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Bob Bruce
Robert James Bruce

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.
School Alma College

Debut September 14, 1959
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER
Final Game June 24, 1967
Born May 16, 1933 in Detroit, MI

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1959 26 DET AL   0   1   2   1   0   0   1  0    2.0    2    5    2   1    3    1   0   1    12   0   0  9.00  4.05   45 2.500
 1960 27 DET AL   4   7  34  15   1   0   8  0  130.0  127   68   54  16   56   76   5   6   572   1   0  3.74  3.99  107 1.408
 1961 28 DET AL   1   2  14   6   0   0   2  0   44.7   57   28   22   6   24   25   2   0   210   2   0  4.43  4.11   93 1.813
 1962 29 HOU NL  10   9  32  27   6   0   0  0  175.0  164   92   79  16   82  135  12   7   765   3   1  4.06  3.74   92 1.406
 1963 30 HOU NL   5   9  30  25   1   1   2  0  170.3  162   73   68   7   60  123   8   9   726   3   3  3.59  3.16   88 1.303
 1964 31 HOU NL  15   9  35  29   9   4   2  0  202.3  191   70   62   8   33  135   3   4   830   4   1  2.76  3.43  124 1.107
 1965 32 HOU NL   9  18  35  34   7   1   0  0  229.7  241  107   95  22   38  145   9   8   956   4   0  3.72  3.33   89 1.215
 1966 33 HOU NL   3  13  25  23   1   0   0  0  129.7  160   83   77  16   29   71   8   1   574   4   1  5.34  3.39   63 1.458
 1967 34 ATL NL   2   3  12   7   1   0   2  1   38.7   42   25   21   3   15   22   1   1   173   4   1  4.89  3.34   68 1.474
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .408  49  71 219 167  26   6  17  1 1122.3 1146  551  480  95  340  733  48  37  4818  25   7  3.85  3.50   91 1.324
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  12  38  29   4   1   2  0  197.7  201   97   84  16   59  129   8   6   848   4   1  3.85  3.50   91 1.324
 Career High     15  18  35  34   9   4   8  1  229.7  241  107   95  22   82  145  12   9   956   4   3  2.76  4.11  124 1.107

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 27 DET AL  34   39    4    7   0  0   0    0   0  0   4  11  .179  .256  .179   19    7   2   0   0   0   0
 1961 28 DET AL  14    9    1    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   2   2  .111  .273  .222   33    2   1   0   0   0   1
 1962 29 HOU NL  32   55    8   11   1  0   0    7   0  0  12  14  .200  .343  .218   60   12   1   0   0   0   2
 1963 30 HOU NL  32   55    5    7   2  1   0    1   0  0   5  17  .127  .213  .200   23   11   3   0   0   1   0
 1964 31 HOU NL  37   63    1   12   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  14  .190  .239  .206   30   13   5   0   0   2   0
 1965 32 HOU NL  35   74    3    9   2  0   0    6   0  0   1  26  .122  .132  .149  -18   11   4   1   0   0   0
 1966 33 HOU NL  25   39    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  14  .077  .100  .077  -48    3   7   0   0   0   0
 1967 34 ATL NL  12   12    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .167  .231  .167   17    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      223  346   25   52   7  1   0   17   0  0  28 102  .150  .220  .176   15   61  23   1   0   3   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        251   18   38   5  1   0   12   0  0  20  74  .150  .220  .176   15   44  17   1   0   2   2
 Career High     37   74    8   12   2  1   0    7   0  0  12  26                          13   7   1   0   2   2

