Jim Bruske
[edit] Biography
Born on October 7, 1964 in East St. Louis, Illinois, Jim Bruske (James Scott Bruske) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 5 year career. Bruske broke into the bigs on August 25, 1995 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 3.53 ERA in 51 innings pitched in 1998, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1995
| LA
| N
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.50
| 5
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1996
| LA
| N
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.68
| 12
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12.2
| 17
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
| 1997
| SD
| N
| 28
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 3.63
| 32
| 22
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 44.2
| 37
| 4
| 25
| 1
| 4
| 1
|
| 1998
| SD
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.86
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 10
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| NY
| A
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3.00
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| LA
| N
| 35
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 3.48
| 31
| 18
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 44
| 47
| 2
| 19
| 1
| 3
| 3
|
| 1998
| Total
|
| 42
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 3.45
| 38
| 25
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 60
| 66
| 5
| 24
| 3
| 3
| 3
|
| 1998
| TOT
| N
| 39
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 3.53
| 35
| 22
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 51
| 57
| 3
| 23
| 3
| 3
| 3
|
| 2000
| MIL
| N
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 6.48
| 8
| 15
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.2
| 22
| 5
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 102
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 4.20
| 92
| 74
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 135
| 145
| 14
| 67
| 6
| 9
| 8
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3.00
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 105
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 4.12
| 95
| 77
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 144
| 154
| 16
| 68
| 6
| 9
| 8
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1995
| LA
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| LA
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 12.2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| SD
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 44.2
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| SD
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1998
| NY
| A
| P
| 3
| 1
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| LA
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 44
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| Total
|
| P
| 42
| 1
| 60
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| TOT
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 51
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2000
| MIL
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 16.2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 105
| 1
| 144
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1995
| LA
| N
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| LA
| N
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| SD
| N
| 29
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| SD
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| NY
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| LA
| N
| 35
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| Total
|
| 42
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| TOT
| N
| 39
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| MIL
| N
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 103
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .100
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 106
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .100
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 3, 1985).
- Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1985).
- Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (6th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 2, 1986 - signed June 22, 1986).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (June 9, 1992).
- Signed by Houston Astros (June 22, 1992).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1994).
- Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 18, 1995).
- Granted free agency (October 16, 1995).
- Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (November 12, 1995).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1996).
- Signed by San Diego Padres (December 3, 1996).
- Claimed on waivers by Los Angeles Dodgers from San Diego Padres (October 6, 1997).
- Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to San Diego Padres in exchange for Widd Workman (July 23, 1998).
- Traded by San Diego Padres with Brad Kaufman to New York Yankees in exchange for Shea Morenz and Ray Ricken (August 23, 1998).
- Released by New York Yankees (March 31, 1999).
- Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (February 19, 2000).
- Granted free agency (October 12, 2000).
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