Bill Bruton 1961 Game by Game Batting Logs

Bill Bruton appeared in 160 Major League games during the 1961 regular season. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Bruton appeared in, specifically relating to his 1961 hitting statistics. Notes: The Date / Box field has a link to the box score from the game being described. If the Date is followed by an asterisk (*), Bruton started during that game at the first position listed in the Position(s) column. Cumulative monthly totals are provided where applicable.

"(Billy) Bruton came up again with one out in the bottom of the 10th. (Gerry) Staley, matching (Warren) Spahn in going the distance, 'threw me a knuckleball and I liked the looks of it,' Bruton later said. The ball went soaring toward the right-field fence. Enos Slaughter chased it down and got his glove on it, but his elbow hit the four-foot fence at that instant and the ball popped over into the crowd. Bruton started circling the bases as the crowd roared -- and then suddenly stopped. Umpire Lon Warneke was signaling a ground-rule double, believing that a fan had interfered with Slaughter's catch. Braves manager Charlie Grimm shot out of the dugout to protest, and he was quickly vindicated when (Jocko) Conlan overruled Warneke and called the home run. The Cardinals didn't squawk. Bruton finished his trip around the bases and was mobbed by his teammates at the plate. The new stadium rocked with the chant of 'Bruton! Bruton! Bruton!' And the love affair between Milwaukee and the Braves was on." - Sportswriter Frank Cline in the Milwaukee Journal (04/15/1999)
Bill Bruton 1961 Game by Game Batting Logs

