Bruce Tanner - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-151Position when DraftedPPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameBruce Matthew Tanner
Height6-3Weight220BatsLeftThrowsRight
Born DateDecember 9,1961 [56.196]PlaceNew Castle,Pennsylvania
High SchoolNeshannock (New Castle,PA)
CollegeFlorida State University (Tallahassee,FL)

DraftedSelected by the Chicago White Sox [Team Picks] in the 4th round (97th overall) of the 1983 Amateur Entry Draft [Signed] ... Selected by the Chicago Cubs [Team Picks] in the 33rd round (762nd overall) of the 1980 Amateur Entry Draft
Prospect Rankings[BA] 1985-CHA-#8 ... 1986-CHA-#6
MLB DebutJune 12,1985 [23.185]
OrganizationsCHA [4] OAK [3] Awards0
TBC Player ID18698Retrosheet IDtannb001MLBAM ID123088
RelationshipsSon of Chuck Tanner
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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1982	Florida State	College	NCAA	So	15	Rel	20	0	0	7.96	19	1	18	0	0	0	0	26.0	36	26	23	1	15	6	6	0	0	1.96	12.46	0.35	5.19	2.08	0.40	-	-
1983	Florida State	College	NCAA	Jr		Rel	21	5	1	2.44	41	0	41	0	0	0	9	66.0	47	18	18	6	22	54	4	0	0	1.04	6.38	0.81	2.98	7.33	2.45	.833	-
1983	Niagara Falls Sox	NYPL	A-	cha	-	Rel	21	2	3	3.60	16	0	16	0	0	15	2	25.0	30	16	10	0	17	31	6	0	0	1.88	10.80	--	6.12	11.16	1.82	.400	-
1983	Appleton Foxes	Midw	A	cha	-	Rel	21	0	1	3.00	4	0	4	0	0	3	1	3.0	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	2.00	9.00	--	9.00	3.00	0.33	.000	-
1983	Glens Falls White Sox	East	AA	cha	-	Rel	21	0	0	1.50	5	0	5	0	0	3	1	6.0	2	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	1.17	3.00	--	7.50	1.50	0.20	-	-
1983	Minor Totals (3 teams)	Minor		-	-	Rel	0	2	4	3.18	25	0	25	0	0	21	4	34.0	35	18	12	0	25	33	6	0	0	1.76	9.26	--	6.62	8.74	1.32	.333	-
1984	Appleton Foxes	Midw	A	cha	-	S/R	22	12	4	1.96	37	9	28	6	3	15	2	123.2	96	32	27	0	30	91	10	0	0	1.02	6.99	--	2.18	6.62	3.03	.750	-
1985	Buffalo Bisons	Amer	AAA	cha	-	Rel	23	5	7	3.46	20	17	3	4	0	3	0	109.0	99	49	42	9	44	49	3	0	0	1.31	8.15	0.74	3.62	4.03	1.11	.417	-
1985	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	31	S/R	23	1	2	5.33	10	4	6	0	0	3	0	27.0	34	17	16	1	13	9	0	0	2	1.74	11.33	0.33	4.33	3.00	0.69	.333	4.17
1986	Buffalo Bisons	Amer	AAA	cha	-	ST	24	8	10	4.16	23	23	0	6	1	0	0	158.0	165	83	73	18	53	81	12	0	0	1.38	9.40	1.03	3.02	4.61	1.53	.444	-
1987	Tacoma Tigers	PCL	AAA	oak	-	S/R	25	3	0	3.05	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	20.2	22	10	7	2	7	4	3	0	0	1.40	9.58	0.87	3.05	1.74	0.57	1.000	-
1988	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	oak	31	ST	26	7	7	3.23	18	16	2	2	0	1	0	100.0	104	46	36	4	25	33	3	0	0	1.29	9.33	0.36	2.24	2.96	1.32	.500	-
1989	Tacoma Tigers	PCL	AAA	oak	-	S/R	27	1	6	2.77	23	5	18	0	0	9	1	61.2	57	24	19	7	23	21	1	0	0	1.30	8.32	1.02	3.36	3.06	0.91	.143	-
MLB Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								1	2	5.33	10	4	6	0	0	3	0	27.0	34	17	16	1	13	9	0	0	2	1.74	11.33	0.33	4.33	3.00	0.69	.333	1.48
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)Filter								38	38	3.20	150	73	77	18	4	50	7	605.2	578	262	216	40	207	312	38	0	0	1.29	8.56	0.59	3.07	4.62	1.51	.500	-
AAA Totals - 4 Season(s)Filter								17	23	3.63	70	48	22	10	1	13	1	348.2	343	166	141	36	127	155	19	0	0	1.34	8.83	0.93	3.27	3.99	1.22	.425	-
