Bill
Brubaker
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 7, 1910 in Usa, OH, CLEVELAND
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1932 21 OAK AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
1933 22 OAK AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1934 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1935 24 NYA AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1936 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
1937 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8
1938 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1939 28 BSN NL $ 730,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7
1940 29 BSN NL $ 730,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7
1941 30 DET AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
1942 31 DET AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1943 32 BSN NL $ 500,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1944 33 BSN NL $ 500,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1945 34 BOS AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1946 35 BOS AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1932 21 AAA   5 19 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .105 .190 .105 .296 0.0  
    AA   132 514 72 143 25 1 14 68 1 1 79 47 .278 .374 .412 .787 81.8  
1933 22 AAA   65 262 28 65 14 2 8 40 2 3 24 28 .248 .311 .408 .720 32.8  
    AA   72 278 34 84 22 2 6 37 3 2 45 39 .302 .399 .460 .860 50.1  
1934 23 OAK AL 44 87 16 16 1 1 0 10 0 0 14 9 .184 .297 .218 .515 6.3 0.0
    AAA   90 349 62 103 28 6 8 55 9 1 50 32 .295 .383 .479 .862 63.1  
1935 24 AAA   123 418 65 106 26 2 16 60 4 3 52 41 .254 .336 .440 .776 62.3  
1936 25 NYA AL 66 129 18 35 8 1 1 12 0 1 4 17 .271 .293 .372 .665 11.8 1.0
1937 26 NYA AL 108 291 41 93 21 2 0 36 0 0 22 34 .320 .365 .405 .771 40.1 8.0
1938 27 NYA AL 100 235 28 64 14 2 0 28 0 0 16 30 .272 .321 .349 .670 23.0 2.7
1939 28 BSN NL 142 444 44 119 24 4 3 49 0 3 19 58 .268 .300 .360 .660 43.0 5.8
1940 29 BSN NL 148 472 38 121 20 3 3 68 2 2 37 59 .256 .309 .331 .640 47.7 5.3
1941 30 BSN NL 24 71 10 20 7 0 2 9 1 0 7 9 .282 .346 .465 .811 10.2 1.9
  DET AL 96 286 32 70 20 4 0 35 2 2 24 43 .245 .304 .343 .646 26.8 1.7
  TOT   120 357 42 90 27 4 2 44 3 2 31 52 .252 .312 .367 .679 37.0 3.6
1942 31 DET AL 42 101 13 19 4 1 3 13 1 0 7 15 .188 .241 .337 .577 7.0 0.0
1943 32 BSN NL 150 510 67 142 37 4 9 61 2 0 35 68 .278 .323 .420 .743 60.8 10.2
1944 33 BSN NL 147 338 33 94 20 2 8 50 1 0 22 41 .278 .321 .420 .742 43.8 6.2
1945 34 BOS AL 38 62 3 18 3 0 1 10 0 0 9 8 .290 .380 .387 .767 9.3 1.4
    AAA   106 424 59 128 20 1 10 51 1 2 53 43 .302 .379 .425 .804 67.5  
1946 35 BOS AL 27 38 3 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 .211 .231 .289 .520 2.0 0.0
    AAA   50 62 6 19 7 0 0 13 0 0 5 3 .306 .358 .419 .778 8.6  
12 Years Sim 1132 3064 346 819 180 25 30 382 9 8 217 394 .267 .315 .372 .687 331.8 44.2
6 Years AAA 439 1534 223 423 95 11 42 221 16 9 186 150 .276 .355 .434 .789 234.4  
2 Years AA 204 792 106 227 47 3 20 105 4 3 124 86 .287 .387 .429 .817 131.9  
8 Years Minors 643 2326 329 650 142 14 62 326 20 12 310 236 .279 .366 .433 .799 366.3  
162 Game Average 438 49 117 25 3 4 54 1 1 31 56 .267 .315 .372 .687 47.5  
Career Highs 150 510 67 142 37 4 9 68 3 3 37 68 .320 .380 .420 .771 60.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2108 236 577 130 15 23 265 9 6 162 276 .274 .325 .382 .708 254.6
vs LH   956 110 242 50 10 7 117 0 2 55 118 .253 .293 .348 .642 93.5
Home 579 1511 176 395 97 12 17 200 5 2 107 211 .261 .310 .375 .686 170.8
Away 553 1553 170 424 83 13 13 182 4 6 110 183 .273 .321 .368 .689 177.3
RISP   852 0 227 57 4 9 324 0 0 59 111 .266 .310 .374 .684 96.7
Pinch Hitting   174 20 47 9 1 4 28 0 0 16 18 .270 .333 .402 .736 23.0
Close/Late   381 38 109 24 2 9 56 0 0 23 46 .286 .328 .430 .759 51.0
Mar/Apr 168 421 42 101 24 2 6 49 2 1 28 57 .240 .288 .349 .637 41.3
May 188 494 45 137 35 4 3 70 1 0 25 57 .277 .312 .383 .694 55.6
June 159 460 69 134 29 7 6 59 2 1 29 55 .291 .334 .424 .758 61.4
July 176 484 49 121 22 2 3 55 0 3 42 60 .250 .309 .322 .632 47.7
August 224 612 70 161 39 5 8 79 2 0 42 88 .263 .310 .382 .692 70.6
Sep/Oct 216 593 71 165 31 5 4 70 2 3 51 77 .278 .334 .368 .702 71.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1934 23 OAK AL 1B 14 13 110.0 145 13 1 10 .994 12.93   0.2
    2B 3 3 24.0 6 9 0 3 1.000 5.63   0.1
    3B 4 2 19.0 1 7 0 0 1.000 3.79   0.1
    SS 3 2 18.0 3 9 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.1
1936 25 NYA AL 2B 32 17 178.7 42 69 6 16 .949 5.59   0.5
