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Bruce Dal Canton
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Birthdate: 6/15/1942    
Height / Weight: 6' 2" / 205 lbs. Place of Birth: California, PA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Bruce Dal Canton had a very successful major league pitching career. He started pitching in the minors in 1966 for Columbus of the Internal League and with Asheville of the Southern League going a combined 3-1 in 19 games and worked his way up to the Pittsburgh Pirates in late 1968 going 2-1 with a stingy 1.82 ERA in eight games. A hard thrower with a nice assortment of other pitches, Bruce Dal Canton worked in the bullpen for the Pirates in 1969-1970, and posted records of 8-2 with 5 saves in 51 games and then 9-4 with 1 save in 41 games.

 

On December 2, 1970 Bruce Dal Canton was traded along with catcher Jerry May and shortstop Freddie Patek to the KC Royals for infielder Jackie Hernandez, pitcher Bob Johnson and catcher Jim Campanis (assigned to the minors). At Kansas City, Bruce Dal Canton quickly became a favorite of Royals fans and fashioned together four very solid seasons. All in all he had a very solid major league career. Note: an interesting statistic: he allowed less than a hit an inning, 894 hits in 931.1 innings.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1967 PIT (NL) 8 2 2 1 0 1 0 24.0 19 5 5 1 10 3 13 0 1 0 1.88
1968 PIT (NL) 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 17.0 7 4 4 0 6 2 8 0 2 0 2.12
1969 PIT (NL) 57 0 8 2 5 0 0 86.1 79 34 32 3 49 12 56 2 0 1 3.34
1970 PIT (NL) 41 6 9 4 1 1 0 84.2 94 48 43 7 39 8 53 1 1 0 4.57
1971 KCR (AL) 25 22 8 6 0 2 0 141.1 144 63 54 8 44 0 58 3 0 0 3.44
1972 KCR (AL) 35 16 6 6 2 1 0 132.1 135 54 50 7 29 6 75 5 1 2 3.40
1973 KCR (AL) 32 3 4 3 3 1 0 97.1 108 60 52 8 46 12 38 5 4 1 4.81
1974 KCR (AL) 31 22 8 10 0 9 2 175.1 135 71 61 5 82 3 96 16 5 0 3.13
1975 ATL (NL) 26 9 2 7 3 0 0 67.0 63 33 25 2 24 1 38 4 6 0 3.36
1975 KCR (AL) 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 23 18 15 0 7 0 5 1 1 0 15.58
1976 ATL (NL) 42 1 3 5 1 0 0 73.1 67 41 29 6 42 8 36 8 2 1 3.56
1977 CHW (AL) 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 24.0 20 11 10 1 13 0 9 1 0 0 3.75
12 years   316 83 51 49 19 15 2 931.1 894 442 380 48 391 55 485 46 23 5 3.67
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1967 PIT (NL) 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .429 SLG
1968 PIT (NL) 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .0 .0 SLG
1969 PIT (NL) 57 10 2 3 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .417 SLG
1970 PIT (NL) 41 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 .0 .158 SLG
1971 KCR (AL) 25 46 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 19 0 0 0 0 6 0 .87 .106 SLG
1972 KCR (AL) 35 41 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 5 0 .98 .119 SLG
1973 KCR (AL) 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1974 KCR (AL) 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1975 ATL (NL) 26 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105 .105 SLG
1975 KCR (AL) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1976 ATL (NL) 42 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 SLG
1977 CHW (AL) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
12 years   316 150 11 17 1 1 0 5 7 59 0 0 0 2 14 0 .113 .164 .SLG



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