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Buster
Brubaker		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 14, 1906 in Milwaukee, WI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
BATTER OF THE YEAR 1934   
All-Star Selections 1933    1934    1936    1937   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1924 17 BOS AL 112 436 75 171 27 13 7 74 0 6 12 42 .392 .411 .562 .973 83.1 15.3
    AAA   15 60 10 21 2 0 2 13 4 4 2 12 .350 .371 .483 .854 9.2  
1925 18 BOS AL 147 612 114 215 32 25 15 117 0 4 20 43 .351 .366 .559 .925 112.8 19.5
1926 19 BOS AL 148 592 81 176 40 16 7 100 0 3 20 48 .297 .319 .454 .773 77.8 11.8
1927 20 BOS AL 151 600 78 173 42 18 10 114 1 4 30 75 .288 .321 .468 .790 82.4 10.9
1928 21 BOS AL 139 599 90 193 41 21 9 107 2 3 22 62 .322 .348 .506 .854 92.8 15.2
1929 22 BOS AL 143 597 93 181 38 17 16 97 0 5 31 62 .303 .341 .504 .845 90.8 15.5
1930 23 BOS AL 149 597 90 196 38 18 12 108 1 0 31 60 .328 .360 .513 .873 99.7 16.4
1931 24 BOS AL 148 565 95 198 68 15 12 106 0 7 40 58 .350 .390 .588 .978 107.9 22.8
1932 25 BOS AL 147 600 99 187 41 19 15 123 2 4 30 62 .312 .345 .518 .864 98.6 20.6
1933 26 BOS AL 149 609 99 199 37 12 14 116 1 3 32 45 .327 .358 .496 .854 96.8 19.3
1934 27 BOS AL 141 587 100 216 27 14 16 113 0 6 29 50 .368 .400 .543 .943 108.4 20.6
1935 28 BOS AL 140 563 93 187 45 16 17 104 2 3 33 53 .332 .368 .560 .927 101.9 18.9
1936 29 BOS AL 145 590 116 191 42 12 10 104 0 5 38 57 .324 .371 .486 .857 96.4 16.9
1937 30 BOS AL 142 576 97 191 49 14 14 106 0 6 32 54 .332 .369 .538 .907 98.6 21.7
1938 31 BOS AL 144 602 84 186 40 13 8 81 0 5 14 63 .309 .329 .458 .787 80.4 11.2
1939 32 BOS AL 142 537 74 170 44 5 13 86 2 2 23 59 .317 .349 .490 .838 82.4 15.5
1940 33 BOS AL 136 526 68 147 32 14 9 75 2 7 24 68 .279 .316 .445 .761 69.1 12.1
1941 34 BOS AL 36 101 9 19 4 1 0 14 0 0 3 15 .188 .215 .248 .462 4.4 0.0
    AAA   77 235 19 53 8 3 2 27 0 1 10 36 .226 .257 .311 .568 17.4  
18 Years Sim 2459 9889 1555 3196 687 263 204 1745 13 73 464 976 .323 .354 .508 .862 1584.5 284.2
2 Years AAA 92 295 29 74 10 3 4 40 4 5 12 48 .251 .290 .346 .636 26.6  
162 Game Average 651 102 210 45 17 13 114 0 4 30 64 .323 .354 .508 .862 104.4  
Career Highs 151 612 116 216 68 25 17 123 2 7 40 75 .392 .411 .588 .978 112.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6356 1005 2130 467 175 86 1106 7 53 308 501 .335 .366 .504 .871 1026.4
vs LH   3533 550 1066 220 88 118 639 6 20 156 475 .302 .333 .514 .847 550.7
Home 1240 4913 767 1613 370 130 75 866 3 35 225 480 .328 .358 .502 .860 777.6
Away 1219 4976 788 1583 317 133 129 879 10 38 239 496 .318 .351 .513 .864 799.5
RISP   2920 0 1002 232 88 58 1448 0 0 227 313 .343 .382 .542 .924 547.1
Pinch Hitting   82 11 23 7 1 2 14 0 0 2 12 .280 .298 .463 .761 10.5
Close/Late   1054 158 337 80 17 20 190 0 0 93 99 .320 .377 .485 .862 176.9
Mar/Apr 249 1047 163 343 71 35 24 208 1 8 42 102 .328 .356 .531 .887 172.9
May 473 1800 271 570 130 46 35 326 2 14 86 198 .317 .348 .498 .846 278.4
June 420 1683 289 573 131 51 41 317 3 9 71 161 .340 .367 .552 .919 296.6
July 453 1851 277 602 130 40 39 315 2 12 78 182 .325 .352 .502 .854 291.0
August 445 1800 270 568 127 43 36 296 3 13 94 183 .316 .351 .494 .845 279.1
Sep/Oct 419 1708 285 540 98 48 29 283 2 17 93 150 .316 .354 .481 .835 259.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1924 17 BOS AL RF 91 90 779.0 241 8 19 2 .929 2.88   0.8
    CF 11 7 59.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 4.12    
    3B 5 4 34.0 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.1
    LF 4 0 15.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.72    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1925 18 BOS AL RF 144 144 1256.3 313 8 17 2 .950 2.30   1.6
    CF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1926 19 BOS AL 3B 123 118 1034.3 93 215 19 15 .942 2.68   4.1
    RF 14 14 125.0 29 2 5 0 .861 2.23   0.2
    CF 9 8 72.0 26 2 5 1 .848 3.50    
    1B 2 1 11.0 16 1 1 1 .944 13.91   0.0
1927 20 BOS AL RF 85 84 743.3 177 8 12 4 .939 2.24   2.2
    CF 41 41 351.7 97 0 6 0 .942 2.48    
    3B 22 18 164.3 14 36 3 4 .943 2.74   0.8
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1928 21 BOS AL CF 90 90 800.0 262 6 10 4 .964 3.02   2.5
    RF 48 47 415.3 96 5 7 1 .935 2.19    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1929 22 BOS AL 1B 139 137 1224.7 1531 131 29 141 .983 12.21   1.3
