Player Report for #34 Bruce 'Belly' Hoover

04/26/1981

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P Bruce 'Belly' Hoover #34

Age: 38

Bats: L

Throws: R

Morale: Normal

G	GS	Rec	SV	ERA	IP	HA	HR	BB	K	WHIP
0	0	0-0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.00

	Overall	Potential
Stuff
Movement
Control

Pitching Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Stuff	6	6	6	11
Movement	11	11	12	14
Control	1	1	1	6

Pitch Ratings
Pitch	Current	Potential
Fastball	8	10
Splitter	10	14

Other Pitching Ratings
Velocity	84-86 Mph
Stamina	5
Suggested Role	Bullpen
Groundball Percentage	40 %
Hold Runners	13
Defense	9

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	1
Stealing Ability:	1
Baserunning Inst.:	2
Sacrifice Bunt:	19
Bunt for Hit:	1

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	Very Low
Loyalty:	Low
Desire f. Win:	Normal
Greed:	High
Intelligence:	High
Work Ethic:	High

Bruce Hoover
Birthday:	09/14/1941
Born in:	Cheyenne (Wyoming)
Nationality:	American
Height:	6' 5"
Weight:	260 lbs
Local Popularity:	Fair
National Pop.:	Insignificant

Status
Contract:	RETIRED
Salary:	-
Signed Through:	-
Major Service:	7 Years, 23 Days
Service This Yr:	None
40-Man Service:	9 Years, 41 Days
Pro Service:	20 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	Out of option years
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	1960, 2nd Pick in Round 2

Career Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	ERA+
1962 Baltimore - ABA	20	24	0	1	4	0	8.62	31.1	41	37	30	1	33	21	0	0	2.36	.388	-14.3	47
1966 Baltimore - ABA	24	28	1	3	1	4	2.21	53.0	42	16	13	1	31	57	0	0	1.38	.315	11.6	152
1967 The Bronx - ABA	25	2	0	0	0	0	5.40	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	2.40	.400	-0.2	58
1968 The Bronx - ABA	26	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	.000	0.7	999
1970 The Bronx - ABA	28	37	1	2	3	1	3.60	75.0	55	32	30	8	50	74	0	0	1.40	.257	10.5	104
1971 The Bronx - ABA	29	22	1	2	0	7	2.36	42.0	31	14	11	2	24	38	0	0	1.31	.274	9.6	146
1972 The Bronx - ABA	30	20	3	3	4	0	4.38	49.1	43	25	24	3	26	34	1	0	1.40	.263	0.1	75
1973 The Bronx - ABA	31	27	1	3	3	2	4.18	51.2	41	25	24	5	31	45	0	0	1.39	.263	3.3	89
1976 The Bronx - ABA	34	14	0	0	0	0	0.94	28.2	19	4	3	0	15	25	0	0	1.19	.250	11.1	368
1977 The Bronx - ABA	35	22	0	0	2	0	5.02	43.0	45	30	24	9	30	23	0	0	1.74	.267	-0.1	77
1978 The Bronx - ABA	36	7	0	0	0	0	4.96	16.1	17	10	9	2	10	12	0	0	1.65	.300	-0.3	71
Total ABA		204	7	14	17	14	3.86	393.2	336	194	169	31	252	331	1	0	1.49	.282	32.0	123

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	ERA+
1960 Total - HS	18	16	9	6	0	2	0.83	75.2	44	10	7	1	16	106	0	0	0.79	.244	0.0	100
1960 Santa Monica - A	18	1	1	1	0	0	2.25	8.0	3	2	2	1	4	3	0	0	0.88	.087	2.9	196
1961 Santa Monica - A	19	17	17	6	6	0	3.28	104.1	88	49	38	9	45	98	0	0	1.27	.290	22.3	129
1961 Freeport - AA	19	8	0	1	0	1	0.73	12.1	4	1	1	1	6	15	0	0	0.81	.120	5.6	508
1962 Freeport - AA	20	4	0	0	0	3	5.40	5.0	3	3	3	1	3	8	0	0	1.20	.200	-0.1	70
1962 Thornhill - AAA	20	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.00	.500	0.6	999
1963 Thornhill - AAA	21	33	0	3	1	22	2.38	34.0	22	9	9	4	10	38	0	0	0.94	.247	8.6	151
1964 Freeport - AA	22	27	0	1	6	6	2.64	44.1	26	13	13	4	22	64	0	0	1.08	.256	9.0	125
1964 Thornhill - AAA	22	4	0	1	0	1	0.00	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.40	.100	2.5	999
1965 Thornhill - AAA	23	52	1	4	1	6	1.86	87.0	45	20	18	7	40	102	0	0	0.98	.209	25.5	182
1966 Thornhill - AAA	24	17	0	2	0	9	0.45	20.0	12	1	1	0	12	19	0	0	1.20	.235	8.8	751
1967 Timmins - AAA	25	36	1	6	4	8	1.09	66.0	38	11	8	1	36	79	0	0	1.12	.250	21.8	280
1968 Timmins - AAA	26	15	1	4	1	4	1.20	30.0	18	6	4	1	18	25	0	0	1.20	.210	8.9	238
1969 Timmins - AAA	27	15	0	1	0	2	1.37	26.1	18	4	4	0	11	32	0	0	1.10	.290	8.5	237
1970 Timmins - AAA	28	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	.000	0.5	999
1972 Timmins - AAA	30	7	0	1	0	1	6.23	8.2	9	6	6	2	7	10	0	0	1.85	.304	-2.3	50
1973 Timmins - AAA	31	15	0	1	2	8	1.10	16.1	9	4	2	0	15	24	0	0	1.47	.265	5.6	296
1974 Timmins - AAA	32	44	0	3	7	6	3.31	68.0	54	29	25	6	44	66	0	0	1.44	.281	9.2	114
1975 Timmins - AAA	33	40	0	2	5	22	4.22	42.2	31	20	20	3	23	47	0	0	1.27	.275	3.1	92
1976 Timmins - AAA	34	34	0	5	1	17	1.69	42.2	30	8	8	1	22	35	0	0	1.22	.250	13.6	207
1978 Timmins - AAA	36	4	0	0	1	1	10.80	5.0	10	10	6	1	5	4	0	0	3.00	.474	-3.7	32
1979 Frankfort - AA	37	11	0	2	1	0	4.85	13.0	12	7	7	1	11	6	0	0	1.77	.282	-0.2	80
1979 Timmins - AAA	37	4	0	1	0	0	13.50	3.1	7	5	5	0	3	2	0	0	3.00	.500	-3.3	29
Total GHL		322	3	34	23	108	2.28	457.0	306	133	116	26	247	490	0	0	1.21	.256	107.9	220.9
Total STL		50	0	4	7	10	2.89	74.2	45	24	24	7	42	93	0	0	1.17	.237	14.2	176.6
Total SCL		18	18	7	6	0	3.20	112.1	91	51	40	10	49	101	0	0	1.25	.275	25.2	133.3

