MLB / Players

Bill Bruton

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 169 lb

BornNovember 9, 1925 · Panola, AL, USA

MLB debutApril 13, 1953

Final gameOctober 2, 1964

Seasons12 (1953–1964)

Milwaukee Braves 1953–1960; Detroit Tigers 1961–1964

Percentile snapshot

1963 season — qualified batters

145

28.7

594

39.6

524

33.7

79.2

134

37.6

44.6

81.2

26.7

RBI

25.7

72.3

60.4

83.2

17.8

.256

31.7

OBP

.330

49.5

SLG

.372

34.7

OPS

.703

39.6

wRC+

96.7

35.6

OPS+

94.4

31.7

wOBA

.321

39.6

sWAR

2.0

38.6

of 102 qualified 1963 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

96.8

35.5

OPS+

97.2

sWAR

22.2

94.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1953	151	668	613	82	153	18	14	1	41	44	100	26	11	.250	.306	.330	.636	70.7	71.7	.290	0.0
1954	142	619	567	89	161	20	7	4	30	40	78	34	13	.284	.336	.365	.701	90.2	90.6	.320	1.5
1955	149	685	636	106	175	30	12	9	47	43	72	25	11	.275	.325	.403	.728	97.8	98.4	.324	2.3
1956	147	578	525	73	143	23	15	8	56	26	63	8	6	.272	.304	.419	.723	92.2	98.8	.310	1.6
1957	79	332	306	41	85	16	9	5	30	19	35	11	4	.278	.317	.438	.755	105.2	109.4	.328	1.4
1958	100	361	325	47	91	11	3	3	28	27	37	4	1	.280	.336	.360	.696	92.7	93.7	.314	1.0
1959	133	522	478	72	138	22	6	6	41	35	54	13	5	.289	.338	.397	.735	105.6	104.3	.332	2.3
1960	151	677	629	112	180	27	13	12	54	41	97	22	13	.286	.330	.428	.758	114.9	113.9	.340	3.8
1961	160	668	596	99	153	15	5	17	63	61	66	22	6	.257	.327	.384	.712	90.1	89.1	.326	1.7
1962	147	633	561	90	156	27	5	16	74	55	67	14	7	.278	.346	.430	.776	108.2	105.9	.351	3.0
1963	145	594	524	84	134	21	8	8	48	59	70	14	7	.256	.330	.372	.703	96.7	94.4	.321	2.0
1964	106	331	296	42	82	11	5	5	33	32	54	14	5	.277	.347	.399	.745	109.7	106.1	.339	1.6

Career totals

1,610

6,668

6,056

499th-most career AB

937

435th-most career R

1,651

241

102

153rd-most career 3B

RBI

545

482

793

207

344th-most career SB

.2726

OBP

.3278

SLG

.3927

OPS

.7205

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1954-08-01	ATL @ LAD Gameday	5	4	3	0	2	1	1	1	10
1960-05-01	PHI @ ATL Gameday	5	3	5	1	0	1	1	0	9
1962-05-31	CWS @ DET Gameday	5	1	4	2	0	1	4	0	9
1955-04-17	ATL @ CIN Gameday	6	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	8
1963-05-19	DET @ TEX Gameday	5	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	8

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1953-04-19	ATL @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953-04-20	ATL @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953-05-10	CHC @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953-05-10	CHC @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953-05-30	ATL @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.