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1930 23 BOS AL 1B 115 113 1015.7 1231 90 12 121 .991 11.71   1.8
    CF 25 24 213.0 75 3 0 1 1.000 3.30   0.6
    3B 4 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
    RF 2 1 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1931 24 BOS AL 1B 86 84 742.7 873 57 10 67 .989 11.27   0.9
    RF 39 37 340.0 88 1 6 0 .937 2.36   1.6
    CF 19 16 148.0 60 3 2 1 .969 3.83    
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1932 25 BOS AL 1B 120 119 1076.7 1318 86 25 127 .983 11.74   0.3
    CF 22 22 199.7 69 0 0 0 1.000 3.11   0.7
    LF 2 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    3B 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
1933 26 BOS AL 1B 145 141 1282.0 1504 101 20 132 .988 11.27   1.4
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1934 27 BOS AL CF 116 116 1029.3 325 8 16 0 .954 2.91   4.8
    1B 25 24 215.0 238 14 2 22 .992 10.55   0.4
1935 28 BOS AL CF 77 77 678.7 226 7 15 1 .940 3.09   4.7
    RF 60 60 543.0 153 3 9 1 .945 2.59    
    1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1936 29 BOS AL CF 133 130 1170.3 373 12 18 3 .955 2.96   5.5
    RF 11 10 90.0 24 0 1 0 .960 2.40    
1937 30 BOS AL RF 90 90 789.7 193 6 8 2 .961 2.27   1.6
    3B 40 40 365.3 23 85 14 7 .885 2.66   1.2
    1B 8 8 69.7 90 3 0 10 1.000 12.02   0.1
    CF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 31 BOS AL RF 82 82 727.0 211 7 17 0 .928 2.70   2.8
    3B 36 36 325.0 29 96 6 7 .954 3.46   2.3
    CF 25 24 223.7 70 2 3 1 .960 2.90    
1939 32 BOS AL LF 81 80 669.7 185 5 8 2 .960 2.55   1.7
    RF 29 22 200.7 41 0 2 0 .953 1.84    
    1B 29 17 159.7 175 13 1 10 .995 10.60   0.2
    3B 17 14 118.3 7 20 3 1 .900 2.05   0.2
    CF 10 0 18.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.34    
1940 33 BOS AL RF 113 110 959.0 259 5 7 1 .974 2.48   2.4
    1B 21 13 138.3 174 13 1 19 .995 12.17   0.1
    CF 5 1 18.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    3B 2 1 10.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1941 34 BOS AL 1B 12 12 103.0 134 9 0 8 1.000 12.50   0.2
    RF 12 12 99.0 26 0 3 0 .897 2.36   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  RF 821 803 7078.3 1855 53 113 13 .944 2.43   13.2
  1B 706 669 6045.3 7295 519 101 659 .987 11.63   6.8
  CF 591 556 4991.3 1627 43 75 12 .957 3.01   18.7
  3B 254 231 2070.3 168 466 45 34 .934 2.76   8.9
  LF 94 80 708.3 195 5 9 2 .957 2.54   1.7
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2467 2339 20894.5 11140 1086 343 720 .973 5.27   49.3
Career Highs   166 144 1289.3 1531 220 30 141 .992 12.17    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1933 26 BOS AL 7 26 3 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 4 .192 .300 .385 .685
Career Post-Season Batting 7 26 3 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 4 .192 .300 .385 .685
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1924-1-.388*
1925-5-.351
1928-10-.322
1931-2-.350
1933-5-.327
1934-1-.368
1935-5-.332
1937-6-.332
1939-9-.317
 On-Base Pct
1924-8-.407*
1931-6-.390
1934-5-.400
 Slugging Pct
1924-2-.556*
1925-2-.559
1927-8-.468
1928-6-.506
1929-9-.504
1930-7-.513
1931-1-.588
1932-3-.518
1933-3-.496
1934-3-.543
1935-1-.560
1936-9-.486
1937-3-.538
1939-8-.490
 OPS
1924-3-.962*
1925-7-.925
1928-8-.854
1931-1-.978
1932-6-.864
1933-6-.854
1934-3-.943
1935-2-.927
1937-6-.907
 OPS+
1924-2-161
1925-8-136
1928-10-127
1931-1-167
1932-5-135
1933-6-140
1934-3-156
1935-1-150
1937-7-140
 Secondary Average
1931-4-0.296
XR
1925-5-112.8
1930-8-99.7
1931-1-107.9
1932-5-98.6
1933-5-96.8
1934-3-108.4
1935-4-101.9
1936-10-96.4
1937-8-98.6
 Games
1926-6-148
1927-2-151
1930-1-149
1931-6-148
1932-10-147
1933-4-149
 At-Bats
1925-3-612
1926-3-592
1927-2-600
1928-4-599
1929-4-597
1930-3-597
1931-9-565
1932-3-600
1933-1-609
1934-5-587
1935-6-563
1936-9-590
1937-7-576
1938-1-602
 Runs
1925-6-114
1931-6-95
1932-6-99
1933-5-99
1934-8-100
1936-5-116
 Hits
1925-1-215
1926-7-176
1927-9-173
1928-4-193
1929-7-181
1930-5-196
1931-3-198
1932-3-187
1933-3-199
1934-1-216
1935-3-187
1936-6-191
1937-4-191
1938-4-186
 Times on Base
1931-4-240
1933-7-234
1934-5-253
Total Bases
1925-2-342
1926-4-269
1927-2-281
1928-2-303
1929-3-301
1930-4-306
1931-1-332
1932-2-311
1933-2-302
1934-2-319
1935-1-315
1936-5-287
1937-4-310
1938-5-276
1939-9-263
 Singles
1925-10-143
1933-4-136
1934-4-159
1938-10-125
 Doubles
1926-10-40