    SS 16 9 92.3 18 35 0 9 1.000 5.17   0.4
    3B 8 2 28.0 1 10 3 1 .786 3.54   0.1
    1B 5 1 12.3 14 1 1 2 .938 10.95   0.0
1937 26 NYA AL 1B 40 36 289.0 350 18 2 34 .995 11.46   0.6
    2B 25 21 181.0 60 62 6 15 .953 6.07   0.5
    SS 26 22 179.0 35 77 1 17 .991 5.63   0.8
    3B 12 7 70.0 6 16 1 2 .957 2.83   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 27 NYA AL SS 25 19 172.0 30 75 1 16 .991 5.49   0.9
    3B 16 10 118.0 8 31 0 4 1.000 2.97   0.6
    2B 21 8 99.0 26 37 2 11 .969 5.73   0.2
    1B 9 5 49.3 61 6 0 6 1.000 12.22   0.1
    RF 6 4 38.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.1
1939 28 BSN NL 1B 64 63 499.0 616 57 6 47 .991 12.14   1.3
    RF 62 56 470.3 92 2 1 2 .989 1.80   0.6
    SS 6 2 28.0 3 15 0 5 1.000 5.79   0.1
    3B 7 2 27.0 1 11 0 1 1.000 4.00   0.2
    2B 5 2 21.0 5 15 0 2 1.000 8.57   0.1
1940 29 BSN NL SS 74 68 587.7 83 267 10 54 .972 5.36   4.0
    3B 61 59 486.7 26 117 10 11 .935 2.64   1.4
    1B 7 5 50.7 69 1 1 5 .986 12.44   0.1
    2B 6 0 14.0 4 5 0 2 1.000 5.79   0.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1941 30 BSN NL 3B 17 17 136.7 7 36 4 3 .915 2.83   0.5
    SS 4 3 28.1 4 11 1 3 .938 4.80   0.0
    1B 1 1 11.6 17 1 0 2 1.000 13.97   0.0
    2B 2 0 5.1 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.0
  DET AL 3B 68 67 546.9 26 144 17 12 .909 2.80   1.2
    SS 16 14 112.5 15 45 4 10 .938 4.80   0.7
    1B 6 6 46.3 66 4 1 7 .986 13.61   0.1
    2B 7 2 20.5 6 5 0 2 1.000 4.83   0.1
  TOT   3B 85 84 683.6 33 180 21 15 .910 2.80   1.6
      SS 20 17 140.6 19 56 5 13 .938 4.80   0.7
      1B 7 7 57.9 83 5 1 9 .989 13.68   0.2
      2B 9 2 25.6 8 6 0 2 1.000 4.92   0.1
1942 31 DET AL 3B 37 30 249.3 19 71 8 5 .918 3.25   0.9
    2B 2 0 5.7 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.36   0.0
1943 32 BSN NL 3B 80 78 674.3 68 186 13 19 .951 3.39   3.4
    RF 39 35 308.3 75 1 2 1 .974 2.22   0.5
    2B 10 7 69.0 19 30 2 8 .961 6.39   0.2
    1B 6 5 38.0 43 8 0 5 1.000 12.08   0.1
    SS 6 3 31.0 9 15 2 4 .923 6.97   0.1
1944 33 BSN NL SS 62 34 338.0 63 139 8 30 .962 5.38   1.8
    1B 35 20 189.0 238 15 1 23 .996 12.05   0.4
    2B 26 8 123.3 26 67 0 10 1.000 6.79   0.5
    3B 10 6 53.7 6 12 0 0 1.000 3.02   0.3
    RF 5 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
1945 34 BOS AL SS 18 4 56.0 7 21 2 7 .933 4.50   0.1
    2B 7 5 48.0 10 18 1 4 .966 5.25   0.1
    3B 4 1 19.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.84   0.0
    1B 5 1 14.3 16 2 0 0 1.000 11.30   0.0
    RF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1946 35 BOS AL SS 5 5 43.0 8 29 1 8 .974 7.74   0.5
    2B 13 3 38.3 14 12 1 2 .963 6.10   0.1
    1B 3 0 5.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 16.20   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 325 281 2429.6 171 645 56 59 .936 3.02   8.6
  SS 261 185 1685.6 278 738 30 165 .971 5.42   9.5
  1B 195 156 1314.6 1644 126 13 142 .993 12.12   3.1
  RF 115 96 840.7 182 3 3 3 .984 1.98   1.3
  2B 159 76 827.6 221 333 18 76 .969 6.02   2.6
Career Totals   1055 794 7098.0 2496 1845 120 445 .973 5.50   25.1
Career Highs   149 132 1143.0 717 390 27 72 .995 10.16    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1937 26 NYA AL 5 12 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833
1941 30 DET AL 9 25 4 10 3 0 0 6 1 1 3 2 .400 .448 .520 .968
Career Post-Season Batting 14 37 6 14 3 1 0 7 1 1 3 3 .378 .415 .514 .928
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1943-4-37
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Oakland in 1932
Had first career hit on 7/18/1934, off Monte Pearson (SEM)
Traded from Oakland to New York (A) on 5/16/1935 (Going to OAK: P Ray Benge. Going to NYA: P Les Tietje, 3B Bill Brubaker)
Hit first career homerun on 8/29/1936, off Johnny Broaca (MON)
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $730,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Boston (N) on 2/3/1939 (Going to NYA: RF George Stumpf. Going to BSN: 2B Bill Brubaker)
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $730,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1940: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $2,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 5/1/1941 (Going to BSN: 3B Woody English. Going to DET: 1B Chuck Stevens, SS Bill Brubaker, SS Whitey Wietelmann)
Injured on 4/13/1942 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/7/1943 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/18/1945 to a 2-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year