
27	616	27	May 18	MLN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.313	.363	.675	7	.76	0.005	2.98	0.01%	-0.33	CF
28	617	28	May 19	MLN		NYG	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.322	.371	.693	7	1.04	0.134	4.48	0.35%	1.12	CF
29	618	29	May 21	MLN		PHI	T,1-1	CG(5)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.280	.325	.374	.699	7	1.07	0.055	4.32	0.13%	0.31	CF
30	619	30	May 22	MLN		PHI	W,4-3	CG(13)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.286	.328	.375	.703	7	1.59	0.163	6.60	0.41%	0.18	CF
31	620	31	May 24	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.325	.379	.705	7	.95	-0.069	3.58	-0.16%	-0.33	CF
32	621	32	May 25	MLN	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	6	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.333	.397	.730	1	1.24	0.264	4.64	0.59%	0.88	CF
33	622	33	May 26 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.278	.321	.381	.702	1	.84	-0.088	3.34	-0.21%	-0.13	CF
34	623	35 (1)	May 27	MLN		CIN	L,6-11	CG(10)	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.333	.395	.729	7	1.21	0.261	5.67	0.74%	1.69	CF
35	624	37 (1)	May 29	MLN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.345	.409	.754	7	.90	0.140	3.17	0.30%	1.24	CF
36	625	38	May 30 (1)	MLN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.349	.430	.779	7	.85	0.063	3.06	0.14%	0.51	CF
37	626	39	May 30 (2)	MLN		CHC	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.346	.424	.771	7	1.49	0.034	5.61	0.08%	0.15	CF
38	627	40	May 31	MLN		STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.294	.344	.420	.764	7	.93	-0.056	3.46	-0.13%	-0.24	CF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	628	41	Jun 1	MLN		STL	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.338	.411	.748	7	1.95	-0.034	6.99	-0.07%	-0.03	CF
40	629	42	Jun 2	MLN		STL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.348	.433	.781	7	.41	0.041	1.30	0.08%	0.78	CF
41	630	43	Jun 4	MLN	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG(13)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.288	.335	.417	.752	7	1.80	-0.076	6.02	-0.15%	-0.39	CF
42	631	44	Jun 5	MLN	@	NYG	W,9-8	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.331	.411	.743	7	1.08	-0.054	3.47	-0.10%	-0.91	CF
43	632	45	Jun 6	MLN	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.326	.404	.729	7	1.08	-0.081	3.54	-0.16%	-0.61	CF
44	633	46	Jun 7	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	5	5	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.333	.428	.761	1	.56	0.055	1.67	0.10%	1.06	CF
45	634	47	Jun 9 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.282	.330	.418	.747	1	1.42	0.032	4.61	0.06%	0.22	CF
46	635	48	Jun 9 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.328	.410	.738	1	.63	-0.037	2.14	-0.08%	-0.51	CF
47	636	49	Jun 10	MLN	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.332	.412	.744	1	.93	0.024	3.73	0.06%	0.29	CF
48	637	50	Jun 11	MLN	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.338	.423	.761	1	.62	0.159	2.72	0.42%	1.37	CF
49	638	51	Jun 12	MLN	@	BRO	L,9-11	8-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.335	.418	.753	7	.31	-0.016	1.52	-0.05%	-0.36	PH CF
50	639	52	Jun 13	MLN	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.337	.450	.786	1	.64	0.198	3.08	0.57%	2.03	CF
51	640	53	Jun 14	MLN	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.329	.438	.767	1	.69	-0.086	3.45	-0.26%	-1.60	CF
52	641	54	Jun 15	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-2	7-GF	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.287	.330	.446	.776	1	.91	0.049	4.57	0.15%	0.79	PH CF
53	642	55	Jun 16 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.323	.435	.758	1	.87	-0.110	4.96	-0.37%	-1.16	CF
54	643	56	Jun 16 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	L,0-1	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.327	.438	.766	1	1.10	0.014	6.09	0.05%	0.00	CF
