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Bruce
Kison		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 183
 
Born: February 18, 1950 in Usa, WA, PASCO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 21 DET AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1972 22 DET AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1973 23 DET AL   8 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1974 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
1975 25 NYG NL   8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1976 26 NYG NL   8 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5
1977 27 NYG NL   8 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4
1978 28 NYG NL   8 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4
1979 29 TAM AL   8 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1980 30 TAM AL   8 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4
1981 31 TAM AL   9 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
1982 32 TAM AL   9 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4
1983 33 TAM AL   9 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1971 21 DET AL 1 3 .250 7 0 0 0 0 19.7 20 12 1 10 15 5.49 .260 .352 .325 .677 0.3
    AAA   7 8 .467 32 18 2 1 1 159.0 146 58 12 58 134 3.28 .241 .307 .346 .653  
1972 22 DET AL 5 2 .714 8 8 1 0 0 58.7 55 30 4 33 28 4.60 .243 .341 .345 .686 2.6
    AAA   6 7 .462 18 18 0 0 0 118.7 131 50 12 35 87 3.79 .283 .333 .419 .752  
1973 23 AAA   7 18 .280 30 30 3 2 0 215.3 207 89 24 70 169 3.72 .249 .307 .375 .682  
1974 24 TOR AL 3 10 .231 19 19 1 0 0 124.3 129 85 15 76 68 6.15 .264 .365 .443 .807 1.4
    AA   5 1 .833 7 7 1 0 0 56.0 37 12 3 17 43 1.93 .190 .255 .292 .547  
1975 25 AA   11 8 .579 24 24 3 1 0 174.7 144 40 11 48 164 2.06 .222 .275 .322 .597  
1976 26 AA   14 5 .737 23 23 4 2 0 169.3 130 43 7 47 158 2.29 .210 .266 .271 .537  
1977 27 AA   1 2 .333 4 4 0 0 0 26.3 22 9 2 17 25 3.08 .229 .345 .333 .678  
1979 29 AAA   4 7 .364 13 13 2 0 0 78.0 76 41 7 39 57 4.73 .252 .338 .389 .727  
    AA   5 4 .556 13 13 2 0 0 82.0 80 32 8 25 70 3.51 .248 .303 .363 .666  
1980 30 AAA   3 11 .214 18 18 0 0 0 117.3 127 53 12 51 80 4.07 .277 .349 .431 .780  
1981 31 AAA   8 13 .381 29 29 2 0 0 200.3 221 91 26 91 104 4.09 .284 .359 .443 .802  
1982 32 AAA   7 13 .350 29 29 3 1 0 203.0 198 90 27 88 100 3.99 .256 .333 .411 .743  
1983 33 AAA   7 17 .292 30 30 0 0 0 187.7 218 114 33 93 109 5.47 .289 .367 .479 .846  
3 Years Sim 9 15 .375 34 27 2 0 0 202.7 204 127 20 119 111 5.64 .258 .357 .403 .760 4.4
8 Years AAA 49 94 .343 199 185 12 4 1 1279.3 1324 586 153 525 840 4.12 .267 .337 .414 .750  
5 Years AA 36 20 .643 71 71 10 3 0 508.3 413 136 31 154 460 2.41 .219 .278 .310 .588  
13 Years Minors 85 114 .427 270 256 22 7 1 1787.6 1737 722 184 679 1300 3.63 .254 .321 .385 .706  
Season Average 3 5 .375 11 9 0 0 0 67.6 68 42 6 39 37 5.64 .258 .357 .403 .760  
Career Highs 5 10 .714 19 19 1 0 0 124.3 129 85 15 76 68 6.15 .264 .365 .443 .807  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   94 62 10 47 54   .253 .337 .395 .732
vs LH   110 65 10 72 57   .263 .371 .411 .781
Home 4 7 .364 16 14 1 0 0 96.7 86 58 10 67 49 5.40 .234 .353 .398 .750
Away 5 8 .385 18 13 1 0 0 106.0 118 69 10 52 62 5.86 .278 .357 .408 .765
Mar/Apr 4 5 .444 10 10 1 0 0 71.7 73 48 7 47 38 6.03 .263 .369 .414 .783
May 3 3 .500 10 10 0 0 0 62.7 54 30 6 34 34 4.31 .228 .325 .350 .675
June 1 4 .200 7 7 1 0 0 48.7 57 37 6 28 24 6.84 .286 .374 .482 .857
July 1 3 .250 7 0 0 0 0 19.7 20 12 1 10 15 5.49 .260 .345 .325 .670
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1971 21 DET AL P 7 0 19.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.37    
1972 22 DET AL P 8 8 58.7 6 12 4 3 .818 2.76    
1974 24 TOR AL P 19 19 124.3 10 19 1 3 .967 2.10    
Career Totals   34 27 202.7 16 34 5 6 .909 2.22    
Career Highs   19 19 124.3 10 19 4 3 1.000 2.76    
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bud Podbielan (989)
  2. Foster Edwards (988)
  3. Rudy Seanez (985)
  4. Mauro Gozzo (985)
  5. Bob Malloy (984)
  6. Jack Sanford (983)
  7. Dock Ellis (982)
  8. Ron Nischwitz (980)
  9. Jim Colborn (980)
  10. Mike Bruhert (980)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Detroit in 1971
Earned first career win on 7/20/1971
Traded from Detroit to Toronto on 2/13/1974 (Going to TOR: P Bruce Kison, 2B Len Randle, P Mark Ballinger, P Ross Grimsley. Going to DET: P Barry Lersch)
Injured on 5/24/1974 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Released by Toronto on 7/1/1974
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 7/31/1974 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 4/20/1975 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/31/1976 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/28/1979 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 6/18/1979 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1979 (Going to NYG: P Jim Todd, P Dave Goltz. Going to TAM: P Bruce Kison)
Injured on 3/9/1980 with a Fractured Hand, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 6/23/1980 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5-6 weeks
 
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