Bruno Betzel
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 158 lb
BornDecember 6, 1894 · Chattanooga, OH, USA
MLB debutSeptember 3, 1914
Final gameSeptember 2, 1918
Seasons5 (1914–1918)
St. Louis Cardinals 1914–1918
Percentile snapshot
1916 season — qualified batters
of 120 qualified 1916 batters (min 474 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | -68.8 | -69.3 | .077 | -0.2 |
| 1915 | 117 | 401 | 367 | 42 | 92 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 48 | 10 | 13 | .251 | .291 | .305 | .596 | 76.8 | 79.9 | .287 | 0.5 |
| 1916 | 142 | 560 | 510 | 49 | 119 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 37 | 39 | 77 | 22 | 16 | .233 | .288 | .312 | .600 | 80.2 | 82.4 | .288 | 0.9 |
| 1917 | 106 | 358 | 328 | 24 | 71 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 47 | 9 | 0 | .216 | .266 | .256 | .522 | 57.9 | 60.9 | .255 | -0.5 |
| 1918 | 76 | 248 | 230 | 18 | 51 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 0 | .222 | .260 | .309 | .569 | 69.5 | 74.7 | .274 | 0.0 |
Career totals
G
448
PA
1,577
AB
1,444
R
135
H
333
2B
37
3B
25
HR
2
RBI
94
BB
90
SO
189
SB
49
BA
.2306
OBP
.2781
SLG
.2950
OPS
.5731
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916-08-20 | SF @ STL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1918-08-11 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1917-07-04 | STL @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1918-09-01 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1915-08-31 | STL @ PHI Gameday | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914-04-14 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914-04-15 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914-04-16 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914-04-17 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914-04-18 | CHC @ 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.