Bruce Dal Canton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: June 15, 1941 in California, PA us

Died: October 7, 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA

Buried: Mt. Prospect Cemetery, Hickory, PA

High School: California HS (California, PA)

School: California University of Pennsylvania (California, PA)

Debut: September 3, 1967 (Age 26-080d, 10,226th in MLB history)
vs. PHI 3.0 IP, 3 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 27, 1977 (Age 35-346d)
vs. NYY 3.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: John Bruce Dal Canton

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.6

W

L

ERA

3.67

G

316

GS

SV

IP

931.1

SO

485

WHIP

1.380

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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1966	25	PIT-min	AA,AAA	3	2	.600	3.63	19	9		2	0		67.0	77	31	27	5	26	1	38	3	1	8				1.537	10.3	0.7	3.5	5.1	1.46	AVL,CLB SOUL,IL
1967	26	PIT-min	AA	5	5	.500	3.10	14	13		5	2		93.0	73	37	32	7	23	2	68	2	0	2				1.032	7.1	0.7	2.2	6.6	2.96	MAC SOUL
1967	26	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	182	3.37	1.208	7.1	0.4	3.8	4.9	1.30
1968	27	PIT-min	AA,AAA	5	6	.455	3.79	22	15		4	1		95.0	92	46	40	7	35	6	67	2	1	4				1.337	8.7	0.7	3.3	6.3	1.91	YOR,CLB EL,IL
1968	27	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	141	2.86	0.765	3.7	0.0	3.2	4.2	1.33
1969	28	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	3.37	1.483	8.2	0.3	5.1	5.8	1.14
1970	29	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	86	3.88	1.571	10.0	0.7	4.1	5.6	1.36
1971	30	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	99	3.30	1.330	9.2	0.5	2.8	3.7	1.32
1972	31	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	89	2.63	1.239	9.2	0.5	2.0	5.1	2.59
1973	32	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	85	4.39	1.582	10.0	0.7	4.3	3.5	0.83
1974	33	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	3.34	1.238	6.9	*0.3*	4.2	4.9	1.17
1975	34	TOT	MLB	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	3.30	1.546	10.2	0.2	3.7	5.1	1.39
1975	34	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	26	4.20	3.462	23.9	0.0	7.3	5.2	0.71
1975	34	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	3.18	1.299	8.5	0.3	3.2	5.1	1.58
1976	35	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	107	4.51	1.486	8.2	0.7	5.2	4.4	0.86
1977	36	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	111	4.16	1.375	7.5	0.4	4.9	3.4	0.69
1978	37	CHW-min	AAA	0	0		8.10	6	0		0	0	0	10.0	9	11	9	2	11	0	11	1	0	2				2.000	8.1	1.8	9.9	9.9	1.00	IWA AA
11 Yrs				51	49	.510	3.67	316	83	102	15	2	19	931.1	894	442	380	48	391	55	485	23	5	46	4030	99	3.50	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	99	3.50	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	3.36	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	3.53	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	110	3.88	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	111	4.16	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	96	3.39	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	105	3.67	1.416	8.4	0.5	4.3	5.2	1.20

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