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Bob
Bruce		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 16, 1933 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1960 27 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1961 28 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1962 29 COL NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1963 30 COL NL $ 350,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1964 31 COL NL $ 350,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1965 32 COL NL $ 2,400,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1966 33 TAM AL $ 999,999 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1967 34 TAM AL $ 999,999 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1968 35 TAM AL $ 999,999 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,400,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 29 COL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 30 COL NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 31 COL NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 32 COL NL $ 2,400,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 33 TAM AL $ 999,999   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 34 TAM AL $ 999,999   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 35 TAM AL $ 999,999   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,400,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1959 26 PIT NL 11 16 .407 33 33 4 0 0 229.0 251 131 31 78 149 5.15 .281 .344 .450 .794 7.4
    AAA   2 2 .500 6 6 1 0 0 46.0 29 12 3 18 46 2.35 .178 .260 .258 .517  
1960 27 CIN NL 3 6 .333 28 11 0 0 1 84.3 121 67 9 39 57 7.15 .346 .413 .506 .918 0.0
1961 28 CIN NL 3 3 .500 40 0 0 0 2 53.3 53 25 6 20 35 4.22 .260 .332 .377 .709 3.2
1962 29 COL NL 5 6 .455 40 1 0 0 1 56.0 66 27 5 23 31 4.34 .303 .366 .431 .797 2.4
1963 30 COL NL 8 5 .615 72 0 0 0 0 84.7 107 44 14 46 46 4.68 .315 .395 .485 .881 3.3
1964 31 COL NL 7 5 .583 35 2 2 0 5 58.0 33 10 1 24 23 1.55 .166 .259 .216 .475 9.6
1965 32 COL NL 2 3 .400 29 0 0 0 1 38.7 55 28 8 17 25 6.52 .331 .393 .536 .930 0.0
1966 33 TAM AL 8 24 .250 45 45 8 0 0 321.7 321 156 34 108 209 4.36 .261 .323 .406 .728 14.5
1967 34 TAM AL 2 2 .500 8 5 1 0 0 45.3 47 21 7 10 20 4.17 .270 .316 .431 .747 2.7
    AAA   2 5 .286 11 11 1 1 0 71.0 81 35 5 25 71 4.44 .276 .333 .386 .719  
    A   9 0 1.000 11 11 1 1 0 83.3 69 16 0 16 102 1.73 .220 .258 .264 .522  
9 Years Sim 49 70 .412 330 97 15 0 10 971.0 1054 509 115 365 595 4.72 .279 .345 .429 .775 43.1
2 Years AAA 4 7 .364 17 17 2 1 0 117.0 110 47 8 43 117 3.62 .241 .307 .340 .647  
1 Years A 9 0 1.000 11 11 1 1 0 83.3 69 16 0 16 102 1.73 .220 .258 .264 .522  
3 Years Minors 13 7 .650 28 28 3 2 0 200.3 179 63 8 59 219 2.83 .232 .287 .309 .596  
Season Average 5 7 .417 36 10 1 0 1 107.9 117 56 12 40 66 4.72 .279 .345 .429 .775  
Career Highs 11 24 .615 72 45 8 0 5 321.7 321 156 34 108 209 7.15 .346 .413 .536 .930  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   514 247 56 167 334   .263 .321 .401 .722
vs LH   540 262 59 198 261   .297 .366 .460 .826
Home 33 27 .550 174 47 10 0 4 496.0 530 244 48 192 293 4.43 .276 .342 .406 .749
Away 16 43 .271 156 50 5 0 6 475.0 524 265 67 173 302 5.02 .282 .344 .453 .797
Mar/Apr 8 14 .364 57 20 5 0 1 202.7 186 90 19 96 113 4.00 .245 .330 .375 .705
May 6 12 .333 48 19 2 0 0 150.3 196 99 17 57 99 5.93 .321 .379 .470 .850
June 8 8 .500 42 15 3 0 0 131.3 161 91 25 46 74 6.24 .304 .359 .496 .856
July 8 12 .400 49 13 2 0 2 146.3 160 69 19 43 101 4.24 .278 .328 .429 .757
August 8 9 .471 64 15 1 0 4 171.0 167 77 22 57 102 4.05 .263 .324 .420 .744
Sep/Oct 11 15 .423 70 15 2 0 3 169.3 184 83 13 66 106 4.41 .278 .343 .409 .752
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
1959 26 PIT NL 33 76 5 10 2 0 1 8 0 0 0 27 .132 .130 .197 .327 0.9 0.0
1960 27 CIN NL 28 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 .143 .100 .243 -0.3 0.0
