Bruce Dal Canton

John Bruce Dal Canton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 15, 1941 in California, PA
High School: California HS (California, PA)
School: California University of Pennsylvania (California, PA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1967
Teams (by GP): Royals/Pirates/Braves/WhiteSox 1967-1977

Final Game: May 27, 1977
Died: October 7, 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA
Buried: Mt. Prospect Cemetery, Hickory, PA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1966	25	PIT-min	AA,AAA	19	18	18	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.222	.389		4		0	0	0			AVL,CLB · SOUL,IL
1967	26	PIT-min	AA	14	31	31	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	15	.194	.194	.226	.419		7							MAC · SOUL
1967	26	PIT	NL	8	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.429	.333	.762	122	2	0	1	0	0	0	/1
1968	27	PIT-min	AA,AAA	22	29	23	1	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	9	.174	.321	.217	.539		5		0	1	0			YOR,CLB · EL,IL
1968	27	PIT	NL	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1969	28	PIT	NL	57	12	10	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	3	.300	.417	.500	.917	159	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	29	PIT	NL	41	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.158	.000	.158	-53	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
1971	30	KCR	AL	25	53	46	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	19	.087	.106	.087	.193	-44	4	0	0	6	0	0	1
1972	31	KCR	AL	35	47	41	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.098	.119	.122	.241	-28	5	1	0	5	0	0	1
1973	32	KCR	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	33	KCR	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	34	TOT	MLB	30	19	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.105	.105	.105	.211	-42	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	34	KCR	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1975	34	ATL	NL	26	19	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.105	.105	.105	.211	-42	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	35	ATL	NL	42	11	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	47	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1977	36	CHW	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1978	37	CHW-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			IWA · AA
11 Yrs				316	173	150	11	17	1	1	0	5	0	0	7	59	.113	.164	.133	.297	-14	20	2	2	14	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	89	77	6	9	1	1	0	3	0	0	4	30	.113	.164	.133	.297	-14	10	1	1	7	0	0

KCR (5 yrs)				127	100	87	7	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	33	.092	.112	.103	.216	-37	9	1	0	11	0	0
PIT (4 yrs)				113	43	35	2	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	16	.143	.268	.200	.468	33	7	1	2	2	0	0
ATL (2 yrs)				68	30	28	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.143	.172	.143	.315	-12	4	0	0	1	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				135	100	87	7	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	33	.092	.112	.103	.216	-37	9	1	0	11	0	0
NL (6 yrs)				181	73	63	4	9	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	26	.143	.229	.175	.403	14	11	1	2	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1967	26	PIT	NL	8	7	0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.513	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1968	27	PIT	NL	7	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1969	28	PIT	NL	57	12	1	0	0	0	1	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.506	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	1
1970	29	PIT	NL	41	20	-4	0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$14,500	1
1971	30	KCR	AL	25	53	-9	-0	1	0	6	-3	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.484	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$16,000	1
1972	31	KCR	AL	35	47	-6	0	-0	0	5	-1	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	0	$	1
1973	32	KCR	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1974	33	KCR	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1975	34	KCR	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1975	34	ATL	NL	26	19	-4	-0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1976	35	ATL	NL	42	11	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1977	36	CHW	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
11 Seasons				316	173	-22	-1	1	0	19	-4	-0.5	5	1	-0.6	.498	.500	-0.6	0.2	1	$30,500

