Jerry
Buchek
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: May 9, 1942 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 19 NYA AL     3 3 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4
1962 20 CLN NL     4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
1963 21 CLN NL     4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1964 22 WOR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 3 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
1965 23 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
1966 24 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
1967 25 KCR AL $ 300,000   2 2 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 3
1968 26 KCR AL     1 1 1 4 3 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
1972 30 BOS AL $ 625,000   1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
1973 31 BOS AL     1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
1974 32 BOS AL     1 1 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1975 33 BOS AL     1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 625,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1961 19 A   137 530 52 139 15 3 22 52 3 6 63 136 .262 .341 .426 .767 77.6  
1962 20 A   137 526 58 146 21 2 25 85 2 8 60 100 .278 .352 .468 .819 83.9  
1963 21 AA   137 532 48 125 25 2 12 59 3 5 55 105 .235 .307 .357 .664 58.9  
1964 22 WOR AL 26 91 10 23 6 1 3 8 0 2 3 17 .253 .284 .440 .724 9.9 1.3
    A   135 521 73 150 20 5 27 78 3 4 62 107 .288 .364 .501 .865 92.2  
1965 23 KCR AL 9 22 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 .136 .174 .273 .447 1.0 0.0
    AAA   111 408 48 100 16 2 16 46 1 1 17 112 .245 .275 .412 .687 45.7  
1966 24 KCR AL 9 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .400 .582 0.9 0.1
    AAA   91 301 24 51 15 0 8 24 1 2 16 86 .169 .211 .299 .510 17.3  
1967 25 KCR AL 34 52 3 10 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 6 .192 .222 .250 .472 1.7 0.0
1968 26 AAA   4 14 3 5 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 3 .357 .357 .571 .929 2.3  
1972 30 BOS AL 19 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .067 .125 .067 .192 -0.5 0.0
    AAA   72 203 18 37 9 2 8 16 4 2 9 38 .182 .217 .365 .582 16.3  
1973 31 AAA   75 181 19 35 8 1 10 29 1 1 17 41 .193 .263 .414 .677 20.8  
1974 32 AAA   101 230 22 32 7 0 6 18 1 0 18 52 .139 .202 .248 .449 10.5  
1975 33 AAA   78 123 8 14 3 0 4 12 0 0 5 25 .114 .148 .236 .384 2.7  
5 Years Sim 97 190 18 38 6 1 6 18 0 2 7 38 .200 .236 .337 .573 13.2 1.4
7 Years AAA 532 1460 142 274 58 5 53 149 8 7 82 357 .188 .235 .343 .578 115.5  
1 Years AA 137 532 48 125 25 2 12 59 3 5 55 105 .235 .306 .357 .663 58.9  
3 Years A 409 1577 183 435 56 10 74 215 8 18 185 343 .276 .356 .465 .821 253.7  
11 Years Minors 1078 3569 373 834 139 17 139 423 19 30 322 805 .234 .300 .399 .699 428.2  
162 Game Average 317 30 63 10 1 10 30 0 3 11 63 .200 .236 .337 .573 22.0  
Career Highs 34 91 10 23 6 1 3 8 0 2 3 17 .253 .284 .440 .724 9.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   128 11 26 5 1 5 13 0 2 5 24 .203 .244 .375 .619 10.6
vs LH   62 7 12 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 14 .194 .219 .258 .477 3.0
Home 37 81 8 17 3 0 3 7 0 2 2 16 .210 .229 .358 .587 5.9
Away 60 109 10 21 3 1 3 11 0 0 5 22 .193 .241 .321 .562 7.8
RISP   40 0 9 3 0 1 11 0 0 2 12 .225 .295 .375 .670 3.8
Pinch Hitting   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Close/Late   33 5 7 0 0 2 7 0 0 2 5 .212 .257 .394 .651 3.6
Mar/Apr 34 50 4 6 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 14 .120 .170 .240 .410 1.7
May 8 10 3 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 .500 .545 .800 1.345 3.3
June 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
July 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
August 9 12 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .308 .250 .558 0.6
Sep/Oct 37 103 11 23 6 1 3 8 0 2 3 20 .223 .252 .388 .641 8.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1964 22 WOR AL 3B 24 23 196.7 15 38 2 4 .964 2.43   0.3
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1965 23 KCR AL 3B 2 2 18.0 1 6 1 0 .875 3.50   0.0
    SS 4 1 17.7 3 9 2 0 .857 6.12   0.1
    2B 2 2 17.0 2 5 0 2 1.000 3.71   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 24 KCR AL 3B 2 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 8.7 4 4 0 1 1.000 8.31   0.1
    2B 3 0 5.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.0
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1967 25 KCR AL SS 14 5 63.0 10 21 4 6 .886 4.43   0.2
    2B 9 3 38.7 9 13 0 4 1.000 5.12   0.2
    3B 5 2 27.7 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.28   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1972 30 BOS AL 2B 7 2 22.3 3 8 0 1 1.000 4.43   0.0
    RF 5 1 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    3B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 34 28 254.7 18 49 3 5 .957 2.37   0.4
  SS 22 6 92.3 17 35 6 7 .897 5.07   0.4
  2B 22 7 84.0 14 28 0 8 1.000 4.50   0.3
  RF 7 1 23.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.0
  CF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
  LF 3 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.1
  1B 3 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   93 43 477.0 64 112 9 20 .951 3.32   1.3
Career Highs   31 24 207.7 26 39 4 11 1.000 4.36    
History
Drafted in 4th round, 55th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1961
Injured on 8/21/1961 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/29/1961 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/8/1962 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days
Released by Cleveland (N) on 2/21/1964
Signed as a free agent by Worcester on 4/2/1964 to a minor league deal
Had first career hit (triple) on 9/5/1964, off Milt Pappas (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 9/14/1964, off Dwight Siebler (OAK)
Injured on 8/20/1966 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/5/1968 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Released by Kansas City on 3/3/1969
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/12/1972 to a 1-year deal worth $625,000 per year