Bob Bruce

Full Name: Robert James Bruce	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200	First Game: September 14, 1959
Birthdate: May 16, 1933	Final Game: June 24, 1967
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on May 16, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan, Bob Bruce (Robert James Bruce) played for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Colt .45s, Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 9 year career. Bruce broke into the bigs on September 14, 1959 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.74 ERA in 130 innings pitched in 1960, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Bruce's best season was 1964, when he posted a 2.76 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 135 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1959	DET	A	2	1	0	1	9.00	1	5	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	1	0
1960	DET	A	34	15	4	7	3.74	76	68	54	1	0	0	130	127	16	56	1	6	5
1961	DET	A	14	6	1	2	4.43	25	28	22	0	0	0	44.2	57	6	24	2	0	2
1962	HOU	N	32	27	10	9	4.06	135	92	79	6	0	0	175	164	16	82	3	7	12
1963	HOU	N	30	25	5	9	3.59	123	73	68	1	1	0	170.1	162	7	60	3	9	8
1964	HOU	N	35	29	15	9	2.76	135	70	62	9	4	0	202.1	191	8	33	4	4	3
1965	HOU	N	35	34	9	18	3.72	145	107	95	7	1	0	229.2	241	22	38	4	8	9
1966	HOU	N	25	23	3	13	5.34	71	83	77	1	0	0	129.2	160	16	29	4	1	8
1967	ATL	N	12	7	2	3	4.89	22	25	21	1	0	1	38.2	42	3	15	4	1	1
Total	NL		169	145	44	61	3.83	631	450	402	25	6	1	945.2	960	72	257	22	30	41
Total	AL		50	22	5	10	3.97	102	101	78	1	0	0	176.2	186	23	83	3	7	7
Total			219	167	49	71	3.85	733	551	480	26	6	1	1122.1	1146	95	340	25	37	48

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1959	DET	A	P	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000
1960	DET	A	P	34	15	130	9	23	1	2	3	13	4	0	.970
1961	DET	A	P	14	6	44.2	5	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	.857
1962	HOU	N	P	32	27	175	14	26	1	2	3	19	4	0	.976
1963	HOU	N	P	30	25	170.1	13	21	1	1	5	10	4	1	.971
1964	HOU	N	P	35	29	202.1	11	35	1	0	2	11	3	0	.979
1965	HOU	N	P	35	34	229.2	25	36	3	1	2	19	6	1	.953
1966	HOU	N	P	25	23	129.2	15	18	0	1	3	8	3	0	1.000
1967	ATL	N	P	12	7	38.2	3	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000
Total			P	219	167	1122.1	95	164	8	7	19	85	27	2	.970

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1959	DET	A	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	DET	A	34	39	4	7	0	.179	.256	.179	0	0	4	11	0	2	0
1961	DET	A	14	9	1	1	1	.111	.273	.222	1	0	2	2	0	1	1
1962	HOU	N	32	55	8	11	7	.200	.343	.218	1	0	12	14	0	1	2
1963	HOU	N	32	55	5	7	1	.127	.213	.200	2	1	5	17	1	3	0
1964	HOU	N	37	63	1	12	1	.190	.239	.206	1	0	2	14	2	5	0
1965	HOU	N	35	74	3	9	6	.122	.132	.149	2	0	1	26	0	4	0
1966	HOU	N	25	39	2	3	1	.077	.100	.077	0	0	1	14	0	7	0
1967	ATL	N	12	12	1	2	0	.167	.231	.167	0	0	1	4	0	0	0
Total	NL		173	298	20	44	16	.148	.213	.174	6	1	22	89	3	20	2
Total	AL		50	48	5	8	1	.167	.259	.188	1	0	6	13	0	3	1
Total			223	346	25	52	17	.150	.220	.176	7	1	28	102	3	23	3

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1953).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Manny Montejo to Houston Colt .45s in exchange for Sam Jones (December 1, 1961).
Traded by Houston Astros with Dave Nicholson to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Eddie Mathews, Arnold Umbach and a player to be named later (December 31, 1966); Houston Astros received Sandy Alomar (February 25, 1967).

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