55	644	57	Jun 17	MLN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.324	.433	.757	1	.94	-0.049	4.55	-0.14%	-0.47	CF
56	645	58	Jun 18	MLN		NYG	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.319	.425	.743	1	1.06	-0.101	4.94	-0.28%	-0.91	CF
57	646	59	Jun 19	MLN		NYG	W,6-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.321	.433	.754	1	.61	-0.025	2.85	-0.07%	-0.01	CF
58	647	60	Jun 20	MLN		NYG	L,3-4	CG(12)	6	6	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.325	.453	.778	1	1.83	0.256	8.66	0.73%	1.65	CF
59	648	61	Jun 21	MLN		PHI	L,1-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.328	.454	.782	1	.47	0.022	2.38	0.07%	0.50	CF
60	649	62	Jun 22	MLN		PHI	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.327	.450	.777	1	1.28	-0.044	6.14	-0.13%	-0.20	CF
61	650	63	Jun 23 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	5	4	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.294	.332	.468	.800	1	1.00	0.216	4.61	0.60%	1.68	CF
62	651	64	Jun 23 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	5	4	1	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	.297	.333	.481	.815	1	1.08	0.308	5.31	0.91%	2.65	CF
63	652	65	Jun 24	MLN		PHI	L,4-10	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.327	.471	.798	1	.95	-0.124	4.59	-0.36%	-1.47	CF
64	653	66	Jun 25	MLN		BRO	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.322	.464	.786	1	1.23	-0.122	5.71	-0.34%	-0.86	CF
65	654	67	Jun 26	MLN		BRO	W,13-9	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.324	.466	.790	1	1.87	0.235	7.85	0.59%	0.92	CF
66	655	68	Jun 27	MLN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.319	.459	.778	1	1.25	-0.002	5.81	-0.01%	-0.14	CF
67	656	69	Jun 28	MLN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.321	.458	.779	1	.45	0.020	1.92	0.05%	0.11	CF
68	657	70	Jun 29	MLN		PIT	W,13-6	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.323	.457	.779	1	.74	0.037	3.40	0.10%	0.11	CF
69	658	71	Jun 30 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,7-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.321	.452	.773	1	.96	-0.021	4.69	-0.06%	0.15	CF
70	659	72	Jun 30 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,6-5	CG(13)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.314	.442	.756	1	1.72	-0.260	8.49	-0.77%	-1.32	CF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
71	660	73	Jul 1	MLN	@	STL	L,5-9	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.276	.312	.437	.750	1	1.08	0.006	7.01	0.02%	0.12	CF
72	661	74	Jul 2	MLN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.311	.435	.746	1	1.22	-0.048	7.67	-0.18%	-0.28	CF
73	662	75	Jul 3	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.314	.436	.749	1	.69	0.010	4.35	0.04%	0.17	CF
74	663	76	Jul 4	MLN	@	CIN	W,10-7	CG	5	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.282	.318	.443	.762	1	1.72	0.499	9.89	1.72%	3.68	CF
75	664	77	Jul 5	MLN		CHC	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.318	.441	.758	1	.54	0.009	2.52	0.03%	-0.08	CF
76	665	78	Jul 6	MLN		CHC	L,2-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.320	.440	.759	1	1.33	0.010	5.59	0.02%	0.15	CF
77	666	79	Jul 7	MLN		CHC	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.282	.322	.445	.767	1	.56	0.007	2.27	0.02%	0.10	CF
78	667	80	Jul 10	MLN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.318	.439	.758	1	.87	-0.090	3.76	-0.23%	-0.88	CF
79	668	81	Jul 11	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-2	GS-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.317	.438	.755	1	.87	-0.022	3.48	-0.05%	-0.22	CF
							44-34		332	306	41	85	16	9	5	30	19	4	35	1	1	5	7	2	11	4	.278	.317	.438	.755		1.06	2.003	4.60	5.50%	12.03

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