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Jay Bruce
Jay Bruce
New York Yankees • Outfielder
Age 38 • 6' 3" • 230 lb
Bats: L • Throws: L
MLB Debut: 2008-05-27
Born: Beaumont , TX • USA
Draft: 2005
2021 Stats
G
10
AB
34
H
4
HR
1
RBI
3
R
3
SB
0
AVG
.118
OBP
.231
SLG
.235
OPS
.466
Career Stats
G
1650
AB
5964
H
1455
HR
319
RBI
951
R
839
SB
65
AVG
.244
OBP
.314
SLG
.467
OPS
.781
Year-by-Year Hitting
Year Team GPAABH HRRBISB AVGOBPSLGOPSAwards
2008 CIN 108 452 413 105 21 52 4 .254 .314 .453 .767
2009 CIN 101 387 345 77 22 58 3 .223 .303 .470 .773
2010 CIN 148 573 509 143 25 70 5 .281 .353 .493 .846
2011 CIN 157 664 585 150 32 97 8 .256 .341 .474 .815 AS
2012 CIN 155 633 560 141 34 99 9 .252 .327 .514 .841 AS SS
2013 CIN 160 697 626 164 30 109 7 .262 .329 .478 .807 SS
2014 CIN 137 545 493 107 18 66 12 .217 .281 .373 .654
2015 CIN 157 649 580 131 26 87 9 .226 .294 .434 .728
2016 Total 147 589 539 135 33 99 4 .250 .309 .506 .815 AS
2017 Total 146 617 555 141 36 101 1 .254 .324 .508 .832
2018 NYM 94 361 319 71 9 37 2 .223 .310 .370 .680
2019 Total 98 333 310 67 26 59 1 .216 .261 .523 .784
2020 PHI 32 103 96 19 6 14 .198 .252 .469 .721
2021 NYY 10 39 34 4 1 3 .118 .231 .235 .466
Spring Training
Hitting
YearTeamGPAABHHRRBISBAVGOBPSLGOPS
2007 CIN 815153 .200.200.267.467
2008 CIN 16434211 32 .262.279.286.565
2009 CIN 24666018 3131 .300.348.483.831
2010 CIN 21555317 274 .321.345.528.873
2011 CIN 19544916 161 .327.370.490.860
2012 CIN 21595519 110 .345.390.509.899
2013 CIN 22615613 4101 .232.279.554.833
2014 CIN 19604813 17 .271.417.479.896
2015 CIN 1850458 310 .178.200.422.622
2016 CIN 20625616 1113 .286.355.464.819
2017 NYM 1850449 281 .205.280.364.644
2018 NYM 16464213 381 .310.326.595.921
2019 SEA 13353213 261 .406.457.7191.176
2020 PHI 924248 14 .333.333.583.916
2021 NYY 1538347 23 .206.289.441.730
Postseason
Hitting
YearTeamGPAABHHRRBISBAVGOBPSLGOPS
2010 CIN 31082 11 .250.400.6251.025
2012 CIN 522195 14 .263.364.526.890
2013 CIN 1441 1 .250.250.250.500
2016 NYM 133 .000.000.000.000
2017 CLE 521185 24 .278.333.6671.000
Game Logs
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Hitting
Date Opponent AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB SO
2021-04-14 @ TOR 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2021-04-13 @ TOR 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2021-04-10 @ TB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2021-04-09 @ TB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2021-04-07 vs BAL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2021-04-06 vs BAL 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0
2021-04-05 vs BAL 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
2021-04-04 vs TOR 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021-04-03 vs TOR 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
2021-04-01 vs TOR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Transactions
Entire history • newest first.
2021-04-18
RF Jay Bruce retired.
2021-03-27
New York Yankees selected the contract of RF Jay Bruce from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
2021-03-27
New York Yankees selected the contract of RF Jay Bruce.
2021-03-27
New York Yankees selected the contract of RF Jay Bruce.
2021-02-12
New York Yankees signed free agent RF Jay Bruce to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
2020-10-28
RF Jay Bruce elected free agency.
2020-09-18
Philadelphia Phillies activated RF Jay Bruce from the 10-day injured list.
2020-09-06
Philadelphia Phillies placed RF Jay Bruce on the 10-day injured list. Left quad strain.
2020-08-31
Philadelphia Phillies activated RF Jay Bruce from the 10-day injured list.
2020-08-22
Philadelphia Phillies placed RF Jay Bruce on the 10-day injured list.
