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: 19-13 / in Starts: 16-9

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: 3

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	223	3	Apr 8	PIT		MON	L,4-5	GS-7		99	6.1	5	2	2	2	10	0	0	2.84	0.52	26	3	6	0	1	5	63			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.208	1.74	0.19%	1.94	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
2	224	7	Apr 13	PIT		STL	W,7-6	GS-4		4	3.1	7	5	4	1	5	0	0	5.59	0.56	18	2	3	2	0	7	32			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.458	1.34	-0.36%	-3.96	1t start tie	4t --3 1 out tie
3	225	12	Apr 20	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-4		6	4.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	5.27	0.98	17	7	1	0	0	5	46			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	1	0	.88	-0.062	.80	-0.03%	-0.23	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
4	226	18	Apr 29	PIT		HOU	W,10-5	1-8	W(1-0)	8	7.1	8	4	2	1	3	0	0	4.29	1.45	31	8	11	2	0	8		0	0	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	1	1	.83	0.146	.56	0.06%	0.38	1t --- 0 out d1	8t 123 1 out a5
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	227	23	May 6	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(1-1)	6	6.0	8	4	4	1	6	1	0	4.67	1.88	28	8	5	1	0	8	45			0	0	0	25	2	1	1	0	1	1	1.02	-0.149	.82	-0.07%	-1.11	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d2
6	228	28	May 12	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	GS-5		5	5.0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	3.94	2.14	20	8	3	0	0	1	65			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.284	.52	0.08%	2.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
7	229	37	May 22	PIT	@	MON	L,3-6	3-6		9	3.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.53	2.09	12	5	4	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	.20	0.026	.24	0.02%	1.93	3b 123 1 out d4	6b 3 out d4
8	230	39	May 25	PIT	@	NYM	T,3-3	9-9	BS(1)	2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	2.09	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.96	-0.348	2.92	-0.15%	-0.66	9b --3 2 out a1	9b 3 out tie
9	231	40	May 26	PIT	@	NYM	L,8-10	4-4		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.41	2.06	3	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.020	.20	0.01%	0.45	4b --- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d3
10	232	41	May 27	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	4-7		0	3.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.32	2.41	11	5	2	1	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	0.063	.89	0.03%	0.82	4b 1-- 1 out a1	7b 3 out tie
11	233	45	May 31	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	W(2-1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.24	2.37	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.136	2.46	0.09%	0.49	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end 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
12	234	47	Jun 2	PIT		SDP	L,1-3	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.16	2.45	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.43	0.017	.51	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
13	235	48	Jun 3	PIT		SDP	W,7-0	SHO	W(3-1)	0	9.0	1	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.61	2.38	30	9	12	0	1	1	89			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.185	.39	0.13%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
14	236	53	Jun 9	PIT		SFG	L,2-6	8-8	L(3-2)	5	0.2	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.10	2.41	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.27	-0.243	3.38	-0.22%	-0.94	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 12- 2 out d1
15	237	56	Jun 13	PIT	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-6	L(3-3)	3	6.0	8	3	3	0	3	1	1	3.24	2.61	25	8	5	0	0	8	47			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.149	1.07	-0.10%	-0.38	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
16	238	65	Jun 24	PIT		CHC	L,0-5	GS-8	L(3-4)	10	7.1	3	3	3	3	7	1	0	3.29	2.75	29	7	9	0	0	3	64			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	2	.90	0.214	1.32	0.19%	2.04	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d1
17	239	71	Jun 29	PIT		MON	W,6-5	GS-6	W(4-4)	4	5.1	10	5	4	1	7	2	0	3.55	2.96	27	5	4	1	0	10	36			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.151	1.74	-0.15%	-2.30	1t start tie	6t --- 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
18	240	77	Jul 6	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-7		6	7.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	0	3.35	2.96	26	10	4	0	1	4	71			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	.96	0.178	1.23	0.14%	2.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
19	241	82	Jul 11	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	1	3.10	2.86	32	15	5	1	2	6	76			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.220	.94	0.14%	2.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
20	242	88	Jul 19(2)	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	GS-9	W(6-4)	7	8.0	4	2	2	0	5	0	0	3.03	2.74	27	11	7	0	0	4	71			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.277	1.25	0.30%	2.46	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out a4
21	243	95	Jul 24	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS-1	L(6-5)	4	0.1	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	3.40	2.72	7	0	0	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.351	3.58	-0.51%	-4.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d4
22	244	101	Jul 29	PIT	@	MON	L,3-5	GS-6	L(6-6)	4	6.0	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.64	2.72	23	9	6	1	0	8	36			0	1	0	22	1	2	0	2	0	0	.66	-0.259	2.84	-0.67%	-2.21	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
23	245	106	Aug 3(1)	PIT		PHI	W,6-3	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	0	5	1	1	3.69	2.78	25	9	3	0	1	7	51			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.017	3.48	0.03%	-0.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
24	246	115	Aug 10(2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(7-6)	6	7.0	3	2	2	6	4	0	0	3.62	2.86	28	7	8	2	0	3	61			1	0	0	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.10	0.137	4.38	0.33%	1.47	1b start tie	8b --3 0 out a2
25	247	120	Aug 16	PIT		SDP	W,5-4	GS-6	W(8-6)	5	5.2	8	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.68	2.97	27	7	7	2	0	8	42			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.010	3.64	-0.02%	-0.36	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a2
26	248	125	Aug 21	PIT		SFG	L,1-6	GS-6	L(8-7)	4	5.2	5	4	3	2	3	1	0	3.72	3.06	24	10	6	2	0	3	46			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.242	3.91	-0.54%	-1.47	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
27	249	129	Aug 26	PIT	@	SDP	W,9-2	GS-7	W(9-7)	4	7.0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.53	3.05	29	7	13	1	0	7	61			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.098	1.18	0.23%	2.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out a8
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
28	250	134	Sep 1(1)	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS-7	W(10-7)	5	7.0	6	3	0	4	2	0	0	3.35	3.09	31	9	12	2	1	4	57			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.044	4.08	0.09%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
29	251	143	Sep 9	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-5	GS-6		7	6.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.46	3.09	26	5	9	0	3	8	40			2	1	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	.54	-0.233	2.39	-0.62%	-1.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
30	252	149	Sep 18	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	GS-5		8	5.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.46	3.08	21	5	10	1	2	4	51			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.38	0.074	14.37	0.46%	0.33	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a1
31	253	154	Sep 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	GS-7	W(11-7)	3	6.2	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	3.38	3.20	26	9	9	1	2	4	61			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.281	7.21	1.00%	2.29	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a2
32	254	159	Sep 26	PIT		MON	W,10-1	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	1	0	3.25	3.26	36	14	8	1	4	7	70			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.314	14.42	4.32%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
33	255	163	Sep 30	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	GS-6	W(13-7)	3	6.0	7	1	1	2	0	1	0	3.19	3.35	23	11	3	0	1	7	52			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.12	0.259	25.12	3.49%	1.96	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
							19-13		W-L:13-7,BSv:1	4.3	172.1	157	70	61	45	105	13	4	3.19	3.35	704	1.23		5%	5%	153	54	5	40%	13	5	0	637	33	4	5	18	6	7	.93	0.543	3.80	7.89%	15.38

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