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Branch Rickey League
4-20-2229
Rich Bruton Center Field
Retired (1986, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .263 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .728 Status Deceased (2030) Option Years 0  
H 1281 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 12-25-1951
HR 134 Drafted Round 1, Pick 11
(1972)
Majors Svc Time 12 years
(8 games)
RBI 674
SB 156
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B+ Velocity C-   Mentor vR
Speed A- Bunt D- Control C-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A+ WS Rings 2
1B A+ (96.7%) LF --- Arm WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health LCS Appearances 6
3B --- RF D- (9.3%)   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 +/- RF   FPCT GG
1975 CF PHI 149 149 1226.1 362 350 5 7 0 +3 2.61 .981
1976 CF PHI 149 149 1341.0 361 352 6 3 0 +3 2.40 .992
1977 CF PHI 149 149 1358.0 379 367 11 1 1 +10 2.51 .997
1978 CF PHI 149 149 1342.1 373 364 6 3 1 +2 2.48 .992
1979 CF PHI 42 33 306.0 82 80 1 1 0 +1 2.38 .988
1980 CF PHI 27 22 197.1 51 50 1 0 0 0 2.33 1.000
1B PHI 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 1 0 6.00 1.000
1981 1B PHI 27 26 229.0 225 220 5 0 10 -2 8.84 1.000
CF PHI 24 24 213.1 65 64 0 1 0 +3 2.70 .985
1982 1B PHI 37 37 323.1 315 300 13 2 16 0 8.71 .994
CF PHI 10 10 91.0 25 24 1 0 0 +1 2.47 1.000
LF PHI 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
2B PHI 1 0 3.0 5 1 4 0 0 0 15.00 1.000
3B PHI 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1983 LF PHI 112 112 989.2 243 233 6 4 1 0 2.17 .984
1B PHI 37 37 334.0 371 358 12 1 15 +9 9.97 .997
1984 LF PHI 107 107 961.0 236 229 6 1 1 +3 2.20 .996
1B PHI 42 42 377.0 394 377 15 2 24 +4 9.36 .995
1985 LF PHI 106 106 955.2 240 233 4 3 2 -3 2.23 .988
1B PHI 43 43 383.2 384 378 5 1 24 +5 8.98 .997
1986 CF PHI-CHA 15 1 30.1 8 8 0 0 0 -1 2.37 1.000
RF PHI-CHA 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
LF PHI-CHA 4 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
Pos Total CF 714 686 6105.2 1706 1659 31 16 2 +22 2.49 .991
LF 330 326 2919.1 723 699 16 8 4 0 2.20 .989
1B 188 185 1650.0 1691 1635 50 6 90 +16 9.19 .996
RF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
2B 1 0 3.0 5 1 4 0 0 0 15.00 1.000
3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 1235 1198 10688.0 4128 3997 101 30 96 +38 3.45 .993
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1986-11-01Rich Bruton has retired from the Chicago White Sox
1986-08-28The Chicago White Sox have acquired Rich Bruton from the waiver wire.
1986-08-04The Philadelphia Freedom have designated Rich Bruton for assignment.
1984-10-21The Philadelphia Freedom have placed Rich Bruton on the trade block.
1980-10-09Rich Bruton of the Philadelphia Freedom is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1975-04-01The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Maurice Meyers to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Rich Bruton to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have designated Benny Santana for assignment. The Philadelphia Phillies have designated Billy Clarke for assignment.
1967-08-18Trade #1646752 has been completed between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Diego Wizards. The San Diego Wizards receive Al Sweeney, Draft Pick 1971 Round 1 PHI (Rich Ignasiak) from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Draft Pick 1972 Round 1 SD (Rich Bruton), Draft Pick 1971 Round 1 SD (Ollie McCabe), Draft Pick 1971 Round 2 SD (Dave Doyle).