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Bruce Dal Canton
John Bruce Dal Canton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School California University of Pennsylvania

Debut September 3, 1967
  vs. PHI 3.0 IP, 3 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game May 27, 1977
Born June 15, 1942 in California, PA

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1967 25 PIT NL   2   1   8   2   1   0   2  0   24.0   19    5    5   1   10   13   1   0   101   3   0  1.88  3.34  178 1.208
 1968 26 PIT NL   1   1   7   0   0   0   5  2   17.0    7    4    4   0    6    8   2   0    66   2   0  2.12  2.90  137 0.765
 1969 27 PIT NL   8   2  57   0   0   0  19  5   86.3   79   34   32   3   49   56   0   2   372  12   1  3.34  3.49  105 1.483
 1970 28 PIT NL   9   4  41   6   1   0  14  1   84.7   94   48   43   7   39   53   1   1   379   8   0  4.57  3.89   85 1.571
 1971 29 KCR AL   8   6  25  22   2   0   1  0  141.3  144   63   54   8   44   58   0   3   603   0   0  3.44  3.43  100 1.330
 1972 30 KCR AL   6   6  35  16   1   0   8  2  132.3  135   54   50   7   29   75   1   5   551   6   2  3.40  3.01   88 1.239
 1973 31 KCR AL   4   3  32   3   1   0  16  3   97.3  108   60   52   8   46   38   4   5   440  12   1  4.81  4.05   84 1.582
 1974 32 KCR AL   8  10  31  22   9   2   4  0  175.3  135   71   61   5   82   96   5  16   736   3   0  3.13  3.81  122 1.238
 1975 33 TOT      2   9  30  11   0   0  12  3   75.7   86   51   40   2   31   43   7   5   353   1   0  4.76  3.79   80 1.546
         KCR AL   0   2   4   2   0   0   1  0    8.7   23   18   15   0    7    5   1   1    56   0   0 15.58  3.87   25 3.462
         ATL NL   2   7  26   9   0   0  11  3   67.0   63   33   25   2   24   38   6   4   297   1   0  3.36  3.78  113 1.299
 1976 34 ATL NL   3   5  42   1   0   0  16  1   73.3   67   41   29   6   42   36   2   8   328   8   1  3.56  3.79  106 1.486
 1977 35 CHW AL   0   2   8   0   0   0   5  2   24.0   20   11   10   1   13    9   0   1   101   0   0  3.75  4.11  110 1.375
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .510  51  49 316  83  15   2 102 19  931.3  894  442  380  48  391  485  23  46  4030  55   5  3.67  3.62   98 1.380
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   8  53  14   2   0  17  3  158.7  152   75   64   8   66   82   3   7   686   9   0  3.67  3.62   98 1.380
 Career High      9  10  57  22   9   2  19  5  175.3  144   71   61   8   82   96   7  16   736  12   2  3.13  4.05  122 1.238

