Batting average .273 Role Baseball player Name Bill Bruton | Runs batted in 545 Home runs 94 | |
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Died December 5, 1995, Marshallton, Delaware, United States | ||
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William Havon Bruton (November 9, 1925 – December 5, 1995) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder who played for the Milwaukee Braves in 1953 through 1960, and for the Detroit Tigers in 1961 through 1964. Bruton batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Bruton was born in Panola, Alabama.
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- Bill bruton jr mccleskey east cobb northeast cobb family ymcas
- 1958 WS Gm1 Brutons walk off hit gives Braves win
- Statistics
- Other details
- Death
- References
Bruton started his career right after the Braves franchise moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1953.
1958 WS Gm1: Bruton's walk-off hit gives Braves win
Statistics
In his twelve-year major league career, he posted an overall .273 batting average with 94 home runs and 545 run batted in in 1,610 games. A line-drive hitter and a fleet-footed runner, Bruton led the National League in stolen bases for three consecutive seasons (1953 through 1955), twice in triples (1956 and 1960), and once in runs scored (1960). He led off a game with a home run twelve times.
Bruton's milestones include the following:
Other details
Bruton was a spokesman for Tareyton cigarettes in the 1960s.
In 1991, Bruton was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame.
Death
According to the Delaware State Police, Bruton suffered a heart attack while driving his car in Marshallton, Delaware, near his home in Wilmington, Delaware on December 5, 1995. Bruton's car then veered off the road and hit a pole and he was pronounced dead soon after at a hospital.