#7 Buck Bravo, Centerfield, 33 yrs, Boston (N) Braves

#7 Buck Bravo, Centerfield, 33 yrs, Boston (N) Braves
Tuesday, 7/1/1952

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Buck Bravo

5/10/1919
33
Austin, TX
6"1
189

Centerfield
R
R

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1 / 6 (Insignificant)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Good
Suffers
Durable
1.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 1,450,000
1955
11 Year(s), 160 Days (2052 total Days)
92 Day(s)
12 Year(s)

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	0	0	0	0	0
Versus LHP	0	0	0	0	0
Versus RHP	0	0	0	0	0
Talent	8	6	5	5	7

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9
7
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4
3
Normal

Fielding Ratings
LF : 7 (Range), .973 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 8 (Range), .968 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 8 (Range), .971 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 4
Outfield Arm : 3

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
6/8	@CIN	L 0-3	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	#7
6/14	CIN	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
6/15	CIN	L 2-5	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	#1
6/17	CHN	L 5-7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
6/18	CHN	W 10-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
6/20	PIT	L 3-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
6/21	PIT	L 2-7	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	#7
6/28	BRO	L 3-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
6/29	BRO	L 3-7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#8
6/30	PHI	W 7-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9

Batting Stats 1952

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	42	96	28	4	1	1	10	7	4	8	.292	.324	.385	.709	.671	.094
Projected	87	200	58	8	2	2	21	15	8	17	.292	.324	.385	.709	.671	.094

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	23	104	1	0	0	2	2	1	37	6	7	3	70.0	13.4	4.8

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	75	19	3	0	1	3	5	3	8	0	2	1	.253	.284	.333	.617
vs. RHP	21	9	1	1	0	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	.429	.435	.571	1.006
Close/Late	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Scoring Position	30	7	1	1	0	8	0	1	1	1	2	0	.233	.235	.333	.569
Pinch Hitting	10	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.273	.500	.773

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	24	44	12	1	1	0	5	4	1	1	.273	.292	.341	.633
Road	18	52	16	3	0	1	5	3	3	7	.308	.339	.423	.762
Last Week	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833
March/April	6	20	4	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	.200	.227	.200	.427
May	19	33	8	0	1	0	1	3	2	2	.242	.278	.303	.581
June	17	43	16	4	0	1	6	2	1	5	.372	.391	.535	.926

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1940	25	19	5	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	4	4	.263	.300	.263	.563	SLN
1941	35	43	11	1	1	0	4	9	1	1	0	4	6	1	.256	.289	.326	.614	SLN
1942	64	172	46	4	0	3	24	27	4	5	2	6	23	9	.267	.301	.343	.644	SLN
1943	148	593	145	24	9	4	51	71	35	17	0	37	39	29	.245	.305	.336	.641	SLN
1944	148	583	160	20	9	5	69	73	40	3	4	32	47	24	.274	.322	.365	.688	SLN
1945	151	517	152	20	4	6	70	85	61	3	4	27	53	19	.294	.369	.383	.752	SLN
1946	151	583	159	13	6	6	52	73	45	3	1	51	62	30	.273	.328	.346	.674	SLN
1947	113	223	55	7	2	2	29	32	16	0	4	14	22	4	.247	.292	.323	.615	SLN
1948	100	125	35	8	1	1	26	22	16	2	3	4	11	3	.280	.363	.384	.747	SLN
1949	144	574	170	17	10	14	84	103	68	8	9	34	79	31	.296	.373	.434	.807	SLN CHA,AL
1950	134	451	116	11	7	7	70	62	35	4	4	34	39	15	.257	.314	.359	.673	CHA BSN
1951	81	166	47	6	2	4	23	33	18	1	2	14	11	5	.283	.353	.416	.769	BSN
1952	42	96	28	4	1	1	10	7	4	1	1	8	7	3	.292	.324	.385	.709	BSN
Total	1336	4145	1129	135	52	53	512	607	343	49	34	265	403	177	.272	.333	.368	.701

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1940, AAA	43	140	49	8	1	1	22	27	7	13	9	1	.350	.359	.443	.802
1942, AAA	49	175	47	8	2	4	18	23	20	20	8	3	.269	.337	.406	.742

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1942	5	15	4	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	1	0	.267	.353	.267	.620
1944	5	18	3	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	2	0	.167	.318	.167	.485
Total	10	33	7	0	0	0	4	3	6	2	3	0	.212	.333	.212	.545

Fielding Stats 1952

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Leftfield	3	3	5	0	0	6	1	.833	27.0	2.00
Centerfield	16	15	40	0	0	40	0	1.000	121.0	2.98
Rightfield	6	5	12	0	0	12	0	1.000	39.0	2.77

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1940...
Had first career hit on 7/21/1940, off Gary Braunbeck (BSN)...
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1942, off Chimp Maloney (CHN)...
Won WORLD SERIES with St. Louis (N) in 1942...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1943...
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/11/1944...
Won WORLD SERIES with St. Louis (N) in 1944...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Rightfield in 1944...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1945, hitting .474 with 0 HR, 5 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1945, hitting .422 with 1 HR, 20 RBI...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Rightfield in 1945...
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Chicago (A) on 1/31/1949 (Going to SLN: P Jimmy Tudeski, SS Modesto Vargas, 3B Sam Vance. Going to CHA: P David Idder, RF Buck Bravo)...
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland on 8/15/1949...
Traded from Chicago (A) to Boston (N) on 5/16/1950 (Going to CHA: RF Barry Chipchase, P Milo Longknife. Going to BSN: P Wally Marango, RF Buck Bravo, P Len Bond, 3B Bud Webber)...
Injured on 3/21/1951 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 6 weeks...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

Hits
1944 - 160 - 10th
1946 - 159 - 7th
1949 - 170 - 7th

Triples
1943 - 9 - 7th
1944 - 9 - 9th
1949 - 10 - 6th

Runs
1949 - 103 - 8th

SB
1943 - 39 - 7th
1944 - 47 - 5th
1945 - 53 - 7th
1946 - 62 - 7th
1949 - 79 - 1st
1950 - 39 - 8th

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