Bruce Kison

Q: When was Bruce Kison born?

Bruce Kison was born on February 18, 1950.

Q: Where was Bruce Kison born?

Bruce Kison was born in Pasco, WA .

Q: How tall was Bruce Kison?

Bruce Kison was 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Bruce Kison weigh when playing?

Bruce Kison weighed 178 lbs (80 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Bruce Kison in the Hall of Fame?

Bruce Kison has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Bruce Kison drafted?

Bruce Kison was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 14th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pasco HS (Pasco, WA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Bruce Kison have?

Bruce Kison had 1,073 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Bruce Kison played for?

Bruce Kison played for 3 teams; the Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels and Boston Red Sox.

Q: How many World Series has Bruce Kison won?

Bruce Kison won 2 World Series.

Q: When did Bruce Kison retire?

Bruce Kison last played in 1985.

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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1968	18	PIT-min	Rk	2	1	.667	2.25	10	1		0	0		24.0	24	9	6	0	6	0	9	2	0	1				1.250	9.0	0.0	2.3	3.4	1.50	PRA GULF
1969	19	PIT-min	A-	5	2	.714	3.16	13	13		4	1	0	94.0	84	48	33	2	39	0	77	13	1	11				1.309	8.0	0.2	3.7	7.4	1.97	GEN NYPL
1970	20	PIT-min	AA,A	13	5	.722	1.99	24	23		12	3	0	163.0	110	47	36	3	61	3	108	28	0	4				1.049	6.1	0.2	3.4	6.0	1.77	WBY,SAL EL,CARL
1971	21	PIT-min	AAA	10	1	.909	2.86	12	12		5	1	0	85.0	53	29	27	5	38	1	57	10	0	1				1.071	5.6	0.5	4.0	6.0	1.50	CHL IL
1971	21	PIT	NL	6	5	.545	3.40	18	13	0	2	1	0	95.1	93	40	36	6	36	5	60	6	2	4	405	102	3.33	1.353	8.8	0.6	3.4	5.7	1.67
1972	22	PIT	NL	9	7	.563	3.26	32	18	5	6	1	3	152.0	123	61	55	11	69	2	102	9	1	8	641	103	3.54	1.263	7.3	0.7	4.1	6.0	1.48
1973	23	PIT-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.95	20	20		4	1	0	114.0	94	59	50	7	82	3	70	14	0	11				1.544	7.4	0.6	6.5	5.5	0.85	CHL IL
1973	23	PIT	NL	3	0	1.000	3.09	7	7	0	0	0	0	43.2	36	17	15	4	24	3	26	1	0	1	181	115	4.28	1.374	7.4	0.8	4.9	5.4	1.08
1974	24	PIT	NL	9	8	.529	3.49	40	16	11	1	0	2	129.0	123	64	50	8	57	7	71	11	2	6	574	99	3.86	1.395	8.6	0.6	4.0	5.0	1.25
1975	25	PIT	NL	12	11	.522	3.23	33	29	0	6	0	0	192.0	160	89	69	10	92	9	89	4	2	9	819	109	3.84	1.313	7.5	0.5	4.3	4.2	0.97
1976	26	PIT	NL	14	9	.609	3.08	31	29	1	6	1	1	193.0	180	83	66	10	52	4	98	3	0	4	800	113	3.15	1.202	8.4	0.5	2.4	4.6	1.88
1977	27	PIT	NL	9	10	.474	4.90	33	32	0	3	1	0	193.0	209	113	105	25	55	6	122	6	1	6	830	81	4.11	1.368	9.7	1.2	2.6	5.7	2.22
1978	28	PIT	NL	6	6	.500	3.19	28	11	4	0	0	0	96.0	81	40	34	3	39	0	62	5	1	4	407	117	3.07	1.250	7.6	0.3	3.7	5.8	1.59
1979	29	PIT	NL	13	7	.650	3.19	33	25	2	3	1	0	172.1	157	70	61	13	45	5	105	4	0	5	704	122	3.35	1.172	8.2	0.7	2.4	5.5	2.33
1980	30	CAL	AL	3	6	.333	4.91	13	13	0	2	1	0	73.1	73	46	40	5	32	2	28	3	2	0	321	80	4.31	1.432	9.0	0.6	3.9	3.4	0.88
1981	31	CAL	AL	1	1	.500	3.48	11	4	2	0	0	0	44.0	40	18	17	8	14	1	19	0	0	1	180	105	5.05	1.227	8.2	1.6	2.9	3.9	1.36
1982	32	CAL	AL	10	5	.667	3.17	33	16	11	3	1	1	142.0	120	54	50	15	44	3	86	5	0	5	582	128	3.91	1.155	7.6	1.0	2.8	5.5	1.95
1983	33	CAL	AL	11	5	.688	4.05	26	17	5	4	1	2	126.2	128	59	57	13	43	4	83	4	0	0	540	100	3.89	1.350	9.1	0.9	3.1	5.9	1.93
1984	34	CAL	AL	4	5	.444	5.37	20	7	8	0	0	2	65.1	72	42	39	10	28	3	66	6	0	4	294	75	4.30	1.531	9.9	1.4	3.9	9.1	2.36
1985	35	BOS	AL	5	3	.625	4.11	22	9	5	0	0	1	92.0	98	43	42	9	32	4	56	1	0	1	398	104	3.81	1.413	9.6	0.9	3.1	5.5	1.75
15 Yrs				115	88	.567	3.66	380	246	54	36	8	12	1809.2	1693	839	736	150	662	58	1073	68	11	58	7676	102	3.74	1.301	8.4	0.7	3.3	5.3	1.62
162 Game Avg.				12	10	.567	3.66	41	27	6	4	1	1	197	184	91	80	16	72	6	117	7	1	6	834	102	3.74	1.301	8.4	0.7	3.3	5.3	1.62

