Bruce Kison Stats

Bruce Kison was born on Saturday, February 18, 1950, in Pasco, Washington. Kison was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 4, 1971, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bruce Kison baseball stats page.
"Bruce Kison seemed a wide-eyed rookie, agog at playing in a World Series, until he uncorked his fastball and brought the Orioles to their knees." - Sportswriter Pat Jordon in Sports Illustrated (04/10/1972, End of Innocence)

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Bruce Kison

Bruce Kison Autograph on a 1978 Topps (#223)

Bruce Kison Autograph on a 1978 Topps (#223)
 

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Birth Name:   Bruce Eugene Kison
Nickname:   Buster
Born On:   02-18-1950  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Pasco, Washington
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Pasco High School (Pasco, WA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   178
First Game:   07-04-1971 (Age 21)
Last Game:   10-05-1985
Draft:   1968 : 14th Round (309th)
Bruce Kison

Bruce Kison Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1971 21 Pirates 18 13 0 6 5 .545 3.40 2 1 0 95.1 405 93 36 40 6 36 5 60 4 6 2 -
1972 22 Pirates 32 18 5 9 7 .563 3.26 6 1 3 152.0 641 123 55 61 11 69 2 102 8 9 1 -
1973 23 Pirates 7 7 0 3 0 1.000 3.09 0 0 0 43.2 181 36 15 17 4 24 3 26 1 1 0 -
1974 24 Pirates 40 16 11 9 8 .529 3.49 1 0 2 129.0 574 123 50 64 8 57 7 71 6 11 2 -
1975 25 Pirates 33 29 0 12 11 .522 3.23 6 0 0 192.0 819 160 69 89 10 92 9 89 9 4 2 -
1976 26 Pirates 31 29 1 14 9 .609 3.08 6 1 1 193.0 800 180 66 83 10 52 4 98 4 3 0 -
1977 27 Pirates 33 32 0 9 10 .474 4.90 3 1 0 193.0 830 209 105 113 25 55 6 122 6 6 1 -
1978 28 Pirates 28 11 4 6 6 .500 3.19 0 0 0 96.0 407 81 34 40 3 39 0 62 4 5 1 -
1979 29 Pirates 33 25 2 13 7 .650 3.19 3 1 0 172.1 704 157 61 70 13 45 5 105 5 4 0 -
1980 30 Angels 13 13 0 3 6 .333 4.91 2 1 0 73.1 321 73 40 46 5 32 2 28 0 3 2 -
1981 31 Angels 11 4 2 1 1 .500 3.48 0 0 0 44.0 180 40 17 18 8 14 1 19 1 0 0 -
1982 32 Angels 33 16 11 10 5 .667 3.17 3 1 1 142.0 582 120 50 54 15 44 3 86 5 5 0 -
1983 33 Angels 26 17 5 11 5 .688 4.05 4 1 2 126.2 540 128 57 59 13 43 4 83 0 4 0 -
1984 34 Angels 20 7 8 4 5 .444 5.37 0 0 2 65.1 294 72 39 42 10 28 3 66 4 6 0 -
1985 35 Red Sox 22 9 5 5 3 .625 4.11 0 0 1 92.0 398 98 42 43 9 32 4 56 1 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
15 Years 380 246 54 115 88 .567 3.66 36 8 12 1,809.2 7,676 1,693 736 839 150 662 58 1,073 58 68 11 -
Bruce Kison

Bruce Kison Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1971 21 Pirates 18 31 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 16 1 0 0 0 .065 .121 .097
1972 22 Pirates 32 53 3 10 4 1 0 0 9 1 0 27 2 0 0 0 .189 .204 .302
1973 23 Pirates 7 12 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 .083 .143 .250
1974 24 Pirates 40 37 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 2 0 2 0 .108 .214 .135
1975 25 Pirates 35 59 4 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 29 10 0 0 0 .119 .148 .119
1976 26 Pirates 31 59 4 12 2 2 0 0 3 5 0 20 8 0 0 1 .203 .266 .305
1977 27 Pirates 35 69 8 18 4 0 1 0 7 2 0 19 3 0 0 1 .261 .282 .362
1978 28 Pirates 28 29 2 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 .138 .138 .345
1979 29 Pirates 37 55 6 8 2 0 1 1 6 1 0 19 7 0 0 2 .145 .161 .236
1980 30 Angels 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1981 31 Angels 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1982 32 Angels 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1983 33 Angels 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1984 34 Angels 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1985 35 Red Sox 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
15 Years 388 404 31 66 15 5 3 1 31 16 0 158 33 1 3 5 .163 .200 .248
Bruce Kison

