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Roy
Bruner		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 10, 1917 in Usa, KY, CECILIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1944   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 22 BRK NL   7 5 6 5 1 3 2 3 4 3
1940 23 BRK NL   7 5 6 5 1 2 1 3 4 3
1941 24 BRK NL   7 6 7 6 1 2 1 3 4 3
1942 25 BRK NL $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 1 2 1 3 4 3
1943 26 BRK NL $ 300,000 7 8 9 9 2 3 3 3 4 4
1944 27 BRK NL $ 300,000 7 9 10 10 2 4 3 4 5 5
1945 28 BRK NL $ 300,000 7 9 10 9 2 4 3 4 5 4
1946 29 BRK NL   7 9 10 10 2 4 3 4 5 4
1947 30 BOS AL $ 724,000 7 9 10 10 2 3 3 4 5 4
1948 31 BOS AL $ 724,000 7 9 10 10 2 4 3 4 5 4
1949 32 BOS AL   7 9 10 9 2 4 3 4 5 5
1950 33 SEM AL   6 9 10 9 2 4 3 4 5 4
1951 34 PIT NL $ 1,100,000 6 8 9 9 2 3 3 3 4 3
1952 35 PIT NL $ 1,100,000 4 6 7 7 1 3 2 3 3 3
1953 36 PIT NL $ 1,100,000 3 2 3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 2 3 3 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,100,000 7 9 10 10 2 4 3 4 5 5
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 22 BRK NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 23 BRK NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 24 BRK NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 29 BRK NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 30 BOS AL $ 724,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 31 BOS AL $ 724,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 32 BOS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 33 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 34 PIT NL $ 1,100,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 35 PIT NL $ 1,100,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 36 PIT NL $ 1,100,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,100,000   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
1939 22 A   5 3 .625 89 0 0 0 11 82.7 80 34 7 39 98 3.70 .260 .343 .393 .736  
1940 23 AA   4 2 .667 10 10 1 1 0 72.3 61 22 5 30 77 2.74 .229 .307 .327 .635  
    A   1 1 .500 47 0 0 0 1 37.7 24 8 2 18 34 1.91 .194 .296 .274 .570  
1941 24 AA   14 9 .609 29 29 2 2 0 198.7 150 60 13 95 191 2.72 .207 .298 .295 .593  
1942 25 BRK NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 2 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.6
    AAA   4 2 .667 11 11 1 0 0 77.7 63 33 8 42 73 3.82 .218 .317 .343 .660  
    AA   5 6 .455 17 17 2 1 0 111.3 86 52 11 67 137 4.20 .209 .320 .331 .651  
1943 26 BRK NL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 10.7 10 5 1 11 10 4.22 .244 .389 .463 .852 0.6
    AAA   4 13 .235 27 15 1 1 6 103.0 112 71 21 73 86 6.20 .275 .385 .500 .885  
1944 27 BRK NL 2 7 .222 36 8 0 0 18 70.0 79 47 6 46 63 6.04 .286 .385 .402 .787 0.7
1945 28 BRK NL 8 17 .320 44 27 3 0 2 200.7 180 94 15 115 147 4.22 .237 .336 .372 .708 7.5
1946 29 BRK NL 7 6 .538 45 10 0 0 2 89.3 84 49 10 65 53 4.94 .254 .371 .399 .770 2.8
1947 30 AAA   12 8 .600 28 28 2 0 0 191.3 130 74 28 131 224 3.48 .194 .326 .363 .689  
1948 31 BOS AL 11 6 .647 37 13 1 1 3 104.3 73 53 6 100 61 4.57 .199 .371 .306 .677 7.9
    AAA   3 1 .750 6 6 0 0 0 40.3 24 10 5 24 46 2.23 .173 .294 .338 .633  
1949 32 BOS AL 8 4 .667 63 5 0 0 12 92.0 79 54 11 108 64 5.28 .237 .424 .390 .815 5.5
1950 33 SEM AL 2 1 .667 17 0 0 0 0 18.7 21 16 3 21 11 7.72 .292 .457 .431 .888 0.0
1951 34 PIT NL 2 0 1.000 35 0 0 0 3 39.3 43 17 3 27 32 3.89 .277 .383 .406 .789 3.1
1952 35 PIT NL 0 1 .000 7 1 0 0 1 4.7 12 10 2 4 0 19.31 .500 .552 .917 1.468 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 15 0 0 0 0 18.3 30 16 7 16 18 7.86 .366 .469 .634 1.104  
1953 36 A   2 1 .667 67 0 0 0 2 52.0 30 11 1 32 37 1.90 .175 .305 .205 .510  
10 Years Sim 40 42 .488 295 64 4 1 43 631.3 581 345 57 497 441 4.92 .246 .375 .382 .757 28.7
5 Years AAA 23 25 .479 87 60 4 1 6 430.7 359 204 69 286 447 4.26 .226 .344 .406 .750  
3 Years AA 23 17 .575 56 56 5 4 0 382.3 297 134 29 192 405 3.15 .212 .307 .311 .618  
3 Years A 8 5 .615 203 0 0 0 14 172.3 134 53 10 89 169 2.77 .222 .322 .315 .637  
11 Years Minors 54 47 .535 346 116 9 5 20 985.3 790 391 108 567 1021 3.57 .220 .326 .354 .680  
Season Average 4 4 .500 29 6 0 0 4 63.1 58 34 5 49 44 4.92 .246 .375 .382 .757  
Career Highs 11 17 1.000 63 27 3 1 18 200.7 180 94 15 115 147 19.31 .500 .552 .917 1.468  
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   261 144 26 189 240   .228 .337 .358 .695
vs LH   320 201 31 308 201   .263 .412 .405 .816
Home 23 17 .575 151 33 1 0 18 326.6 292 183 27 273 226 5.04 .238 .377 .359 .736
Away 17 25 .405 144 31 3 1 27 304.6 289 162 30 224 215 4.79 .254 .376 .406 .783
Mar/Apr 5 4 .556 41 2 0 0 9 47.0 50 24 5 33 38 4.60 .276 .388 .442 .830
May 8 5 .615 54 8 0 0 6 105.0 95 47 9 75 80 4.03 .239 .360 .378 .738
June 3 7 .300 51 4 1 1 8 78.3 71 48 8 75 44 5.52 .250 .407 .380 .787
July 7 4 .636 48 12 2 0 8 112.7 86 52 9 83 68 4.15 .213 .348 .350 .698
August 9 13 .409 50 24 1 0 6 161.0 131 85 11 142 122 4.75 .222 .373 .329 .702
