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: 9-13 / in Starts: 5-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 10

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	359	5	Apr 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-11	GS-2		99	1.1	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	6.75	9.43	9	4	0	0	0	2	43			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.145	1.78	-0.12%	-1.55	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out a3
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
2	360	31	May 14	BOS		SEA	L,0-5	3-7		29	4.2	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	1.50	4.18	21	4	7	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	.43	0.090	.42	0.05%	2.34	3t 1-3 1 out d4	7t 3 out d5
3	361	37	May 21	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	6	8.0	7	1	1	0	4	1	0	1.29	3.68	31	12	8	2	0	7	68			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.61	0.134	.38	0.05%	3.30	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a8
4	362	42	May 26	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-5	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	7.0	6	5	5	3	4	1	0	3.00	4.02	30	10	7	1	0	6	46			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.221	.47	-0.06%	-0.77	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out d1
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
5	363	47	Jun 1	BOS		TEX	W,6-0	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	7.0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.25	3.72	28	5	14	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.363	.36	0.08%	3.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
6	364	52	Jun 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(3-1)	6	7.2	7	1	1	3	8	0	0	2.02	3.30	31	10	3	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.35	0.438	1.03	0.20%	2.74	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a1
7	365	57	Jun 13	BOS		TOR	W,8-7	GS-5		4	4.2	10	6	6	3	4	0	0	3.12	3.25	27	6	4	0	0	10	21			0	0	0	23	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.41	-0.391	2.00	-0.33%	-3.68	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d4
8	366	62	Jun 18	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	GS-6		4	5.1	12	6	6	0	5	1	0	3.94	3.25	28	8	4	1	0	11	25			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.217	2.73	-0.28%	-2.38	1b start a 1	6b -23 1 out a3
9	367	67	Jun 23	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-8	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	5.1	4	6	6	4	3	2	1	4.59	3.88	25	8	5	0	1	4	35			2	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.139	1.53	-0.16%	-3.09	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d6
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
10	368	75	Jul 2	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-4	5-8		8	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.25	3.76	12	5	5	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.58	0.475	1.08	0.20%	2.65	5b -2- 0 out tie	8b 3 out a1
11	369	78	Jul 5	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-13	3-7		2	4.2	5	3	3	4	3	1	0	4.37	3.99	23	5	6	0	0	5		1	1	1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.064	.08	-0.03%	-1.27	3b -2- 1 out d4	7b 3 out d5
12	370	85	Jul 12	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS-6		6	6.0	9	4	4	0	7	1	0	4.52	3.86	25	2	7	1	0	9	45			0	1	0	25	4	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.176	.25	-0.05%	-0.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
13	371	101	Aug 1(1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-7	3-8		19	5.1	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	4.44	3.74	22	5	6	1	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.009	.22	0.00%	1.18	3t 1-3 2 out d2	8t 3 out d3
14	372	106	Aug 8(1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	6-7	L(3-3)	6	1.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.46	3.73	8	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.72	-0.111	.56	-0.02%	-0.39	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
15	373	129	Aug 31(2)	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-5	3-GF(8)		22	5.2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.14	3.67	21	9	6	2	0	4		2	0	1	0	0	19	0	0	1	1	0	0	.28	0.089	.00	0.00%	3.64	3b 12- 1 out d4	8b end d 3
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
16	374	132	Sep 3	BOS	@	TEX	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	3.66	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.79	0.218	.00	0.00%	1.20	9b 1-3 1 out a2	9b end a 2
17	375	135	Sep 7(1)	BOS		CLE	W,11-9	5-9	W(4-3)	3	4.2	4	2	2	2	3	1	0	4.09	3.76	20	6	5	0	0	4		2	2	1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.58	-0.312	.00	0.00%	-0.64	5t -23 0 out a2	9t 123 2 out a2
18	376	138	Sep 10(1)	BOS		BAL	L,5-7	8-8		2	0.2	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.38	3.92	6	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-2.71	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 1-- 2 out d6
19	377	143	Sep 14	BOS	@	MIL	W,10-8	9-GF(11)	BW(5-3)	3	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	3.87	11	9	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.23	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.51	9b 12- 0 out a2	11b end a 2
20	378	150	Sep 22	BOS		DET	W,6-2	8-GF		7	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.23	3.83	8	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.06	8t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 4
21	379	160	Oct 3(2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,8-9	5-7		10	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.14	3.79	8	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.116	.00	0.00%	0.83	5b 12- 2 out tie	7b -23 2 out a3
22	380	162	Oct 5	BOS		MIL	L,2-3	9-GF		1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.11	3.81	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.74	0.050	.00	0.00%	1.44	9t -23 1 out d2	9t end d 2
							9-13		W-L:5-3,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.3	92.0	98	43	42	32	56	9	1	4.11	3.81	398	1.26		4%	0%	97	46	18	28%	6	1	0	358	19	2	4	11	3	3	.98	0.204	.73	-0.47%	6.19

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