1961 28 CIN NL 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1962 29 COL NL 40 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
1963 30 COL NL 72 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.0 0.0
1964 31 COL NL 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1965 32 COL NL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0
1966 33 TAM AL 45 99 6 15 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 26 .152 .175 .152 .326 0.8 0.0
1967 34 TAM AL 8 13 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .154 .143 .154 .297 0.4 0.0
9 Years Sim 330 229 13 31 3 0 1 17 0 0 2 71 .135 .148 .162 .309 1.3 0.0
162 Game Average 112 6 15 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 34 .135 .148 .162 .309 0.6  
Career Highs 72 99 6 15 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 27 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.9  
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   141 9 17 1 0 1 10 0 0 1 43 .121 .136 .149 .285 -1.9
vs LH   88 4 14 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 28 .159 .167 .182 .348 0.7
Home 158 107 7 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 38 .140 .153 .140 .293 -1.0
Away 140 122 6 16 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 33 .131 .143 .180 .323 -0.2
RISP   54 0 9 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 18 .167 .169 .167 .336 0.2
Close/Late   22 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .227 .217 .227 .445 0.9
Mar/Apr 43 48 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .146 .143 .146 .289 -0.4
May 32 34 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .088 .111 .118 .229 -1.3
June 27 33 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 9 .121 .167 .212 .379 0.8
July 37 34 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .147 .147 .147 .294 -0.3
August 39 40 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 .150 .171 .175 .346 0.0
Sep/Oct 27 40 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 14 .150 .146 .175 .321 0.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1959 26 PIT NL P 33 33 229.0 17 48 2 1 .970 2.55    
1960 27 CIN NL P 28 11 84.3 7 13 1 0 .952 2.13    
1961 28 CIN NL P 40 0 53.3 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.70    
1962 29 COL NL P 40 1 56.0 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.09    
1963 30 COL NL P 72 0 84.7 3 17 1 1 .952 2.13    
1964 31 COL NL P 35 2 58.0 5 12 0 1 1.000 2.64    
1965 32 COL NL P 29 0 38.7 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.33    
1966 33 TAM AL P 45 45 321.7 31 51 0 5 1.000 2.29    
1967 34 TAM AL P 8 5 45.3 4 9 0 2 1.000 2.58    
Career Totals   330 97 971.0 78 178 4 11 .985 2.37    
Career Highs   72 45 321.7 31 51 2 5 1.000 2.70    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1964 31 COL NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 3 1 1 1 0 3.86 .333 .400 .667 1.067
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 3 1 1 1 0 3.86 .333 .400 .667 1.067
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1959-10-16
1966-2-24
 Games Started
1966-1-45
 Innings Pitched
1966-9-321.7
 Hits Allowed
1966-5-321
 Homeruns Allowed
1966-6-34
 Walks Allowed
1966-10-108
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1959
Earned first career win on 5/6/1959
Had first career hit (double) on 5/15/1959, off Chris Short (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 6/29/1959, off Don Kaiser (NYA)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on 4/2/1960 (Going to PIT: SS Ernie Banks. Going to CIN: P Bob Bruce, LF Charlie Maxwell, P Bob Turley, P Tom Poholsky)
Injured on 7/23/1960 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,400,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/2/1966 to a 3-year deal worth $999,999 per year
Injured on 7/19/1967 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
3/3/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 3/3/1968 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
 
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