"Pittsburgh Pirates" Bruce Dal Canton Hand Signed 3X5 Card Signature Auctions CO

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Up for auction the "Pittsburgh Pirates" Bruce Dal Canton Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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John Bruce Dal Canton
(June 15, 1941 – October 7, 2008) was a
major league
pitcher
for the
Pittsburgh Pirates
(1967–70),
Kansas City Royals
(1971–75),
Atlanta Braves
(1975–76), and
Chicago White Sox
(1977). He was inducted into the
California University of Pennsylvania
Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995, and spent more than a decade as a coach in the
Braves
organization. From 1987-90, he was the
Braves
pitching coach.
Dal Canton's career path to the major leagues was unusual in that he was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as the result of an open tryout. Dal Canton was teaching high school at Burgettstown JR / SR high school in Burgettstown, PA the time of his signing. In 11 seasons he had a 51–49 Win–Loss record, 316 Games (83 Started), 15 Complete Games, 2 Shutouts, 102 Games Finished, 19 Saves, 931 ⅓ Innings Pitched, 894 Hits Allowed, 442 Runs Allowed, 380 Earned Runs Allowed, 48 Home Runs Allowed, 391 Walks, 485 Strikeouts, 23 Hit Batsmen, 46 Wild Pitches, 4,030 Batters Faced, 55 Intentional Walks, 5 Balks, a 3.67 ERA and a 1.380 WHIP. He led the
American League
in Wild Pitches (16) in 1974.
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Bruce Dal Canton died on October 7, 2008 in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
, aged 67, of
esophageal cancer
.
On Friday, June 11, 2004, Dal Canton was inducted into the
Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame
. During Opening Day ceremonies on April 9, 2009, the
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
honored Bruce, who had been their pitching coach since 1999. The Pelicans' clubhouse was officially named in his memory and Dal Canton's number [43] was retired.
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