Sep/Oct 8 9 .471 51 14 0 0 8 127.3 148 89 15 89 89 6.29 .291 .396 .452 .848
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
1941 24 AA   3 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.6  
1943 26 BRK NL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1944 27 BRK NL 36 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.6 0.0
1945 28 BRK NL 44 57 2 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 13 .123 .133 .123 .256 -0.1 0.0
1946 29 BRK NL 45 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0
1948 31 BOS AL 37 30 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .167 .167 .200 .367 0.5 0.0
1949 32 BOS AL 63 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .182 .308 .182 .490 0.9 0.0
1950 33 SEM AL 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1951 34 PIT NL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.6 0.0
1952 35 PIT NL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
9 Years Sim 294 135 10 20 1 0 0 10 0 0 5 39 .148 .175 .156 .330 2.4 0.0
1 Years AA 3 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.6  
162 Game Average 74 5 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 21 .148 .175 .156 .330 1.3  
Career Highs 63 57 3 7 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 13 .200 .333 .200 .490 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   83 9 11 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 23 .133 .157 .145 .302 -0.2
vs LH   52 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .173 .204 .173 .377 1.1
Home 150 60 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 20 .117 .169 .117 .286 -0.2
Away 109 75 5 13 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 19 .173 .179 .187 .366 1.1
RISP   37 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 2 11 .081 .119 .081 .200 -1.1
Close/Late   7 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.1
Mar/Apr 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.7
May 38 20 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .150 .182 .150 .332 0.2
June 37 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 -0.1
July 35 27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .037 .037 .037 .074 -2.0
August 41 46 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .152 .188 .174 .361 0.7
Sep/Oct 27 27 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 8 .222 .241 .222 .464 1.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1942 25 BRK NL P 2 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42    
1943 26 BRK NL P 9 0 10.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1944 27 BRK NL P 36 8 70.0 6 11 1 0 .944 2.19    
1945 28 BRK NL P 44 27 200.7 5 33 1 1 .974 1.70    
1946 29 BRK NL P 45 10 89.3 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.11    
1948 31 BOS AL P 37 13 104.3 8 10 0 0 1.000 1.55    
1949 32 BOS AL P 63 5 92.0 5 18 1 2 .958 2.25    
1950 33 SEM AL P 17 0 18.7 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.41    
1951 34 PIT NL P 35 0 39.3 0 7 0 1 1.000 1.60    
1952 35 PIT NL P 7 1 4.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.73    
Career Totals   295 64 631.3 27 99 3 4 .977 1.80    
Career Highs   63 27 200.7 8 33 1 2 1.000 7.73    
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
1944 27 BRK NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 .143 .250 .143 .393
1945 28 BRK NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 31 BOS AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 3 0 3 1 16.27 .286 .500 .714 1.214
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 2 5.3 3 3 0 4 3 5.08 .158 .304 .316 .620
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1945-10-17
 Winning Pct
1948-5-.647
 Saves
1944-1-18
1949-6-12
 Games Pitched
1949-9-63
 Shutouts
1948-8-1
 Strikeouts
1945-5-147
Walks Allowed
1945-9-115
 Hits per 9IP
1945-4-8.1
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1945-1-6.6
 OAVG
1945-4-.237
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 6th round, 90th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1939
Injured on 4/2/1940 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Earned first career win on 8/31/1944
Had first career hit on 9/18/1944, off Tex Hughson (PIT)
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
Released by Brooklyn on 10/19/1946
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1947 to a 1-year deal worth $724,000 per year
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $724,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/31/1948 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,120,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Boston (A) on 10/3/1949
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/16/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 10/21/1950
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/15/1951 to a 4-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year
5/1/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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