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 Pitching

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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
1971 21 PIT NL 6 5 .545 3.40 18 13 0 2 1 0 95.1 93 40 36 6 36 5 60 6 2 4 405 102 1.353 8.8 0.6 3.4 5.7 1.67
1972 22 PIT NL 9 7 .563 3.26 32 18 5 6 1 3 152.0 123 61 55 11 69 2 102 9 1 8 641 103 1.263 7.3 0.7 4.1 6.0 1.48
1973 23 PIT NL 3 0 1.000 3.09 7 7 0 0 0 0 43.2 36 17 15 4 24 3 26 1 0 1 181 114 1.374 7.4 0.8 4.9 5.4 1.08
1974 24 PIT NL 9 8 .529 3.49 40 16 11 1 0 2 129.0 123 64 50 8 57 7 71 11 2 6 574 99 1.395 8.6 0.6 4.0 5.0 1.25
1975 25 PIT NL 12 11 .522 3.23 33 29 0 6 0 0 192.0 160 89 69 10 92 9 89 4 2 9 819 109 1.313 7.5 0.5 4.3 4.2 0.97
1976 26 PIT NL 14 9 .609 3.08 31 29 1 6 1 1 193.0 180 83 66 10 52 4 98 3 0 4 800 113 1.202 8.4 0.5 2.4 4.6 1.88
1977 27 PIT NL 9 10 .474 4.90 33 32 0 3 1 0 193.0 209 113 105 25 55 6 122 6 1 6 830 81 1.368 9.7 1.2 2.6 5.7 2.22
1978 28 PIT NL 6 6 .500 3.19 28 11 4 0 0 0 96.0 81 40 34 3 39 0 62 5 1 4 407 117 1.250 7.6 0.3 3.7 5.8 1.59
1979 29 PIT NL 13 7 .650 3.19 33 25 2 3 1 0 172.1 157 70 61 13 45 5 105 4 0 5 704 123 1.172 8.2 0.7 2.4 5.5 2.33
1980 30 CAL AL 3 6 .333 4.91 13 13 0 2 1 0 73.1 73 46 40 5 32 2 28 3 2 0 321 80 1.432 9.0 0.6 3.9 3.4 0.88
1981 31 CAL AL 1 1 .500 3.48 11 4 2 0 0 0 44.0 40 18 17 8 14 1 19 0 0 1 180 104 1.227 8.2 1.6 2.9 3.9 1.36
1982 32 CAL AL 10 5 .667 3.17 33 16 11 3 1 1 142.0 120 54 50 15 44 3 86 5 0 5 582 128 1.155 7.6 1.0 2.8 5.5 1.95
1983 33 CAL AL 11 5 .688 4.05 26 17 5 4 1 2 126.2 128 59 57 13 43 4 83 4 0 0 540 100 1.350 9.1 0.9 3.1 5.9 1.93
1984 34 CAL AL 4 5 .444 5.37 20 7 8 0 0 2 65.1 72 42 39 10 28 3 66 6 0 4 294 74 1.531 9.9 1.4 3.9 9.1 2.36
1985 35 BOS AL 5 3 .625 4.11 22 9 5 0 0 1 92.0 98 43 42 9 32 4 56 1 0 1 398 105 1.413 9.6 0.9 3.1 5.5 1.75
15 Seasons 115 88 .567 3.66 380 246 54 36 8 12 1809.2 1693 839 736 150 662 58 1073 68 11 58 7676 102 1.301 8.4 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.62
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .567 3.66 41 27 6 4 1 1 197 184 91 80 16 72 6 117 7 1 6 834 102 1.301 8.4 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.62
PIT (9 yrs) 81 63 .563 3.49 255 180 23 27 5 6 1266.1 1162 577 491 90 469 41 735 49 9 47 5361 104 1.288 8.3 0.6 3.3 5.2 1.57
CAL (5 yrs) 29 22 .569 4.05 103 57 26 9 3 5 451.1 433 219 203 51 161 13 282 18 2 10 1917 98 1.316 8.6 1.0 3.2 5.6 1.75
BOS (1 yr) 5 3 .625 4.11 22 9 5 0 0 1 92.0 98 43 42 9 32 4 56 1 0 1 398 105 1.413 9.6 0.9 3.1 5.5 1.75
NL (9 yrs) 81 63 .563 3.49 255 180 23 27 5 6 1266.1 1162 577 491 90 469 41 735 49 9 47 5361 104 1.288 8.3 0.6 3.3 5.2 1.57
AL (6 yrs) 34 25 .576 4.06 125 66 31 9 3 6 543.1 531 262 245 60 193 17 338 19 2 11 2315 99 1.333 8.8 1.0 3.2 5.6 1.75

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1971 21 PIT NL NLCS W SFG 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 17 0.857 3.9 0.0 3.9 5.8 1.50
