Bruce Kison
Bruce Eugene Kison
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: February 18, 1950 in Pasco, WA
High School: Pasco (Pasco, WA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 14th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1971
Final Game: October 5, 1985
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Standard Batting

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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
1971 21 PIT NL 18 34 31 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .065 .121 .097 .218 -38 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 22 PIT NL 32 56 53 3 10 4 1 0 9 0 0 1 27 .189 .204 .302 .506 43 16 0 0 2 0 0 1
1973 23 PIT NL 7 14 12 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 .083 .143 .250 .393 8 3 0 1 0 1 0 /1
1974 24 PIT NL 40 44 37 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 .108 .214 .135 .349 1 5 0 2 2 0 0 1
1975 25 PIT NL 35 71 59 4 7 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 29 .119 .148 .119 .266 -25 7 0 0 10 0 0 1
1976 26 PIT NL 31 72 59 4 12 2 2 0 3 0 0 5 20 .203 .266 .305 .571 62 18 1 0 8 0 0 1
1977 27 PIT NL 35 74 69 8 18 4 0 1 7 1 2 2 19 .261 .282 .362 .644 70 25 1 0 3 0 0 1
1978 28 PIT NL 28 29 29 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 .138 .138 .345 .483 29 10 1 0 0 0 0 1
1979 29 PIT NL 37 63 55 6 8 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 19 .145 .161 .236 .397 5 13 2 0 7 0 0 1
15 Seasons 263 457 404 31 66 15 5 3 31 2 2 16 158 .163 .200 .248 .448 24 100 5 3 33 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 281 249 19 41 9 3 2 19 1 1 10 97 .163 .200 .248 .448 24 62 3 2 20 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1971 21 PIT NL 34 30 0 0.0 94 .133 .065 .262 .121 .328 .097 .384 .218 .712 -38 .000 -5.7 -0.6 .172 .097 .032
1972 22 PIT NL 56 45 3 1.8 91 .385 .189 .255 .204 .323 .302 .377 .506 .701 43 .185 -4.1 -0.4 .395 .132 .113
1973 23 PIT NL 14 12 1 2.2 95 .143 .083 .260 .143 .329 .250 .387 .393 .716 8 .235 -1.6 -0.2 .364 .167 .167
1974 24 PIT NL 44 35 2 1.5 92 .200 .108 .259 .214 .330 .135 .374 .349 .704 1 .134 -4.8 -0.5 .303 .108 .027
1975 25 PIT NL 71 62 2 0.9 95 .233 .119 .264 .148 .335 .119 .382 .266 .716 -25 .051 -10.2 -1.0 .192 .051 .000 .0
1976 26 PIT NL 72 56 5 2.4 92 .308 .203 .263 .266 .329 .305 .374 .571 .703 62 .274 -3.2 -0.3 .479 .186 .102
1977 27 PIT NL 74 57 6 2.8 105 .347 .261 .272 .282 .340 .362 .414 .644 .754 70 .290 -3.1 -0.3 .481 .116 .101 1.0
1978 28 PIT NL 29 26 1 1.0 99 .130 .138 .268 .138 .336 .345 .394 .483 .730 29 .072 -3.2 -0.3 .385 .207 .207 .0
1979 29 PIT NL 63 56 2 1.0 104 .200 .145 .275 .161 .341 .236 .408 .397 .749 5 .058 -7.6 -0.8 .286 .109 .091 .0
15 Seasons 457 379 22 1.6 97 .258 .163 .265 .200 .333 .248 .390 .448 .723 24 .136 -43.7 -4.5 .345 .124 .084 2.4
162 Game Avg. 281 233 14 1.6 97 .258 .163 .265 .200 .333 .248 .390 .448 .723 24 .136 -43.7 -4.5 .345 .124 .084 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 21 PIT NL NLCS SFG W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 21 PIT NL WS BAL W 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 22 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 24 PIT NL NLCS LAD L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 25 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 29 PIT NL WS BAL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (6 Series) 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 NLCS 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1971 21 PIT NL 34 0.0% 47.1% 5.9% 2.9% 50% 8.00 1.9 31.0 1.00 44%
1972 22 PIT NL 56 0.0% 48.2% 1.8% 8.9% 50% 27.00 2.0 5.9 2.00 46%
1973 23 PIT NL 14 0.0% 42.9% 0.0% 7.1% 100% 2.0 12.0 2.50 50%
1974 24 PIT NL 44 0.0% 38.6% 6.8% 2.3% 25% 5.67 2.2 1.00 45%
1975 25 PIT NL 71 0.0% 40.9% 2.8% 0.0% 0% 14.50 2.0 19.7 3.71 42%
1976 26 PIT NL 72 0.0% 27.8% 6.9% 5.6% 33% 4.00 3.0 19.7 3.50 54%
1977 27 PIT NL 74 1.4% 25.7% 2.7% 6.8% 28% 9.50 3.6 69.0 9.9 2.00 66%
1978 28 PIT NL 29 3.5% 17.2% 0.0% 10.3% 75% 5.8 29.0 29.0 5.67 79%
1979 29 PIT NL 63 1.6% 30.2% 1.6% 4.8% 38% 19.00 2.9 55.0 9.2 3.00 56%