2020-01-03
Jay Bruce changed number to 9.
2019-09-01
Philadelphia Phillies activated RF Jay Bruce from the 10-day injured list.
2019-08-30
Philadelphia Phillies sent OF Jay Bruce on a rehab assignment to Reading Fightin Phils.
2019-08-09
Philadelphia Phillies placed RF Jay Bruce on the 10-day injured list. Left Flexor Strain.
2019-08-08
Philadelphia Phillies activated RF Jay Bruce from the 10-day injured list.
2019-07-17
Philadelphia Phillies placed RF Jay Bruce on the 10-day injured list. Right oblique strain.
2019-06-03
Philadelphia Phillies activated RF Jay Bruce.
2019-06-02
Seattle Mariners traded RF Jay Bruce to Philadelphia Phillies for 3B Jake Scheiner and cash.
2018-12-03
Seattle Mariners traded 2B Robinson Cano, RHP Edwin Diaz and cash to New York Mets for RF Jay Bruce, RHP Anthony Swarzak, RHP Gerson Bautista, CF Jarred Kelenic and Justin Dunn.
2018-08-24
New York Mets activated RF Jay Bruce from the 10-day disabled list.
2018-08-14
New York Mets sent RF Jay Bruce on a rehab assignment to St. Lucie Mets.
2018-06-19
New York Mets placed RF Jay Bruce on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to June 18, 2018. Sore right hip.
2018-05-14
New York Mets activated RF Jay Bruce from the paternity list.
2018-05-11
New York Mets placed RF Jay Bruce on the paternity list.
2018-01-16
New York Mets signed free agent RF Jay Bruce.
2017-11-02
RF Jay Bruce elected free agency.
2017-08-10
Cleveland Indians activated RF Jay Bruce.
2017-08-09
New York Mets traded RF Jay Bruce to Cleveland Indians for RHP Ryder Ryan.
2016-08-02
Jay Bruce roster status changed by New York Mets.
2016-08-01
Cincinnati Reds traded RF Jay Bruce to New York Mets for 2B Dilson Herrera and LHP Max Wotell.
2016-07-11
OF Jay Bruce assigned to National League All-Stars.
2016-04-28
Cincinnati Reds activated RF Jay Bruce from the paternity list.
2016-04-25
Cincinnati Reds placed RF Jay Bruce on the paternity list.
2014-08-01
Cincinnati Reds activated RF Jay Bruce from the bereavement list.
2014-07-29
Cincinnati Reds placed RF Jay Bruce on the bereavement list.
2014-05-21
Cincinnati Reds activated RF Jay Bruce from the 15-day disabled list.
2014-05-06
Cincinnati Reds placed RF Jay Bruce on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 5, 2014. Recovering from left knee surgery
2009-09-14
Cincinnati Reds activated RF Jay Bruce from the 15-day disabled list.
2009-07-12
Cincinnati Reds placed RF Jay Bruce on the 15-day disabled list. Broken right wrist.
Scouting Report
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Season 2021
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Spray Chart
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1B 2B 3B HR
MLBAM-style coords scaled into stadium viewBox. Home plate baseline ≈ (125, 199). Stadium SVG: yankees.svg.
Results by Pitch Type
Pitch # Usage% Zone% Whiff% AVG HardHit%
4-Seam Fastball 44 26.5% 40.9% 31.2% .000 0.0%
Sinker 42 25.3% 59.5% 14.3% .222 25.0%
Slider 22 13.3% 36.4% 66.7% .000 0.0%
Changeup 21 12.7% 52.4% 40.0% .250 33.3%
Cutter 16 9.6% 68.8% 20.0% .250 25.0%
Curveball 10 6.0% 60.0% 0.0% .000 0.0%
Knuckle Curve 4 2.4% 75.0% 0.0% .000 0.0%
Splitter 3 1.8% 66.7% 100.0% .000 0.0%
Sweeper 3 1.8% 100.0% 0.0% .000 0.0%
Slurve 1 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% .000 0.0%
Total 166 100.0% 52.4% 31.2% .118 19.0%
Results by Pitch Category
Category # Usage% Zone% Whiff% AVG HardHit%
Fastball 102 61.4% 52.9% 21.3% .143 20.0%
Breaking 40 24.1% 50.0% 45.5% .000 0.0%
Offspeed 24 14.5% 54.2% 45.5% .200 33.3%
Total 166 100.0% 52.4% 31.2% .118 19.0%
MLB Avg - - 50.6% 25.3% .245 41.0%
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