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

Born: June 15, 1942 in California, PA
Schools: 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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1967 25 PIT NL 2 1 .667 1.88 8 2 2 1 0 0 24.0 19 5 5 1 10 3 13 1 0 0 101 178 1.208 7.1 0.4 3.8 4.9 1.30
1968 26 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2.12 7 0 5 0 0 2 17.0 7 4 4 0 6 2 8 2 0 0 66 137 0.765 3.7 0.0 3.2 4.2 1.33
1969 27 PIT NL 8 2 .800 3.34 57 0 19 0 0 5 86.1 79 34 32 3 49 12 56 0 1 2 372 105 1.483 8.2 0.3 5.1 5.8 1.14
1970 28 PIT NL 9 4 .692 4.57 41 6 14 1 0 1 84.2 94 48 43 7 39 8 53 1 0 1 379 85 1.571 10.0 0.7 4.1 5.6 1.36
1971 29 KCR AL 8 6 .571 3.44 25 22 1 2 0 0 141.1 144 63 54 8 44 0 58 0 0 3 603 100 1.330 9.2 0.5 2.8 3.7 1.32
1972 30 KCR AL 6 6 .500 3.40 35 16 8 1 0 2 132.1 135 54 50 7 29 6 75 1 2 5 551 88 1.239 9.2 0.5 2.0 5.1 2.59
1973 31 KCR AL 4 3 .571 4.81 32 3 16 1 0 3 97.1 108 60 52 8 46 12 38 4 1 5 440 84 1.582 10.0 0.7 4.3 3.5 0.83
1974 32 KCR AL 8 10 .444 3.13 31 22 4 9 2 0 175.1 135 71 61 5 82 3 96 5 0 16 736 122 1.238 6.9 0.3 4.2 4.9 1.17
1975 33 TOT 2 9 .182 4.76 30 11 12 0 0 3 75.2 86 51 40 2 31 1 43 7 0 5 353 80 1.546 10.2 0.2 3.7 5.1 1.39
1975 33 KCR AL 0 2 .000 15.58 4 2 1 0 0 0 8.2 23 18 15 0 7 0 5 1 0 1 56 25 3.462 23.9 0.0 7.3 5.2 0.71
1975 33 ATL NL 2 7 .222 3.36 26 9 11 0 0 3 67.0 63 33 25 2 24 1 38 6 0 4 297 113 1.299 8.5 0.3 3.2 5.1 1.58
1976 34 ATL NL 3 5 .375 3.56 42 1 16 0 0 1 73.1 67 41 29 6 42 8 36 2 1 8 328 106 1.486 8.2 0.7 5.2 4.4 0.86
1977 35 CHW AL 0 2 .000 3.75 8 0 5 0 0 2 24.0 20 11 10 1 13 0 9 0 0 1 101 110 1.375 7.5 0.4 4.9 3.4 0.69
11 Seasons 51 49 .510 3.67 316 83 102 15 2 19 931.1 894 442 380 48 391 55 485 23 5 46 4030 98 1.380 8.6 0.5 3.8 4.7 1.24
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .510 3.67 54 14 17 3 0 3 159 152 75 65 8 67 9 83 4 1 8 687 98 1.380 8.6 0.5 3.8 4.7 1.24
KCR (5 yrs) 26 27 .491 3.76 127 65 30 13 2 5 555.0 545 266 232 28 208 21 272 11 3 30 2386 95 1.357 8.8 0.5 3.4 4.4 1.31
PIT (4 yrs) 20 8 .714 3.57 113 8 40 2 0 8 212.0 199 91 84 11 104 25 130 4 1 3 918 101 1.429 8.4 0.5 4.4 5.5 1.25
ATL (2 yrs) 5 12 .294 3.46 68 10 27 0 0 4 140.1 130 74 54 8 66 9 74 8 1 12 625 109 1.397 8.3 0.5 4.2 4.7 1.12
CHW (1 yr) 0 2 .000 3.75 8 0 5 0 0 2 24.0 20 11 10 1 13 0 9 0 0 1 101 110 1.375 7.5 0.4 4.9 3.4 0.69
AL (6 yrs) 26 29 .473 3.76 135 65 35 13 2 7 579.0 565 277 242 29 221 21 281 11 3 31 2487 95 1.358 8.8 0.5 3.4 4.4 1.27
NL (6 yrs) 25 20 .556 3.53 181 18 67 2 0 12 352.1 329 165 138 19 170 34 204 12 2 15 1543 104 1.416 8.4 0.5 4.3 5.2 1.20
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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
1967 25 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 26 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 27 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 28 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 29 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 30 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 31 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 33 TOT 26 19 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105 .105 .105 .211 -42 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 33 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 34 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
11 Seasons 242 173 150 11 17 1 1 0 5 0 0 7 51 .113 .164 .133 .297 -14 20 2 2 14 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 116 100 7 11 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 34 .113 .164 .133 .297 -14 13 1 1 9 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
KCR (5 yrs) 61 100 87 7 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 33 .092 .112 .103 .216 -37 9 1 0 11 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
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
AL (6 yrs) 61 100 87 7 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 33 .092 .112 .103 .216 -37 9 1 0 11 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 PIT NL 25 P 8 2 24.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.38 0.32 .946 1.85 0.71
1971 KCR AL 29 P 25 22 141.1 29 11 16 2 0 .931 0.0 0.0 1.72 1.08 .959 1.98 0.77
1972 KCR AL 30 P 35 16 132.1 20 5 14 1 1 .950 0.0 0.0 1.29 0.54 .950 1.86 0.75
1973 KCR AL 31 P 32 3 97.1 23 5 17 1 1 .957 0.0 0.0 2.03 0.69 .952 1.86 0.86
1974 KCR AL 32 P 31 22 175.1 40 14 25 1 2 .975 0.0 0.0 2.00 1.26 .945 1.81 0.83
1975 TOT 33 P 30 11 75.2 20 7 13 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.28 0.65 .941 1.85 0.72
1976 ATL NL 34 P 42 1 73.1 23 4 17 2 0 .913 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.75 0.25 .950 1.95 0.84
11 Seasons P 316 83 931.1 194 58 128 8 8 .959 0.0 0.0 1.80 0.59 .951 1.89 0.77
11 Seasons TOT 316 83 931.1 194 58 128 8 8 .959 0.0 0.0 1.80 0.59 .910 1.89 0.77

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 AL--6.930--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 AL--.257--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1974 AL--16--1st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 NL--6--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1974 AL--122--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2749), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1327), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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 Jim Campanis, Jackie Hernandez and Bob Johnson.

June 30, 1975: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with players to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for players 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.

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