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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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: 17-23 / in Starts: 8-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 9

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 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	58	2	Apr 6	PIT	@	STL	L,0-8	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.58	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
2	59	3	Apr 10	PIT		MON	L,8-12	5-5		3	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.00	8.58	5	0	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.19	-0.063	1.60	-0.05%	-0.66	5t -23 1 out d2	5t 3 out d4
3	60	4	Apr 11	PIT		MON	L,1-5	7-8		0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	6.48	7	1	4	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.21	-0.003	.26	0.00%	0.57	7t 1-3 1 out d3	8t 3 out d4
4	61	5	Apr 12	PIT		STL	L,6-7	10-GF(11)	L(0-1)	0	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.69	5.02	9	3	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.54	-0.194	3.00	-0.14%	-0.12	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
5	62	9	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	11-GF(12)	W(1-1)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	4.35	6	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.170	.95	0.09%	0.95	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 3
6	63	17	Apr 27	PIT		HOU	L,7-10	5-8		10	4.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.18	3.46	19	6	4	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	1	.04	-0.011	.04	-0.01%	-1.23	5t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d7
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
7	64	24	May 8	PIT	@	HOU	L,6-8	3-6		10	4.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.35	3.49	13	4	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.136	.50	0.07%	1.75	3b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d1
8	65	27	May 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	3.47	2	1	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.011	.52	0.01%	0.43	8b 12- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
9	66	28	May 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-8	7-7		0	1.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.70	3.66	7	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.076	.77	-0.04%	-0.52	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
10	67	29	May 14	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	7-7		1	1.0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	3.06	3.77	7	2	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.26	-0.075	.18	-0.03%	-2.56	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d6
11	68	30	May 15	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	14-GF(14)	W(2-1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.89	3.49	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.126	1.02	0.05%	0.44	14t --- 0 out tie	14t end tie
12	69	31	May 16	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	6-GF	S(1)	0	3.1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.45	3.35	11	3	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.162	.61	0.07%	1.73	6t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 3
13	70	37	May 23	PIT	@	MON	L,4-5	GS-5	L(2-2)	6	5.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.00	3.28	22	11	2	0	0	5	45			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.123	.48	-0.05%	-0.58	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
14	71	42	May 27(2)	PIT		SDP	W,8-7	GS-7		3	7.0	7	3	2	4	8	1	0	2.91	3.40	32	8	5	3	0	7	57			2	0	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	1	.88	-0.068	.38	-0.02%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
15	72	46	Jun 2	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	GS-3	L(2-3)	5	2.1	7	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.96	3.71	15	0	3	0	0	7	24			0	1	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.279	.72	-0.11%	-3.54	1b start tie	3b --3 1 out d4
16	73	50	Jun 7	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.76	3.67	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.10	0.009	.04	0.00%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
17	74	51	Jun 8	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-2	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	3.66	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.046	.65	0.01%	-0.24	9b 123 2 out a4	9b end a 3
18	75	53	Jun 10	PIT	@	SDP	L,8-9	8-8		1	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.96	4.08	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.096	.34	-0.03%	-3.00	8b 12- 0 out a7	8b 12- 0 out a4
19	76	57	Jun 15	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	8-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	3.92	4.24	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.085	.70	-0.03%	-1.06	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 123 1 out d1
20	77	60	Jun 18	PIT		LAD	W,2-0	8-9	H(1)	2	1.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.79	4.16	7	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	-0.045	1.57	-0.02%	-0.45	8t --- 0 out a1	9t -23 1 out a2