In Chronological Order / Bill Bruton Stats

04-11-1961 *vs Indians3100000100000.000.250.000cf
04-14-1961 *vs White Sox3000000201000.000.333.000cf
04-15-1961 *vs White Sox4110013001000.100.308.400cf
04-19-1961 *at Indians4220000100000.214.389.429cf
04-20-1961 *at Indians4200000200000.167.375.333cf
04-21-1961 *vs Angels5110001003000.174.345.304cf
04-23-1961 *vs Angels4000000000000.148.303.259cf
04-23-1961 *vs Angels5031001000000.219.342.344cf
04-24-1961 *vs Yankees4111000001000.222.333.361cf
04-26-1961 *vs Yankees6110000000000.214.313.333cf
04-27-1961 *vs Red Sox4110000100000.217.321.326cf
04-29-1961 *vs Red Sox4010000000000.220.316.320cf
04-30-1961 *vs Orioles4000000001000.204.295.296cf
04-30-1961 *vs Orioles4000000001000.190.277.276cf
 April 1961 Totals
58 10 11 2 0 1 5 7 0 8 0 0 0 .190 .277 .276 -
05-02-1961 *at Senators4010002001001.194.271.274cf
05-03-1961 *at Senators5021002000000.209.280.299cf
05-04-1961 *at Senators5020102001000.222.288.333cf
05-05-1961 *at White Sox5210000001000.221.282.325cf
05-06-1961 *at White Sox6320000000000.229.286.325cf
05-07-1961 *at White Sox5010001000000.227.281.318cf
05-07-1961 *at White Sox5120000000000.237.287.323cf
05-09-1961 *vs Senators4010001000000.237.286.320cf
05-09-1961 *vs Senators4100000101000.228.282.307cf
05-10-1961 *vs Senators3100000000020.221.274.298cf
05-11-1961 *vs Senators4020001000000.231.282.306cf
05-12-1961 *at Yankees5120000000000.239.287.310cf
05-13-1961 *at Yankees5000000001000.229.276.297cf
05-14-1961 *at Yankees5111000002000.228.273.301cf
05-14-1961 *at Yankees5120001000000.234.277.305cf
05-15-1961 *at Orioles5230100000000.248.289.331cf
05-16-1961 *at Orioles5000000002000.239.279.319cf
05-17-1961 *at Orioles5330000001000.252.289.329cf
05-18-1961 *at Red Sox4010000001000.252.288.327cf
05-20-1961 *at Red Sox4020000000000.258.294.331cf
05-21-1961 *at Athletics4000000100000.252.291.323cf
05-22-1961 *at Athletics4100000100000.245.288.314cf
05-23-1961 *at Twins5010000000000.244.286.311cf
05-24-1961 *at Twins3000000100010.240.285.305cf
05-25-1961 *at Twins4220011101000.246.293.327cf
05-26-1961 *at Angels4120000100000.251.302.331cf
05-27-1961 *at Angels3110011100000.253.306.348cf
05-28-1961 *at Angels4011002200000.253.312.352cf
05-30-1961 *vs Athletics3100000101000.249.310.346cf
05-30-1961 *vs Athletics4111000100000.249.313.349cf
05-31-1961 *vs Athletics5011001001000.247.310.351cf
 May 1961 Totals
136 23 37 5 2 2 15 11 0 14 0 3 1 .272 .324 .382 -
06-01-1961 *vs Athletics3110001100000.249.313.350cf
06-02-1961 *vs Twins3000000100000.245.312.345cf
06-03-1961 *vs Twins4010000001000.245.311.343cf
06-04-1961 *vs Twins5131011000000.254.317.368cf
06-05-1961 *at White Sox2000000200000.251.321.365cf
06-06-1961 *at White Sox3010000101000.252.324.364cf
06-08-1961 *vs Indians4010000000000.252.322.362cf
06-08-1961vs Indians0000000000000.252.322.362cf
06-09-1961 *vs Indians3100000101000.249.321.357cf
06-10-1961 *vs Indians4010000001000.249.320.356cf
06-11-1961 *vs Senators4000000001000.245.315.349cf
06-11-1961vs Senators0000000000000.245.315.349pr
06-13-1961vs Red Sox0000000000000.245.315.349cf
06-14-1961 *vs Red Sox5110102001000.244.313.355cf
06-15-1961 *vs Red Sox4010000000000.244.312.353cf
06-16-1961 *vs Yankees4240000000000.256.322.364cf
06-17-1961 *vs Yankees4320000100000.260.327.366cf
06-18-1961 *vs Yankees4000000001000.256.322.360cf
06-20-1961 *at Senators4100000100000.252.320.354cf
06-22-1961 *at Senators5000000000000.247.315.347cf
06-23-1961 *at Indians5320024100000.250.318.371cf
06-24-1961 *at Indians5000000001000.245.313.364cf
06-25-1961 *at Indians5010000000000.245.311.361cf
06-25-1961 *at Indians4000000001000.241.307.356cf
06-27-1961 *vs White Sox3020000200000.246.315.359cf
06-27-1961 *vs White Sox3010000100000.246.317.359cf
06-28-1961 *vs White Sox4010000100000.247.319.358cf
06-29-1961 *vs White Sox3110013000001.247.318.368cf
06-30-1961 *at Orioles6020001000000.249.318.367cf
 June 1961 Totals
103 14 26 1 1 4 12 13 0 9 0 0 1 .252 .333 .398 -
07-01-1961 *at Orioles5100000103000.245.315.361cf
07-02-1961 *at Orioles4020000000100.248.320.363cf
07-04-1961 *at Yankees4000000002000.245.316.358cf
07-04-1961at Yankees0000000100000.245.318.358cf
07-05-1961 *at Red Sox4110000000000.245.317.357cf
07-05-1961at Red Sox1000000000000.244.316.356ph
07-06-1961 *at Red Sox3011001100000.245.318.358cf
07-07-1961 *vs Angels4020000001000.248.320.360cf
07-08-1961 *vs Angels3100000101000.246.320.357cf
07-09-1961 *vs Angels4010000000000.246.319.356cf
07-09-1961 *vs Angels4220012100000.249.323.366cf
07-14-1961 *vs Twins5000001002000.246.318.361cf
07-15-1961vs Twins0000000000000.246.318.361cf
07-16-1961vs Athletics1000000000000.245.317.360cf
07-16-1961 *vs Athletics3000000000010.243.315.357cf
07-17-1961vs Athletics1000000000000.242.314.356cf
