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 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
1971 PIT NL 21 P 18 13 95.1 27 8 18 1 5 .963 2.45 1.44 .952 1.90 0.78
1972 PIT NL 22 P 32 18 152.0 25 9 15 1 2 .960 1.42 0.75 .948 1.78 0.73
1973 PIT NL 23 P 7 7 43.2 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.85 1.29 .944 1.88 0.73
1974 PIT NL 24 P 40 16 129.0 37 10 25 2 2 .946 2.44 0.88 .943 1.88 0.71
1975 PIT NL 25 P 33 29 192.0 51 11 39 1 5 .980 2.34 1.52 .943 1.86 0.72
1976 PIT NL 26 P 31 29 193.0 49 16 31 2 2 .959 2.19 1.52 .949 1.88 0.72
1977 PIT NL 27 P 33 32 193.0 46 11 33 2 0 .957 2.05 1.33 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 PIT NL 28 P 28 11 96.0 25 11 14 0 1 1.000 2.34 0.89 .948 1.91 0.72
1979 PIT NL 29 P 33 25 172.1 41 10 30 1 2 .976 2.09 1.21 .949 1.80 0.66
1980 CAL AL 30 P 13 13 73.1 16 2 11 3 0 .813 1.60 1.00 .962 1.85 0.77
1981 CAL AL 31 P 11 4 44.0 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.45 1.09 .958 1.98 0.81
1982 CAL AL 32 P 33 16 142.0 44 19 24 1 2 .977 2.73 1.30 .957 1.80 0.73
1983 CAL AL 33 P 26 17 126.2 27 5 22 0 2 1.000 1.92 1.04 .956 1.80 0.73
1984 CAL AL 34 P 20 7 65.1 12 7 3 2 1 .833 1.38 0.50 .967 1.79 0.70
1985 BOS AL 35 P 22 9 92.0 32 16 16 0 2 1.000 3.13 1.45 .950 1.86 0.70
15 Seasons P 380 246 1809.2 453 140 297 16 27 .965 2.17 1.15 .950 1.85 0.72
15 Seasons TOT 380 246 1809.2 453 140 297 16 27 .965 2.17 1.15 .915 1.85 0.72

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
1971 PIT NL 21 18 13 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 PIT NL 22 32 18 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 PIT NL 23 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 PIT NL 24 40 16 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PIT NL 25 35 29 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1976 PIT NL 26 31 29 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 27 35 32 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1978 PIT NL 28 28 11 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PIT NL 29 37 25 37 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1980 CAL AL 30 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CAL AL 31 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CAL AL 32 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 33 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CAL AL 34 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 BOS AL 35 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 388 180 263 380 380 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
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%
1971 PIT NL 21 421 76% 29% 20 95% 0 8 0 5 19 11 6 1 0 1 0 1 5 2 5 0 3 67%
1972 PIT NL 22 660 73% 29% 20 75% 0 10 1 8 14 12 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0%
1973 PIT NL 23 185 73% 33% 8 75% 0 2 0 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1974 PIT NL 24 594 77% 29% 29 90% 1 12 1 9 24 21 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 5 100%
1975 PIT NL 25 844 78% 28% 46 91% 0 12 3 6 38 26 9 1 0 1 0 1 5 5 5 0 13 92%
1976 PIT NL 26 832 82% 29% 42 81% 0 17 3 13 30 26 3 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 10 50%
1977 PIT NL 27 859 79% 28% 38 95% 3 12 0 10 36 28 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1978 PIT NL 28 423 75% 29% 15 93% 0 11 0 10 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1979 PIT NL 29 728 79% 28% 34 97% 0 11 0 7 32 27 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 10 100%
1980 CAL AL 30 331 81% 26% 16 69% 0 2 0 2 11 11 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 50%
1981 CAL AL 31 187 83% 40% 9 100% 0 3 1 1 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1982 CAL AL 32 600 78% 34% 26 92% 1 19 0 15 22 20 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 100%
1983 CAL AL 33 552 76% 26% 24 88% 0 5 0 5 22 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1984 CAL AL 34 308 68% 16% 5 80% 0 7 0 6 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
1985 BOS AL 35 408 78% 27% 15 100% 0 12 0 11 15 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
15 Seasons 7932 77% 28% 347 89% 5 143 9 110 295 239 34 16 0 11 5 10 27 19 27 0 66 79%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 88%

* 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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