Bruce Kimm

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: June 29, 1951 in Cedar Rapids, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 7th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Norway HS (Norway, IA).

High School: Norway HS (Norway, IA)

Debut: May 4, 1976 (Age 24-310d, 13,748th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1980 (Age 29-082d)
vs. MIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Bruce Edward Kimm

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

439

104

.237

RBI

OBP

.290

SLG

.292

OPS

.581

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-33 / in Starts: 27-25
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 174 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	74 (48-17-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 174 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	107 (53-35-18)

Most Driven In
P GarcÃa	2
B Oglivie	1
A Johnson	1
J Thompson	1
Self	1
M Wagner	0
C Scrivener	0

Most Driven In By
R LeFlore	4
B Oglivie	2
W Horton	1
J Thompson	1
C Scrivener	1
Self	1
M Stanley	1
R Staub	1

1976 Batting Game Log

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1976 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	15 (14)	May 4	DET		MIN	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.71	-0.042	2.40	-0.04%	-0.22	C
2	2	20 (4)	May 11	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7						C
3	3	22 (1)	May 13	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	1.14	-0.003	2.24	0.00%	0.27	C
4	4	23	May 14	DET		CLE	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	9	1.51	-0.011	2.56	-0.01%	-0.10	C
5	5	24	May 15	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	9	.52	-0.005	.87	-0.01%	-0.22	C
6	6	25	May 16	DET		CLE	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	9	1.22	-0.060	2.10	-0.06%	-0.43	C
7	7	26	May 17	DET		BOS	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	9	.65	-0.045	1.02	-0.04%	-0.79	C
8	8	27	May 18	DET		BOS	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	9	1.24	-0.062	1.78	-0.05%	-0.51	C
9	9	30 (2)	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,4-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	5						PR C
10	10	31	May 23	DET	@	BAL	W,10-6	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.211	.461	8	1.08	-0.013	1.05	-0.01%	-0.03	C
11	11	33 (1)	May 25	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.273	.577	8	.96	0.032	.94	0.02%	0.23	C
12	12	34	May 26 (1)	DET		BAL	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.346	.360	.706	8	.69	-0.017	.69	-0.01%	-0.01	C
13	13	36 (1)	May 27	DET		BAL	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.346	.360	.706	6						C
14	14	37	May 28	DET		NYY	L,5-9	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.345	.357	.702	8	.52	0.013	.50	0.01%	0.13	C
15	15	40 (2)	May 31	DET		MIL	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.344	.387	.731	8	1.04	-0.010	.64	0.00%	-0.06	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	16	41	Jun 1 (1)	DET		MIL	W,8-7	8-GF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.364	.387	.751	8	6.56	0.264	4.68	0.11%	0.82	PH C
17	17	43 (1)	Jun 2	DET		MIL	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.294	.333	.353	.686	8	.74	-0.065	.57	-0.03%	-1.24	C
18	18	45 (1)	Jun 4	DET	@	TEX	L,3-14	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.297	.333	.351	.685	8	.11	0.018	.08	0.01%	0.31	C
19	19	46	Jun 5	DET	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.333	.652	8	2.49	0.035	1.86	0.02%	-0.31	C
20	20	48 (1)	Jun 7	DET	@	KCR	L,0-10	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.333	.356	.689	8	.58	0.001	.47	0.00%	0.43	C
21	21	49	Jun 8	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.333	.354	.688	8	.28	-0.009	.20	0.00%	-0.19	C
22	22	50	Jun 9	DET	@	KCR	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.321	.340	.661	8	.37	-0.019	.34	-0.01%	-0.19	C
23	23	51	Jun 11	DET		CAL	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.283	.321	.340	.661	9	1.09	0.035	.84	0.02%	0.48	C
24	24	55 (3)	Jun 15	DET		KCR	L,7-21	9-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.321	.340	.661	8						C
25	25	56	Jun 16	DET		KCR	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.305	.321	.627	8	.60	-0.045	.38	-0.02%	-0.33	C
26	26	60 (3)	Jun 20	DET	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.302	.305	.607	9	.39	-0.030	.17	-0.01%	-0.49	C
27	27	64 (3)	Jun 24	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.258	.313	.306	.620	9	.76	0.040	.48	0.02%	0.25	C
28	28	67 (2)	Jun 27	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.300	.292	.592	9	.90	-0.068	.54	-0.03%	-0.63	C
29	29	68	Jun 28	DET		NYY	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.235	.288	.279	.567	9	.46	-0.013	.40	-0.01%	-0.32	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	30	72 (3)	Jul 3	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.289	.296	.585	9	.16	0.002	.13	0.00%	0.12	C