1971 21 PIT NL WS W BAL 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 24 0.474 1.4 0.0 2.8 4.3 1.50
1972 22 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 11.6
1974 24 PIT NL NLCS L LAD 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 2 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 28 1.200 2.7 0.0 8.1 6.8 0.83
1975 25 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1979 29 PIT NL WS W BAL 0 1 .000 108.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 15.000 81.0 27.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
1982 32 CAL AL ALCS L MIL 1 0 1.000 1.93 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.0 8 4 3 2 3 0 12 0 0 0 53 0.786 5.1 1.3 1.9 7.7 4.00
6 Seasons (7 Series) 5 1 .833 1.98 10 4 1 1 0 0 36.1 19 10 8 3 15 0 27 4 0 2 144 0.936 4.7 0.7 3.7 6.7 1.80
4 NLCS 3 0 1.000 0.57 5 1 1 0 0 0 15.2 7 1 1 0 8 0 12 1 0 1 60 0.957 4.0 0.0 4.6 6.9 1.50
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 1.93 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.0 8 4 3 2 3 0 12 0 0 0 53 0.786 5.1 1.3 1.9 7.7 4.00
2 WS 1 1 .500 5.40 3 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 4 5 4 1 4 0 3 3 0 1 31 1.200 5.4 1.4 5.4 4.1 0.75

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 21 PIT NL 18 405 359 40 93 8 2 6 3 5 36 60 .259 .335 .343 .678 .295 123 13 6 2 2 5
1972 22 PIT NL 32 641 559 61 123 19 1 11 3 7 69 102 .220 .316 .317 .632 .251 177 14 9 4 0 2
1973 23 PIT NL 7 181 155 17 36 4 2 4 4 0 24 26 .232 .339 .361 .700 .256 56 7 1 1 0 3
1974 24 PIT NL 40 574 497 64 123 21 7 8 6 3 57 71 .247 .335 .366 .701 .271 182 12 11 3 6 7
1975 25 PIT NL 33 819 705 89 160 32 5 10 8 2 92 89 .227 .317 .329 .646 .245 232 19 4 11 7 9
1976 26 PIT NL 31 800 730 83 180 29 5 10 14 12 52 98 .247 .297 .341 .638 .271 249 11 3 9 6 4
1977 27 PIT NL 33 830 751 113 209 46 6 25 15 5 55 122 .278 .328 .455 .784 .300 342 11 6 8 10 6
1978 28 PIT NL 28 407 354 40 81 12 2 3 8 3 39 62 .229 .311 .299 .610 .266 106 10 5 5 4 0
1979 29 PIT NL 33 704 637 70 157 33 4 13 13 5 45 105 .246 .298 .372 .670 .274 237 18 4 12 6 5
1980 30 CAL AL 13 321 277 46 73 16 2 5 6 0 32 28 .264 .344 .390 .734 .276 108 7 3 7 2 2
1981 31 CAL AL 11 180 166 18 40 5 0 8 5 2 14 19 .241 .300 .416 .716 .230 69 6 0 0 0 1
1982 32 CAL AL 33 582 530 54 120 22 6 15 10 4 44 86 .226 .291 .375 .666 .244 199 11 5 1 2 3
1983 33 CAL AL 26 540 484 59 128 32 3 13 8 3 43 83 .264 .328 .424 .752 .295 205 10 4 7 2 4
1984 34 CAL AL 20 294 257 42 72 6 4 10 3 6 28 66 .280 .362 .451 .813 .339 116 3 6 1 2 3
1985 35 BOS AL 22 398 358 43 98 19 2 9 6 1 32 56 .274 .332 .413 .746 .301 148 11 1 4 3 4
15 Seasons 380 7676 6819 839 1693 304 51 150 112 58 662 1073 .248 .319 .374 .693 .273 2549 163 68 75 52 58
