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, 16,762nd 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1986	21	CLE-min	A-	0	0		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	BAT NYPL
1989	24	CLE-min	AA	0	0		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	CAK EL
1990	25	CLE-min	AA	9	3	.750	3.28	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	CAK EL
1991	26	CLE-min	AA,AAA	9	2	.818	3.23	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	CAK,CSP EL,PCL
1992	27	HOU-CLE-min	AA,AAA	6	3	.667	3.06	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	JAC,CSP TL,PCL
1993	28	HOU-min	AA,AAA	13	7	.650	2.91	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	JAC,TUC TL,PCL
1994	29	HOU-min	AAA	3	1	.750	4.15	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	TUC PCL
1995	30	LAD-min	AAA	7	5	.583	4.11	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	ABQ PCL
1995	30	LAD	NL	0	0		4.50	9	0	3	0	0	1	10.0	12	7	5	0	4	0	5	1	0	1	45	87	3.60	1.600	10.8	0.0	3.6	4.5	1.25
1996	31	LAD-min	AAA	5	2	.714	4.06	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	ABQ PCL
1996	31	LAD	NL	0	0		5.68	11	0	5	0	0	0	12.2	17	8	8	2	3	1	12	1	0	1	58	70	4.28	1.579	12.1	1.4	2.1	8.5	4.00
1997	32	SDP-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.90	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	LVG PCL
1997	32	SDP	NL	4	1	.800	3.63	28	0	6	0	0	0	44.2	37	22	18	4	25	1	32	1	0	4	193	109	4.59	1.388	7.5	0.8	5.0	6.4	1.28
1998	33	NYY-SDP-min	AAA	0	1	.000	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	CLB,LVG IL,PCL
1998	33	TOT	MLB	4	0	1.000	3.45	42	1	11	0	0	1	60.0	66	25	23	5	24	3	38	3	0	3	265	120	4.31	1.500	9.9	0.8	3.6	5.7	1.58
1998	33	TOT	NL	3	0	1.000	3.53	39	0	11	0	0	1	51.0	57	22	20	3	23	3	35	3	0	3	229	115	4.06	1.569	10.1	0.5	4.1	6.2	1.52
1998	33	LAD	NL	3	0	1.000	3.48	35	0	10	0	0	1	44.0	47	18	17	2	19	1	31	3	0	3	195	117	3.82	1.500	9.6	0.4	3.9	6.3	1.63
1998	33	SDP	NL	0	0		3.86	4	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	4	3	1	4	2	4	0	0	0	34	107	5.57	2.000	12.9	1.3	5.1	5.1	1.00
1998	33	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	3.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	153	5.69	1.111	9.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.00
1999			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2000	35	MIL-min	AAA	2	4	.333	9.28	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	INA IL
2000	35	MIL	NL	1	0	1.000	6.48	15	0	1	0	0	0	16.2	22	15	12	5	12	1	8	2	0	0	85	72	8.59	2.040	11.9	2.7	6.5	4.3	0.67
2001	36	ANA-LAD-min	AAA	5	3	.625	5.16	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	SLK,LVG PCL
5 Yrs				9	1	.900	4.13	105	1	26	0	0	2	144.0	154	77	66	16	68	6	95	8	0	9	646	100	4.84	1.542	9.6	1.0	4.3	5.9	1.40
162 Game Avg.				6	1	.900	4.13	67	1	17	0	0	1	92	99	49	42	10	44	4	61	5	0	6	414	100	4.84	1.542	9.6	1.0	4.3	5.9	1.40

LAD (3 yrs)				3	0	1.000	4.05	55	0	18	0	0	2	66.2	76	33	30	4	26	2	48	5	0	5	298	99	3.87	1.530	10.3	0.5	3.5	6.5	1.85
SDP (2 yrs)				4	1	.800	3.66	32	0	7	0	0	0	51.2	47	26	21	5	29	3	36	1	0	4	227	109	4.72	1.471	8.2	0.9	5.1	6.3	1.24
NYY (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	153	5.69	1.111	9.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.00
MIL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.48	15	0	1	0	0	0	16.2	22	15	12	5	12	1	8	2	0	0	85	72	8.59	2.040	11.9	2.7	6.5	4.3	0.67

NL (5 yrs)				8	1	.889	4.20	102	0	26	0	0	2	135.0	145	74	63	14	67	6	92	8	0	9	610	97	4.78	1.570	9.7	0.9	4.5	6.1	1.37
AL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	153	5.69	1.111	9.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.00

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