Bill Brubaker
1932–1943 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, PIR, Pittsburgh Pirates
479G
.264AVG
.333OBP
.373SLG
More career statistics
413H
22HR
225RBI
13SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Doubles | 85 | 86 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 239 | 240 |
| Batting · RBI | 225 | 223 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 13 | 12 |
| Batting · Walks | 151 | 150 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 479 | 1,755 | 1,564 | 208 | 413 | 85 | 10 | 22 | 225 | 151 | 239 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 584 | .264 | .333 | .373 | .706 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1937-08-08 to 1937-08-20
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1936-08-24 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1936-06-02 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1936-07-09 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 230 | 793 | 193 | 8 | 101 | 69 | 93 | .274 | .330 | .385 |
| Away | 249 | 962 | 220 | 14 | 122 | 81 | 147 | .256 | .313 | .365 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 37 | 136 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 19 | .229 | .301 | .322 |
| May | 93 | 355 | 86 | 5 | 61 | 29 | 53 | .269 | .324 | .409 |
| June | 76 | 284 | 68 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 49 | .265 | .310 | .370 |
| July | 76 | 250 | 64 | 4 | 45 | 19 | 29 | .290 | .332 | .425 |
| August | 96 | 360 | 79 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 51 | .243 | .303 | .332 |
| September | 95 | 347 | 86 | 2 | 42 | 35 | 37 | .284 | .349 | .383 |
| October | 6 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .150 | .261 | .150 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 75 | 261 | 65 | 1 | 33 | 19 | 29 | .275 | .322 | .343 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 72 | 265 | 73 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 36 | .323 | .396 | .509 |
| boston-braves | 70 | 255 | 53 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 41 | .226 | .267 | .342 |
| chicago-cubs | 66 | 246 | 60 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 42 | .276 | .346 | .396 |
| cincinnati-reds | 66 | 245 | 54 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 30 | .249 | .298 | .332 |
| new-york-giants | 65 | 224 | 44 | 2 | 21 | 22 | 35 | .223 | .295 | .310 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 63 | 252 | 62 | 1 | 28 | 18 | 27 | .270 | .317 | .374 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .571 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 24 | 10 | – | 4 | 1 | .417 | – | – |
| 1933 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1934 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 6 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1935 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 11 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1936 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 145 | 554 | 160 | 6 | 103 | 5 | .289 | – | – |
| 1937 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 120 | 413 | 105 | 6 | 46 | 2 | .254 | – | – |
| 1938 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 45 | 112 | 33 | 3 | 19 | 2 | .295 | – | – |
| 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 100 | 345 | 80 | 7 | 43 | 2 | .232 | – | – |
| 1940 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 78 | 15 | – | 6 | – | .192 | – | – |
| 1943 |  Boston Braves | 13 | 19 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .421 | – | – |