162 Game Avg. 41 834 741 91 184 33 6 16 12 6 72 117 .248 .319 .374 .693 .273 277 18 7 8 6 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1971 21 PIT NL 18 13 5 4 4 0 1 7 6 .538 2 0 2 1 8 62% 53 90 25 17 7 2 5 4.7 5.0 6.5
1972 22 PIT NL 32 18 9 6 3 3 4 10 8 .556 2 0 6 1 11 61% 56 80 19 21 6 2 7 4.6 5.4 6.7
1973 23 PIT NL 7 7 3 0 4 1 0 5 2 .714 0 1 0 0 4 57% 54 73 44 4 2 2 3 5.0 4.4 6.2
1974 24 PIT NL 40 16 5 4 7 0 1 8 8 .500 1 4 1 0 10 63% 51 80 16 23 4 3 10 5.0 5.0 5.7
1975 25 PIT NL 33 29 11 11 7 3 5 14 15 .483 0 6 6 0 16 55% 53 74 20 33 12 3 9 4.4 4.3 6.3
1976 26 PIT NL 31 29 14 9 6 2 3 18 11 .621 1 2 6 1 18 62% 54 83 23 19 8 3 15 4.4 4.2 6.6
1977 27 PIT NL 33 32 9 10 13 0 2 17 15 .531 3 5 3 1 16 50% 48 91 12 25 8 8 9 4.9 5.2 6.0
1978 28 PIT NL 28 11 4 4 3 0 0 6 5 .545 2 0 0 0 7 64% 53 81 17 20 5 2 7 3.8 4.1 5.5
1979 29 PIT NL 33 25 11 6 8 2 2 16 9 .640 3 3 3 1 14 56% 54 89 24 20 10 5 12 4.6 4.9 6.1
1980 30 CAL AL 13 13 3 6 4 0 2 4 9 .308 2 2 2 1 6 46% 46 82 25 14 8 0 6 5.2 6.3 5.6
1981 31 CAL AL 11 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 .250 1 0 0 0 3 75% 51 64 35 9 3 1 0 3.3 4.3 6.1
1982 32 CAL AL 33 16 9 3 4 1 0 11 5 .688 2 0 3 1 9 56% 56 76 28 17 9 0 8 5.9 6.9 6.6
1983 33 CAL AL 26 17 8 5 4 1 0 10 7 .588 2 1 4 1 8 47% 50 82 23 18 6 0 9 4.9 5.8 6.3
1984 34 CAL AL 20 7 2 4 1 1 0 3 4 .429 0 1 0 0 1 14% 42 69 29 8 1 0 3 4.9 5.6 4.8
1985 35 BOS AL 22 9 3 2 4 0 0 5 4 .556 1 2 0 0 3 33% 46 68 21 16 3 0 5 5.5 5.8 5.8
15 Seasons 380 246 97 75 74 14 21 135 111 .549 22 27 36 8 134 54% 52 91 12 264 92 31 108 4.7 5.1 6.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1971 21 PIT NL 18 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 6 0.970 0 2 3 1 1 3 1 4 5 0 5 1 6.4
1972 22 PIT NL 32 14 5 0 1 5 3 2 60% 5 0 11 6 55% 6 0.972 3 4 7 6 0 8 6 8 11 2 12 2 6.7
1974 24 PIT NL 40 24 11 4 4 4 2 2 50% 5 1 17 7 41% 8 1.053 10 5 8 7 5 12 9 15 12 6 13 8 4.8
1975 25 PIT NL 33 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 6 1.019 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 3 4 0 4 1 7.0
1976 26 PIT NL 31 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 7 1.061 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1977 27 PIT NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.911 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
1978 28 PIT NL 28 17 4 2 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 8 73% 6 0.899 4 4 9 3 3 11 6 11 16 0 16 0 6.3
1979 29 PIT NL 33 8 2 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 2 40% 4 0.937 4 2 2 2 2 4 3 5 3 2 3 2 7.0
1981 31 CAL AL 11 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 5 0.779 1 3 3 0 0 7 5 2 6 0 7 0 8.4
1982 32 CAL AL 33 17 11 1 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 18 3 17% 8 0.981 2 5 10 1 1 15 12 5 11 2 12 1 6.4
1983 33 CAL AL 26 9 5 3 0 3 2 1 67% 4 1 16 4 25% 8 1.180 6 2 1 4 2 3 8 1 7 2 7 2 6.6
1984 34 CAL AL 20 13 8 2 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 7 4 57% 8 0.881 4 3 6 5 2 6 4 9 12 0 12 0 7.4
