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Name Team Age
Bill Bruton Retired (1961, Age 36) Died (2004, Age 79)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 18, Pick 286
(1950)		 RF L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Billy Hamilton League 0 4 years (51 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C+ D+ B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- C+ B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- C  B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D+ D+
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D- C  D+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 5/20/1925
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (3B)
B- (56.2 %) C+ (47.7 %) C+ (44.7 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 MIL 74 309 53 87 16 3 12 49 25 55 17 9 2 .804 .334 .469 .282
1951 MIL-CLE 102 268 56 81 13 2 10 41 34 39 5 2 4 .864 .387 .478 .302
1952 CLE 115 377 58 99 24 6 12 53 39 71 4 0 26 .791 .337 .454 .263
1953 CLE 44 189 42 59 6 3 5 22 16 25 6 3 1 .819 .364 .455 .312
1954 CLE 12 43 4 10 5 1 0 5 6 7 1 0 0 .715 .320 .395 .233
1955 CLE 105 381 40 105 30 3 6 59 32 56 6 2 2 .747 .330 .417 .276
1956 CLE 55 186 21 48 11 0 5 25 15 40 10 2 3 .711 .313 .398 .258
1957 CLE 111 381 52 105 22 2 8 58 45 55 12 1 2 .760 .353 .407 .276
1958 CLE 60 53 12 9 3 0 5 13 8 5 0 0 0 .788 .279 .509 .170
1959 CLE 124 429 56 120 22 7 13 57 41 69 3 1 15 .799 .345 .455 .280
1960 CLE 101 330 32 80 19 7 3 28 29 57 8 0 11 .674 .305 .370 .242
Total 903 2946 426 803 171 34 79 410 290 479 72 20 66 .773 .339 .434 .273
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1961-11-01Bill Bruton has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1960-09-01The Cleveland Road Kill waive Bill Bruton.
1956-09-11The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Biff Scott to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Jose Finney to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Darin Arezo to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Bill Bruton to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Sandy Rice to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Al Amor to the minors. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Lew Drabowsky to the minors. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Jack Clancy to the minors. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Shawn Mack to the minors. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Roy Robertson to the minors.
1956-06-03The Cleveland Road Kill have designated Bill Bruton for assignment.
1954-09-19The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Bill Bruton to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Sid Manning to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted John Shepherd to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Charlie Nagy to the minors. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Biff Scott to the minors. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Bill Nuxhall to the minors.
1953-06-01The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Karl Hamelin to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Joe Tappe to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Milt Garrido to the minors. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Bill Bruton to the minors.
1951-06-04A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Meatheads and the Cleveland Spiders. The Cleveland Spiders receive Roy Kuhel, Bill Bruton, J.R. Richards from the Milwaukee Meatheads in exchange for Merle Combs.
1951-04-01The Milwaukee Meatheads have promoted Bill Bruton to the major league team. The Milwaukee Meatheads have sent Joe Carleton to the minors.
1950-10-13The Milwaukee Meatheads have promoted Joe Carleton to the major league team. The Milwaukee Meatheads have sent Bill Bruton to the minors.
1950-04-01The Milwaukee Meatheads have renamed Les Dillard to Bill Bruton.