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: 15-17 / in Starts: 10-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 6

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	19	9	Apr 26	PIT		CIN	L,6-7	7-7		99	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.40	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.004	.20	0.00%	0.42	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
2	20	10	Apr 27	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	6-7	BS(1)	0	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.40	11.40	5	1	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	-0.211	3.04	-0.18%	-1.01	6t 12- 2 out a1	7t 12- 1 out tie
3	21	12	Apr 29	PIT		ATL	L,5-9	4-5		1	1.2	5	4	4	1	4	0	0	13.50	5.40	11	0	1	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.048	.33	-0.03%	-3.18	4t 1-- 0 out d4	5t 12- 2 out d8
4	22	13	Apr 30	PIT		ATL	L,1-6	8-GF		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.44	3.52	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.01	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.85	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
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
5	23	15	May 3	PIT		HOU	W,3-2	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	6.48	2.64	11	3	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.219	1.17	0.10%	0.27	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
6	24	19	May 9	PIT	@	ATL	W,5-2	8-GF	S(2)	5	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.23	2.59	6	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.084	.55	0.05%	0.94	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
7	25	23	May 14	PIT	@	HOU	L,6-7	2-6		4	4.1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	3.68	2.33	18	8	3	0	1	3		3	3	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	2	.55	-0.171	.63	-0.12%	-1.59	2b 123 2 out d1	6b 3 out d3
8	26	28	May 20	PIT		MON	W,6-0	6-GF	S(3)	5	4.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2.89	2.45	14	6	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.12	0.028	.18	0.02%	1.69	6t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 6
9	27	33	May 25	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.61	2.54	8	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.029	.43	0.03%	0.86	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
10	28	37	May 29(1)	PIT		PHI	W,7-3	3-6		3	3.2	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.22	2.81	17	3	7	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.062	2.13	0.07%	0.98	3t --- 0 out d2	6t 123 2 out tie
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
11	29	43	Jun 4(2)	PIT	@	SFG	W,9-1	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	3	1	1	4	7	0	0	1.89	2.64	35	7	14	1	0	3	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	.55	0.120	.95	0.12%	2.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
12	30	49	Jun 11	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-5	GS-7	W(2-0)	6	7.0	6	4	4	4	7	3	0	2.45	3.51	31	4	10	1	0	6	52			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.259	2.01	-0.36%	-1.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
13	31	55	Jun 18	PIT		SDP	L,0-1	GS-8	L(2-1)	6	8.0	3	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.23	3.23	28	11	4	0	0	3	76			0	2	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.241	1.80	0.34%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
14	32	62	Jun 27	PIT	@	NYM	L,4-7	GS-6		8	5.1	7	4	4	2	4	0	2	2.68	3.22	26	5	6	0	1	7	40			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.221	5.23	-0.52%	-1.60	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out a1
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
15	33	67	Jul 2	PIT		CHC	W,7-4	GS-6	W(3-1)	4	5.2	5	2	2	4	3	0	0	2.73	3.24	26	9	10	6	0	0	50			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.096	3.20	0.18%	0.34	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a2
16	34	73	Jul 7(2)	PIT	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(3-2)	4	8.0	9	3	3	3	8	1	1	2.81	3.28	37	9	7	1	0	9	57			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.095	3.18	-0.15%	0.77	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
17	35	77	Jul 12	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	4-6		4	2.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.70	3.20	9	3	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.097	1.25	0.15%	1.62	4b 12- 1 out d2	6b 3 out d2
18	36	82	Jul 16(2)	PIT		HOU	W,3-2	GS-9	W(4-2)	3	8.2	4	2	2	4	6	0	0	2.63	3.11	33	10	9	1	0	4	70			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.356	2.21	0.54%	3.41	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a3
19	37	86	Jul 21	PIT		CIN	L,5-11	6-8	BL(4-3)	4	2.0	2	4	3	5	1	1	0	2.90	3.42	12	4	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.29	-0.429	5.08	-0.57%	-3.19	6t 1-3 0 out a2	8t 1-- 0 out d3
20	38	94	Jul 30	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	W(5-3)	8	9.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	2	2.71	3.29	33	13	7	1	1	7	73			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.96	0.200	1.82	0.23%	2.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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
21	39	99	Aug 4	PIT	@	MON	L,1-2	GS-6	L(5-4)	4	6.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.73	3.33	23	6	4	0	0	6	55			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.99	-0.052	1.74	-0.05%	0.62	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
22	40	105	Aug 11	PIT		STL	W,10-5	6-6		6	0.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.81	3.39	5	0	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.111	1.57	-0.09%	-2.10	6t -2- 1 out a5	6t 123 2 out a3
23	41	109	Aug 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-8	GS-4		3	3.1	8	6	4	2	1	0	0	3.08	3.40	20	6	3	0	0	8	23			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	-0.540	1.15	-0.25%	-4.42	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out tie
24	42	114	Aug 20(2)	PIT	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	5	2	1	4	6	0	0	2.91	3.31	36	14	8	1	0	4	73			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	0.269	.54	0.06%	1.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
25	43	118	Aug 25(2)	PIT		LAD	L,3-4	GS-7	L(6-5)	4	7.0	3	4	3	2	3	1	1	2.97	3.40	27	12	6	2	0	3	58			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.270	.21	-0.03%	-1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
26	44	123	Aug 30	PIT		SDP	W,11-0	SHO	W(7-5)	4	9.0	6	0	0	5	2	0	0	2.75	3.41	36	14	9	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.53	0.217	.17	0.04%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
Sep/Oct				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
27	45	128	Sep 4(2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.63	3.25	33	11	8	1	0	5	80			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.76	0.293	.03	0.01%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
28	46	134	Sep 10	PIT	@	MON	L,2-8	GS-3	L(8-6)	5	2.2	5	7	7	3	2	1	1	3.04	3.38	17	4	2	0	0	5	19			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.319	.01	0.00%	-4.99	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d6
29	47	138	Sep 15	PIT	@	STL	L,4-10	GS-3	L(8-7)	4	2.0	6	6	6	3	2	0	1	3.39	3.43	16	3	1	1	0	6	19			0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.409	.00	0.00%	-6.11	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d5
30	48	145	Sep 22	PIT		MON	W,4-3	GS-7		6	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.35	3.47	28	11	6	1	0	6	58			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	0.204	.00	0.00%	0.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
31	49	149	Sep 27	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS-5	W(9-7)	4	5.0	6	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.30	3.53	22	8	6	0	0	6	51			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.154	.00	0.00%	1.20	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
32	50	155	Oct 4	PIT		STL	L,3-4	6-7		6	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.26	3.54	9	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.40	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.85	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d3
							15-17		W-L:9-7,Sv:3,BSv:2	4.2	152.0	123	61	55	69	102	11	9	3.26	3.54	641	1.34		6%	1%	117	56	11	55%	3	7	0	559	19	1	2	14	0	11	.96	-0.434	1.37	-0.38%	2.03

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