KCR (5 yrs)				127	100	-15	-0	1	0	10	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.6	.496	.499	-0.6	0.0	-1	$16,000
PIT (4 yrs)				113	43	-3	-0	-0	0	5	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.502	.500	0.2	0.1	3	$14,500
ATL (2 yrs)				68	30	-4	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$
CHW (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1967	26	PIT	NL	7	4	1	6.8	90	.667	.333	.258	.429	.321	.333	.379	.762	.700	122	.725	0.2	0.0	.750	.000	.000
1968	27	PIT	NL	4	4	0	0.0	80	.000	.000	.250	.000	.308	.000	.352	.000	.660	-100	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1969	28	PIT	NL	12	7	2	7.7	93	.429	.300	.257	.417	.327	.500	.381	.917	.708	159	.753	0.8	0.1	1.000	.400	.200
1970	29	PIT	NL	20	18	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.263	.158	.336	.000	.402	.158	.738	-53	.000	-3.5	-0.4	.176	.125	.000
1971	30	KCR	AL	53	48	1	0.6	91	.148	.087	.253	.106	.324	.087	.375	.193	.700	-44	.026	-8.8	-1.0	.119	.022	.000
1972	31	KCR	AL	47	43	1	0.6	82	.148	.098	.246	.119	.314	.122	.354	.241	.669	-28	.039	-6.5	-0.7	.158	.049	.024

1975	34	TOT	MLB	19	17	0	0.0	99	.182	.105	.269	.105	.340	.105	.389	.211	.729	-42	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.118	.000	.000
1975	34	ATL	NL	19	17	0	0.0	99	.182	.105	.269	.105	.340	.105	.389	.211	.729	-42	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.118	.000	.000
1976	35	ATL	NL	11	8	1	3.4	97	.286	.222	.270	.300	.337	.222	.384	.522	.721	47	.412	-0.6	-0.1	.429	.111	.000
11 Yrs				173	149	6	1.1	91	.187	.113	.255	.164	.325	.133	.375	.297	.700	-14	.083	-22.9	-2.5	.215	.067	.020
162 Game Avg.				89	76	3	1.1	91	.187	.113	.255	.164	.325	.133	.375	.297	.700	-14	.083	-22.9	-2.5	.215	.067	.020

PIT (4 yrs)				43	33	3	2.4	95	.263	.143	.260	.268	.329	.200	.388	.468	.717	33	.262	-3.2	-0.3	.419	.171	.057
KCR (5 yrs)				100	91	2	0.6	87	.148	.092	.249	.112	.320	.103	.365	.216	.685	-37	.032	-15.3	-1.7	.138	.034	.011
ATL (2 yrs)				30	25	1	1.1	98	.222	.143	.269	.172	.339	.143	.387	.315	.726	-12	.076	-4.4	-0.5	.208	.036	.000

NL (6 yrs)				73	58	4	1.9	96	.243	.143	.264	.229	.333	.175	.388	.403	.721	14	.178	-7.6	-0.8	.327	.111	.032
AL (6 yrs)				100	91	2	0.6	87	.148	.092	.249	.112	.320	.103	.365	.216	.685	-37	.032	-15.3	-1.7	.138	.034	.011

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	26	PIT	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0		6.0		43%
1968	27	PIT	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0				50%
1969	28	PIT	NL	12	0.0%	25.0%	16.7%	8.3%	33%	1.50	3.3		5.0	0.50	58%
1970	29	PIT	NL	20	0.0%	45.0%	10.0%	0.0%		4.50	1.8			3.50	35%
1971	30	KCR	AL	53	0.0%	35.9%	1.9%	0.0%	0%	19.00	2.4		23.0	2.50	51%
1972	31	KCR	AL	47	0.0%	29.8%	2.1%	2.1%	25%	14.00	2.9			1.31	57%

