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Jim Bruske

Positions: Outfielder and Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: October 7, 1964 in East St. Louis, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 1985 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Antelope Valley College (Lancaster, CA), the Seattle Mariners in the 3rd round of the 1985 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Antelope Valley College (Lancaster, CA) and the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (6th) of the 1986 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Palmdale HS (Palmdale, CA)

Schools: Antelope Valley College (Lancaster, CA), Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)

Last Game: May 13, 2000 (Age 35-219d)
vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Full Name: James Scott Bruske

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

4.13

105

144.0

WHIP

1.542

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1986	21	0.0	Batavia	NYPL	A-	CLE	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	2		4.000	9.0	0.0	27.0	27.0	1.00

1989	24	0.6	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		13.50	13.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1		2.500	13.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
1990	25	1.2	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	9	3	.750	3.28	4.04	32	13	6	3	2	0	118.0	118	53	43	6	42	2	62	4	0	5		1.356	9.0	0.5	3.2	4.7	1.48
1991	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	9	2	.818	3.23	3.82	24	12	6	0	0	3	106.0	92	45	38	6	35	3	48	2	1	3	437	1.198	7.8	0.5	3.0	4.1	1.37
1991	26	0.2	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	CLE	4	0	1.000	2.45	3.16	7	1	3	0	0	2	25.2	19	9	7	3	8	0	13	0	1	1	100	1.052	6.7	1.1	2.8	4.6	1.63
1991	26	2.0	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	5	2	.714	3.47	4.03	17	11	3	0	0	1	80.1	73	36	31	3	27	3	35	2	0	2	337	1.245	8.2	0.3	3.0	3.9	1.30
1992	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	6	3	.667	3.06	3.86	20	9	2	1	0	0	79.1	78	34	27	4	20	2	56	6	1	3	341	1.235	8.8	0.5	2.3	6.4	2.80
1992	27	0.9	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	CLE	2	0	1.000	4.58	5.60	7	0	1	0	0	0	17.2	24	11	9	2	6	1	8	2	0	2	83	1.698	12.2	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.33
1992	27	2.8	Jackson	TL	AA	HOU	4	3	.571	2.63	3.36	13	9	1	1	0	0	61.2	54	23	18	2	14	1	48	4	1	1	258	1.103	7.9	0.3	2.0	7.0	3.43
1993	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	HOU	13	7	.650	2.91	3.84	27	24	1	1	0	1	164.0	163	70	53	10	40	3	125	2	0	5	681	1.238	8.9	0.5	2.2	6.9	3.13
1993	28	2.0	Tucson	PCL	AAA	HOU	4	2	.667	3.78	4.86	12	9	1	0	0	1	66.2	77	36	28	4	18	2	42	0	0	3	290	1.425	10.4	0.5	2.4	5.7	2.33
1993	28	4.0	Jackson	TL	AA	HOU	9	5	.643	2.31	3.14	15	15	0	1	0	0	97.1	86	34	25	6	22	1	83	2	0	2	391	1.110	8.0	0.6	2.0	7.7	3.77
1994	29	3.2	Tucson	PCL	AAA	HOU	3	1	.750	4.15	5.08	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.0	47	22	18	2	8	0	25	1	0	2	170	1.410	10.8	0.5	1.8	5.8	3.13
1995	30	4.0	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD	7	5	.583	4.11	4.26	43	6	13	0	0	4	114.0	128	54	52	6	41	2	99	3	0	3	492	1.482	10.1	0.5	3.2	7.8	2.41
1995	30	2.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	0	0		4.50	6.30	9	0	3	0	0	1	10.0	12	7	5	0	4	0	5	1	0	1	45	1.600	10.8	0.0	3.6	4.5	1.25
1996	31	4.9	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD	5	2	.714	4.06	4.94	36	0	21	0	0	4	62.0	63	34	28	3	21	6	51	3	0	1	270	1.355	9.1	0.4	3.0	7.4	2.43
1996	31	2.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	0	0		5.68	5.68	11	0	5	0	0	0	12.2	17	8	8	2	3	1	12	1	0	1	58	1.579	12.1	1.4	2.1	8.5	4.00
1997	32	5.6	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	SDP	5	4	.556	4.90	5.43	16	9	0	0	0	0	68.0	73	41	37	8	22	1	67	3	0	2	294	1.397	9.7	1.1	2.9	8.9	3.05
1997	32	3.9	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	4	1	.800	3.63	4.43	28	0	6	0	0	0	44.2	37	22	18	4	25	1	32	1	0	4	193	1.388	7.5	0.8	5.0	6.4	1.28
1998	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	SDP	0	1	.000	3.29	3.29	9	0	7	0	0	2	13.2	15	5	5	1	3	0	11	0	0	0	56	1.317	9.9	0.7	2.0	7.2	3.67
1998	33		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYY	4	0	1.000	3.45	3.75	42	1	11	0	0	1	60.0	66	25	23	5	24	3	38	3	0	3	265	1.500	9.9	0.8	3.6	5.7	1.58
1998	33	6.4	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	0	0		1.17	1.17	4	0	3	0	0	1	7.2	7	1	1	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	31	1.174	8.2	0.0	2.3	10.6	4.50
1998	33	6.5	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	SDP	0	1	.000	6.00	6.00	5	0	4	0	0	1	6.0	8	4	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	25	1.500	12.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.00
1998	33	3.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	1.111	9.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.00
1998	33	4.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	3	0	1.000	3.48	3.68	35	0	10	0	0	1	44.0	47	18	17	2	19	1	31	3	0	3	195	1.500	9.6	0.4	3.9	6.3	1.63
1998	33	4.7	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	0	0		3.86	5.14	4	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	4	3	1	4	2	4	0	0	0	34	2.000	12.9	1.3	5.1	5.1	1.00

