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Dave
Brunckhorst		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 11, 1909 in Athens, GA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1929   
All-Star Selections 1935    1939   
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
1927 18 AAA   128 476 112 132 26 7 9 73 33 11 104 63 .277 .407 .418 .825 88.7  
1928 19 PIT NL 129 447 64 120 15 5 5 60 31 24 69 32 .268 .365 .358 .722 62.1 9.5
    AAA   19 69 16 23 2 0 6 20 3 1 21 8 .333 .489 .623 1.112 20.5  
1929 20 PIT NL 144 510 93 156 26 7 16 95 39 15 74 45 .306 .392 .478 .871 97.2 16.3
1930 21 PIT NL 148 522 118 157 19 17 22 98 30 15 95 53 .301 .405 .529 .933 111.2 17.1
1931 22 PIT NL 146 521 88 141 25 6 11 86 41 14 102 54 .271 .385 .405 .790 89.5 12.4
1932 23 PIT NL 150 503 118 163 24 4 18 79 52 15 127 39 .324 .464 .495 .959 120.9 26.9
1933 24 PIT NL 146 505 106 126 9 8 8 62 53 19 125 34 .250 .398 .347 .745 81.8 16.2
1934 25 PIT NL 149 531 87 150 18 4 12 69 34 15 95 45 .282 .387 .399 .786 90.3 16.9
1935 26 PIT NL 147 527 111 145 16 11 17 70 48 20 112 51 .275 .404 .444 .848 104.1 20.1
1936 27 PIT NL 147 529 114 135 18 6 17 99 40 15 109 39 .255 .383 .408 .791 91.1 13.0
1937 28 PIT NL 148 551 121 152 31 5 17 70 40 13 95 46 .276 .383 .443 .826 96.8 16.2
1938 29 PIT NL 128 461 85 119 14 8 18 85 19 6 89 40 .258 .374 .440 .815 83.5 13.9
1939 30 PIT NL 148 543 97 167 26 11 13 82 21 13 97 48 .308 .414 .468 .882 100.3 18.3
1940 31 PIT NL 140 475 80 128 21 5 10 71 30 8 93 48 .269 .388 .398 .786 77.1 13.9
1941 32 PIT NL 146 508 96 147 20 3 12 64 28 9 88 45 .289 .394 .411 .806 85.4 17.8
1942 33 PIT NL 149 563 100 171 19 6 10 60 18 11 85 66 .304 .394 .412 .807 91.1 22.6
1943 34 PIT NL 139 472 83 133 18 4 13 67 25 11 83 50 .282 .393 .419 .813 83.6 20.5
1944 35 PIT NL 149 559 94 157 21 3 7 65 22 10 91 63 .281 .383 .367 .750 84.4 20.0
1945 36 PIT NL 142 546 78 133 15 7 1 29 24 12 94 72 .244 .354 .302 .656 67.4 12.9
1946 37 PIT NL 136 434 69 92 17 3 0 38 10 8 97 62 .212 .353 .265 .618 51.7 7.1
19 Years Sim 2731 9707 1802 2692 372 123 227 1349 605 253 1820 932 .277 .391 .411 .802 1669.5 311.5
2 Years AAA 147 545 128 155 28 7 15 93 36 12 125 71 .284 .418 .444 .862 109.2  
162 Game Average 575 106 159 22 7 13 80 35 15 107 55 .277 .391 .411 .802 99.0  
Career Highs 150 563 121 171 31 17 22 99 53 24 127 72 .324 .464 .529 .959 120.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6386 1240 1826 241 85 163 887 418 167 1263 570 .286 .403 .427 .830 1178.6
vs LH   3321 562 866 131 38 64 462 187 86 557 362 .261 .368 .381 .749 502.3
Home 1384 4836 864 1322 179 56 94 663 269 124 872 480 .273 .383 .392 .774 786.9
Away 1347 4871 938 1370 193 67 133 686 336 129 948 452 .281 .399 .430 .829 894.1
RISP   2486 0 700 104 35 62 1056 0 0 629 242 .282 .416 .426 .843 492.5
Pinch Hitting   118 23 31 6 2 2 23 4 1 21 12 .263 .371 .398 .770 19.0
Close/Late   1043 197 331 51 15 22 161 0 4 242 109 .317 .446 .458 .905 218.1
