Bruce Kison

High Level

MLB

Years

1971-1985 (1971-1985)

Proper Name

Bruce Eugene Kison

Nickname

Buster

Positions

P (380)

Height / Weight

6-4 / 178

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

February 18,1950

Death Date

June 1,2018 Age: 68.103

Place

Pasco, Washington Flags

High School

Pasco (Pasco,WA)

Colleges

State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota (Bradenton,FL), Central Washington University (Ellensburg,WA)

Drafted/Signed

1968-14-309-Pittsburgh Pirates

MLB Debut

July 4,1971

Contract Info

1985-1985 ($0.37m)

MLBAM ID

117128

Retrosheet#

kisob001

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
1971	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	21	98	6	5	3.40	18	13	2	1	5	0	0	95.1	93	40	36	6	36	60	4	2	6	1.35	8.78	0.57	3.40	5.66	3.78	1.67
1972	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	22	101	9	7	3.26	32	18	6	1	14	5	3	152.0	123	61	55	11	69	102	8	1	9	1.26	7.28	0.65	4.09	6.04	3.61	1.48
1973	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	23	99*	3	0	3.09	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	43.2	36	17	15	4	24	26	1	0	1	1.37	7.42	0.82	4.95	5.36	3.50	1.08
1974	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	24	96	9	8	3.49	40	16	1	0	24	11	2	129.0	123	64	50	8	57	71	6	2	11	1.40	8.58	0.56	3.98	4.95	4.47	1.25
1975	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	25	99	12	11	3.23	33	29	6	0	4	0	0	192.0	160	89	69	10	92	89	9	2	4	1.31	7.50	0.47	4.31	4.17	4.17	0.97
1976	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	26	105	14	9	3.08	31	29	6	1	2	1	1	193.0	180	83	66	10	52	98	4	0	3	1.20	8.39	0.47	2.42	4.57	3.87	1.88
1977	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	27	101	9	10	4.90	33	32	3	1	1	0	0	193.0	209	113	105	25	55	122	6	1	6	1.37	9.75	1.17	2.56	5.69	5.27	2.22
1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	28	112	6	6	3.19	28	11	0	0	17	4	0	96.0	81	40	34	3	39	62	4	1	5	1.25	7.59	0.28	3.66	5.81	3.75	1.59
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	29	115	13	7	3.19	33	25	3	1	8	2	0	172.1	157	70	61	13	45	105	5	0	4	1.17	8.20	0.68	2.35	5.48	3.66	2.33
1980	California Angels	AL	MLB	CAL	24	30	88	3	6	4.91	13	13	2	1	0	0	0	73.1	73	46	40	5	32	28	0	2	3	1.43	8.96	0.61	3.93	3.44	5.65	0.88
1981	California Angels	AL	MLB	CAL	24	31	96	1	1	3.48	11	4	0	0	7	2	0	44.0	40	18	17	8	14	19	1	0	0	1.23	8.18	1.64	2.86	3.89	3.68	1.36
1982	California Angels	AL	MLB	CAL	24	32	110	10	5	3.17	33	16	3	1	17	11	1	142.0	120	54	50	15	44	86	5	0	5	1.15	7.61	0.95	2.79	5.45	3.42	1.95
1983	California Angels	AL	MLB	CAL	24	33	103	11	5	4.05	26	17	4	1	9	5	2	126.2	128	59	57	13	43	83	0	0	4	1.35	9.09	0.92	3.06	5.90	4.19	1.93
1984	California Angels	AL	MLB	CAL	24	34	109	4	5	5.37	20	7	0	0	13	8	2	65.1	72	42	39	10	28	66	4	0	6	1.53	9.92	1.38	3.86	9.09	5.79	2.36
1985	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	BOS	29	35	98	5	3	4.11	22	9	0	0	13	5	1	92.0	98	43	42	9	32	56	1	0	1	1.41	9.59	0.88	3.13	5.48	4.21	1.75
Tot:	MLB (15 yrs)		MLB					115	88	3.66	380	246	36	8	134	54	12	1809.2	1693	839	736	150	662	1073	58	11	68	1.30	8.42	0.75	3.29	5.34	4.17	1.62
Tot:	NL (9 yrs)		NL					81	63	3.49	255	180	27	5	75	23	6	1266.1	1162	577	491	90	469	735	47	9	49	1.29	8.26	0.64	3.33	5.22	4.10	1.57
Tot:	AL (6 yrs)		AL					34	25	4.06	125	66	9	3	59	31	6	543.1	531	262	245	60	193	338	11	2	19	1.33	8.80	0.99	3.20	5.60	4.34	1.75
Avg:	MLB - 162 Inning avg		MLB					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
1971	Pittsburgh Pirates	Championship Series	Playoffs	21	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0.86	3.86	0.00	3.86	5.79	0.00	1.50
1971	Pittsburgh Pirates	World Series	Playoffs	21	1	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0.47	1.42	0.00	2.84	4.26	0.00	1.50
1972	Pittsburgh Pirates	Championship Series	Playoffs	22	1	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.43	3.86	0.00	0.00	11.57	0.00	0.00
1974	Pittsburgh Pirates	Championship Series	Playoffs	24	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	2	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	0	1.20	2.70	0.00	8.10	6.75	0.00	0.83
1975	Pittsburgh Pirates	Championship Series	Playoffs	25	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.50	9.00	0.00	4.50	4.50	0.00	1.00
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	World Series	Playoffs	29	0	1	108.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	15.00	81.00	0.00	54.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1982	California Angels	Championship Series	Playoffs	32	1	0	1.93	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	14.0	8	0	3	0	3	12	0	0	0	0.79	5.14	0.00	1.93	7.71	0.00	4.00
Tot:	Playoffs (6 Yrs)		Playoffs		5	1	1.98	10	0	1	0	0	10	0	36.1	19	0	8	0	16	27	0	0	0	0.96	4.71	0.00	3.96	6.69	0.00	1.69

