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: 19-12 / in Starts: 18-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 0

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	131	2	Apr 11	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.0	8	3	3	3	3	1	1	5.40	6.43	25	6	5	0	0	7	39			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.039	1.94	-0.04%	-1.33	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out a2
2	132	6	Apr 17	PIT		NYM	L,1-17	GS-1	L(1-1)	5	0.2	5	5	5	1	2	0	0	12.71	5.81	8	0	0	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.395	3.23	-0.50%	-4.89	1t start tie	1t --3 2 out d5
3	133	8	Apr 20	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	7-8		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	9.39	4.46	6	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.08	0.007	.18	0.01%	0.89	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
4	134	14	Apr 27	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-6	L(1-2)	6	6.0	7	5	3	1	4	0	0	7.24	3.29	27	7	8	1	0	7	45			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.376	1.56	-0.33%	-2.40	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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	135	20	May 5	PIT		SFG	W,6-1	CG	W(2-2)	7	9.0	5	1	1	4	6	0	0	4.76	3.03	35	10	10	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	31	2	1	1	1	0	0	.60	0.234	.78	0.18%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
6	136	25	May 11	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	GS-1	L(2-3)	5	0.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.96	3.29	4	0	0	0	0	2	32			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.244	2.77	-0.25%	-2.82	1b start tie	1b 123 0 out d1
7	137	30	May 17	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(3-3)	5	7.1	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.80	3.20	28	9	11	0	1	4	64			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	0.233	1.73	0.24%	2.10	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
8	138	35	May 22	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS-9		4	9.0	8	3	1	0	2	0	0	3.92	2.97	35	15	18	4	0	0	65			0	2	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.28	0.165	2.14	0.17%	0.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	139	41	May 29	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(3-4)	6	8.0	9	4	4	0	2	1	1	4.02	3.16	32	14	14	7	4	1	50			0	2	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.103	1.66	-0.10%	-0.17	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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
10	140	46	Jun 2	PIT	@	MON	W,4-2	GS-8	W(4-4)	3	8.0	4	2	0	3	2	0	0	3.44	3.18	30	15	6	0	1	4	69			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.55	0.322	2.49	0.31%	1.72	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
11	141	51	Jun 7	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.2	5	4	3	3	2	3	0	3.45	3.81	31	8	13	1	3	5	54			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.092	1.67	0.08%	0.34	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
12	142	56	Jun 12	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	0	2	3	0	0	3.10	3.70	29	10	10	3	0	4	66			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.42	0.102	1.63	0.07%	1.29	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
13	143	61	Jun 20	PIT		HOU	L,4-9	GS-2		7	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.17	3.68	6	1	3	0	0	2	46			0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.072	1.20	-0.06%	-0.59	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out tie
14	144	65	Jun 25	PIT	@	MON	W,9-2	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	7	2	1	1	6	0	0	2.93	3.45	36	9	13	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.22	0.101	.22	0.06%	2.19	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
15	145	70	Jun 30	PIT		CHC	W,7-5	GS-9	W(6-4)	4	8.0	9	5	4	4	2	1	0	3.07	3.61	37	16	14	8	0	1	44			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	2	.94	0.179	.97	0.11%	-0.92	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out a4
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
16	146	74	Jul 4(2)	PIT		PHI	W,7-1	GS-7	W(7-4)	3	7.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.84	3.59	27	11	9	2	1	2	72			3	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.53	0.429	2.52	0.42%	3.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
17	147	78	Jul 9(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,11-12	GS-7		4	6.1	8	7	7	3	7	2	0	3.29	3.74	30	7	5	2	0	8	33			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.436	1.47	-0.34%	-2.70	1b start a 3	7b 12- 1 out d1
18	148	84	Jul 17	PIT		ATL	L,2-10	GS-3	L(7-5)	7	2.1	6	6	4	1	1	1	0	3.56	3.85	16	4	4	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	1	.63	-0.391	.68	-0.25%	-5.52	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d6
19	149	91	Jul 22	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-7	L(7-6)	4	7.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.58	3.72	26	7	10	0	1	6	54			1	2	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.140	.69	-0.13%	0.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
20	150	96	Jul 27	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	11	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.38	3.64	37	15	7	3	0	10	62			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.52	0.503	.40	0.08%	3.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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	151	101	Aug 1	PIT		MON	L,0-2	GS-8	L(8-7)	4	8.0	4	2	1	0	8	0	0	3.24	3.45	29	8	9	1	0	4	76			2	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	1	1	.90	0.122	.42	0.03%	1.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
22	152	107	Aug 7(1)	PIT		NYM	W,12-3	CG	W(9-7)	5	9.0	10	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.23	3.40	39	12	11	3	0	9	56			0	0	0	36	2	0	1	0	0	0	.85	0.097	.10	0.01%	0.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
23	153	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	HOU	W,8-5	GS-5		5	5.0	6	5	3	1	4	0	1	3.30	3.36	23	7	4	1	0	6	42			2	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.26	-0.456	.11	-0.02%	-2.98	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
24	154	120	Aug 20	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-8	GS-5	L(9-8)	6	5.0	5	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.38	3.31	20	7	6	3	0	5	47			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.141	.10	-0.01%	-0.83	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
25	155	125	Aug 25	PIT	@	SDP	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-8)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.18	3.19	30	11	8	0	0	5	83			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.456	.02	0.01%	3.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
26	156	130	Sep 1	PIT		SDP	W,4-1	GS-9	W(11-8)	6	8.0	7	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.08	3.21	32	12	9	2	0	7	62			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.178	.15	0.02%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
27	157	136	Sep 6(1)	PIT		PHI	W,6-2	GS-9	W(12-8)	4	8.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.04	3.16	32	8	10	0	0	5	67			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	1	.95	0.185	1.13	0.13%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a5
28	158	141	Sep 12	PIT		MON	W,6-1	GS-6	W(13-8)	5	6.0	7	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.99	3.15	27	8	5	2	0	7	55			1	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.51	0.171	3.43	0.23%	1.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
29	159	150	Sep 21(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-9	W(14-8)	8	8.1	7	3	2	2	7	0	0	2.95	3.08	33	9	13	6	3	2	64			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	0.040	2.06	0.03%	0.65	1b start a 1	9b -2- 1 out a1
30	160	153	Sep 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.94	3.10	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.53	0.193	1.00	0.03%	0.48	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
31	161	157	Sep 26	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(14-9)	2	6.0	9	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.08	3.15	27	8	7	1	2	9	35			1	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.234	.01	0.00%	-2.32	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d4
							19-12		W-L:14-9,Sv:1	4.6	193.0	180	83	66	52	98	10	3	3.08	3.15	800	1.04		10%	3%	146	54	0	---%	14	12	0	730	29	5	4	11	6	16	1.06	0.782	1.18	0.20%	3.50

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