Minimal game time and a resultant lack of statistics led me to deem Alabama native
Jack Bruton unfit of a full profile. His rookie year performance in the EL, however, deems him more than fit to be honoured with an OotS feature.
There is some confusion among my sources as to whether "Dizzy" Bruton should be regarded as a pitcher or hitter. Seamheads shows him as having pitched sparingly (a total of 114 IP) over 3 seasons at the major league level in the late 30s / early 40s , but to have also only had 131 PA over 5 seasons. They have him nominally as a pitcher. Jim Riley on the other hand, in his single paragraph on Bruton that appears on pp129-30, focuses more on his hitting.
While I didn't do a full profile for Dizzy, my notes show that I did tinker with his ratings a bit, which were nerfed in the usual way for fringe players: off the charts stuff with little by way of control or movement ratings. Perhaps in hindsight, given his career ERA of 5.68, I was a bit generous. If so, I don't think by a huge amount and I don't really mind. There have been plenty of worse pitchers going around.
You judge for yourself:
In the EL, having been selected in the 30th Round by the ABCs, he has begun as a reliever but has both the stamina and pitch profile to eventually spot start.
And what an astute 591st overall pick he has proven to be. In 59.1 IP (cue
Scooby Doo music...), he has gone 7-1 with a 1.21 ERA. 25 BB v 20 K,along with negative WAR, a FIP- of 114 and a WHIP of 120 suggest Dizzy has had a fair bit of luck on his side, but you make your own and all that jazz, so good luck to him.
The Indy club has shown flashes of brilliance but have been unable to sustain it for long periods, and at 8 games out of first with 18 to play have little chance of playoff action. Still, they'll almost certainly finish with a winning record to build on for the future and much of that is because of the bullpen's WC-best 1.94 ERA. Here's hoping Dizzy plays some part in that future. We'll check back along the way to see if he has.