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Branch Rickey League
4-19-2229
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 B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B+ Velocity C-   Mentor vR A 
Speed A- Bunt D- Control C-   Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A+ WS Rings 2
1B A+ (96.7%) LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health B  LCS Appearances 6
3B --- RF D- (9.3%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1972 Minors 21 54.00 5 / 8 4 / 7 12 / 16 3 / 5 0 / 4 4 / 9 4 / 5 32 / 54
1973 Minors 22 75.00 2 / 7 7 / 13 7 / 11 5 / 10 5 / 10 3 / 14 8 / 10 37 / 75
1974 Minors 23 60.00 4 / 8 4 / 5 1 / 2 6 / 20 1 / 9 1 / 7 4 / 9 21 / 60
1975 Majors 24 59.80 162 149 0 6 / 11 5 / 7 3 / 8 1 / 7 2 / 7 5 / 12 2 / 7 24 / 59
1976 Majors 25 64.02 162 149 0 2 / 12 4 / 10 2 / 5 3 / 10 3 / 11 4 / 9 2 / 7 20 / 64
1977 Majors 26 65.40 162 149 0 2 / 8 0 / 8 3 / 9 2 / 9 2 / 11 1 / 10 1 / 10 11 / 65
1978 Majors 27 65.82 162 149 0 3 / 11 1 / 8 2 / 8 1 / 7 1 / 12 0 / 6 3 / 13 11 / 65
1979 Majors 28 39.33 162 33 0 0 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 3 2 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 7 3 / 39
1980 Majors 29 36.64 162 22 0 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 5 1 / 6 2 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 2 3 / 36
1981 Majors 30 40.44 162 50 0 0 / 6 2 / 4 0 / 8 2 / 4 0 / 7 2 / 5 0 / 6 6 / 40
1982 Majors 31 41.04 162 48 0 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 41
1983 Majors 32 63.61 162 149 0 1 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 10 0 / 9 2 / 63
1984 Majors 33 65.33 162 149 0 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 65
1985 Majors 34 65.33 162 149 0 -3 / 9 -6 / 4 -4 / 8 -7 / 13 -5 / 11 -2 / 10 -1 / 10 -28 / 65
1986 Majors 35 19.14 140 2 0 -5 / 3 -3 / 1 -5 / 1 -7 / 2 -6 / 5 0 / 4 -1 / 3 -27 / 19
Total 1922 1198 0 17 / 115 19 / 105 21 / 104 12 / 124 5 / 127 19 / 118 22 / 117 115 / 810
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).