Bruce Kison

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 178lb (193cm, 80kg)

Born: February 18, 1950 in Pasco, WA us

Died: June 2, 2018 in Bradenton, FL

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 14th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pasco HS (Pasco, WA).

High School: Pasco HS (Pasco, WA)

School: Central Washington University (Ellensburg, WA)

Debut: July 4, 1971 (Age 21-136d, 13,143rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: October 5, 1985 (Age 35-229d)
vs. MIL 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Bruce Eugene Kison

Pronunciation: \KEE-son\

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.1

115

ERA

3.66

380

246

1809.2

1073

WHIP

1.301

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-17 / in Starts: 14-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 1

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	98	3	Apr 13	PIT		NYM	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	3	2	5	8	2	0	2.00	5.36	35	14	5	1	2	3	74			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.265	1.93	0.28%	1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	99	7	Apr 18	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.60	4.52	24	8	8	0	0	5	45			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	1	2	0	1.13	-0.327	1.77	-0.31%	-1.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
3	100	12	Apr 25	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-0)	6	7.2	7	2	1	2	6	0	0	2.78	3.60	34	8	11	0	2	7	63			2	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	2	1.52	0.099	2.29	0.09%	1.13	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	101	17	May 2	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-9	GS-4	L(2-1)	6	3.1	7	8	4	3	1	1	0	3.81	4.24	21	4	6	1	1	7	20			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	2	.73	-0.353	1.26	-0.37%	-5.47	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out d6
5	102	22	May 8	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.34	4.24	36	15	11	2	0	6	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.329	1.60	0.34%	1.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	103	28	May 16	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-7		7	7.0	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.00	4.04	26	12	4	0	1	4	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	.90	0.174	1.32	0.15%	2.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
7	104	33	May 21	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-9		4	8.1	5	1	1	4	5	1	0	2.68	4.10	33	10	9	2	0	5	70			0	0	0	28	3	0	2	1	0	0	1.29	0.184	1.84	0.16%	1.92	1b start tie	9b -23 1 out tie
8	105	38	May 26	PIT		HOU	W,10-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	5	2	2	6	4	0	0	2.58	4.04	38	9	14	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.194	1.36	0.20%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
9	106	42	May 31	PIT		ATL	W,11-4	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	8	4	4	3	7	0	0	2.77	3.77	37	10	9	0	0	8	59			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	1	1	.33	0.106	.70	0.14%	0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	107	46	Jun 6	PIT		SFG	W,7-2	CG	W(6-1)	5	9.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.68	3.71	35	12	10	2	1	7	69			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.089	1.48	0.10%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	108	52	Jun 11	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-5	GS-6	L(6-2)	4	6.0	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	2.81	3.68	24	9	7	3	0	5	47			0	1	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.211	1.45	-0.28%	-1.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
12	109	57	Jun 16	PIT		STL	W,10-4	GS-8	W(7-2)	4	7.1	6	4	4	4	2	0	0	2.98	3.68	32	12	8	1	0	6	48			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	1	1	.65	-0.014	1.72	-0.02%	-1.54	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a5
13	110	62	Jun 21	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-3	GS-1		4	0.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.28	3.75	5	0	0	0	0	3	30			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.343	5.67	-0.70%	-4.33	1b start tie	1b 1-3 0 out d3
14	111	66	Jun 24(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	GS-1	L(7-3)	2	0.0	1	4	3	4	0	0	0	3.57	3.88	5	0	0	0	0	1	30			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.301	5.51	-0.68%	-3.83	1b start tie	1b 123 0 out d2
15	112	72	Jun 29(1)	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.2	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.61	3.78	30	5	17	8	1	0	48			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.46	-0.176	4.59	-0.33%	-0.26	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	113	77	Jul 4(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-6	L(7-4)	4	6.0	4	2	1	1	5	0	0	3.48	3.64	24	8	10	4	1	0	62			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.041	2.55	0.06%	0.87	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
