Bruce Dal Canton
John Bruce Dal Canton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 15, 1942 in California, PA
High School: California (California, PA)
School: California University of Pennsylvania
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1967
Final Game: May 27, 1977
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 PIT NL 25 P 8 2 24.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.38 .967 1.99 0.78
1968 PIT NL 26 P 7 0 17.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.53 0.14 1.000 2.01 0.86
1969 PIT NL 27 P 57 0 86.1 20 7 12 1 1 .950 1.98 0.33 .960 1.95 0.78
1970 PIT NL 28 P 41 6 84.2 13 3 10 0 2 1.000 1.38 0.32 .946 1.85 0.71
1971 KCR AL 29 P 25 22 141.1 29 11 16 2 0 .931 1.72 1.08 .959 1.98 0.77
1972 KCR AL 30 P 35 16 132.1 20 5 14 1 1 .950 1.29 0.54 .950 1.86 0.75
1973 KCR AL 31 P 32 3 97.1 23 5 17 1 1 .957 2.03 0.69 .952 1.86 0.86
1974 KCR AL 32 P 31 22 175.1 40 14 25 1 2 .975 2.00 1.26 .945 1.81 0.83
1975 TOT MLB 33 P 30 11 75.2 20 7 13 0 1 1.000 2.38 0.67 .940 1.86 0.74
1975 KCR AL 33 P 4 2 8.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.12 0.75 .933 1.87 0.85
1975 ATL NL 33 P 26 9 67.0 17 6 11 0 1 1.000 2.28 0.65 .941 1.85 0.72
1976 ATL NL 34 P 42 1 73.1 23 4 17 2 0 .913 2.58 0.50 .952 1.88 0.72
1977 CHW AL 35 P 8 0 24.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.25 .950 1.95 0.84
11 Seasons P 316 83 931.1 194 58 128 8 8 .959 1.80 0.59 .951 1.89 0.77
11 Seasons TOT 316 83 931.1 194 58 128 8 8 .959 1.80 0.59 .910 1.89 0.77

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1967 PIT NL 25 8 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 PIT NL 26 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 PIT NL 27 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 PIT NL 28 41 6 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 KCR AL 29 25 22 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 KCR AL 30 35 16 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 KCR AL 31 32 0 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 KCR AL 32 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 ATL NL 33 26 9 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 KCR AL 33 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 34 42 1 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CHW AL 35 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 316 56 242 316 316 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1967 PIT NL 25 99 80% 31% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 PIT NL 26 56 73% 21% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 PIT NL 27 353 71% 22% 13 85% 1 7 1 2 10 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1970 PIT NL 28 387 76% 25% 10 100% 0 3 1 2 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
1971 KCR AL 29 614 83% 30% 20 90% 0 11 1 9 16 14 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1972 KCR AL 30 569 81% 28% 16 94% 0 7 1 3 14 12 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1973 KCR AL 31 451 80% 31% 19 95% 0 5 0 1 17 16 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 100%
1974 KCR AL 32 801 77% 29% 29 93% 1 14 3 8 25 18 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 67%
1975 ATL NL 33 327 80% 28% 15 87% 1 6 1 4 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 75%
1975 KCR AL 33 64 80% 19% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 34 360 78% 29% 18 89% 1 3 1 2 16 14 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1977 CHW AL 35 108 80% 28% 2 50% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
11 Seasons 4189 79% 28% 147 91% 4 60 9 34 126 103 9 8 0 5 3 4 8 4 5 3 38 87%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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