1975	34	TOT	MLB	19	0.0%	42.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.4			1.25	58%
1975	34	ATL	NL	19	0.0%	42.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.4			1.25	58%
1976	35	ATL	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.5			1.00	64%
11 Yrs				173	0.0%	34.1%	4.1%	1.2%	12%	8.43	2.5		30.0	1.78	53%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.2%	8.6%	6.0%	27%	1.65	6.3	46.1	9.0	1.11	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1967	26	PIT	NL	0.2	0.0	7	0.0	0.2	-0.1	1.31	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.1	1.14	0.2	0
1968	27	PIT	NL	-0.7	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.09	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.83	-0.7	0
1969	28	PIT	NL	0.8	0.1	12	0.3	0.4	-0.1	1.00	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.2	1.12	1.3	0
1970	29	PIT	NL	-3.5	-0.4	20	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.71	-0.4	-0.0	-4.1	-0.4	0.97	-4.3	0
1971	30	KCR	AL	-8.8	-1.0	53	-0.9	0.1	-1.0	.84	-0.9	-0.1	-8.5	-0.9	1.03	-8.7	0
1972	31	KCR	AL	-6.5	-0.7	47	-0.9	0.2	-1.0	.96	-0.8	-0.1	-9.5	-1.1	1.03	-7.7	0
1973	32	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1974	33	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
1975	34	TOT	MLB	-3.8	-0.4	19	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.97	-0.4	0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.82	-4.0	0
1975	34	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
1975	34	ATL	NL	-3.8	-0.4	19	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.97	-0.4	0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.82	-4.0	0
1976	35	ATL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.96	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.15	-0.9	0
1977	36	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0
11 Yrs				-23.0	-2.5	173	-2.3	1.0	-3.3	.91	-2.5	0.1	-24.8	-2.7	1.02	-24.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1967	26	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	27	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	28	PIT	NL	1	0	40%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	29	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	30	KCR	AL	0	0	80%	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
1972	31	KCR	AL	1	0	60%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1975	34	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1975	34	ATL	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1976	35	ATL	NL	0	0	67%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				2	0	42%	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8%	8	8	0	2	1	0	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1967	26	PIT	NL	7	14%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
1968	27	PIT	NL	4	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	28	PIT	NL	12	8%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	13	2	15%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1970	29	PIT	NL	20	35%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	3	0	0%	14	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	30	KCR	AL	53	36%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	50%	15	0	0%	13	2	15%	45	2	4%	5	1	20%	6	4	67%	0
1972	31	KCR	AL	47	26%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	7	1	14%	10	2	20%	35	1	3%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0

1975	34	TOT	MLB	19	21%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	12	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1975	34	ATL	NL	19	21%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	12	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1976	35	ATL	NL	11	18%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	4	1	25%	10	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
11 Yrs				173	28%	17			0	0	0	0		0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	22	14	64%	34	2	6%	34	6	18%	136	6	4%	11	2	18%	9	5	56%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			77%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1967	26	8	7	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	.333	.429	.333	.762	122	2	0	1	0
1968	27	15	11	9	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	.222	.300	.222	.522	55	2	0	1	1
1969	28	72	23	19	2	5	0	1	3	2	7	.263	.364	.368	.732	111	7	0	1	1
1970	29	113	43	35	2	5	0	1	3	4	16	.143	.268	.200	.468	33	7	1	2	2
1971	30	138	96	81	6	9	0	1	5	5	35	.111	.182	.136	.318	-9	11	1	2	8
1972	31	173	143	122	9	13	1	1	5	6	49	.107	.162	.131	.293	-15	16	2	2	13
1973	32	205	143	122	9	13	1	1	5	6	49	.107	.162	.131	.293	-15	16	2	2	13
1974	33	236	143	122	9	13	1	1	5	6	49	.107	.162	.131	.293	-15	16	2	2	13
1975	34	266	162	141	9	15	1	1	5	6	57	.106	.154	.128	.282	-18	18	2	2	13
1976	35	308	173	150	11	17	1	1	5	7	59	.113	.164	.133	.297	-14	20	2	2	14
1977	36	316	173	150	11	17	1	1	5	7	59	.113	.164	.133	.297	-14	20	2	2	14

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1967	26	8	9	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.429	.556	.429	.984	1	8
1968	27	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1969	28	57	12	10	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	3	.300	.417	.500	.917	2	57
1970	29	41	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.158	.000	.158	0	41
1971	30	25	53	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	.000	.021	.000	.021	0	25
1972	31	37	52	45	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	15	.133	.170	.178	.348	1	35

1975	34	30	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30
1976	35	42	13	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.300	.417	.300	.717	1	42
8 Yrs		247	182	156	10	15	2	1	0	3	0	9	60	.096	.161	.122	.283	5	245
162 Game Avg.		162	119	102	7	10	1	1	0	2	0	6	39	.096	.161	.122	.283	3	245

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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