17	114	83	Jul 9	PIT		LAD	W,3-2	GS-8	W(8-4)	4	7.2	7	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.41	3.69	29	9	9	1	1	6	58			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	0.253	2.79	0.36%	1.30	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a1
18	115	89	Jul 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS-9	W(9-4)	7	8.2	6	2	1	1	3	0	0	3.23	3.58	33	14	9	2	0	6	68			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	1	1	.97	0.297	1.81	0.33%	1.52	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a3
19	116	95	Jul 22	PIT	@	SDP	L,0-1	GS-7	L(9-5)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.13	3.50	28	12	8	1	0	4	63			0	0	0	26	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.05	0.156	2.19	0.19%	2.02	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
20	117	101	Jul 28	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	GS-8	L(9-6)	5	7.1	5	4	4	6	5	0	0	3.22	3.51	32	8	10	1	2	3	51			2	0	0	24	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.42	-0.122	5.05	-0.26%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	118	106	Aug 2	PIT		NYM	L,0-6	GS-7	L(9-7)	4	6.0	5	4	4	5	4	0	0	3.34	3.52	26	6	6	2	1	5	45			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.014	3.55	0.03%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out d1
22	119	112	Aug 7	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-6	GS-6	L(9-8)	4	5.1	7	5	5	2	0	0	2	3.53	3.57	26	12	4	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	22	3	1	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.234	2.24	-0.39%	-1.93	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d3
23	120	117	Aug 12	PIT	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-9)	4	6.2	4	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.55	3.59	29	11	6	1	0	4	52			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.31	-0.066	4.14	-0.13%	-0.01	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d2
24	121	122	Aug 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-10)	4	6.2	6	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.52	3.56	28	10	10	1	3	4	52			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.003	3.87	-0.01%	0.06	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d3
25	122	127	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	L,7-12	GS-5	L(9-11)	5	4.2	4	7	1	4	2	0	1	3.47	3.60	24	4	9	1	1	4	38			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	-0.234	5.57	-0.55%	-2.48	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out tie
26	123	132	Aug 30	PIT		HOU	L,4-7	6-7		6	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.43	3.59	7	0	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.39	0.037	1.68	0.10%	0.90	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
27	124	133	Aug 31	PIT		HOU	W,9-6	3-5	W(10-11)	0	2.1	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.44	3.63	11	4	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.016	6.23	0.04%	0.11	3t 1-- 2 out a1	5t 3 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	125	137	Sep 5(1)	PIT	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-1		4	0.1	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	3.48	3.70	5	1	0	0	0	0	43			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.185	4.14	-0.29%	-2.07	1b start tie	1b 123 1 out d1
29	126	142	Sep 9	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	GS-5		3	5.0	5	4	2	2	2	2	1	3.49	3.85	24	8	9	3	1	2	45			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	1	.97	-0.231	1.19	-0.17%	-1.75	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
30	127	146	Sep 13	PIT		MON	L,2-5	6-8		3	3.0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	3.43	3.82	14	3	5	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	1	.37	0.012	.50	0.01%	0.35	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
31	128	151	Sep 17	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	W(11-11)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.31	3.81	34	9	13	2	1	8	69			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	.58	0.115	.61	0.07%	3.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
32	129	156	Sep 22	PIT		PHI	W,11-3	GS-6	W(12-11)	4	5.0	3	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.27	3.83	22	9	5	0	0	3	54			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	0.086	.16	0.01%	0.28	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a3
33	130	160	Sep 27	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	7-8	H(1)	4	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.23	3.84	8	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	0.163	.00	0.00%	0.96	7b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
							16-17		W-L:12-11,Hld:1	4.2	192.0	160	89	69	92	89	10	4	3.23	3.84	819	1.08		8%	4%	136	53	1	0%	8	2	0	705	32	5	9	19	7	14	1.01	-0.170	2.30	-1.82%	-2.86

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