21	78	65	Jun 23	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS-7		4	7.0	4	3	2	1	6	0	0	3.61	3.74	29	14	7	2	3	1	64			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.39	-0.011	1.23	-0.01%	0.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
22	79	72	Jun 30(2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	8-GF	W(3-3)	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.47	3.71	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.172	1.94	0.10%	0.88	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end a 1
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
23	80	76	Jul 4(2)	PIT		MON	W,3-2	8-GF	W(4-3)	3	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.64	6	1	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.64	0.195	4.30	0.14%	0.90	8t 1-3 2 out d1	9t end a 1
24	81	78	Jul 6	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-1	3-7	L(4-4)	1	5.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	3.23	3.57	19	7	7	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	.96	0.079	.86	0.04%	1.19	3b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d1
25	82	87	Jul 14(2)	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	GS-7	W(5-4)	7	6.0	4	1	0	4	3	0	0	2.92	3.57	26	5	10	0	1	4	61			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.141	.82	0.05%	1.28	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a1
26	83	93	Jul 20	PIT	@	ATL	W,7-6	GS-2		5	1.2	4	5	0	1	1	0	2	2.84	3.65	13	2	3	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.450	2.08	-0.43%	-4.47	1b start a 4	2b 12- 2 out d1
27	84	99	Jul 27(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS-4	L(5-5)	6	3.1	10	7	6	1	3	1	0	3.51	3.75	22	4	4	0	0	10	16			0	0	0	21	3	0	1	0	0	1	.63	-0.305	1.60	-0.47%	-5.59	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d7
28	85	103	Jul 30(2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-8	L(5-6)	2	7.1	7	4	3	0	5	1	1	3.53	3.71	30	8	9	1	1	7	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.315	1.66	-0.32%	-0.99	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d1
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
29	86	109	Aug 4(2)	PIT		CHC	W,7-1	GS-8	W(6-6)	4	8.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.29	3.65	31	9	14	3	1	0	68			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	3	1	1	.84	0.273	1.05	0.21%	2.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
30	87	114	Aug 10	PIT		SDP	L,4-8	GS-2		5	2.0	4	4	3	1	0	1	0	3.54	3.82	12	8	1	0	0	2	33			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.330	2.48	-0.39%	-3.12	1t start tie	2t 3 out d1
31	88	118	Aug 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	9-10	L(6-7)	3	1.1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.48	3.87	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.55	0.066	7.22	0.11%	0.27	9b --- 0 out tie	10b -2- 1 out tie
32	89	123	Aug 20	PIT		SFG	L,7-8	GS-7		5	6.2	8	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.33	3.88	30	10	7	1	0	8	51			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.225	3.51	0.39%	1.69	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
33	90	130	Aug 29	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-7		8	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.27	3.92	28	9	8	1	0	6	58			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	1	.89	0.038	3.56	0.09%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
34	91	135	Sep 2(2)	PIT		PHI	W,11-1	GS-8	W(7-7)	3	8.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	1	3.11	3.86	31	15	5	0	1	3	73			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.38	0.184	1.81	0.53%	2.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a10
35	92	141	Sep 10	PIT	@	CHC	W,12-4	9-GF		7	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.17	3.87	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.53	9b --- 0 out a9	9b end a 8
36	93	142	Sep 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-8	6-7	BS(1)	0	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.39	3.87	7	2	0	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	-0.395	8.71	-0.77%	-2.48	6b --3 2 out a2	7b -2- 2 out tie
37	94	143	Sep 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	8-8	BL(7-8)	0	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	3.54	4.01	5	0	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.592	7.94	-1.55%	-2.93	8b -2- 1 out a1	8b -23 2 out d2
38	95	149	Sep 19	PIT		STL	W,8-6	GS-5		6	4.1	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.72	3.97	18	5	5	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.258	10.35	-1.58%	-1.92	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out tie
39	96	154	Sep 24	PIT	@	STL	W,7-3	GS-7	W(8-8)	4	6.1	4	2	2	5	3	0	0	3.68	3.97	27	6	9	0	1	4	55			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.147	12.57	1.36%	1.36	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a6
40	97	160	Sep 30	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(9-8)	5	9.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	1	3.49	3.86	34	15	10	3	0	1	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.24	0.557	19.28	5.21%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							17-23		W-L:9-8,Sv:2,BSv:2,Hld:1	3.2	129.0	123	64	50	57	71	8	11	3.49	3.86	574	1.22		5%	3%	108	51	17	41%	6	3	0	497	21	7	7	12	6	11	1.03	-1.037	3.42	2.47%	-11.26

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