Bruce Kison Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1971 Pirates P 18 13 286 27 1.5 26 8 18 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.45
1972 Pirates P 32 18 456 25 0.8 24 9 15 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .960 1.42
1973 Pirates P 7 7 131 9 1.3 9 2 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.85
1974 Pirates P 40 16 387 37 0.9 35 10 25 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .946 2.44
1975 Pirates P 33 29 576 51 1.5 50 11 39 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.34
1976 Pirates P 31 29 579 49 1.6 47 16 31 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .959 2.19
1977 Pirates P 33 32 579 46 1.4 44 11 33 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.05
1978 Pirates P 28 11 288 25 0.9 25 11 14 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.34
1979 Pirates P 33 25 517 41 1.2 40 10 30 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.09
1980 Angels P 13 13 220 16 1.2 13 2 11 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .813 1.60
1981 Angels P 11 4 132 12 1.1 12 3 9 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.45
1982 Angels P 33 16 426 44 1.3 43 19 24 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.73
1983 Angels P 26 17 380 27 1.0 27 5 22 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.92
1984 Angels P 20 7 196 12 0.6 10 7 3 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .833 1.38
1985 Red Sox P 22 9 276 32 1.5 32 16 16 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.13
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 380 246 5,429 453 1.2 437 140 297 16 27 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.17
15 Years 380 246 5,429 453 1.2 437 140 297 16 27 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.17
Bruce Kison

Bruce Kison Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1971 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.9 31.0 1.67 5.66 3.40
1972 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 5.9 1.48 6.04 4.09
1973 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 12.0 1.08 5.36 4.95
1974 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.2 0.0 1.25 4.95 3.98
1975 Pirates 1 0 1.000 0 2 n/a 0.0 2.0 19.7 0.97 4.17 4.31
1976 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 19.7 1.88 4.57 2.42
1977 Pirates 1 2 .333 0 2 n/a 69.0 3.6 9.9 2.22 5.69 2.56
1978 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 29.0 5.8 29.0 1.59 5.81 3.66
1979 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 4 n/a 55.0 2.9 9.2 2.33 5.48 2.35
1980 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.88 3.44 3.93
1981 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.36 3.89 2.86
1982 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.95 5.45 2.79
1983 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.93 5.90 3.06
1984 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.36 9.09 3.86
1985 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.75 5.48 3.13
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
15 Years 2 2 .500 0 8 0 134.7 2.6 13.0 1.62 5.34 3.29
Bruce Kison

Bruce Kison Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1971 Pittsburgh Pirates 25 $12,750.00 - Stats
1972 Pittsburgh Pirates 25 $13,500.00 - -
1973 Pittsburgh Pirates 25 $15,000.00 - -
1974 Pittsburgh Pirates 25 Undetermined - -
1975 Pittsburgh Pirates 25 Undetermined - -
1976 Pittsburgh Pirates 25 $48,000.00 - -
1977 Pittsburgh Pirates 25 $126,000.00 - -
1978 Pittsburgh Pirates 25 Undetermined - -
1979 Pittsburgh Pirates 25 Undetermined - Stats
1980 California Angels 24 Undetermined - -
1981 California Angels 24 Undetermined - -
1982 California Angels 24 Undetermined - -
1983 California Angels 24 Undetermined - -
1984 California Angels 24 Undetermined - -
1985 Boston Red Sox 29 $370,000.00 - -




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Did you know that on October 13, 1971 (Game 4 of the 1971 World Series), Bruce Kison hit three batters resulting in the World Series record for most hit batsman during a single Series game?

Bruce Kison had some amazing games during his big league career including four 4-hitters, four 3-hitters, two 2-hitters and two 1-hitters (June 3, 1979 & April 23, 1980) — see details and box scores from every game he pitched during his career by simply clicking the number in the G (Games) column next to the year of your choice.

Trivia time: What year did the first-ever World Series game scheduled to be played at night occur? Answer: the 1971 World Series, but for "extra credit" tell whoever asks you that it was Game 4 and the starting pitcher that evening was none other than Bruce Kison.
     

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