Bruce Kison
Pittsburgh Pirates 1971–1979; California Angels 1980–1984; Boston Red Sox 1985
Percentile snapshot
1979 season — qualified pitchers
of 86 qualified 1979 pitchers (min 163 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 18 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .121 | .097 | .218 | -49.6 | -36.8 | .114 | 0.8 |
| 1972 | 32 | 56 | 53 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .204 | .302 | .506 | 35.3 | 44.4 | .231 | 1.9 |
| 1973 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .143 | .250 | .393 | -2.8 | 8.8 | .177 | 0.7 |
| 1974 | 40 | 44 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .108 | .214 | .135 | .349 | 5.9 | 1.6 | .191 | 1.2 |
| 1975 | 35 | 71 | 59 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | .119 | .148 | .119 | .266 | -37.3 | -24.4 | .133 | 2.4 |
| 1976 | 31 | 72 | 59 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .266 | .305 | .571 | 62.4 | 63.0 | .274 | 3.3 |
| 1977 | 35 | 74 | 69 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .261 | .282 | .362 | .644 | 68.7 | 71.2 | .292 | 0.3 |
| 1978 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .138 | .345 | .483 | 14.5 | 29.5 | .211 | 1.6 |
| 1979 | 37 | 63 | 55 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .145 | .161 | .236 | .397 | -7.9 | 5.6 | .181 | 3.1 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.1 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 |
| 1982 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.8 |
| 1983 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.2 |
| 1984 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.4 |
| 1985 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 36 | 36 | 60 | 6 | 95.3 | 3.40 | 1.353 | 5.66 | 3.42 | 100.4 | 100.3 | 0.8 |
| 1972 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 123 | 55 | 69 | 102 | 11 | 152.0 | 3.26 | 1.263 | 6.04 | 3.67 | 109.0 | 103.3 | 1.9 |
| 1973 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 24 | 26 | 4 | 43.7 | 3.09 | 1.374 | 5.36 | 4.27 | 119.9 | 115.1 | 0.7 |
| 1974 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 50 | 57 | 71 | 8 | 129.0 | 3.49 | 1.395 | 4.95 | 3.87 | 110.7 | 100.3 | 1.2 |
| 1975 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 160 | 69 | 92 | 89 | 10 | 192.0 | 3.23 | 1.313 | 4.17 | 3.87 | 108.6 | 110.1 | 2.4 |
| 1976 | 31 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 180 | 66 | 52 | 98 | 10 | 193.0 | 3.08 | 1.202 | 4.57 | 3.16 | 91.0 | 112.9 | 3.3 |
| 1977 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 209 | 105 | 55 | 122 | 25 | 193.0 | 4.90 | 1.368 | 5.69 | 4.10 | 103.9 | 80.7 | 0.3 |
| 1978 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 34 | 39 | 62 | 3 | 96.0 | 3.19 | 1.250 | 5.81 | 3.11 | 84.6 | 115.5 | 1.6 |
| 1979 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 157 | 61 | 45 | 105 | 13 | 172.3 | 3.19 | 1.172 | 5.48 | 3.31 | 85.6 | 121.3 | 3.1 |
| 1980 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 40 | 32 | 28 | 5 | 73.3 | 4.91 | 1.432 | 3.44 | 4.31 | 109.5 | 80.2 | -0.1 |
| 1981 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 44.0 | 3.48 | 1.227 | 3.89 | 4.99 | 137.0 | 104.8 | 0.5 |
| 1982 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 120 | 50 | 44 | 86 | 15 | 142.0 | 3.17 | 1.155 | 5.45 | 3.89 | 95.8 | 128.0 | 2.8 |
| 1983 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 128 | 57 | 43 | 83 | 13 | 126.7 | 4.05 | 1.350 | 5.90 | 3.96 | 98.2 | 99.6 | 1.2 |
| 1984 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 39 | 28 | 66 | 10 | 65.3 | 5.37 | 1.531 | 9.09 | 4.28 | 107.8 | 73.8 | -0.4 |
| 1985 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 42 | 32 | 56 | 9 | 92.0 | 4.11 | 1.413 | 5.48 | 3.87 | 90.7 | 103.9 | 1.1 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-08-26 | PIT @ SD Gameday | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1976-09-06 | PHI @ PIT Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1979-08-26 | PIT @ SD Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1977-04-23 | PIT @ NYM Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1978-09-29 | PHI @ PIT Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-04-16 | LAA @ MIN Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| 1979-04-08 | WSH @ PIT Gameday | 6.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 1971-07-23 | PIT @ SD Gameday | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977-04-13 | WSH @ PIT Gameday | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1972-09-04 | PHI @ PIT Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.