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: 16-10 / in Starts: 10-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 8

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	313	1	Apr 5	CAL		MIL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.2	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	1.35	3.36	28	9	6	0	1	5	60			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.232	1.56	0.17%	1.98	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a2
2	314	6	Apr 10	CAL	@	OAK	L,4-11	GS-2	L(1-1)	4	1.0	6	5	4	0	2	0	0	5.87	2.76	10	2	0	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	9	4	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.366	1.45	-0.33%	-4.15	1b start tie	2b -2- 0 out d3
3	315	11	Apr 16	CAL	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	7	5	5	3	10	2	0	5.40	3.66	37	6	11	1	0	7	60			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.067	.89	-0.06%	-0.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
4	316	16	Apr 22	CAL		BAL	W,6-5	GS-7		5	6.2	9	5	5	1	4	2	0	5.79	4.30	30	9	7	1	0	9	39			1	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.300	1.40	-0.27%	-1.75	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d2
5	317	20	Apr 29	CAL		BOS	L,5-6	GS-6		6	5.1	6	3	3	5	2	0	0	5.65	4.39	26	7	6	0	0	6	41			0	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.36	-0.121	2.37	-0.13%	-0.93	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a2
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
6	318	25	May 6	CAL	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-9	W(3-1)	6	8.0	7	2	2	2	8	1	0	4.91	4.12	32	9	6	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.274	2.18	0.28%	1.91	1b start a 1	9b 12- 0 out a3
7	319	30	May 11	CAL	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	4.14	3.61	32	10	10	1	0	4	81			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.20	0.572	2.31	0.66%	3.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
8	320	34	May 17	CAL	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	W(5-1)	5	9.0	5	1	1	3	4	1	1	3.62	3.78	35	11	11	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.482	1.98	0.53%	3.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
9	321	39	May 22	CAL		CLE	W,9-0	SHO	W(6-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.11	3.57	32	11	10	2	0	4	82			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.259	.66	0.26%	4.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
10	322	43	May 27	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.23	3.53	27	7	7	0	0	9	42			1	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.049	2.79	0.06%	0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
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
11	323	71	Jun 27	CAL		TEX	W,8-0	GS-7	W(7-1)	30	7.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	1	2.93	3.51	27	8	9	0	0	2	74			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.335	2.92	0.70%	3.48	1t start tie	7t 3 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
12	324	76	Jul 2	CAL		KCR	L,3-5	GS-6	L(7-2)	4	5.2	9	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.28	3.62	28	8	6	1	0	9	32			1	0	0	26	3	0	1	0	0	1	.67	-0.214	1.92	-0.37%	-2.25	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d5
13	325	79	Jul 8	CAL	@	BOS	W,9-3	GS-9	W(8-2)	5	8.1	13	3	3	1	7	1	1	3.28	3.59	39	13	4	1	0	13	51			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.300	1.60	0.41%	0.62	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out a6
14	326	84	Jul 13	CAL	@	DET	L,1-7	GS-6	L(8-3)	4	5.0	7	5	5	2	6	0	0	3.57	3.49	23	4	4	0	0	7	37			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.190	3.05	-0.29%	-2.05	1b start tie	6b -23 0 out d2
15	327	89	Jul 18	CAL		BOS	L,2-7	GS-3	L(8-4)	4	2.1	7	5	5	0	0	1	0	3.95	3.60	13	4	2	1	0	7	23			0	0	0	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.353	1.71	-0.51%	-4.03	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d4
16	328	95	Jul 23	CAL		DET	L,2-7	GS-6	L(8-5)	4	5.2	8	6	6	3	2	2	0	4.25	3.85	27	9	6	1	0	7	28			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.333	2.39	-0.44%	-2.34	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d3
17	329	101	Jul 30(1)	CAL		OAK	L,8-13	GS-4		6	3.1	7	5	4	1	3	1	0	4.46	3.91	18	4	3	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	1	1	.69	-0.147	1.04	-0.13%	-3.54	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 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
18	330	106	Aug 2	CAL	@	MIN	W,2-1	8-GF	W(9-5)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.40	3.86	4	2	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.248	3.29	0.20%	1.30	8b 123 2 out d1	9b end a 1
19	331	107	Aug 3	CAL	@	MIN	W,7-5	8-GF(10)	BW(10-5)	0	3.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.37	3.82	13	3	4	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	0.117	5.39	0.11%	1.18	8b -2- 0 out a1	10b end a 2
20	332	111	Aug 7	CAL	@	SEA	W,4-3	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.30	3.80	5	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	0.451	4.95	0.31%	1.46	8b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
21	333	113	Aug 9	CAL		MIN	W,8-2	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.19	3.80	11	4	3	0	0	3		3	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	.83	0.074	.72	0.04%	1.33	7t 123 0 out a6	9t end a 6
22	334	119	Aug 16	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	3.79	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.004	.09	0.00%	0.87	8b 12- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
23	335	120	Aug 17	CAL	@	OAK	W,6-5	8-9	H(1)	0	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.27	3.78	7	2	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.158	.55	-0.04%	-1.43	8b --- 0 out a2	9b -23 1 out a2
24	336	124	Aug 22	CAL	@	CLE	W,7-3	9-12	W(11-5)	4	3.1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.15	3.77	14	1	7	2	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.88	0.491	.45	0.05%	1.81	9b 1-- 2 out tie	12b 3 out tie
25	337	126	Aug 24	CAL	@	MIL	L,0-1	9-13		1	4.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.00	3.75	17	7	5	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.83	0.724	.73	0.11%	2.74	9b 12- 1 out tie	13b 3 out tie
26	338	130	Aug 28	CAL		NYY	L,3-7	6-6		3	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	4.05	3.89	4	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	-0.136	.05	-0.01%	-2.09	6t 12- 1 out d2	6t 3 out d5
							16-10		W-L:11-5,Sv:2,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.8	126.2	128	59	57	43	83	13	4	4.05	3.89	540	1.14		4%	0%	127	50	16	25%	8	3	1	484	32	3	4	10	2	4	1.17	2.227	1.88	1.32%	5.92

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