Bob Bruce
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Robert James Bruce (May 16, 1933 - March 14, 2017) was an American baseball right-handed pitcher who appeared in 219 games in Major League Baseball from 1959 to 1967 for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Colt .45s/Astros, and Atlanta Braves. Traded to the expansion Houston Colt .45s in December 1961, he became a mainstay of the rotation, tying Turk Farrell for the team lead with 10 wins in the 1962 inaugural season and becoming the first Houston pitcher to win 15 games, in 1964. He threw the last pitch in Colt Stadium in September 1964 and the first pitch in the Astrodome as the Astros' Opening Day starter in April 1965. On April 19, 1964, he threw an immaculate inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers, striking out all three batters on nine pitches.
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