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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET		KCA	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	2	Apr 17	DET		LAA	L,3-8	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	6 (3)	Apr 21	DET	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
4	9 (2)	Apr 25	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	11 (1)	Apr 28	DET	@	KCA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	12	Apr 29	DET	@	KCA	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
7	13	Apr 30	DET	@	KCA	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	14	May 2	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
9	17 (2)	May 6	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	18	May 7	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
11	19	May 8	DET		BAL	L,3-4	CG	47	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
12	22 (2)	May 10 (2)	DET		BAL	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
13	25 (2)	May 14	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
14	26	May 15	DET		CLE	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	27	May 16	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
16	29 (1)	May 17 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	30	May 18	DET	@	WSA	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
18	31	May 19	DET	@	WSA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	33 (1)	May 21	DET	@	WSA	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	35 (1)	May 23	DET	@	CLE	L,9-11	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
21	36	May 24	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
22	37	May 25	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
23	38	May 26	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
24	39	May 27	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
25	40	May 29	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	42 (1)	May 31 (1)	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GS	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	46 (3)	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
28	47	Jun 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
29	48	Jun 7 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	50 (1)	Jun 9	DET		MIN	W,16-1	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	53 (2)	Jun 13	DET		LAA	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	54	Jun 14 (1)	DET		LAA	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	56 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	DET		KCA	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
34	58 (1)	Jun 17	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
35	59	Jun 18	DET		KCA	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH LF
36	66 (6)	Jun 26	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
37	69 (2)	Jun 28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
38	71 (1)	Jun 30	DET	@	WSA	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	1	0	1	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	73 (1)	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
40	74	Jul 3 (1)	DET		WSA	L,1-3	CG	46	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
41	75	Jul 3 (2)	DET		WSA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	76	Jul 4	DET		WSA	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
43	77	Jul 5 (1)	DET		WSA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	78	Jul 5 (2)	DET		WSA	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
45	79	Jul 9	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
46	80	Jul 10 (1)	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
47	81	Jul 10 (2)	DET		BOS	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	84 (2)	Jul 12 (2)	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
49	85	Jul 13	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	87 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	88	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
52	89	Jul 17	DET	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	90	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
54	91	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	92	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
56	93	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
57	97 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	DET		NYY	W,10-5	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	112 (14)	Aug 6	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	115 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	DET		KCA	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	116	Aug 9 (2)	DET		KCA	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
61	118 (1)	Aug 12	DET	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
62	119	Aug 13	DET	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	120	Aug 14	DET	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
64	121	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
65	123 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	DET		LAA	L,0-1	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
66	124	Aug 18 (2)	DET		LAA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
67	125	Aug 19	DET		LAA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
68	133 (7)	Aug 28 (1)	DET	@	LAA	W,12-1	GF	17	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR CF
69	135 (1)	Aug 29	DET	@	LAA	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	137 (1)	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
71	140 (2)	Sep 5	DET	@	WSA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	145 (4)	Sep 11	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
73	146	Sep 12	DET		WSA	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
74	148 (1)	Sep 15	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
75	151 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
76	157 (5)	Sep 27	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
77	158	Sep 30 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
78	159	Sep 30 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,8-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
79	160	Oct 1 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
80	161	Oct 1 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
81	162	Oct 2	DET	@	BAL	L,4-10	GS	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
							81gm		592.1	143	7	2	152	3