What years did Bruce Kison play?

Bruce Kison played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1985.

Was Bruce Kison a pitcher?

Yes. Bruce Kison pitched in the major leagues, recording 115 wins and 1073 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Bruce Kison hit?

Bruce Kison hit 3 career home runs with 66 hits.

Bruce Kison

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1971-1985)

W–L 115–88

ERA 3.66

WHIP 1.30

SO 1,073

Pitcher PIV -240.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 178 lb
Born: 2/18/1950 in Pasco, WA, USA
Died: 6/2/2018 in Bradenton, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 1971-07-04
Last Game: 1985-10-05

Full name: Bruce Eugene Kison

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
115	88	380	246	36	8	12	1809.7	1,693	736	150	662	1,073	3.66	-240.7

Career ERA 3.66 vs. league average 3.74 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1971	PIT	NL	6	5	18	13	2	1	0	95.3	93	36	36	60	3.40	3.47 (+2%)	331.6
1972	PIT	NL	9	7	32	18	6	1	3	152.0	123	55	69	102	3.26	3.26 (avg)	-1038.1
1973	PIT	NL	3	0	7	7	0	0	0	43.7	36	15	24	26	3.09	3.75 (+17%)	-586.5
1974	PIT	NL	9	8	40	16	1	0	2	129.0	123	50	57	71	3.49	3.63 (+4%)	-766.6
1975	PIT	NL	12	11	33	29	6	0	0	192.0	160	69	92	89	3.23	3.71 (+13%)	-606.7
1976	PIT	NL	14	9	31	29	6	1	1	193.0	180	66	52	98	3.08	3.51 (+12%)	1849.3
1977	PIT	NL	9	10	33	32	3	1	0	193.0	209	105	55	122	4.90	4.00 (-22%)	-518.2
1978	PIT	NL	6	6	28	11	0	0	0	96.0	81	34	39	62	3.19	3.69 (+14%)	1499.1
1979	PIT	NL	13	7	33	25	3	1	0	172.3	157	61	45	105	3.19	4.00 (+20%)	2921.0
1980	CAL	AL	3	6	13	13	2	1	0	73.3	73	40	32	28	4.91	3.84 (-28%)	-852.7
1981	CAL	AL	1	1	11	4	0	0	0	44.0	40	17	14	19	3.48	3.58 (+3%)	-1618.4
1982	CAL	AL	10	5	33	16	3	1	1	142.0	120	50	44	86	3.17	3.86 (+18%)	-180.4
1983	CAL	AL	11	5	26	17	4	1	2	126.7	128	57	43	83	4.05	3.87 (-5%)	-61.8
1984	CAL	AL	4	5	20	7	0	0	2	65.3	72	39	28	66	5.37	3.81 (-41%)	-796.8
1985	BOS	AL	5	3	22	9	0	0	1	92.0	98	42	32	56	4.11	3.89 (-6%)	184.5
Career · 15 seasons			115	88	380	246	36	8	12	1,809.2	1,693	736	662	1,073	3.66	—	-241

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
388	404	31	66	15	5	3	31	2	16	158	.163	.200	.248	.448	-1,487

Career AVG .163 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 36.7% below league average.

Career OBP .200 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 38.0% below league average.

Career SLG .248 vs. league average .380 across their career seasons — 34.9% below league average.