PIT (9 yrs)				81	63	.563	3.49	255	180	23	27	5	6	1266.1	1162	577	491	90	469	41	735	49	9	47	5361	104	3.59	1.288	8.3	0.6	3.3	5.2	1.57
CAL (5 yrs)				29	22	.569	4.05	103	57	26	9	3	5	451.1	433	219	203	51	161	13	282	18	2	10	1917	99	4.14	1.316	8.6	1.0	3.2	5.6	1.75
BOS (1 yr)				5	3	.625	4.11	22	9	5	0	0	1	92.0	98	43	42	9	32	4	56	1	0	1	398	104	3.81	1.413	9.6	0.9	3.1	5.5	1.75

NL (9 yrs)				81	63	.563	3.49	255	180	23	27	5	6	1266.1	1162	577	491	90	469	41	735	49	9	47	5361	104	3.59	1.288	8.3	0.6	3.3	5.2	1.57
AL (6 yrs)				34	25	.576	4.06	125	66	31	9	3	6	543.1	531	262	245	60	193	17	338	19	2	11	2315	100	4.08	1.333	8.8	1.0	3.2	5.6	1.75

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos
1971	21	PIT	NL	-0.2	18	34	31	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	16	.065	.121	.097	.218	-38	.139	-48	3	0	0	1	0	1
1972	22	PIT	NL	0.3	32	56	53	3	10	4	1	0	9	0	0	1	27	.189	.204	.302	.506	44	.244	36	16	0	0	2	0	1
1973	23	PIT	NL	0.0	7	14	12	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	.083	.143	.250	.393	8	.172	-18	3	0	1	0	1	/1
1974	24	PIT	NL	0.1	40	44	37	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	.108	.214	.135	.349	1	.231	22	5	0	2	2	0	1
1975	25	PIT	NL	-0.2	35	71	59	4	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	29	.119	.148	.119	.266	-25	.150	-63	7	0	0	10	0	1/H
1976	26	PIT	NL	0.6	31	72	59	4	12	2	2	0	3	0	0	5	20	.203	.266	.305	.571	62	.281	56	18	1	0	8	0	1
1977	27	PIT	NL	0.4	35	74	69	8	18	4	0	1	7	1	2	2	19	.261	.282	.362	.644	70	.277	56	25	1	0	3	0	1/H
1978	28	PIT	NL	0.1	28	29	29	2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	.138	.138	.345	.483	29	.242	27	10	1	0	0	0	1
1979	29	PIT	NL	-0.2	37	63	55	6	8	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	19	.145	.161	.236	.397	5	.195	-22	13	2	0	7	0	1/H
9 Yrs				0.9	263	457	404	31	66	15	5	3	31	2	2	16	158	.163	.200	.248	.448	24	.223	10	100	5	3	33	1	1/H
162 Game Avg				0.5	162	281	249	19	41	9	3	2	19	1	1	10	97	.163	.200	.248	.448	24	.223	10	62	3	2	20	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1971	21	PIT	NL,WS	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	22	PIT	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0			/1

1974	24	PIT	NL	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1975	25	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0			/1

