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Bruce Kison

Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Apr 09 L, 3-4 vs Cubs Middle 3.0 2 14 1 1 1 3 0 2 3.00 L (0-1) PIT Apr 15 W, 13-10 at Cubs Middle 2.0 3 13 3 3 0 4 0 2 7.20 PIT Apr 23 (1) W, 14-7 vs Cardinals Middle 4.1 1 17 0 0 0 3 0 2 3.86 W (1-1) PIT Apr 30 L, 3-7 vs Giants Middle 1.2 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.27 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT May 03 L, 5-7 vs Padres Finish 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.00 PIT May 05 L, 2-7 vs Dodgers Middle 2.0 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.57 PIT May 09 L, 2-3 at Giants Middle 2.0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.25 PIT May 11 L, 2-6 at Giants Middle 2.0 2 12 2 2 0 2 0 3 3.00 PIT May 13 L, 5-6 at Padres Finish 2.0 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.15 L (1-2) PIT May 17 L, 1-10 at Dodgers Middle 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.86 PIT May 25 L, 2-3 vs Mets Middle 1.1 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.70 PIT May 27 L, 1-15 vs Expos Middle 3.0 6 15 3 3 0 0 0 4 3.42 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Jul 08 L, 0-4 at Cardinals Finish 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.18 PIT Jul 13 L, 0-4 vs Giants Middle 2.0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.97 PIT Jul 17 W, 8-7 vs Padres Start 6.0 5 29 3 3 0 4 0 3 3.22 PIT Jul 20 W, 7-6 vs Dodgers Finish 1.1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.11 W (2-2) PIT Jul 26 L, 5-6 at Padres Start 4.0 4 18 3 3 0 2 0 3 3.46 L (2-3) PIT Jul 28 L, 3-7 at Dodgers Middle 2.0 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.30 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Aug 02 W, 3-0 at Expos Start 8.0 3 28 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.79 W (3-3) PIT Aug 07 L, 4-5 at Cubs Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.68 PIT Aug 11 L, 4-15 at Phillies Start 2.2 5 17 7 7 1 3 0 0 3.67 L (3-4) PIT Aug 17 (2) W, 3-2 vs Astros Start 6.1 7 27 2 2 0 2 0 7 3.59 W (4-4) PIT Aug 26 L, 2-7 at Astros Start 1.1 7 14 7 2 0 1 0 2 3.80 L (4-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Sep 01 (2) W, 3-0 vs Braves Start 7.2 2 27 0 0 0 3 0 2 3.39 W (5-5) PIT Sep 07 L, 4-5 at Cardinals Start 6.0 5 23 2 2 0 1 0 3 3.36 PIT Sep 15 W, 6-1 vs Expos Start 7.1 7 32 1 1 0 1 0 6 3.18 W (6-5) PIT Sep 24 L, 0-4 at Expos Start 5.0 2 18 3 3 0 0 0 2 3.30 L (6-6) PIT Sep 29 (2) W, 2-1 vs Phillies Start 6.0 3 22 1 1 1 2 0 4 3.19

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       4   4   3.58   11  11   0   0   0   0   60.1   50   255   29   24   2   21   0   39    6-5   3.64 runs/start
Middle relief    1   1   2.76   13   0   0   0   0   0   29.1   24   129   10    9   1   17   0   20    2-11
As closer        1   1   1.42    4   0   0   4   0   0    6.1    7    23    1    1   0    1   0    3    1-3 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              142   17   40   55   5   2   2   16   1   1   22   0   0   13   2  .282  .387  .371  .759
vs RHB              212   26   41   51   7   0   1   23   7   2   17   0   5   49   8  .193  .241  .268  .509

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             5   1   1.87   14   5   0   2   0   0   53.0   42   219   12   11   2   20   0   32    7-7   4.40 runs/start
Road             1   5   4.81   14   6   0   2   0   0   43.0   39   188   28   23   1   19   0   30    2-12  3.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              2   3   4.37    9   2   0   1   0   0   22.2   19   106   17   11   1   14   0   13    3-6   1.00 runs/start
Night            4   3   2.82   19   9   0   3   0   0   73.1   62   301   23   23   2   25   0   49    6-13  4.22 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   1   3.27    4   0   0   0   0   0   11.0    7    52    5    4   1   11   0    6    2-2 
May              0   1   3.52    8   0   0   2   0   0   15.1   18    67    6    6   0    5   0   12    0-8 
July             1   1   3.12    6   2   0   2   0   0   17.1   15    74    6    6   0    8   0   11    2-4   6.50 runs/start
August           2   2   4.87    5   4   0   0   0   0   20.1   22    92   16   11   1    8   0   16    2-3   3.00 runs/start
September        2   1   1.97    5   5   0   0   0   0   32.0   19   122    7    7   1    7   0   17    3-2   3.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   1   4.70    2   2   0   0   0   0    7.2   14    41    9    4   0    3   0    9    1-1   2.50 runs/start
Braves           1   0   0.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.2    2    27    0    0   0    3   0    2    1-0   3.00 runs/start
Cardinals        1   0   1.46    3   1   0   1   0   0   12.1    8    48    2    2   0    5   0    6    1-2   4.00 runs/start
Cubs             0   1   5.14    3   0   0   0   0   0    7.0    5    33    4    4   1    7   0    4    1-2 
Dodgers          1   0   0.00    4   0   0   1   0   0    7.1    6    29    0    0   0    3   0    3    1-3 
Expos            2   1   2.70    4   3   0   0   0   0   23.1   18    93    7    7   0    3   0   19    2-2   3.00 runs/start
Giants           0   0   2.35    4   0   0   0   0   0    7.2    4    33    3    2   0    4   0    7    0-4 
Mets             0   0   0.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    1.1    3     6    0    0   0    0   0    0    0-1 
Padres           0   2   4.85    4   2   0   2   0   0   13.0   13    58    7    7   0    6   0    8    1-3   6.50 runs/start
Phillies         0   1   8.31    2   2   0   0   0   0    8.2    8    39    8    8   2    5   0    4    1-1   3.00 runs/start

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