Bruce Campbell (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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baseball player
Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1909
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 17-Jun-1995
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Bruce Campbell (baseball)
- Bruce Campbell (October 20, 1909 – June 17, 1995) was an American professional baseball right fielder from 1930 to 1942.
- Campbell began his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Chicago White Sox, but had very little playing time in the major leagues.
- In 1932, Campbell was traded from the White Sox to the St.
- Louis Browns, with Bump Hadley, for Red Kress.
- In St.
- Louis, Campbell was a starting outfielder, and performed well, driving in 106 runs in 1933.
- In the 1935 season, Campbell played with the Cleveland Indians, after being traded for multiple players and cash.
- In Cleveland, Campbell hit for considerably higher averages than he had in St.
- Louis, although injuries limited his playing time. On July 2, 1936, as a member of the Indians, Campbell went 7-7 in a doubleheader against the St.
- Louis Browns.
- In the first game, he went 6-6 with 5 RBI in a 14-6 win.
- In the second game, he singled in one at-bat, then left the game. In January 1940, the Indians traded Campbell to the Detroit Tigers for Beau Bell.
- The trade worked out for Campbell, as the Tigers won the American League pennant, and Campbell played all seven games of the 1940 World Series.
- Campbell had nine hits, four walks, scored four runs, five runs batted in and a home run in the World Series, with a batting average of .360, on-base percentage of .448 and slugging percentage of .520. Campbell later played for the Washington Senators.
- In a 13-season career, he was a .290 hitter with 1,382 hits, 295 doubles, 87 triples, 106 home runs, 759 runs scored, 766 RBI and 53 stolen bases in 1,360 games played.
- He was named "Most Courageous Athlete of the Year" in 1936 by the Philadelphia sports writers.
- He was stricken with spinal meningitis in 1935 and given a 50–50 chance of living.
- Campbell joined the service in World War II and spent 38 months in the Army Air Corps.
- Campbell returned from the war and played in the minor leagues in 1946 with Buffalo Bisons and Minneapolis Millers at age 36 before retiring.
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