Career OPS .448 vs. league average .703 across their career seasons — 36.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1971	PIT	NL	18	31	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	16	.065	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	PIT	NL	32	53	3	10	4	1	0	9	0	1	27	.189	.243 (-23%)	.310 (-34%)	.353 (-15%)	.664 (-24%)	-213.5
1973	PIT	NL	7	12	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	PIT	NL	40	37	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	17	.108	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	PIT	NL	35	59	4	7	0	0	0	3	1	2	29	.119	.257 (-54%)	.327 (-55%)	.374 (-68%)	.701 (-62%)	-566.6
1976	PIT	NL	31	59	4	12	2	2	0	3	0	5	20	.203	.255 (-20%)	.320 (-17%)	.360 (-15%)	.681 (-16%)	-157.7
1977	PIT	NL	35	69	8	18	4	0	1	7	1	2	19	.261	.264 (-1%)	.329 (-14%)	.401 (-10%)	.730 (-12%)	-140.8
1978	PIT	NL	28	29	2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	5	.138	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	PIT	NL	37	55	6	8	2	0	1	6	0	1	19	.145	.265 (-45%)	.329 (-51%)	.397 (-41%)	.727 (-45%)	-408.8
1980	CAL	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	CAL	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	CAL	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	CAL	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	CAL	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	BOS	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			388	404	31	66	15	5	3	31	2	16	158	.163	—	—	—	—	-1,487

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	BB	SO	AVG
1982	ALCS	CAL	2	0	0	0	.000
1979	WS	PIT	1	0	0	0	.000
1975	NLCS	PIT	1	0	0	0	.000
1974	NLCS	PIT	1	3	0	2	.000
1972	NLCS	PIT	2	0	0	0	.000
1971	NLCS	PIT	1	2	0	0	.000
1971	WS	PIT	2	2	1	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
5	1	10	4	0	36.3	19	8	15	27	1.98

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1982	ALCS	CAL	1	0	2	2	14.0	8	3	3	12	1.93
1979	WS	PIT	0	1	1	1	0.3	3	4	2	0	108.00
1975	NLCS	PIT	0	0	1	0	2.0	2	1	0	1	4.50
1974	NLCS	PIT	1	0	1	1	6.7	2	0	6	5	0.00
1972	NLCS	PIT	1	0	2	0	2.3	1	0	0	3	0.00
1971	NLCS	PIT	1	0	1	0	4.7	2	0	2	3	0.00
1971	WS	PIT	1	0	2	0	6.3	1	0	2	3	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	191	193	20	36	1	11	.187
Away	197	211	11	30	2	20	.142

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	186	888.1	824	354	361	519	3.59
Away	194	921.1	869	382	301	554	3.73

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1985-10-05	BOS	MIL	—	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0
1985-10-03	BOS	BAL	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0
1985-09-22	BOS	DET	—	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0
1985-09-14	BOS	MIL	W	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1985-09-10	BOS	BAL	—	0.2	3	3	3	1	1	1
1985-09-07	BOS	CLE	W	4.2	4	2	2	2	3	1
1985-09-03	BOS	TEX	SV	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985-08-31	BOS	MIN	—	5.2	4	0	0	1	1	0
1985-08-08	BOS	CHW	L	1.2	3	1	1	1	1	0
1985-08-01	BOS	CHW	—	5.1	5	2	2	2	4	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	380	246	140	297	16	27

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1971	PIT	P	18	13	8	18	1	5
1972	PIT	P	32	18	9	15	1	2
1973	PIT	P	7	7	2	7	0	0
1974	PIT	P	40	16	10	25	2	2
1975	PIT	P	33	29	11	39	1	5
1976	PIT	P	31	29	16	31	2	2
1977	PIT	P	33	32	11	33	2	0
1978	PIT	P	28	11	11	14	0	1
1979	PIT	P	33	25	10	30	1	2
1980	CAL	P	13	13	2	11	3	0
1981	CAL	P	11	4	3	9	0	1
1982	CAL	P	33	16	19	24	1	2
1983	CAL	P	26	17	5	22	0	2
1984	CAL	P	20	7	7	3	2	1
1985	BOS	P	22	9	16	16	0	2

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	380

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
1985	BOS	AL	$370,000
Total Career Earnings			$370,000

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Frequently Asked Questions about Bruce Kison

What years did Bruce Kison play?: Bruce Kison played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1985.
Was Bruce Kison a pitcher?: Yes. Bruce Kison pitched in the major leagues, recording 115 wins and 1073 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bruce Kison hit?: Bruce Kison hit 3 career home runs with 66 hits.