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1960 27 DET AL   45   34    2   1.6   104| .179  .267| .256  .341| .179  .408| .435  .749|  19  .129  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1961 28 DET AL   12   10    1   2.7   106| .111  .267| .273  .343| .222  .416| .495  .759|  33  .266  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1962 29 HOU NL   68   47    5   2.8    97| .200  .261| .343  .328| .218  .397| .561  .724|  60  .297  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1963 30 HOU NL   64   51    3   1.6    84| .127  .247| .213  .308| .200  .370| .413  .678|  23  .160  -5.3  -0.6   0%
 1964 31 HOU NL   72   56    4   1.9    89| .190  .257| .239  .315| .206  .382| .445  .697|  30  .200  -5.7  -0.6   0%
 1965 32 HOU NL   80   70    2   0.8    87| .122  .249| .132  .311| .149  .376| .281  .687| -18  .044 -11.1  -1.2   0%
 1966 33 HOU NL   47   43    1   0.6    90| .077  .256| .100  .314| .077  .386| .177  .700| -48  .030  -7.5  -0.8   0%
 1967 34 ATL NL   13   10    1   2.7    89| .167  .257| .231  .319| .167  .377| .398  .696|  17  .331  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       401  321   19   1.6    92| .150  .256| .220  .319| .176  .385| .396  .704|  15  .143 -38.7  -4.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1959 26 DET AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.85  0.00  2.25    1    2.0
 1960 27 DET AL   P   34      9   23    1    2  .970  .967  0.94  0.78  2.22  1.96   15  130.0
 1961 28 DET AL   P   14      5    1    1    0  .857  .952  0.43  0.83  1.21  2.05    6   44.7
 1962 29 HOU NL   P   32     14   26    1    2  .976  .948  1.25  0.82  2.06  2.07   27  175.0
 1963 30 HOU NL   P   30     13   21    1    1  .971  .950  1.13  0.84  1.80  2.06   25  170.3
 1964 31 HOU NL   P   35     11   35    1    0  .979  .952  1.31  0.84  2.05  2.14   29  202.3
 1965 32 HOU NL   P   35     25   36    3    1  .953  .956  1.74  0.81  2.39  2.08   34  229.7
 1966 33 HOU NL   P   25     15   18    0    1 1.000  .948  1.32  0.74  2.29  1.96   23  129.7
 1967 34 ATL NL   P   12      3    4    0    0 1.000  .959  0.58  0.78  1.63  2.00    7   38.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1959 26 DET AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.85  0.00  2.25    1    2.0
 1960 27 DET AL   P   34      9   23    1    2  .970  .967  0.94  0.78  2.22  1.96   15  130.0
 1961 28 DET AL   P   14      5    1    1    0  .857  .952  0.43  0.83  1.21  2.05    6   44.7
 1962 29 HOU NL   P   32     14   26    1    2  .976  .948  1.25  0.82  2.06  2.07   27  175.0
 1963 30 HOU NL   P   30     13   21    1    1  .971  .950  1.13  0.84  1.80  2.06   25  170.3
 1964 31 HOU NL   P   35     11   35    1    0  .979  .952  1.31  0.84  2.05  2.14   29  202.3
 1965 32 HOU NL   P   35     25   36    3    1  .953  .956  1.74  0.81  2.39  2.08   34  229.7
 1966 33 HOU NL   P   25     15   18    0    1 1.000  .948  1.32  0.74  2.29  1.96   23  129.7
 1967 34 ATL NL   P   12      3    4    0    0 1.000  .959  0.58  0.78  1.63  2.00    7   38.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 219     95  164    8    7  .970  .954  1.18  0.81  2.08  2.05  167 1122.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       219     95  164    8    7  .970  .954  1.18  0.81  2.08  2.06  167   1122

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1964 NL-2.76-10

Won-Loss %
1964 NL-.625-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1964 NL-1.107-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1964 NL-1.47-2
1965 NL-1.49-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1962 NL-6.94-6
1963 NL-6.50-10

Shutouts
1964 NL-4-6

Hits Allowed
1965 NL-241-9

SO to Walk
1964 NL-4.09-3
1965 NL-3.82-4

Losses
1965 NL-18-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1965 NL-95-8

Wild Pitches
1963 NL-9-9

Hit Batsmen
1962 NL-12-2
1963 NL-8-7
1965 NL-9-6
1966 NL-8-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1336) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1195) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1467) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.
December 1, 1961: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Manny Montejo to the Houston Colt .45's for Sam Jones.
December 31, 1966: Traded by the Houston Astros with Dave Nicholson to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later, Eddie Mathews, and Arnold Umbach. The Atlanta Braves sent Sandy Alomar (February 25, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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ERA 1964 NL-2.76-10	Won-Loss % 1964 NL-.625-10	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1964 NL-1.107-8	Bases on Balls/9IP 1964 NL-1.47-2 1965 NL-1.49-3	Strikeouts/9IP 1962 NL-6.94-6 1963 NL-6.50-10	Shutouts 1964 NL-4-6
Hits Allowed 1965 NL-241-9	SO to Walk 1964 NL-4.09-3 1965 NL-3.82-4	Losses 1965 NL-18-4	Earned Runs Allow. 1965 NL-95-8	Wild Pitches 1963 NL-9-9	Hit Batsmen 1962 NL-12-2 1963 NL-8-7 1965 NL-9-6 1966 NL-8-7