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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	MLN	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
2	2	Apr 11	MLN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
3	3	Apr 14	MLN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	4	Apr 16	MLN		PHI	W,7-3	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
5	7 (2)	Apr 21	MLN		CIN	W,7-4	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
6	8	Apr 22	MLN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	9	Apr 23	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
8	10	Apr 24	MLN	@	CIN	W,10-7	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	11	Apr 25	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
10	12	Apr 26	MLN	@	CIN	L,10-11	GF	30	5.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
11	13	Apr 29	MLN		STL	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	15 (1)	May 1	MLN		SFG	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	16	May 2	MLN		SFG	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
14	17	May 3	MLN		SFG	W,9-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
15	19 (1)	May 5	MLN		LAD	W,3-2	CG	60	16.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
16	20	May 6	MLN		LAD	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
17	21	May 8	MLN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
18	22	May 9	MLN		CIN	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	23	May 10 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	25 (1)	May 11	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	26	May 12	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	36	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	27	May 13	MLN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	28	May 14	MLN	@	STL	W,8-7	GS	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
24	30 (1)	May 17	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	31	May 18	MLN	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
26	32	May 19	MLN	@	SFG	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
27	34 (1)	May 22	MLN	@	PHI	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
28	35	May 23	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
29	36	May 24 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
30	37	May 24 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
31	38	May 25	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	40 (1)	May 27	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
33	41	May 28	MLN		PIT	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
34	42	May 29	MLN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	43	May 30	MLN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
36	44	May 31 (1)	MLN		PHI	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
37	45	May 31 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	46	Jun 1	MLN		SFG	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
39	47	Jun 2	MLN		SFG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	48	Jun 3	MLN		SFG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
41	49	Jun 4	MLN		SFG	L,5-11	GF	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
42	51 (1)	Jun 6	MLN		LAD	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
43	52	Jun 7	MLN		LAD	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
44	53	Jun 8	MLN		CHC	W,9-5	GF	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
45	54	Jun 9	MLN	@	STL	L,3-12	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
46	55	Jun 10	MLN	@	STL	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
47	56	Jun 11	MLN	@	STL	W,8-0	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	57	Jun 12	MLN	@	CHC	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
49	58	Jun 13	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	59	Jun 14	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
51	60	Jun 15	MLN	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
52	61	Jun 16	MLN	@	LAD	W,5-4	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
53	64 (2)	Jun 18	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
54	65	Jun 19	MLN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
55	66	Jun 20	MLN	@	SFG	W,4-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	67	Jun 21	MLN	@	SFG	W,13-3	GF	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
57	68	Jun 23	MLN		STL	W,9-5	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	69	Jun 24	MLN		STL	W,4-0	CG	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
59	70	Jun 25	MLN		STL	L,2-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
60	71	Jun 26	MLN		CHC	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
61	72	Jun 27	MLN		CHC	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
62	73	Jun 28	MLN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
63	74	Jun 30	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	75	Jul 2	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	76	Jul 3	MLN	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
66	77	Jul 4	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
67	78	Jul 5	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
68	79	Jul 9	MLN		LAD	L,3-4	GF	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	80	Jul 11	MLN		LAD	L,5-7	GF	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH CF
70	81	Jul 12	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	82	Jul 13	MLN		SFG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	83	Jul 14	MLN	@	CHC	L,5-10	GS	37	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
73	84	Jul 15	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
74	85	Jul 16	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
75	86	Jul 17	MLN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	87	Jul 18	MLN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	3	0	1	4	0	CF
77	89 (1)	Jul 21	MLN		CIN	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
78	90	Jul 22	MLN		CIN	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
79	91	Jul 23	MLN		CIN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
80	92	Jul 24	MLN		PIT	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	93	Jul 25	MLN		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	94	Jul 26 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
83	95	Jul 26 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
84	96	Jul 27	MLN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
85	97	Jul 28	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
86	98	Jul 29	MLN		CHC	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
87	99	Jul 30	MLN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
88	100	Jul 31	MLN		STL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	101	Aug 1	MLN		STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
90	102	Aug 2 (1)	MLN		STL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
91	103	Aug 2 (2)	MLN		STL	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
92	104	Aug 4	MLN	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
93	105	Aug 5	MLN	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
94	106	Aug 6	MLN	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
95	107	Aug 8	MLN	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
96	108	Aug 9	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
97	109	Aug 11 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
98	110	Aug 11 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
99	111	Aug 12	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
100	112	Aug 13	MLN	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
101	113	Aug 14	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	114	Aug 15	MLN	@	PIT	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
103	115	Aug 16 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	116	Aug 16 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
105	117	Aug 17 (1)	MLN		LAD	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
106	118	Aug 17 (2)	MLN		LAD	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
107	119	Aug 18	MLN		LAD	L,6-7	CG	59	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
108	120	Aug 19	MLN		SFG	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
109	121	Aug 20	MLN		SFG	L,3-5	GF	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
110	122	Aug 22 (1)	MLN		CHC	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
111	123	Aug 22 (2)	MLN		CHC	W,3-2	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	133 (9)	Sep 2	MLN		PHI	L,5-11	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
113	134	Sep 4	MLN	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
114	135	Sep 5	MLN	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
115	136	Sep 6	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-2	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
116	137	Sep 7 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
117	138	Sep 7 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
118	139	Sep 9	MLN		STL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
119	140	Sep 10	MLN		STL	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
120	141	Sep 11	MLN		CIN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
121	142	Sep 12	MLN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
122	143	Sep 13	MLN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
123	144	Sep 14	MLN	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
124	145	Sep 15	MLN	@	LAD	L,7-8	CG	49	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
125	146	Sep 16	MLN	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
126	147	Sep 17	MLN	@	SFG	L,6-13	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
127	148	Sep 19	MLN	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
128	149	Sep 20	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
129	150	Sep 21	MLN	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
130	154 (3)	Sep 26	MLN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
131	155	Sep 27	MLN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
132	156	Sep 28	MLN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
133	157	Sep 29	MLN	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	52	11.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
							133gm		1046.1	297	6	3	306	2