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1967 25 PIT NL   8    6    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .333  .429  .333  122    2   0   0   0   1   0
 1968 26 PIT NL   7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1969 27 PIT NL  57   10    2    3   0  1   0    2   0  0   2   3  .300  .417  .500  159    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 28 PIT NL  41   16    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   9  .000  .158  .000  -53    0   1   0   0   1   1
 1971 29 KCR AL  25   46    4    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  19  .087  .106  .087  -44    4   6   0   0   0   0
 1972 30 KCR AL  35   41    3    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   1  14  .098  .119  .122  -28    5   5   0   0   0   1
 1975 33 TOT     30   19    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .105  .105  .105  -42    2   0   0   0   0   0
         ATL NL  26   19    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .105  .105  .105  -42    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1976 34 ATL NL  42    9    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .222  .300  .222   47    2   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     316  150   11   17   1  1   0    5   0  0   7  59  .113  .164  .133  -14   20  14   0   0   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         77    6    9   1  1   0    3   0  0   4  30  .113  .164  .133  -14   10   7   0   0   1   1
 Career High     57   46    4    4   1  1   0    2   0  0   2  19                           5   6   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1967 25 PIT NL    7    4    1   6.8    90| .333  .258| .429  .320| .333  .379| .762  .699| 122  .725   0.2   0.0   0%
 1968 26 PIT NL    4    4    0   0.0    80| .000  .250| .000  .308| .000  .352| .000  .660|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1969 27 PIT NL   12    7    2   7.7    93| .300  .257| .417  .327| .500  .381| .917  .708| 159  .753   0.8   0.1   0%
 1970 28 PIT NL   20   18    0   0.0   101| .000  .263| .158  .336| .000  .402| .158  .738| -53  .000  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 1971 29 KCR AL   53   48    1   0.6    91| .087  .254| .106  .326| .087  .377| .193  .703| -44  .026  -8.8  -1.0   0%
 1972 30 KCR AL   47   43    1   0.6    82| .098  .245| .119  .314| .122  .354| .241  .668| -28  .039  -6.5  -0.7   0%
 1975 33 TOT      19   17    0   0.0    99| .105  .269| .105  .340| .105  .388| .210  .729| -42  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
         ATL NL   19   17    0   0.0    99| .105  .269| .105  .340| .105  .388| .210  .729| -42  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1976 34 ATL NL   11    8    1   3.4    97| .222  .269| .300  .337| .222  .384| .522  .721|  47  .412  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      173  149    6   1.1    91| .113  .256| .164  .326| .133  .375| .297  .701| -14  .083 -23.0  -2.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1967 25 PIT NL P 8 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 0.78 1.12 1.99 2 24.0 1968 26 PIT NL P 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.14 0.86 0.53 2.01 0 17.0 1969 27 PIT NL P 57 7 12 1 1 .950 .960 0.33 0.78 1.98 1.95 0 86.3 1970 28 PIT NL P 41 3 10 0 2 1.000 .949 0.32 0.71 1.38 1.85 6 84.7 1971 29 KCR AL P 25 11 16 2 0 .931 .957 1.08 0.77 1.72 1.98 22 141.3 1972 30 KCR AL P 35 5 14 1 1 .950 .950 0.54 0.75 1.29 1.86 16 132.3 1973 31 KCR AL P 32 5 17 1 1 .957 .952 0.69 0.86 2.03 1.86 3 97.3 1974 32 KCR AL P 31 14 25 1 2 .975 .947 1.26 0.83 2.00 1.81 22 175.3 1975 33 TOT P 30 7 13 0 1 1.000 .943 0.67 0.74 2.38 1.85 11 75.7 KCR AL P 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 0.85 3.10 1.86 2 8.7 ATL NL P 26 6 11 0 1 1.000 .944 0.65 0.72 2.28 1.85 9 67.0 1976 34 ATL NL P 42 4 17 2 0 .913 .950 0.50 0.72 2.58 1.88 1 73.3 1977 35 CHW AL P 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.84 0.75 1.95 0 24.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1967 25 PIT NL P 8 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 0.78 1.12 1.99 2 24.0 1968 26 PIT NL P 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.14 0.86 0.53 2.01 0 17.0 1969 27 PIT NL P 57 7 12 1 1 .950 .960 0.33 0.78 1.98 1.95 0 86.3 1970 28 PIT NL P 41 3 10 0 2 1.000 .949 0.32 0.71 1.38 1.85 6 84.7 1971 29 KCR AL P 25 11 16 2 0 .931 .957 1.08 0.77 1.72 1.98 22 141.3 1972 30 KCR AL P 35 5 14 1 1 .950 .950 0.54 0.75 1.29 1.86 16 132.3 1973 31 KCR AL P 32 5 17 1 1 .957 .952 0.69 0.86 2.03 1.86 3 97.3 1974 32 KCR AL P 31 14 25 1 2 .975 .947 1.26 0.83 2.00 1.81 22 175.3 1975 33 TOT P 30 7 13 0 1 1.000 .943 0.67 0.74 2.38 1.85 11 75.7 KCR AL P 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 0.85 3.10 1.86 2 8.7 ATL NL P 26 6 11 0 1 1.000 .944 0.65 0.72 2.28 1.85 9 67.0 1976 34 ATL NL P 42 4 17 2 0 .913 .950 0.50 0.72 2.58 1.88 1 73.3 1977 35 CHW AL P 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.84 0.75 1.95 0 24.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 316 58 128 8 8 .959 .951 0.59 0.77 1.80 1.89 83 931.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 316 58 128 8 8 .959 .951 0.59 0.77 1.80 1.89 83 931
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1974 AL-6.93-3

Wild Pitches
1974 AL-16-1

Hit Batsmen
1975 NL-6-10

Adjusted ERA+
1974 AL-122-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2415) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1322) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1966 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1970: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Jerry May and Freddie Patek to the Kansas City Royals for Bob Johnson, Jackie Hernandez, and Jim Campanis.

June 30, 1975: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with players to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later and cash. The Kansas City Royals sent Norm Angelini (September 4, 1975) and Al Autry (September 4, 1975) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade. The Atlanta Braves sent Ray Sadecki (September 4, 1975) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

March 30, 1977: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

April 4, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

August 25, 1977: Released by the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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