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1971	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	21	P		18	31	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	16	0	1	0	0	0	3	34	1	1	.065	.121	.097	.218	.097	.032	.133	5.88	47.06	8.00	0.00
1972	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	22	P		32	53	3	10	4	1	0	9	0	0	1	27	0	2	0	0	0	16	56	5	5	.189	.204	.302	.506	.132	.113	.385	1.79	48.21	27.00	0.00
1973	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	23	P		7	12	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	3	14	1	0	.083	.143	.250	.393	.167	.167	.143	0.00	42.86	0.00	0.00
1974	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	24	P		40	37	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	2	2	0	0	0	5	44	1	3	.108	.214	.135	.349	.108	.027	.200	6.82	38.64	5.67	0.00
1975	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	25	P		35	59	4	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	29	0	10	0	0	0	7	71	0	7	.119	.148	.119	.267	.051	.000	.233	2.82	40.85	14.50	0.00
1976	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	26	P		31	59	4	12	2	2	0	3	0	0	5	20	0	8	0	0	1	18	72	4	8	.203	.266	.305	.571	.186	.102	.308	6.94	27.78	4.00	0.00
1977	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	27	P		35	69	8	18	4	0	1	7	1	2	2	19	0	3	0	0	1	25	74	5	13	.261	.282	.362	.644	.116	.101	.347	2.70	25.68	9.50	69.00
1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	28	P		28	29	2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	10	29	3	1	.138	.138	.345	.483	.207	.207	.130	0.00	17.24	0.00	29.00
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	25	29	P		37	55	6	8	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	19	0	7	0	0	2	13	63	3	5	.145	.161	.236	.397	.109	.091	.200	1.59	30.16	19.00	55.00
Tot:	MLB (9 yrs)		MLB						263	404	31	66	15	5	3	31	2	2	16	158	3	33	1	0	5	100	457	23	43	.163	.200	.248	.448	.124	.084	.258	3.50	34.57	9.88	134.67
Tot:	NL (9 yrs)		NL						263	404	31	66	15	5	3	31	2	2	16	158	3	33	1	0	5	100	457	23	43	.163	.200	.248	.448	.124	.084	.258	3.50	34.57	9.88	134.67
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB						162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1971	Pittsburgh Pirates	Championship Series	Playoffs	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1971	Pittsburgh Pirates	World Series	Playoffs	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	.500	.000	.000	33.33	66.67	2.00	0.00
1974	Pittsburgh Pirates	Championship Series	Playoffs	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00
Tot:	Playoffs (2 Yrs)		Playoffs		4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	.143	.000	.000	12.50	50.00	4.00

Strikeouts	Walks	Hittable	SO/BB	vs Power	Durability	Team Success
59	51	62	57	62	65	.536

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