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1962 Baltimore - ML	P	24	0	2	6	0	8	0	1.000	31.1	2.30	+0.5	1.174
1966 Baltimore - ML	P	28	1	5	9	2	14	0	1.000	53.0	2.38	+0.2	1.026
1967 The Bronx - ML	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.2	0.00	0.0	.000
1968 The Bronx - ML	P	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	1.2	10.80	+0.0	1.037
1970 The Bronx - ML	P	37	1	4	10	2	16	2	.875	75.0	1.68	-0.3	.956
1971 The Bronx - ML	P	22	1	2	5	1	7	0	1.000	42.0	1.50	+0.1	1.036
1972 The Bronx - ML	P	20	3	1	10	1	13	2	.846	49.1	2.01	-0.8	.875
1973 The Bronx - ML	P	27	1	3	5	0	8	0	1.000	51.2	1.39	+0.1	1.032
1976 The Bronx - ML	P	14	0	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	28.2	1.88	+0.6	1.253
1977 The Bronx - ML	P	22	0	5	10	0	15	0	1.000	43.0	3.14	+0.2	1.034
1978 The Bronx - ML	P	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	16.1	0.55	0.0	.000

Player History
06/15/1960	Drafted in the 1960 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 2, 19th overall pick) by the Baltimore Barons, out of high school (Kingsville Academy; Kingsville, TX).
08/13/1960	Signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Barons organization with a signing bonus of $26,500.
01/01/1961	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 15 (16); Movement: 16 (17); Control: 5 (8).
06/01/1961	Wins the SCL NL Pitcher of the Month Award.
07/09/1961	Was selected to the 1961 Southern California League All-Star Game.
08/16/1961	Injured (forearm stiffness), out for 6 days.
01/01/1962	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 18 (18); Movement: 19 (19); Control: 5 (5).
04/10/1962	Injured (flu), day-to-day for 4 days.
01/01/1963	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 18 (20); Movement: 17 (18); Control: 6 (7).
01/01/1964	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (20); Movement: 15 (16); Control: 6 (6).
08/31/1964	Won the 1964 South Texas League Lone Star Series with the Freeport Hurricanes!
01/01/1965	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (20); Movement: 18 (18); Control: 7 (7).
01/01/1966	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (20); Movement: 18 (18); Control: 7 (7).
06/10/1966	Was selected to the 1966 Golden Horseshoe League All-Star Game.
10/08/1966	Won the 1966 American Baseball Association Heckel Cup with the Baltimore Barons!
10/23/1966	Was traded by the Baltimore Barons to the The Bronx Ironmen, along with C Anthony Gilbert, in exchange for RF Dan Westphal, 2B Tim Cole.
01/01/1967	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (20); Movement: 18 (18); Control: 7 (7).
06/09/1967	Was selected to the 1967 Golden Horseshoe League All-Star Game.
01/01/1968	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (20); Movement: 18 (18); Control: 6 (6).
01/01/1969	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (20); Movement: 18 (18); Control: 7 (7).
05/23/1969	Injured (shoulder inflammation), out for 4 months.
01/01/1970	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (20); Movement: 18 (18); Control: 6 (6).
01/01/1971	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (20); Movement: 17 (17); Control: 6 (6).
01/01/1972	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (20); Movement: 17 (17); Control: 6 (6).
01/01/1973	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (20); Movement: 16 (16); Control: 6 (6).
01/01/1974	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (20); Movement: 15 (16); Control: 7 (7).
01/01/1975	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 20 (20); Movement: 15 (16); Control: 6 (6).
01/01/1976	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 17 (18); Movement: 16 (16); Control: 6 (6).
06/11/1976	Was selected to the 1976 Golden Horseshoe League All-Star Game.
01/01/1977	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 14 (16); Movement: 15 (15); Control: 6 (6).
01/01/1978	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 10 (15); Movement: 13 (15); Control: 5 (6).
01/01/1979	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 9 (15); Movement: 13 (14); Control: 3 (6).
07/05/1979	Released by the The Bronx organization.
01/01/1980	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (15); Movement: 11 (14); Control: 1 (6).
01/01/1980	Retired from professional baseball.