31	31	73	Jul 4	DET		BAL	L,4-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.278	.284	.562	9	.77	-0.057	.70	-0.03%	-0.46	C
32	32	77 (3)	Jul 9	DET		KCR	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.284	.289	.573	9	.81	-0.040	.48	-0.01%	-0.31	C
33	33	79 (1)	Jul 11	DET		KCR	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.241	.286	.291	.577	9	.64	0.053	.31	0.02%	0.25	C
34	34	81 (1)	Jul 16	DET		OAK	W,1-0	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.276	.280	.556	9	1.53	-0.114	.62	-0.03%	-0.60	C
35	35	82	Jul 17	DET		OAK	L,0-3	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.292	.280	.573	9	.81	0.066	.37	0.02%	0.49	C
36	36	83	Jul 18	DET		OAK	L,1-10	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.293	.282	.576	9	.77	0.075	.24	0.01%	0.45	C
37	37	85 (1)	Jul 20	DET	@	MIN	W,8-3	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.313	.315	.627	9	.86	0.125	.19	0.02%	1.29	C
38	38	86	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.303	.304	.607	9	1.17	-0.088	.25	-0.01%	-0.78	C
39	39	88 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.297	.298	.595	9	.38	-0.019	.06	0.00%	-0.36	C
40	40	91 (2)	Jul 24	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.308	.309	.617	9	.88	0.005	.07	0.00%	0.04	C
41	41	97 (5)	Jul 29	DET		BAL	L,0-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.305	.306	.611	9	1.62	-0.057	.44	-0.01%	-0.40	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	42	102 (4)	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.306	.300	.606	8	1.03	-0.042	.23	-0.01%	-0.47	C
43	43	106 (3)	Aug 7	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.315	.320	.636	9	.69	0.006	.03	0.00%	0.01	C
44	44	112 (5)	Aug 11	DET		TEX	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.264	.316	.321	.637	9	1.02	-0.077	.10	0.00%	-1.09	C
45	45	115 (2)	Aug 15	DET	@	KCR	L,3-7	GS-9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.325	.318	.643	8	.46	0.010	.01	0.00%	0.34	C
46	46	116	Aug 17	DET		CAL	W,3-2	CG	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.269	.342	.352	.694	9	1.02	0.302	.03	0.01%	1.15	C
47	47	117	Aug 18	DET		CAL	L,4-5	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.266	.339	.349	.687	8	4.98	-0.276	.10	0.00%	-0.73	C
48	48	120 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		MIN	L,5-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.339	.349	.687	8						PR C
49	49	121	Aug 21	DET		MIN	L,3-7	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.328	.336	.664	7	1.26	-0.107	.02	0.00%	-1.53	C
50	50	125 (3)	Aug 25	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.328	.330	.659	8	1.35	-0.071	.01	0.00%	-0.42	C
51	51	128 (2)	Aug 29	DET	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.331	.342	.672	8	1.19	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.15	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
52	52	132 (3)	Sep 3	DET		MIL	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.328	.339	.667	2	.14	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
53	53	135 (2)	Sep 6	DET		BAL	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.328	.339	.667	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
54	54	136	Sep 7	DET		BAL	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.333	.339	.672	7	1.18	0.056	.00	0.00%	0.02	C
55	55	141 (4)	Sep 12 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.322	.326	.648	8	.63	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-1.26	C
56	56	146 (4)	Sep 17	DET		BOS	L,3-8	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.322	.333	.655	9	.45	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.68	C
57	57	147	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.322	.333	.655	4						PR
58	58	150 (2)	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.325	.336	.660	8	.48	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.08	C
59	59	153 (2)	Sep 24 (2)	DET		NYY	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.323	.333	.656	1	.38	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.05	C
60	60	155 (1)	Sep 28 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.321	.331	.652	7	.58	0.088	.00	0.00%	0.38	C
61	61	157 (1)	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.321	.331	.652	7						PR C
62	62	158	Sep 30	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.319	.329	.648	7	.62	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.05	C
63	63	160 (1)	Oct 2	DET	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.263	.329	.336	.665	7	.61	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.42	C
							30-33		174	152	13	40	8	0	1	6	15	0	20	0	7	0	5	2	4	3	.263	.329	.336	.665		.94	-0.211	.48	-0.18%	-6.23

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