Mar/Apr 259 935 178 253 36 11 20 122 59 18 208 84 .271 .403 .397 .800 169.3
May 541 1922 365 539 85 24 38 244 128 44 349 191 .280 .391 .409 .800 331.7
June 462 1633 296 434 66 25 37 230 98 43 275 144 .266 .373 .405 .777 262.1
July 514 1800 316 488 67 18 48 259 112 65 340 164 .271 .386 .408 .794 302.6
August 488 1768 348 512 78 19 49 267 111 44 347 199 .290 .405 .438 .844 332.8
Sep/Oct 467 1649 299 466 40 26 35 227 97 39 301 150 .283 .392 .402 .794 282.5
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
1928 19 PIT NL 3B 129 126 1120.7 97 229 21 20 .939 2.62   2.7
1929 20 PIT NL 3B 142 137 1195.3 86 303 23 20 .944 2.93   5.5
1930 21 PIT NL 3B 146 139 1246.0 102 286 24 33 .942 2.80   5.4
1931 22 PIT NL 3B 142 141 1250.7 105 306 29 33 .934 2.96   3.0
1932 23 PIT NL 3B 145 139 1234.7 93 249 17 21 .953 2.49   4.8
1933 24 PIT NL 3B 141 140 1248.3 108 302 26 31 .940 2.96   5.2
1934 25 PIT NL 3B 147 138 1235.0 88 303 25 24 .940 2.85   4.1
1935 26 PIT NL 3B 145 139 1235.0 117 242 14 20 .962 2.62   5.1
1936 27 PIT NL 3B 145 137 1239.7 114 301 27 26 .939 3.01   6.1
1937 28 PIT NL 3B 147 137 1233.7 108 267 22 24 .945 2.74   5.1
1938 29 PIT NL 3B 126 122 1094.0 94 262 23 20 .939 2.93   5.4
1939 30 PIT NL 3B 142 136 1215.7 88 277 29 27 .926 2.70   3.1
1940 31 PIT NL 3B 139 129 1150.3 90 245 18 26 .949 2.62   4.4
1941 32 PIT NL 3B 143 133 1212.7 89 280 27 28 .932 2.74   5.5
1942 33 PIT NL 3B 146 142 1270.3 89 301 25 22 .940 2.76   2.8
1943 34 PIT NL 3B 135 123 1119.3 82 242 27 11 .923 2.61   2.3
1944 35 PIT NL 3B 103 97 879.3 74 194 20 13 .931 2.74   3.5
    1B 45 45 402.0 480 39 6 37 .989 11.62   1.1
1945 36 PIT NL 3B 115 115 1016.0 100 289 31 30 .926 3.45   4.0
    1B 27 27 236.3 267 21 0 32 1.000 10.97   0.2
1946 37 PIT NL 3B 135 130 1073.7 60 276 24 20 .933 2.82   2.4
  3B 2613 2500 22270.3 1784 5154 452 449 .939 2.80   80.3
  1B 72 72 638.3 747 60 6 69 .993 11.38   1.3
Career Totals   2685 2572 22908.6 2531 5214 458 518 .944 3.04   81.6
Career Highs   148 142 1281.3 554 310 31 62 .968 5.53    
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
1936 27 PIT NL 7 25 2 6 1 0 1 3 1 0 7 2 .240 .406 .400 .806
1941 32 PIT NL 6 21 4 7 3 0 0 4 0 2 3 2 .333 .423 .476 .899
Career Post-Season Batting 13 46 6 13 4 0 1 7 1 2 10 4 .283 .414 .435 .849
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
1932-9-.324
1942-4-.304
 On-Base Pct
1932-1-.464
1933-7-.398
1935-10-.404
1939-7-.414
1940-5-.388
1941-7-.394
1942-5-.394
1943-4-.393
1944-8-.383
 Slugging Pct
1930-8-.529
1932-8-.495
1943-5-.419
 OPS
1930-9-.933
1932-4-.959
1935-9-.848
1939-7-.882
1942-4-.807
1943-5-.813
 OPS+
1930-8-133
1932-4-158
1935-10-130
1939-5-140
1942-4-138
1943-6-146
 Secondary Average
1929-5-0.365
1930-3-0.439
1931-4-0.382
1932-2-0.497
1933-1-0.412
1934-5-0.331
1935-2-0.435
1936-3-0.406
1937-4-0.388
1938-2-0.403
1939-8-0.354
1940-4-0.371
1941-5-0.333
1943-3-0.343
XR
1929-10-97.2
1930-5-111.2
1931-9-89.5
1932-3-120.9
1934-8-90.3
1935-4-104.1
1937-7-96.8
1939-5-100.3
1942-4-91.1