1985 35 BOS AL 22 13 5 2 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 18 5 28% 3 0.989 4 4 5 4 3 6 10 3 10 3 10 0 9.2
13 Seasons 360 134 54 18 13 21 12 9 57% 25 4 113 43 38% 0.988 40 36 57 36 19 79 65 69 98 18 102 17 6.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1971 21 PIT NL 405 45% 1.5% 14.8% 8.9% 4.0% 17% 1.47 73% 86 13 15%
1972 22 PIT NL 641 46% 1.7% 15.9% 10.8% 4.8% 25% 1.37 70% 129 14 11%
1973 23 PIT NL 181 51% 2.2% 14.4% 13.3% 5.5% 28% 1.89 69% 36 7 19%
1974 24 PIT NL 574 47% 1.4% 12.4% 9.9% 6.3% 29% 1.24 74% 115 12 10%
1975 25 PIT NL 819 50% 1.2% 10.9% 11.2% 5.7% 29% 1.11 75% 163 19 12%
1976 26 PIT NL 800 47% 1.3% 12.3% 6.5% 5.5% 24% 1.01 79% 130 11 8%
1977 27 PIT NL 830 43% 3.0% 14.7% 6.6% 9.3% 37% 1.27 74% 121 11 9%
1978 28 PIT NL 407 42% 0.7% 15.2% 9.6% 4.2% 21% 1.44 72% 95 10 11%
1979 29 PIT NL 704 48% 1.9% 14.9% 6.4% 7.1% 32% 1.29 75% 110 18 16%
1980 30 CAL AL 321 60% 1.6% 8.7% 10.0% 7.2% 32% 1.03 77% 53 7 13%
1981 31 CAL AL 180 38% 4.4% 10.6% 7.8% 7.2% 33% 2.36 77% 25 6 24%
1982 32 CAL AL 582 50% 2.6% 14.8% 7.6% 7.4% 36% 1.61 74% 110 11 10%
1983 33 CAL AL 540 46% 2.4% 15.4% 8.0% 8.9% 38% 1.17 72% 92 10 11%
1984 34 CAL AL 294 56% 3.4% 22.5% 9.5% 6.8% 28% 0.71 62% 62 3 5%
1985 35 BOS AL 398 53% 2.3% 14.1% 8.0% 7.5% 31% 1.33 74% 87 11 13%
15 Seasons 7676 48% 2.0% 14.0% 8.6% 6.6% 30% 1.26 74% 1414 163 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1971 21 PIT NL 405 93 6 0 8 4 2 1 5 16 9 1 56% 5 4 1 161 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1972 22 PIT NL 641 123 11 0 15 4 7 4 7 30 15 6 50% 11 8 1 245 3 7 30% 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1973 23 PIT NL 181 36 4 0 1 2 2 2 2 13 5 2 38% 0 1 0 63 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1974 24 PIT NL 574 123 8 0 18 4 4 2 6 33 16 4 48% 11 6 3 223 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 0
1975 25 PIT NL 819 160 10 0 14 3 7 6 4 51 33 2 65% 14 9 3 318 8 2 80% 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 26 0
1976 26 PIT NL 800 180 10 0 11 3 7 5 5 31 16 6 52% 16 4 1 278 14 12 54% 14 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 16 0
1977 27 PIT NL 830 209 25 0 9 11 14 17 8 38 20 5 53% 8 6 0 282 15 5 75% 14 5 1 0 0 0 3 1 22 0
1978 28 PIT NL 407 81 3 0 8 1 2 2 1 27 21 2 78% 7 4 0 164 8 3 73% 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1979 29 PIT NL 704 157 13 0 10 6 7 8 5 26 18 3 69% 7 5 0 238 13 5 72% 13 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 0
1980 30 CAL AL 321 73 5 0 3 3 2 4 1 13 9 1 69% 5 0 0 119 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1981 31 CAL AL 180 40 8 0 1 3 5 5 3 7 1 1 14% 4 1 0 55 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1982 32 CAL AL 582 120 15 0 7 5 10 9 6 30 12 9 40% 7 5 1 198 10 4 71% 9 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 7 0
