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Jim Bruske

Position: 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)

Debut: August 25, 1995 (Age 30-322d, 16,755th in major league history)
vs. PHI 0.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	LAD	@	STL	L,0-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	2	Apr 2	LAD	@	STL	L,5-8		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	3	Apr 3	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	6 (2)	Apr 7	LAD		ARI	W,9-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	8 (1)	Apr 9	LAD		ARI	W,7-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	10 (1)	Apr 11	LAD		HOU	L,2-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	11	Apr 12	LAD		HOU	W,7-6		13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	14 (2)	Apr 16	LAD	@	COL	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	16 (1)	Apr 18	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	19 (2)	Apr 22	LAD	@	MIL	W,9-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	23 (3)	Apr 26	LAD		CHC	W,4-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	24	Apr 27	LAD		MIL	L,2-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	26 (1)	Apr 30	LAD	@	PIT	W,14-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	27	May 1	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-5		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	30 (2)	May 4	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	35 (4)	May 9	LAD	@	FLA	L,4-7		19	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	38 (2)	May 12	LAD		PHI	L,3-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	40 (1)	May 14	LAD		PHI	L,0-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	42 (1)	May 16	LAD		MON	W,9-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	44 (1)	May 19	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-6		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	50 (5)	May 25	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	51	May 26	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-13		11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	53 (1)	May 28	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	55 (1)	May 30	LAD		CIN	L,3-7	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	57 (1)	Jun 2	LAD		STL	L,4-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	61 (3)	Jun 6	LAD	@	SEA	W,10-6		9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	67 (5)	Jun 13	LAD		COL	L,2-4		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	69 (1)	Jun 16	LAD	@	SDP	L,6-10	GF	7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	73 (3)	Jun 20	LAD	@	COL	L,6-7		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	75 (1)	Jun 22	LAD	@	ANA	L,5-6	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	76	Jun 23	LAD	@	ANA	L,4-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	88 (11)	Jul 9	LAD		SDP	W,12-3		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	91 (2)	Jul 12	LAD		SDP	L,3-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	96 (4)	Jul 17	LAD	@	STL	L,1-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	97	Jul 18	LAD	@	STL	W,10-8		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
				Player went from Los Angeles Dodgers to San Diego Padres
36	104	Jul 25	SDP		HOU	W,6-5		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	106 (1)	Jul 28	SDP	@	NYM	L,3-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	110 (3)	Aug 1	SDP	@	MON	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	112 (1)	Aug 3	SDP	@	MON	L,1-6		14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from San Diego Padres to New York Yankees
40	139	Sep 5	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-9		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	156 (16)	Sep 22 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,10-4		11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
42	162 (5)	Sep 27	NYY		TBD	W,8-3	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
							42gm		60.0	4	4	0	8	0