2000	35	8.5	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	MIL	2	4	.333	9.28	10.13	19	2	4	0	0	1	32.0	47	36	33	9	14	2	22	3	0	2	159	1.906	13.2	2.5	3.9	6.2	1.57
2000	35	6.3	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	1	0	1.000	6.48	8.10	15	0	1	0	0	0	16.2	22	15	12	5	12	1	8	2	0	0	85	2.040	11.9	2.7	6.5	4.3	0.67
2001	36		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	ANA-LAD	5	3	.625	5.16	5.59	37	13	9	0	0	1	106.1	129	66	61	15	25	0	107	9	0	4	475	1.448	10.9	1.3	2.1	9.1	4.28
2001	36	9.1	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	ANA	3	1	.750	4.89	5.53	27	5	8	0	0	1	57.0	70	35	31	9	10	0	58	4	0	3	255	1.404	11.1	1.4	1.6	9.2	5.80
2001	36	9.1	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	LAD	2	2	.500	5.47	5.66	10	8	1	0	0	0	49.1	59	31	30	6	15	0	49	5	0	1	220	1.500	10.8	1.1	2.7	8.9	3.27
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		9	1	.900	4.13	4.81	105	1	26	0	0	2	144.0	154	77	66	16	68	6	95	8	0	9	646	1.542	9.6	1.0	4.3	5.9	1.40
Minors (13 seasons)					Minors		64	35	.646	3.98	4.62	273	95	72	5	2	16	905.1	957	465	400	70	276	21	677	36	2	33	3375	1.362	9.5	0.7	2.7	6.7	2.45
All Levels (13 Seasons)							73	36	.670	4.00	4.65	378	96	98	5	2	18	1049.1	1111	542	466	86	344	27	772	44	2	42	4021	1.387	9.5	0.7	3.0	6.6	2.24

AAA (10 seasons)					Minors		37	22	.627	4.59	5.19	193	47	59	0	0	15	545.0	622	314	278	53	166	14	445	24	1	20	2389	1.446	10.3	0.9	2.7	7.3	2.68
AA (5 seasons)					Minors		27	13	.675	3.01	3.73	79	48	12	5	2	1	359.1	334	149	120	17	107	7	229	12	1	11	986	1.227	8.4	0.4	2.7	5.7	2.14
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	2		4.000	9.0	0.0	27.0	27.0	1.00