1983 33 CAL AL 540 128 13 0 4 3 10 8 5 18 12 3 67% 4 0 1 216 8 3 73% 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
1984 34 CAL AL 294 72 10 1 6 4 6 7 3 15 11 1 73% 4 4 1 115 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 0
1985 35 BOS AL 398 98 9 1 6 3 6 2 7 21 9 5 43% 3 1 1 175 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
15 Seasons 7676 1693 150 2 121 59 91 82 68 369 207 51 56% 106 58 13 2850 112 58 66% 108 51 4 6 0 1 18 3 169 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1971 21 6 5 .545 3.40 18 13 0 2 1 0 95.1 93 40 36 6 36 5 60 6 2 4 405 102 1.353 8.8 0.6 3.4 5.7 1.67 102
1972 22 15 12 .556 3.31 50 31 5 8 2 3 247.1 216 101 91 17 105 7 162 15 3 12 1046 103 1.298 7.9 0.6 3.8 5.9 1.54 103
1973 23 18 12 .600 3.28 57 38 5 8 2 3 291.0 252 118 106 21 129 10 188 16 3 13 1227 104 1.309 7.8 0.6 4.0 5.8 1.46 104
1974 24 27 20 .574 3.34 97 54 16 9 2 5 420.0 375 182 156 29 186 17 259 27 5 19 1801 102 1.336 8.0 0.6 4.0 5.6 1.39 102
1975 25 39 31 .557 3.31 130 83 16 15 2 5 612.0 535 271 225 39 278 26 348 31 7 28 2620 104 1.328 7.9 0.6 4.1 5.1 1.25 104
1976 26 53 40 .570 3.25 161 112 17 21 3 6 805.0 715 354 291 49 330 30 446 34 7 32 3420 106 1.298 8.0 0.5 3.7 5.0 1.35 106
1977 27 62 50 .554 3.57 194 144 17 24 4 6 998.0 924 467 396 74 385 36 568 40 8 38 4250 100 1.312 8.3 0.7 3.5 5.1 1.48 100
1978 28 68 56 .548 3.54 222 155 21 24 4 6 1094.0 1005 507 430 77 424 36 630 45 9 42 4657 101 1.306 8.3 0.6 3.5 5.2 1.49 101
1979 29 81 63 .563 3.49 255 180 23 27 5 6 1266.1 1162 577 491 90 469 41 735 49 9 47 5361 104 1.288 8.3 0.6 3.3 5.2 1.57 104
1980 30 84 69 .549 3.57 268 193 23 29 6 6 1339.2 1235 623 531 95 501 43 763 52 11 47 5682 102 1.296 8.3 0.6 3.4 5.1 1.52 102
1981 31 85 70 .548 3.56 279 197 25 29 6 6 1383.2 1275 641 548 103 515 44 782 52 11 48 5862 102 1.294 8.3 0.7 3.3 5.1 1.52 102
1982 32 95 75 .559 3.53 312 213 36 32 7 7 1525.2 1395 695 598 118 559 47 868 57 11 53 6444 104 1.281 8.2 0.7 3.3 5.1 1.55 104
1983 33 106 80 .570 3.57 338 230 41 36 8 9 1652.1 1523 754 655 131 602 51 951 61 11 53 6984 104 1.286 8.3 0.7 3.3 5.2 1.58 104
1984 34 110 85 .564 3.64 358 237 49 36 8 11 1717.2 1595 796 694 141 630 54 1017 67 11 57 7278 102 1.295 8.4 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.61 102
1985 35 115 88 .567 3.66 380 246 54 36 8 12 1809.2 1693 839 736 150 662 58 1073 68 11 58 7676 102 1.301 8.4 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.62 102

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1971 21 4 5 .444 4.19 88.0 98 46 41 6 38 55 6 1.545 10.0 3.9 5.6 1.45 0.6 18
1972 22 8 8 .500 4.07 148.0 139 74 67 12 78 99 10 1.466 8.5 4.7 6.0 1.27 0.7 32
1973 23 2 2 .500 3.69 39.0 37 18 16 4 25 23 1 1.590 8.5 5.8 5.3 0.92 0.9 7
1974 24 6 7 .462 4.10 123.0 131 62 56 9 61 68 12 1.561 9.6 4.5 5.0 1.11 0.7 40
1975 25 10 10 .500 3.79 183.0 169 86 77 11 97 85 4 1.454 8.3 4.8 4.2 0.88 0.5 33
