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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2x World Series

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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: 5-5 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1971	NLCS g4	Oct 6	PIT		SFG	W,9-5	3-7	W(1-0)	11	4.2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.45	17					2	8	0	3	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.245	31.88	5.30%	1.81	3t --- 0 out tie	7t 12- 2 out a4
2	1971	WS g2	Oct 11	PIT	@	BAL	L,3-11	4-4		4	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	3.74	2					0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.057	47.34	-1.69%	-1.65	4b 12- 1 out d3	4b 123 1 out d4
3	1971	WS g4	Oct 13	PIT		BAL	W,4-3	1-7	W(2-0)	1	6.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0.00	3.27	22					7	9	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.383	63.61	13.64%	2.99	1t --3 2 out d3	7t 3 out tie
1972 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
4	1972	NLCS g2	Oct 8	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	6-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-1.60	3					0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.030	13.86	0.64%	0.42	6t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
5	1972	NLCS g3	Oct 9	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	7-8	W(1-0)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-0.17	5					2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.015	61.78	0.12%	0.21	7b --- 0 out tie	8b -2- 1 out a1
1974 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
6	1974	NLCS g3	Oct 8	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	7	6.2	2	0	0	6	5	0	0	0.00	3.78	28					10	5	1	1	2	69			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.083	4.33	0.96%	2.37	1b start a 5	7b 123 2 out a7
1975 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1975	NLCS g2	Oct 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.50	3.09	7					2	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	.12	-0.010	4.06	-0.18%	-0.07	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
1979 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
8	1979	WS g1	Oct 10	PIT	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-1	L(0-1)	9	0.1	3	5	4	2	0	1	0	108.00	59.73	7	27	11	4	1	2	3	1	0	0	25			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.360	66.13	-10.39%	-5.02	1b start tie	1b 1-- 1 out d5
1982 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
9	1982	ALCS g2	Oct 6	CAL		MIL	W,4-2	CG	W(1-0)	6	9.0	5	2	2	0	8	1	0	2.00	2.38	32	90	65	17	13	14	5	0	2	5	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.396	31.04	7.30%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	1982	ALCS g5	Oct 10	CAL	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-5		3	5.0	3	2	1	3	4	1	0	1.93	3.50	21	75	48	10	8	6	5	0	2	3	56			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.22	0.063	101.55	2.99%	0.35	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a1
											36.1	19	10	8	16	27	3	3	1.98		144																			0

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