Jay Bruce stats

Last played for the New York Yankees, 2021

Left Fielder · #30

Age 39 · 6' 3"

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Jay Bruce played 14 MLB seasons, 2008 to 2021.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,650
AB
5,964
R
839
H
1,455
HR
319
RBI
951
SB
65
AVG
.244

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

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.
2008CIN1084136310521524.254
2009CIN101345477722583.223
2010CIN1485098014325705.281
2011CIN1575858415032978.256
2012CIN1555608914134999.252
2013CIN16062689164301097.262
2014CIN13749371107186612.217
2015CIN1575807213126879.226
2016CIN/NYM1475397413533994.250
2017NYM/CLE14655582141361011.254
2018NYM9431931719372.223
2019SEA/PHI98310436726591.216
2020PHI329611196140.198
2021NYY103434130.118

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

Career Postseason

GP
15
AB
52
R
8
H
13
HR
4
RBI
10
SB
0
AVG
.250

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
6,642
TB
2,788
XBH
663
HBP
28
IBB
71
GIDP
101
P/PA
3.89

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

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.
2008CIN452187394183.8
2009CIN387162392254.0
2010CIN5732515315123.8
2011CIN6642776151484.0
2012CIN6332887441153.9
2013CIN6972997421394.0
2014CIN545184402583.9
2015CIN6492526528103.9
2016CIN/NYM5892736637143.9
2017NYM/CLE6172826720113.9
2018NYM361118280433.9
2019SEA/PHI333162431053.7
2020PHI10345120114.0
2021NYY39820024.3

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

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
17.7
RC
872.2
RC/27
5.00
ISOP
.224
SECA
.328
BB/K
0.38
AB/HR
18.7
GO/FO
0.60

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

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.
2008CIN0.656.24.7.1990.30.319.70.8
2009CIN1.149.24.8.2460.40.515.70.7
2010CIN4.585.96.2120.30.420.40.6
2011CIN1.894.15.6.2170.30.518.30.6
2012CIN1.496.56.2630.40.416.50.6
2013CIN5.198.45.5.2160.30.320.90.6
2014CIN-1.152.73.5.1560.30.327.41
2015CIN0.8754.3.2090.30.422.30.6
2016CIN/NYM0.681.55.2.2560.30.416.30.6
2017NYM/CLE2.989.75.6.2540.40.415.40.5
2018NYM-0.437.64.1470.30.635.40.4
2019SEA/PHI0.643.14.6.3060.40.211.90.4
2020PHI0.111.64.2710.30.3160.7
2021NYY-0.310.8.1180.30.4341.1

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

Bio

Age
39 yearsApr 3, 1987
Height
6' 3"
Debut
2008
Birthplace
Beaumont, TX
Draft
2005Rd 1, Pk 12
NL Silver Slugger
2x

Latest performance

Jay Bruce

Apr 14 · @ TOR · L 5-4

AB
4
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
2
AVG
.118

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Wed, Apr 14atTORL 5-440000
Tue, Apr 13atTORL 7-330100
Sat, Apr 10atTBL 4-030000
Fri, Apr 09atTBL 10-540000
Wed, Apr 07vsBALL 4-3 F/1150000
Tue, Apr 06vsBALW 7-232111

What were Jay Bruce's career stats?

Jay Bruce played 14 seasons for the Reds, the Mets, the Phillies and the Yankees. He was a career .244 hitter with 1,455 hits, 319 home runs and 951 RBI. His best season was 2010: a .281 batting average, 25 home runs and 70 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2008 to 2021

Jay Bruce finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 139th in home runs (319)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Jay Bruce

Playoff series

Jay Bruce played 15 games across 5 MLB postseasons in 5 series — 0 won, 5 lost.

Jay Bruce's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.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.
2017NYYLost 2-3518524
2016SFLost 0-113000
2013PITLost 0-114101
2012SFLost 2-3519514
2010PHILost 0-338211

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Jay Bruce’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.