1976 26 11 9 .550 3.62 184.0 190 82 74 11 55 93 3 1.332 9.3 2.7 4.5 1.69 0.5 31
1977 27 8 12 .400 5.08 186.0 210 117 105 25 55 118 6 1.425 10.2 2.7 5.7 2.15 1.2 33
1978 28 6 4 .600 3.48 93.0 84 40 36 3 40 60 5 1.333 8.1 3.9 5.8 1.50 0.3 28
1979 29 11 7 .611 3.31 166.0 158 68 61 13 45 101 4 1.223 8.6 2.4 5.5 2.24 0.7 33
1980 30 2 5 .286 5.53 70.0 76 48 43 5 33 27 3 1.557 9.8 4.2 3.5 0.82 0.6 13
1981 31 3 3 .500 4.43 61.0 66 33 30 13 23 26 0 1.459 9.7 3.4 3.8 1.13 1.9 11
1982 32 8 7 .533 3.60 135.0 125 60 54 16 46 82 5 1.267 8.3 3.1 5.5 1.78 1.1 33
1983 33 6 7 .462 4.50 120.0 132 67 60 13 44 79 4 1.467 9.9 3.3 5.9 1.80 1.0 26
1984 34 2 4 .333 6.20 61.0 75 47 42 10 29 62 6 1.705 11.1 4.3 9.1 2.14 1.5 20
1985 35 4 5 .444 4.15 89.0 98 46 41 9 32 54 1 1.461 9.9 3.2 5.5 1.69 0.9 22
15 Seasons 91 95 .489 4.14 1746.0 1788 894 803 160 701 1032 70 1.426 9.2 5.3 1.47 0.8 380

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1979 NL  .650 (5th)
Career  .567 (236th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1979 NL  1.172 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  7.500 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 NL  2.350 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 NL  25 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 NL  92 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1979 NL  2.333 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  .469 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 NL  105 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1975 NL  9 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1972 NL  9 (2nd)
1974 NL  11 (2nd)
1977 NL  6 (8th)
Career  68 (168th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1979 NL  123 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 7 (1632), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (883), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  2. Ralph Works (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lynn McGlothen (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Junior Thompson (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Bouton (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Steve Busby (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dave Goltz (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Blass (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Pete Vuckovich (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Pete Vuckovich (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jack Billingham (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jack Billingham (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jack Sanford (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jack Sanford (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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