Bill Bruton stats

Last played for the Detroit Tigers, 1964

Age 100

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Bill Bruton played 12 MLB seasons, 1953 to 1964.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,610
AB
6,056
R
937
H
1,651
HR
94
RBI
545
SB
207
AVG
.273
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1953ATL1516138215314126.250
1954ATL1425678916143034.284
1955ATL14963610617594725.275
1956ATL147525731438568.272
1957ATL79306418553011.278
1958ATL10032547913284.280
1959ATL1334787213864113.289
1960ATL151629112180125422.286
1961DET16059699153176322.257
1962DET14756190156167414.278
1963DET1455248413484814.256
1964DET106296428253314.277

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
7
AB
17
R
2
H
7
HR
1
RBI
2
SB
0
AVG
.412

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
6,668
TB
2,378
XBH
437
HBP
29
IBB
32
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1953ATL668202336000
1954ATL619207314000
1955ATL685256514600
1956ATL5782204611100
1957ATL332134301400
1958ATL361117172400
1959ATL522190341200
1960ATL677269522100
1961DET668229373000
1962DET633241485000
1963DET594195370300
1964DET331118210100

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
23.5
RC
829.4
RC/27
4.90
ISOP
.120
SECA
.219
BB/K
0.61
AB/HR
64.4
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1953ATL0.466.33.8.0800.20.46130
1954ATL1.5754.7.0810.20.5141.80
1955ATL2.4875.1270.20.670.70
1956ATL2.969.64.5.1470.20.465.60
1957ATL1.8455.3.1600.20.561.20
1958ATL1.442.94.8.0800.20.7108.30
1959ATL2.267.85.2.1090.20.779.70
1960ATL3.490.85.3.1410.20.452.40
1961DET2.482.64.9.1280.30.935.10
1962DET2.588.25.6.1520.30.835.10
1963DET1.169.84.6.1160.20.865.50
1964DET1.544.25.4.1220.30.659.20

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
100 yearsDec 22, 1925
Debut
1953

What were Bill Bruton's career stats?

Bill Bruton played 12 seasons for the Braves and the Tigers. He was a career .273 hitter with 1,651 hits, 94 home runs and 545 RBI. His best season was 1959: a .289 batting average, 6 home runs and 41 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

12 seasons, 1 postseason, 1953 to 1964

Championships

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