1927-3-42
1928-8-41
1931-1-68
1932-10-41
1933-8-37
1934-10-27
1935-2-45
1936-7-42
1937-3-49
1938-7-40
1939-3-44
 Triples
1924-3-13
1925-1-25
1926-4-16
1927-2-18
1928-1-21
1929-4-17
1930-1-18
1931-3-15
1932-2-19
1933-6-12
1934-3-14
1935-2-16
1936-4-12
1937-3-14
1938-5-13
1940-3-14
 Homeruns
1925-9-15
1929-7-16
1931-3-12
1932-5-15
1933-5-14
1934-10-16
1935-9-17
 Extra Base Hits
1925-5-72
1926-6-63
1927-3-70
1928-4-71
1929-7-71
1930-6-68
1931-1-95
1932-3-75
1933-3-63
1934-4-57
1935-1-78
1936-6-64
1937-3-77
1938-9-61
1939-7-62
RBIs
1925-4-117
1926-5-100
1927-3-114
1928-4-107
1930-10-108
1931-2-106
1932-1-123
1933-1-116
1934-1-113
1935-2-104
1936-5-104
1937-4-106
 Strikeouts
1926-9-48
1927-3-75
1928-4-62
1929-7-62
1930-4-60
1932-5-62
1933-9-45
1935-8-53
1938-8-63
1940-8-68
 At Bats per Home Run
1933-2-43.5
 Home Run Value
1933-8-0.7
 Offensive Win Shares
1931-2-22.1
1932-2-21.1
1933-9-19.1
1934-5-21
1935-10-18.4
1937-4-21.7
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 276    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 64    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1924
Had first career hit (triple) on 5/2/1924, off Huck Kroeger (CHA)
Injured on 5/25/1924 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Washington on 6/18/1924
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 7/8/1924
Hit first career homerun on 7/9/1924, off Rollyn Radke (DET)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1924, hitting .560 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1924, hitting .625 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 5/28/1925
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1925, hitting .361 with 5 HR, 25 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1925, hitting .531 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 8/13/1925
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 5/2/1926
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 5/17/1926
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1926, hitting .545 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (A) on 5/30/1927
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1927, hitting .517 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1927, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1927, hitting .394 with 4 HR, 23 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Chicago (A) on 4/13/1928
Injured on 4/15/1928 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 4/29/1928
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (A) on 5/8/1928
Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 5/22/1928
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Detroit on 6/4/1929
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1931, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1931, hitting .526 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1931, hitting .414 with 1 HR, 15 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Detroit on 7/26/1931
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1931, hitting .448 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (A) on 8/15/1931
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1931, hitting .531 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1931, hitting .421 with 2 HR, 18 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 4/27/1932
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1932, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1932, hitting .475 with 2 HR, 28 RBI
Drove in 8 runs against Chicago (A) on 4/30/1933
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1933, hitting .378 with 2 HR, 21 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1933, hitting .409 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1933, hitting .355 with 4 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1934, hitting .519 with 3 HR, 15 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Chicago (A) on 7/8/1934
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 7/15/1934, off Yitz Politz (SLA)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1934, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 8/27/1934
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1934, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 19 RBI
Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1934, hitting .368 with 16 HR, 113 RBI
 
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