1979	29	PIT	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0			/1

1982	32	CAL	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				10	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
162 Game Avg				162	130	113	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	65	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0

PIT (5 Yrs)				8	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
CAL (1 Yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 Yrs)				5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
WS (2 Yrs)				3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
AL (1 Yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1971	21	PIT	NL	P	18	13	2	95.1	27	8	18	1	5	.963	.954	2.45	1.90	1.44	1.90	4	3	5	62.5	35.4	0
1972	22	PIT	NL	P	32	18	6	152.0	25	9	15	1	2	.960	.950	1.42	1.78	0.75	1.78	8	3	7	70.0	37.2	0
1973	23	PIT	NL	P	7	7	0	43.2	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	.950	1.85	1.88	1.29	1.89	1	4	0	0.0	36.0	1
1974	24	PIT	NL	P	40	16	1	129.0	37	10	25	2	2	.946	.944	2.44	1.88	0.88	1.88	6	6	3	33.3	33.2	0
1975	25	PIT	NL	P	33	29	6	192.0	51	11	39	1	5	.980	.946	2.34	1.86	1.52	1.86	9	8	2	20.0	32.1	0
1976	26	PIT	NL	P	31	29	6	193.0	49	16	31	2	2	.959	.950	2.19	1.88	1.52	1.87	4	14	12	46.2	33.2	0
1977	27	PIT	NL	P	33	32	3	193.0	46	11	33	2	0	.957	.950	2.05	1.85	1.33	1.85	6	15	5	25.0	35.2	1
1978	28	PIT	NL	P	28	11	0	96.0	25	11	14	0	1	1.000	.951	2.34	1.91	0.89	1.89	4	8	3	27.3	32.1	0
1979	29	PIT	NL	P	33	25	3	172.1	41	10	30	1	2	.976	.951	2.09	1.80	1.21	1.80	5	13	5	27.8	34.0	0
1980	30	CAL	AL	P	13	13	2	73.1	16	2	11	3	0	.813	.957	1.60	1.85	1.00	1.85	0	6	0	0.0	34.8	0
1981	31	CAL	AL	P	11	4	0	44.0	12	3	9	0	1	1.000	.963	2.45	1.98	1.09	1.98	1	5	2	28.6	37.9	0
1982	32	CAL	AL	P	33	16	3	142.0	44	19	24	1	2	.977	.958	2.73	1.80	1.30	1.80	5	10	4	28.6	36.3	0
1983	33	CAL	AL	P	26	17	4	126.2	27	5	22	0	2	1.000	.958	1.92	1.80	1.04	1.78	0	8	3	27.3	32.7	1
1984	34	CAL	AL	P	20	7	0	65.1	12	7	3	2	1	.833	.958	1.38	1.79	0.50	1.78	4	3	6	66.7	36.1	0
1985	35	BOS	AL	P	22	9	0	92.0	32	16	16	0	2	1.000	.953	3.13	1.86	1.45	1.84	1	6	1	14.3	32.9	0
15 Yrs					380	246	36	1809.2	453	140	297	16	27	.965	.952	2.17	1.85	1.15	1.84	58	112	58	34.1	34.4	3

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1971	21	PIT	NL,WS	P	2	0	9.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.93	1.00	0	0
1972	22	PIT	NL	P	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0	0

1974	24	PIT	NL	P	1	1	6.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.70	2.00	0	0
1975	25	PIT	NL	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0.0

1979	29	PIT	WS	P	1	1	0.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	27.00	1.00	0	0

1982	32	CAL	AL	P	2	2	14.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0.0
6 Yrs					9	4	34.2	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.30	0.56	2	0	0.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Bruce Kison born?

Bruce Kison was born on February 18, 1950.

Where was Bruce Kison born?

Bruce Kison was born in Pasco, WA.

How tall was Bruce Kison?

Bruce Kison was 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much did Bruce Kison weigh when playing?

Bruce Kison weighed 178 lbs (80 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Bruce Kison play?

Bruce Kison played 15 seasons.

Is Bruce Kison in the Hall of Fame?

Bruce Kison has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Bruce Kison drafted?

Bruce Kison was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 14th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pasco HS (Pasco, WA).

What position did Bruce Kison play?

Bruce Kison was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Bruce Kison have?

Bruce Kison had 1,073 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Bruce Kison played for?

Bruce Kison played for 3 teams; the Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels and Boston Red Sox.

How many World Series has Bruce Kison won?

Bruce Kison won 2 World Series.

When did Bruce Kison retire?

Bruce Kison last played in 1985.

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