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Branch Rickey League
6-26-2229
Bruce Gear Third Base
Retired (1968, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .245 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .686 Status Deceased (2008) Option Years 0  
H 1317 Age at Death 78 Date of Birth 05-17-1930
HR 163 Drafted Round 2, Pick 30
(1953)
Majors Svc Time 12 years
(156 games)
RBI 755
SB 18
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B (0.4%) LF --- Arm A+ WS Appearances 1
2B C- (29.4%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 2
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1955 3B LAN 139 139 1238.0 384 91 282 11 15 +9 2.71 .971
1956 3B LAN 150 150 1259.0 381 84 283 14 21 +10 2.62 .963
1957 3B LAN 150 150 1272.0 406 88 305 13 18 +14 2.78 .968
1958 3B LAN 134 134 1206.0 358 86 261 11 12 +3 2.59 .969
1959 3B LAN 150 150 1316.1 417 100 297 20 22 +13 2.71 .952
1960 3B LAN 150 150 1314.2 414 83 316 15 19 -2 2.73 .964
1961 3B LAN 81 64 603.0 195 35 155 5 16 +9 2.84 .974
2B LAN 5 5 43.0 31 17 13 1 3 -1 6.28 .968
1B LAN 1 1 9.0 8 8 0 0 2 0 8.00 1.000
C LAN 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 6.00 1.000
1962 3B LAN 61 53 483.2 169 46 121 2 8 +13 3.11 .988
C LAN 8 0 15.0 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0 7.20 1.000
CF LAN 1 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
SS LAN 2 0 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 .000
1963 3B LAN 89 89 765.1 236 59 167 10 5 +2 2.66 .958
C LAN 6 0 13.0 16 15 1 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0 11.08 1.000
2B LAN 2 1 11.0 7 2 5 0 1 -1 5.73 1.000
1B LAN 1 1 9.0 11 11 0 0 1 +1 11.00 1.000
SS LAN 1 1 9.0 5 2 2 1 0 0 4.00 .800
1964 3B LAN 57 57 505.1 141 35 95 11 4 +1 2.32 .922
2B LAN 11 11 98.0 59 23 34 2 9 -4 5.23 .966
SS LAN 6 4 44.1 17 3 13 1 3 -2 3.25 .941
RF LAN 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1B LAN 1 0 6.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 12.00 1.000
C LAN 3 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 9.00 1.000
1965 3B LAN 69 69 602.0 190 52 131 7 11 +7 2.74 .963
2B LAN 23 23 199.0 101 39 59 3 6 -4 4.43 .970
CF LAN 6 0 16.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 3.94 1.000
SS LAN 1 1 11.0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.82 1.000
RF LAN 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1966 3B LAN 70 48 463.0 167 39 124 4 13 +1 3.17 .976
SS LAN 2 2 18.0 9 3 6 0 1 0 4.50 1.000
CF LAN 3 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.57 1.000
1967 3B LAN 58 58 497.2 172 37 131 4 9 +2 3.04 .977
1B LAN 3 3 27.0 26 25 1 0 3 0 8.67 1.000
LF LAN 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1968 3B ATL 1 1 8.0 7 1 5 1 0 0 6.75 .857
Pos Total 3B 1359 1312 11534.0 3637 836 2673 128 173 +82 2.74 .965
2B 41 40 351.0 198 81 111 6 19 -10 4.92 .970
SS 12 8 83.2 33 8 22 3 5 -2 3.23 .909
1B 6 5 51.0 53 52 1 0 6 +1 9.35 1.000
C 19 0 35.0 34 32 2 0 0 0 4 1 20.0% 0 8.74 1.000
CF 10 0 26.2 9 9 0 0 0 0 3.04 1.000
RF 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
LF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 1450 1367 12100.2 3967 1021 2809 137 203 0 4 1 20.0% +71 2.85 .965
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Bruce Gear has retired from the Atlanta Confederates
1968-10-01The Atlanta Confederates have promoted Bruce Gear to the major league team.
1968-09-29The Atlanta Confederates have acquired Bruce Gear from the waiver wire.
1968-05-20The Los Angeles Boost have waived Bruce Gear.
1968-04-01The Los Angeles Boost have promoted Carlos Travers to the major league team. The Los Angeles Boost have promoted Pat Terrell to the major league team. The Los Angeles Boost have promoted Gus Routcliffe to the major league team. The Los Angeles Boost have designated Slick Martin for assignment. The Los Angeles Boost have designated George Johnson for assignment. The Los Angeles Boost have designated Bruce Gear for assignment.
1958-07-07Bruce Gear of the Los Angeles Boost is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1955-04-14The Los Angeles Boost have promoted Bruce Gear to the major league team. The Los Angeles Boost have sent John Myatt to the minors.
1953-04-25The Los Angeles Boost have acquired Bruce Gear from the waiver wire.
1953-04-01The New York Knockers have waived Bruce Gear.