07-18-1961 *vs Orioles6010001000000.241.312.352cf
07-19-1961 *vs Orioles3110011100000.241.314.361cf
07-20-1961vs Orioles0100000000000.241.314.361pr,cf
07-21-1961at Athletics0000000000000.241.314.361pr
07-23-1961 *at Athletics4110000100000.242.315.360cf
07-23-1961 *at Athletics3320000300000.245.323.362cf
07-24-1961 *at Angels3120000100000.249.327.365cf
07-25-1961 *at Angels4120013101000.251.330.374cf
07-26-1961at Angels3010000000000.252.330.374ph,cf
07-28-1961 *vs Twins4120012001000.255.332.383cf
07-29-1961vs Twins2010000001000.256.333.384ph,cf
07-30-1961vs Twins3010000000000.257.333.384cf
 July 1961 Totals
81 14 23 1 0 4 11 12 0 12 1 1 0 .284 .383 .444 -
08-02-1961 *vs Senators4010000001000.257.332.382cf
08-02-1961 *vs Senators4010000100000.256.333.381cf
08-03-1961 *vs Senators4010000001000.256.332.379cf
08-04-1961 *vs Indians4220000000000.259.333.381cf
08-05-1961 *vs Indians4100000101000.256.332.377cf
08-06-1961 *vs Indians4120001000000.259.333.378cf
08-06-1961 *vs Indians4120100100000.261.336.384cf
08-08-1961at White Sox0000000000000.261.336.384cf
08-09-1961 *at White Sox4100000100000.259.335.380cf
08-10-1961at White Sox1000000000000.258.334.380ph,cf
08-11-1961 *at Twins4000000001000.255.331.376cf
08-12-1961 *at Twins5320001100000.257.333.376cf
08-13-1961 *at Twins5011001000000.256.332.376cf
08-15-1961 *vs Orioles3000000101000.255.331.374cf
08-15-1961 *vs Orioles4000000000000.252.329.370cf
08-17-1961vs Orioles1000000000000.252.328.370ph
08-18-1961 *vs Red Sox4110012101000.252.329.375cf
08-19-1961 *vs Red Sox4020000000000.254.330.376cf
08-20-1961 *vs Red Sox4220000001000.256.331.378cf
08-20-1961 *vs Red Sox3100000101000.254.331.375cf
08-22-1961 *at Indians4220013100000.257.333.383cf
08-23-1961 *at Indians4010000000000.257.333.382cf
08-24-1961 *at Indians5140012000000.262.337.393cf
08-25-1961 *at Senators5110000000000.262.336.391cf
08-27-1961 *at Senators2100001100001.261.335.389cf
08-27-1961 *at Senators2000000000100.260.335.387cf
08-28-1961at Senators0000000000000.260.335.387cf
08-29-1961 *vs White Sox5000000000000.257.332.383cf
08-30-1961 *vs White Sox3210011000100.257.333.389cf
08-31-1961 *vs White Sox5220012000000.259.334.395cf
 August 1961 Totals
105 22 28 1 1 5 14 10 0 8 2 0 1 .267 .339 .438 -
09-01-1961 *at Yankees3010000100000.259.335.395cf
09-02-1961 *at Yankees3010000000000.260.335.395cf
09-03-1961 *at Yankees4210000100000.260.336.394cf
09-04-1961 *at Orioles5110000002000.259.335.392cf
09-04-1961 *at Orioles5000000003000.256.332.388cf
09-05-1961 *at Orioles4000000000000.254.329.385cf
09-07-1961 *at Red Sox5010000000000.254.328.383cf
09-08-1961 *at Red Sox4000000101000.252.327.380cf
09-09-1961at Red Sox0000000000000.252.327.380cf
09-10-1961 *at Red Sox5120011001000.253.328.386cf
09-12-1961 *vs Athletics4120100000000.255.329.390cf
09-13-1961 *vs Athletics4000000002000.253.327.388cf
09-14-1961 *vs Athletics4010000100000.253.327.386cf
09-15-1961 *vs Yankees4020000002000.255.328.387cf
09-15-1961 *vs Yankees4000000100000.253.327.384cf
09-16-1961 *vs Yankees5220000100000.255.329.385cf
09-17-1961 *vs Yankees6010000000000.254.327.382cf
09-19-1961 *vs Angels3120001100000.256.330.384cf
09-20-1961 *vs Angels4010000000000.256.330.383cf
09-22-1961 *at Angels4211000101000.256.330.384cf
09-23-1961 *at Angels5110001000000.255.329.382cf
09-24-1961 *at Angels5021000000000.257.330.384cf
09-25-1961 *at Athletics5121001001000.258.330.386cf
09-25-1961at Athletics1000000000000.257.330.385ph
09-27-1961 *at Athletics5221001000000.259.330.387cf
09-29-1961 *at Twins5000000001000.256.328.384cf
09-30-1961 *at Twins2110001000010.257.328.384cf
 September 1961 Totals
108 15 27 4 1 1 6 8 0 14 0 1 0 .250 .302 .333 -
10-01-1961 *at Twins5111000001000.257.327.384cf
 October 1961 Totals
5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 -
 1961 Yearly Totals 596 99 153 15 5 17 63 61 0 66 3 5 3 .257 .327 .384 -

Bill Bruton 1961 Game by Game Batting Logs



Did you know that Bill Bruton appeared in 80 games at home, had 286 at-bats, drove in 29 runs, scored 43 times, had 73 hits (5 doubles / 3 triples / 9 home runs), walked 28 times (0 intentional), struck out 34 times, was hit by a pitcher 1 times, sacrificed 4 times (3 hits & 1 flies), and finished at home with a .255 batting average, .322 on base percentage and .388 slugging average?

On the road, Bill Bruton appeared in 80 games, had 310 at-bats, drove in 34 runs, scored 56 times, had 80 hits (10 doubles / 2 triples / 8 home runs), walked 33 times (0 intentional), struck out 32 times, was hit by a pitcher 2 times, sacrificed 4 times (2 hits & 2 flies), and finished at home with a .258 batting average, .331 on base percentage and .380 slugging average?

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