Jack Bruton
1937–1948 · bats ? / throws R · BFA, Birmingham Black Barons, CV9, Cleveland Buckeyes, Memphis Red Sox, NAL, Philadelphia Stars, SAS
61G
.225AVG
.239OBP
.312SLG
More career statistics
36H
1HR
13RBI
0SB
6–7W–L
113.0IP
51K
5.97ERA
12GS
2Rare feats
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 · Games | 61 | 58 |
| Batting · At bats | 160 | 130 |
| Batting · Doubles | 9 | 8 |
| Batting · Hits | 36 | 31 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 165 | 134 |
| Batting · Runs | 21 | 18 |
| Batting · RBI | 13 | 9 |
| Pitching · Games | 22 | 28 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 501 | 464 |
| Pitching · p cg | 8 | 12 |
| Pitching · p er | 75 | 81 |
| Pitching · p gs | 12 | 16 |
| Pitching · p h | 137 | 162 |
| Pitching · p hr | 8 | 9 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 339 | 407 |
| Pitching · p k | 51 | 44 |
| Pitching · p r | 85 | 99 |
| Pitching · p w | 39 | 32 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 165 | 160 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | .225 | .239 | .312 | .551 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 113.0 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 137 | 85 | 75 | 8 | 39 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 5.97 | 1.558 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1941-05-11 to 1941-07-20
8longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1937-05-30 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 18 | 43 | 13 | – | 3 | – | .302 | 84 | 31 |
| 1938 |  Philadelphia Stars | 14 | 20 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 50 | 13 |
| 1939 | CV9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .125 | – | – |
| 1940 | SNO | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 1941 | SNO | 15 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 3 | – | .235 | – | – |
| 1948 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 2 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .125 | – | – |