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Jay Bruce played 14 major-league seasons (2008-2021) as a OF (1,510), 1B (64). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 21 | CIN | 108 | 413 | 63 | 105 | 21 | 52 | 4 | 33 | 110 | .254 | .767 | 105 |
| 2009 | 22 | CIN | 101 | 345 | 47 | 77 | 22 | 58 | 3 | 38 | 75 | .223 | .773 | 107 |
| 2010 | 23 | CIN | 148 | 509 | 80 | 143 | 25 | 70 | 5 | 58 | 136 | .281 | .846 | 132 |
| 2011 | 24 | CIN | 157 | 585 | 84 | 150 | 32 | 97 | 8 | 71 | 158 | .256 | .814 | 128 |
| 2012 | 25 | CIN | 155 | 560 | 89 | 141 | 34 | 99 | 9 | 62 | 155 | .252 | .841 | 131 |
| 2013 | 26 | CIN | 160 | 626 | 89 | 164 | 30 | 109 | 7 | 63 | 185 | .262 | .807 | 127 |
| 2014 | 27 | CIN | 137 | 493 | 71 | 107 | 18 | 66 | 12 | 44 | 149 | .217 | .654 | 88 |
| 2015 | 28 | CIN | 157 | 580 | 72 | 131 | 26 | 87 | 9 | 58 | 145 | .226 | .729 | 103 |
| 2016 | 29 | CIN|NYN | 147 | 539 | 74 | 135 | 33 | 99 | 4 | 44 | 126 | .250 | .815 | 119 |
| 2017 | 30 | CLE | 43 | 149 | 21 | 37 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 37 | .248 | .808 | 113 |
| 2017 | 30 | NYN | 103 | 406 | 61 | 104 | 29 | 75 | 0 | 39 | 102 | .256 | .841 | 122 |
| 2018 | 31 | NYN | 94 | 319 | 31 | 71 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 41 | 75 | .223 | .680 | 89 |
| 2019 | 32 | SEA | 47 | 165 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 16 | 53 | .212 | .816 | 109 |
| 2019 | 32 | PHI | 51 | 145 | 16 | 32 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 29 | .221 | .745 | 91 |
| 2020 | 33 | PHI | 32 | 96 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .198 | .721 | 89 |
| 2021 | 34 | NYA | 10 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .118 | .466 | 30 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | OF | 105 | 103 | 223 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
| 2009 | OF | 98 | 89 | 200 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | OF | 146 | 133 | 343 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011 | OF | 155 | 151 | 306 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 2012 | OF | 154 | 149 | 297 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 2013 | OF | 160 | 160 | 330 | 13 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | OF | 131 | 128 | 231 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | OF | 150 | 150 | 300 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | OF | 138 | 138 | 265 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 2017 | OF | 133 | 131 | 251 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1B | 12 | 10 | 77 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | OF | 64 | 62 | 117 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1B | 21 | 20 | 150 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 2019 | OF | 59 | 56 | 105 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1B | 16 | 15 | 101 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 2020 | OF | 17 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1B | 10 | 10 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
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.
Jay Bruce won: Silver Slugger 2012 (NL), Silver Slugger 2013 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2013, 2012, 2008.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 5 | 7 / 160 | 0 |
| 2012 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 46 / 448 | 0 |
| 2013 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 30 / 420 | 0 |
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.