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Speaker Wilson League
3-7-2031
Bruce Christmas Relief Pitcher
Retired (1994, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 4.51 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 54-58 Status Retired (1994) Option Years 0  
SV 2 Age 71 (OS 72) Date of Birth 03-15-1959
K 921 Drafted Round 2, Pick 38
(1983)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(5 games)
IP 1190.2
WHIP 1.41
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D+ Contact vs. L C- Endurance C+   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity B    Mentor Val C+
Speed D+ Bunt D+ Control B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C  WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1984 TEX
4
 4
34
7
3
0
0
 0
80.0
 85 49 46 3 30
65
1.44
5.18
1985 MIN
3
 9
17
16
1
1
0
 0
103.1
 111 67 57 0 48
87
1.54
4.96
1986 MIN
6
 5
38
5
0
0
1
 0
97.1
 126 71 61 1 30
75
1.60
5.64
1987 MIN
6
 10
41
26
0
0
0
 0
188.0
 210 118 103 2 56
134
1.41
4.93
1988 MIN-PIT
1
 0
7
0
0
0
0
 0
22.2
 31 16 14 1 9
16
1.76
5.56
1989 PIT
1
 2
5
5
0
0
0
 0
29.2
 24 15 13 0 14
23
1.28
3.94
1990 PIT
10
 11
32
32
0
0
0
 0
179.1
 185 90 82 4 62
154
1.38
4.12
1991 PIT
10
 9
34
34
0
0
0
 0
205.1
 172 80 67 2 76
162
1.21
2.94
1992 MIN
11
 4
28
28
0
0
0
 0
176.0
 190 96 90 2 68
122
1.47
4.60
1993 MIN
2
 2
32
2
0
0
0
 1
70.2
 70 39 35 2 18
61
1.25
4.46
1994 MIN-SF-MON
0
 2
14
3
0
0
1
 0
38.1
 49 28 28 0 10
22
1.54
6.57
2031
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
54
 58
282
158
4
1
2
 1
1190.2
 1253 669 596 17 421
921
1.41
4.51
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1994-11-01Bruce Christmas has retired from the Montreal CoMpToNz ExPoZ
1994-08-01The Montreal CoMpToNz ExPoZ have promoted Matt Morris to the major league team. The Montreal CoMpToNz ExPoZ have designated Bruce Christmas for assignment.
1994-07-20The Montreal CoMpToNz ExPoZ have acquired Bruce Christmas from the waiver wire.
1994-07-16The San Francisco Cajuns have promoted Rick Flanigan to the major league team. The San Francisco Cajuns have designated Bruce Christmas for assignment.
1994-06-29The San Francisco Cajuns have acquired Bruce Christmas from the waiver wire.
1994-06-25The Minnesota Poets have designated Bruce Christmas for assignment.
1994-04-09The Minnesota Poets have re-claimed Bruce Christmas from the waiver wire.
1994-04-06The Minnesota Poets have designated Bruce Christmas for assignment.
1993-09-02The Minnesota Poets have re-claimed Bruce Christmas from the waiver wire.
1993-08-30The Minnesota Poets have designated Bruce Christmas for assignment.
1992-04-01The Minnesota Poets have renamed Chris Bruce to Bruce Christmas.
1992-03-07Trade #1564720 has been completed between the Minnesota Poets and the Pittsburgh Bucs. The Pittsburgh Bucs receive Pedro Gonzalez, Otis Pattin from the Minnesota Poets in exchange for Chris Bruce .
1989-09-09The Pittsburgh Bucs have promoted Chris Bruce to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Bucs have promoted Tom Leiter to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Bucs have promoted Geoff Lazar to the major league team.
1989-04-21The Pittsburgh Bucs have renamed Bruce Christmas to Chris Bruce .
1988-05-08Trade #1532015 has been completed between the Minnesota Poets and the Pittsburgh Bucs. The Pittsburgh Bucs receive Michael Piniella, Bruce Christmas, Overton Gonzales from the Minnesota Poets in exchange for Pedro Gonzalez.
1986-05-08The Minnesota Poets have promoted Joe "Spider" Webb to the major league team. The Minnesota Poets have promoted Bruce Christmas to the major league team. The Minnesota Poets have sent Casey Torborg to the minors. The Minnesota Poets have sent Ben Miller to the minors.
1986-04-01The Minnesota Poets have promoted Ed Bystrom to the major league team. The Minnesota Poets have promoted Fred Stanley to the major league team. The Minnesota Poets have sent Jack Rodriguez to the minors. The Minnesota Poets have sent Bruce Christmas to the minors.
1985-09-09The Minnesota Poets have promoted Bruce Christmas to the major league team.
1985-08-17The Minnesota Poets have promoted Hal Knaupp to the major league team. The Minnesota Poets have sent Bruce Christmas to the minors.
1985-08-16The Minnesota Poets have promoted Bruce Christmas to the major league team. The Minnesota Poets have sent Hal Knaupp to the minors.
1985-08-14The Minnesota Poets have promoted Hal Knaupp to the major league team. The Minnesota Poets have sent Bruce Christmas to the minors.
1985-08-13The Minnesota Poets have promoted Bruce Christmas to the major league team. The Minnesota Poets have sent Hal Knaupp to the minors.
1985-07-09The Minnesota Poets have promoted Don Kelley to the major league team. The Minnesota Poets have sent Bruce Christmas to the minors.
1985-05-01The Minnesota Poets have promoted Bruce Christmas to the major league team. The Minnesota Poets have sent Joe Seibert to the minors.
1985-04-20The Minnesota Poets have promoted Tom Wagner to the major league team. The Minnesota Poets have sent Bruce Christmas to the minors.
1985-04-18The Minnesota Poets have promoted Bruce Christmas to the major league team. The Minnesota Poets have designated Ramon Urrutia for assignment.
1985-04-15The Minnesota Poets have acquired Bruce Christmas from the waiver wire.
1985-04-11The Texas tornados have acquired George Padgett from the waiver wire. The Texas tornados have waived Bruce Christmas.
1984-09-24The Texas tornados have promoted Allan Torre to the major league team. The Texas tornados have sent Bruce Christmas to the minors.
1984-09-16The Texas tornados have promoted Bruce Christmas to the major league team. The Texas tornados have sent Cy Ruebel to the minors.
1984-08-13The Texas tornados have promoted Paul Tresh to the major league team. The Texas tornados have sent Bruce Christmas to the minors.
1984-04-01The Texas tornados have promoted Bruce Christmas to the major league team. The Texas tornados have promoted Mickey Herndon to the major league team. The Texas tornados have sent Fernando McGwire to the minors. The Texas tornados have sent Maury Gott to the minors.
1983-07-18Trade #1484923 has been completed between the Texas tornados and the Washington Corruption. The Washington Corruption receive Buck Holden, Draft Pick 1984 Round 2 TEX (Ryan Heise) from the Texas tornados in exchange for Bruce Christmas, Joe Blomberg.