1943-4-83.6
1944-10-84.4
 Games
1930-4-148
1932-1-150
1934-3-149
1936-7-147
1937-4-148
1939-9-148
1942-9-149
 At-Bats
1937-10-551
1942-10-563
 Runs
1930-5-118
1932-6-118
1933-3-106
1934-10-87
1935-5-111
1936-4-114
1937-1-121
1939-9-97
1941-5-96
1942-4-100
1943-7-83
1944-5-94
 Hits
1942-7-171
 Walks
1928-7-69
1930-4-95
1931-2-102
1932-2-127
1933-2-125
1934-5-95
1935-3-112
1936-2-109
1937-7-95
1938-8-89
1939-5-97
1940-5-93
1941-9-88
1942-7-85
1943-6-83
1944-4-91
1945-7-94
1946-3-97
Times on Base
1930-10-255
1931-9-245
1932-2-298
1933-7-254
1934-7-248
1935-4-263
1937-10-249
1939-7-267
1942-4-258
1943-8-223
1944-4-252
1945-10-227
 Total Bases
1939-5-254
1942-6-232
 Singles
1942-8-136
 Triples
1930-2-17
1935-5-11
1939-10-11
 Homeruns
1930-4-22
1932-7-18
1935-6-17
1937-9-17
1938-3-18
1943-3-13
 Extra Base Hits
1930-9-58
RBIs
1930-10-98
1936-9-99
 Stolen Bases
1928-6-31
1929-5-39
1930-4-30
1931-3-41
1932-1-52
1933-1-53
1934-7-34
1935-3-48
1936-3-40
1937-5-40
1939-8-21
1940-6-30
1941-9-28
 Caught Stealing
1928-3-24
1929-8-15
1930-3-15
1931-5-14
1932-5-15
1933-4-19
1934-6-15
1935-2-20
1936-8-15
1937-6-13
1939-7-13
 Stolen Base Percentage
1930-8-67
1931-5-75
1932-4-78
1933-8-74
1934-10-69
1935-6-71
1936-5-73
1937-6-75
1938-10-0
1939-7-62
1940-2-79
1941-6-76
 Strikeouts
1930-9-53
1942-5-66
1944-6-63
1945-1-72
1946-10-62
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
1932-4-3.3
1933-3-3.7
1934-6-2.1
1935-4-2.2
1936-5-2.8
1937-9-2.1
1938-8-2.2
At Bats per Home Run
1935-1-31
1938-5-25.6
1943-7-36.3
 Home Run Value
1934-7-0.7
1935-9-0.8
1936-5-1.3
1937-9-1
1938-5-1.3
1943-7-0.6
 Power Speed Number
1934-3-17.7
1939-2-16.1
1940-2-15
1941-2-16.8
1942-3-12.9
1943-2-17.1
1944-5-10.6
 Offensive Win Shares
1929-9-16.3
1930-10-17.6
1932-3-26.8
1934-10-16.8
1935-6-20.2
1939-6-18.3
1941-10-17.7
1942-1-23.1
1943-3-20.5
1944-7-19.5
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 190    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 72    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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  1. Richard Concannon (808)
  2. Ray Evangelides (793)
  3. Charles Ruffin (792)
  4. Stuart Archibald (787)
  5. Jack Blazejowski (776)
  6. Bronco Lebeouf (773)
  7. Rusty McGee (770)
  8. Clark Manning (758)
  9. Liam Spurlock (744)
  10. Arnold Colfax (734)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1927
Injured on 6/29/1927 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/3/1928, off Tom Paladin (BRO)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1929, hitting .556 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Third Base in 1929
Hit 3 homeruns against St. Louis (N), driving in 5 runs on 4/21/1930
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1930, hitting .667 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 6/15/1931
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 8/28/1933
 
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