15 Seasons 457 0.7% 34.6% 3.5% 5.0% 35% 9.88 2.6 134.7 13.0 2.46 53%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 21 PIT NL 1 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1972 22 PIT NL 1 0 27% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1973 23 PIT NL 0 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 24 PIT NL 2 0 11% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1975 25 PIT NL 1 0 44% 17 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1976 26 PIT NL 1 0 24% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1977 27 PIT NL 0 0 37% 23 1 2 33% 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 63% 6 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 1
1978 28 PIT NL 1 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 29 PIT NL 1 0 63% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 25% 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
15 Seasons 8 0 34% 107 2 2 50% 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 4 7 38% 22 17 5 2 1 1 10 3 7
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1971 21 PIT NL 34 38% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 0 0% 8 0 0% 26 1 4% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1972 22 PIT NL 56 39% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 8 0 0% 8 1 13% 43 10 23% 5 2 40% 3 1 33% 0
1973 23 PIT NL 14 43% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 5 1 20% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1974 24 PIT NL 44 25% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 8 0 0% 8 1 13% 27 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1975 25 PIT NL 71 30% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 83% 9 0 0% 14 5 36% 42 3 7% 2 2 100% 7 5 71% 0
1976 26 PIT NL 72 39% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 14 1 7% 15 1 7% 41 4 10% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1977 27 PIT NL 74 22% 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 60% 12 1 8% 13 1 8% 44 6 14% 7 2 29% 4 1 25% 0
1978 28 PIT NL 29 55% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 0 0% 12 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1979 29 PIT NL 63 30% 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 7 7 100% 17 2 12% 18 4 22% 44 5 11% 2 1 50% 6 3 50% 0
15 Seasons 457 33% 66 0 0 0 0 3 1 13 1 2 1 2 0 43 33 77% 80 5 6% 92 14 15% 284 30 11% 24 8 33% 27 10 37% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 21 18 34 31 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .065 .121 .097 .218 -38 3 0 0 1 0 0
1972 22 50 90 84 5 12 5 1 0 10 0 0 3 43 .143 .172 .226 .399 13 19 0 0 3 0 0
1973 23 57 104 96 6 13 5 2 0 11 0 0 3 49 .135 .168 .229 .397 12 22 0 1 3 1 0
1974 24 97 148 133 7 17 6 2 0 11 0 0 6 66 .128 .182 .203 .385 9 27 0 3 5 1 0
1975 25 132 219 192 11 24 6 2 0 14 1 0 8 95 .125 .172 .177 .349 -1 34 0 3 15 1 0
1976 26 163 291 251 15 36 8 4 0 17 1 0 13 115 .143 .194 .207 .401 14 52 1 3 23 1 0
1977 27 198 365 320 23 54 12 4 1 24 2 2 15 134 .169 .212 .241 .453 26 77 2 3 26 1 0
1978 28 226 394 349 25 58 13 5 2 25 2 2 15 139 .166 .207 .249 .456 27 87 3 3 26 1 0
1979 29 263 457 404 31 66 15 5 3 31 2 2 16 158 .163 .200 .248 .448 24 100 5 3 33 1 0
1980 30 263 457 404 31 66 15 5 3 31 2 2 16 158 .163 .200 .248 .448 24 100 5 3 33 1 0
1981 31 263 457 404 31 66 15 5 3 31 2 2 16 158 .163 .200 .248 .448 24 100 5 3 33 1 0
1982 32 263 457 404 31 66 15 5 3 31 2 2 16 158 .163 .200 .248 .448 24 100 5 3 33 1 0
1983 33 263 457 404 31 66 15 5 3 31 2 2 16 158 .163 .200 .248 .448 24 100 5 3 33 1 0
1984 34 263 457 404 31 66 15 5 3 31 2 2 16 158 .163 .200 .248 .448 24 100 5 3 33 1 0
1985 35 263 457 404 31 66 15 5 3 31 2 2 16 158 .163 .200 .248 .448 24 100 5 3 33 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1971 21 18 35 32 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 16 .094 .171 .156 .328 1 18
1972 22 33 58 57 4 12 5 1 0 11 0 1 28 .211 .224 .333 .557 4 32
1973 23 7 14 12 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 .000 .071 .000 .071 1 7
1974 24 40 46 39 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 4 17 .154 .283 .205 .488 2 40
1975 25 35 65 62 5 10 0 0 0 4 1 3 29 .161 .200 .161 .361 2 35
1976 26 31 67 61 5 14 2 2 0 3 0 6 20 .230 .299 .328 .626 6 31
1977 27 35 69 67 8 16 4 0 1 7 1 2 19 .239 .261 .343 .604 6 35
1978 28 28 29 29 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 28
1979 29 37 56 55 6 8 2 0 1 6 0 1 19 .145 .161 .236 .397 2 37
9 Seasons 264 439 414 37 69 17 3 2 36 2 20 159 .167 .212 .237 .449 25 263
162 Game Avg. 162 269 254 23 42 10 2 1 22 1 12 98 .167 .212 .237 .449 15 263

* 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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