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: 9-19 / in Starts: 6-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 6

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	195	3	Apr 9	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	6-8	L(0-1)	99	3.0	2	1	1	3	2	1	0	3.00	8.59	14	1	8	4	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.051	2.86	-0.05%	0.41	6t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
2	196	8	Apr 15	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-10	6-8		5	2.0	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	7.20	7.79	13	6	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.005	.77	0.00%	-1.36	6b --- 0 out a5	8b 1-3 0 out a6
3	197	12	Apr 23(1)	PIT		STL	W,14-7	4-8	W(1-1)	7	4.1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.86	5.91	17	6	5	3	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.108	1.07	0.08%	0.35	4t 1-3 2 out a3	8t 3 out a7
4	198	19	Apr 30	PIT		SFG	L,3-7	6-7		6	1.2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.27	5.68	8	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	.46	-0.022	.72	-0.02%	-0.29	6t --- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d4
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	199	22	May 3	PIT		SDP	L,5-7	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	5.25	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.016	.39	0.01%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
6	200	23	May 5	PIT		LAD	L,2-7	6-7		1	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.57	5.09	9	4	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.013	.27	0.01%	0.94	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
7	201	26	May 9	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-3	7-8		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.25	4.59	7	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.029	.45	0.03%	0.86	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d2
8	202	28	May 11	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-6	3-5		1	2.0	2	2	2	2	3	0	2	3.00	4.70	12	2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.149	1.43	-0.13%	-2.16	3b 1-- 1 out d3	5b 123 1 out d3
9	203	30	May 13	PIT	@	SDP	L,5-6	7-GF(8)	BL(1-2)	1	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.15	4.39	8	3	1	0	1	3		3	3	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.409	1.79	-0.31%	-1.39	7b 123 0 out a3	8b end d 1
10	204	34	May 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-10	5-6		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.86	4.36	7	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	.06	0.005	.08	0.00%	0.88	5b --- 0 out d6	6b 3 out d6
11	205	41	May 25	PIT		NYM	L,2-3	8-9		7	1.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	4.26	6	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.11	-0.117	3.45	-0.12%	-0.43	8t --- 0 out tie	9t -23 1 out tie
12	206	43	May 27	PIT		MON	L,1-15	3-5		1	3.0	6	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.42	3.76	15	4	1	0	1	6		2	2	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.075	.51	-0.08%	-2.25	3t 1-3 0 out d3	5t 3 out d8
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
13	207	80	Jul 8	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		41	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.18	3.71	8	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.07	0.007	.09	0.01%	0.88	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
14	208	82	Jul 13	PIT		SFG	L,0-4	7-8		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.97	3.57	6	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.14	0.017	.17	0.01%	0.94	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
15	209	87	Jul 17	PIT		SDP	W,8-7	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	3	4	3	0	1	3.22	3.66	29	9	7	2	0	5	49			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.059	1.30	0.05%	-0.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
16	210	90	Jul 20	PIT		LAD	W,7-6	9-GF(10)	W(2-2)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	3.62	4	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	0.273	6.02	0.29%	1.05	9t -23 2 out tie	10t end tie
17	211	95	Jul 26	PIT	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS-4	L(2-3)	5	4.0	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.46	3.52	18	7	2	0	0	4	43			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.177	1.27	-0.16%	-1.37	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
18	212	97	Jul 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-7	5-6		1	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.30	3.41	9	3	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.024	1.27	-0.02%	0.25	5b 1-- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d2
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
19	213	102	Aug 2	PIT	@	MON	W,3-0	GS-8	W(3-3)	4	8.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.79	3.13	28	7	9	0	0	3	81			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.471	1.29	0.36%	3.50	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
20	214	107	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	6-7		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	3.11	6	2	4	1	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.089	.47	0.04%	0.99	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
21	215	111	Aug 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-15	GS-3	L(3-4)	3	2.2	5	7	7	3	0	1	1	3.67	3.53	17	4	4	0	0	5	17			1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.26	-0.455	.88	-0.19%	-4.06	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d3
22	216	118	Aug 17(2)	PIT		HOU	W,3-2	GS-7	W(4-4)	5	6.1	7	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.59	3.30	27	6	5	0	0	7	56			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.009	.58	0.00%	0.40	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
23	217	127	Aug 26	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-7	GS-2	L(4-5)	8	1.1	7	7	2	1	2	0	1	3.80	3.32	14	3	0	0	0	7	23			2	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	.65	-0.416	1.71	-0.65%	-6.99	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d7
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
24	218	132	Sep 1(2)	PIT		ATL	W,3-0	GS-8	W(5-5)	5	7.2	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.39	3.31	27	9	11	1	2	2	74			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.06	0.390	2.43	0.54%	3.33	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
25	219	139	Sep 7	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.36	3.22	23	9	5	1	0	5	56			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.08	0.149	4.59	0.38%	1.28	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
26	220	147	Sep 15	PIT		MON	W,6-1	GS-8	W(6-5)	7	7.1	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.18	3.06	32	10	8	2	1	7	65			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	.57	0.111	1.52	0.18%	1.22	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a5
27	221	154	Sep 24	PIT	@	MON	L,0-4	GS-5	L(6-6)	8	5.0	2	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.30	2.99	18	8	6	0	0	2	53			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	.59	-0.176	2.29	-0.41%	-0.81	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
28	222	159	Sep 29(2)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	GS-7		4	6.0	3	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.19	3.07	22	7	6	0	1	3	64			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.087	10.91	0.64%	1.20	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out tie
							9-19		W-L:6-6,BSv:1	4.0	96.0	81	40	34	39	62	3	5	3.19	3.07	407	1.42		7%	5%	76	53	11	73%	8	3	0	354	12	2	0	10	4	7	.88	-0.243	2.04	0.48%	-2.36

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