AA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								7	7	3.13	23	16	7	2	0	4	1	106.0	106	47	37	4	30	34	3	0	0	1.28	8.97	0.34	2.54	2.88	1.13	.500	-
A Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								12	5	1.99	41	9	32	6	3	18	3	126.2	99	33	28	0	33	92	10	0	0	1.04	7.03	--	2.34	6.54	2.79	.706	-
A- Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								2	3	3.60	16	0	16	0	0	15	2	25.0	30	16	10	0	17	31	6	0	0	1.88	10.80	--	6.12	11.16	1.82	.400	-
NCAA Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								5	1	4.00	60	1	59	0	0	0	9	92.0	83	44	41	7	37	60	10	0	0	1.30	8.09	0.68	3.61	5.85	1.62	.833	-
Chicago White Sox Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								1	2	5.33	10	4	6	0	0	3	0	27.0	34	17	16	1	13	9	0	0	2	1.74	11.33	0.33	4.33	3.00	0.69	.333	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								8	16	5.33	81	33	48	0	0	24	0	220.0	277	139	130	8	106	73	0	0	16	1.74	11.33	0.33	4.33	3.00	0.69	.333	1.48
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								14	14	3.20	54	26	28	7	1	18	3	220.0	209	95	78	14	75	113	14	0	0	1.29	8.56	0.59	3.07	4.62	1.51	.500	-

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1989	Tacoma Tigers	PCL	AAA	oak	-	p	27	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	5	.000	.000	.250	.141	20.00	40.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	5	.000	.000	.250	.000	20.00	40.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
AAA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	5	.000	.000	.250	.000	20.00	40.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average Minor - Per 162 games								162	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	35	.000	.000	.250	.000	20.00	40.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1983	Niagara Falls Sox	NYPL	A-	cha	21	P	16	-	-	1	6	-	1	7	7	1.000	0.44	-	-	-	--	-	16	100.0	21.6
1984	Appleton Foxes	Midw	A	cha	22	P	37	-	-	5	20	1	3	26	25	.962	0.68	-	-	-	--	-	37	100.0	27.2
1985	Buffalo Bisons	Amer	AAA	cha	23	P	20	-	-	7	30	1	4	38	37	.974	1.85	-	-	-	--	-	20	100.0	14.1
1985	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	23	P	10	-	27	3	7	1	1	11	10	.909	1.00	0.37	-	-	--	-	10	100.0	6.2
1986	Buffalo Bisons	Amer	AAA	cha	24	P	23	-	-	7	35	2	1	44	42	.955	1.83	-	-	-	--	-	23	100.0	16.2
1987	Tacoma Tigers	PCL	AAA	oak	25	P	4	-	-	2	3	1	-	6	5	.833	1.25	-	-	-	--	-	4	100.0	2.8
1988	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	oak	26	P	18	-	-	7	13	-	1	20	20	1.000	1.11	-	-	-	--	-	18	100.0	12.5
1989	Tacoma Tigers	PCL	AAA	oak	27	P	23	-	-	7	17	1	2	25	24	.960	1.04	-	-	-	--	-	23	100.0	16.1
MLB Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	10	-	27	3	7	1	1	11	10	.909	1.00	0.37	-	-	--	-	10	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for P - 4 season(s)				-	�	P	70	-	-	23	85	5	7	113	108	.956	1.54	-	-	-	--	-	70	0.0	0.0
AA Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	18	-	-	7	13	-	1	20	20	1.000	1.11	-	-	-	--	-	18	0.0	0.0
A Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	37	-	-	5	22	1	3	28	27	.964	0.73	-	-	-	--	-	37	0.0	0.0
A- Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	16	-	-	1	6	-	1	7	7	1.000	0.44	-	-	-	--	-	16	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1983	Niagara Falls Sox	NYPL	A-	cha	21	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Appleton Foxes	Midw	A	cha	22	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Buffalo Bisons	Amer	AAA	cha	23	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	23	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Buffalo Bisons	Amer	AAA	cha	24	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Tacoma Tigers	PCL	AAA	oak	25	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	oak	26	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Tacoma Tigers	PCL	AAA	oak	27	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Category	Org	Age	Job	G	W	L	Pct	GBL	Rank	Manager/HC	Playoffs
1990	Spokane Indians	Nwst	A-	Minor	sdn	28	Pitching Coach	76	49	27	.645	--	1	Gene Glynn	League Champions
1991	Charleston (sc) Rainbows	SAL	A	Minor	sdn	29	Pitching Coach	141	69	72	.489	17.5	5	Dave Trembley
1992	High Desert Mavericks	Calif	A+	Minor	sdn	30	Pitching Coach	68	30	38	.441	8.0	4	Bryan Little
1993	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Calif	A+	Minor	sdn	31	Pitching Coach	136	64	72	.471	20.5	3	Keith Champion
1994	Augusta GreenJackets	SAL	A	Minor	pit	32	Pitching Coach	136	50	86	.368	36.0	7	Scott Little
1996	Carolina Mudcats	Sou	AA	Minor	pit	34	Pitching Coach	139	70	69	.504	5.5	2	Marc Hill	Lost in Semi-Finals
1997	Carolina Mudcats	Sou	AA	Minor	pit	35	Pitching Coach	137	55	82	.401	21.0	5	Marc Hill,Jeff Banister
1998	Nashville	Amer	AAA		-	36	Pitching Coach				.000	--		None listed
1999	Nashville	Amer	AAA		-	37	Pitching Coach				.000	--		None listed
2000	Altoona Curve	East	AA	Minor	pit	38	Pitching Coach	142	74	68	.521	11.0	4	Marty Brown
2001	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	MLB	pit	39	Coach	162	62	100	.383	31.0	6	Lloyd McClendon
2002	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	MLB	pit	40	Bullpen Coach	161	72	89	.447	24.5	4	Lloyd McClendon	-
2003	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	MLB	pit	41	Bullpen Coach	162	75	87	.463	13.0	4	Lloyd McClendon	-
2004	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	MLB	pit	42	Bullpen Coach	161	72	89	.447	32.5	5	Lloyd McClendon	-
2005	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	MLB	pit	43	Bullpen Coach	162	67	95	.414	33.0	6	Pete Mackanin,Lloyd McClendon	-
2006	Williamsport Crosscutters	NYPL	A-	Minor	pit	44	Pitching Coach	75	28	47	.373	14.5	6	Tom Prince	-
2008	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	MLB	det	46	Major League Advance Scout	162	74	88	.457	14.5	5	Jim Leyland
2009	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	MLB	det	47	Major League Advance Scout	163	86	77	.528	1.0	2	Jim Leyland
2010	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	MLB	det	48	Major League Advance Scout	162	81	81	.500	13.0	3	Jim Leyland
2011	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	MLB	det	49	Major League Advance Scout	162	95	67	.586	--	1	Jim Leyland	Lost in ALCS (Rangers)
2012	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	MLB	det	50	Major League Advance Scout	162	88	74	.543	--	1	Jim Leyland	Lost World Series (Giants)
2013	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	MLB	det	51	Major League Advance Scout	162	93	69	.574	--	1	Jim Leyland	Lost in ALCS (Red Sox)

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1986-12-18						Trade	Traded by White Sox with Gene Nelson to Athletics for Donnie Hill.		�

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