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Bill Bruton played 12 major-league seasons (1953-1964) as a OF (1,561). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 28 | ML1 | 151 | 613 | 82 | 153 | 1 | 41 | 26 | 44 | 100 | .250 | .636 | 71 |
| 1954 | 29 | ML1 | 142 | 567 | 89 | 161 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 40 | 78 | .284 | .701 | 89 |
| 1955 | 30 | ML1 | 149 | 636 | 106 | 175 | 9 | 47 | 25 | 43 | 72 | .275 | .728 | 97 |
| 1956 | 31 | ML1 | 147 | 525 | 73 | 143 | 8 | 56 | 8 | 26 | 63 | .272 | .723 | 98 |
| 1957 | 32 | ML1 | 79 | 306 | 41 | 85 | 5 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 35 | .278 | .755 | 107 |
| 1958 | 33 | ML1 | 100 | 325 | 47 | 91 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 27 | 37 | .280 | .696 | 91 |
| 1959 | 34 | ML1 | 133 | 478 | 72 | 138 | 6 | 41 | 13 | 35 | 54 | .289 | .735 | 103 |
| 1960 | 35 | ML1 | 151 | 629 | 112 | 180 | 12 | 54 | 22 | 41 | 97 | .286 | .758 | 113 |
| 1961 | 36 | DET | 160 | 596 | 99 | 153 | 17 | 63 | 22 | 61 | 66 | .257 | .712 | 96 |
| 1962 | 37 | DET | 147 | 561 | 90 | 156 | 16 | 74 | 14 | 55 | 67 | .278 | .776 | 115 |
| 1963 | 38 | DET | 145 | 524 | 84 | 134 | 8 | 48 | 14 | 59 | 70 | .256 | .703 | 103 |
| 1964 | 39 | DET | 106 | 296 | 42 | 82 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 32 | 54 | .277 | .745 | 114 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | OF | 150 | 0 | 397 | 15 | 9 | 5 |
| 1954 | OF | 141 | 129 | 350 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| 1955 | OF | 149 | 145 | 412 | 17 | 14 | 6 |
| 1956 | OF | 145 | 138 | 391 | 10 | 13 | 1 |
| 1957 | OF | 79 | 76 | 206 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 1958 | OF | 96 | 85 | 203 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 1959 | OF | 133 | 114 | 309 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 1960 | OF | 149 | 145 | 351 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 1961 | OF | 155 | 141 | 410 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 1962 | OF | 145 | 134 | 394 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 1963 | OF | 138 | 127 | 339 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 1964 | OF | 81 | 67 | 143 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1953.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 4 | 2 / 24 | 2 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.