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Bill
Buckner		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 14, 1949 in Usa, CA, VALLEJO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 20 CLE AL     6 6 6 3 4 3 6 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 9
1971 21 CLE AL     7 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 9
1972 22 CLE AL     7 7 6 3 4 4 7 8 7 2 2 2 8 9 9
1973 23 CLE AL     7 7 6 3 4 3 7 8 7 2 2 2 8 9 8
1974 24 CLE AL     7 7 6 3 4 4 7 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1975 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 7 8 8 2 3 3 8 8 8
1976 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8
1977 27 MIA NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 3 7 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 8
1978 28 MIA NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 3 7 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 7
1979 29 MIA NL $ 492,857   7 7 6 3 4 3 7 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
1980 30 MIA NL $ 1,707,143   6 6 5 3 3 3 7 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6
1981 31 MIA NL $ 1,707,143   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1982 32 MIA NL $ 1,707,143   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,707,143   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 3 3 3 8 9 9
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
1970 20 AAA   137 591 80 171 31 2 15 69 7 2 43 29 .289 .338 .425 .762 82.4  
1971 21 AAA   136 576 86 178 29 1 19 92 3 4 26 42 .309 .339 .462 .801 83.7  
1972 22 AAA   137 593 84 188 36 3 19 81 9 9 28 44 .317 .348 .484 .832 90.8  
1973 23 AAA   134 508 77 155 27 1 23 79 6 2 30 34 .305 .344 .498 .842 82.4  
1974 24 AAA   119 350 57 121 19 4 15 62 0 0 25 28 .346 .389 .551 .941 67.5  
1975 25 AAA   126 515 90 172 45 4 18 108 1 0 32 42 .334 .373 .542 .915 93.1  
1976 26 CLE AL 77 123 10 30 8 0 1 19 0 0 14 8 .244 .321 .333 .655 11.9 0.7
1977 27 MIA NL 155 525 58 140 23 2 8 55 0 0 23 47 .267 .297 .364 .661 51.0 7.3
1978 28 MIA NL 141 500 53 133 39 2 2 55 1 0 36 47 .266 .315 .364 .679 54.6 10.2
1979 29 MIA NL 149 515 59 143 36 3 8 57 1 2 26 55 .278 .312 .406 .718 59.9 11.9
1981 31 MIA NL 95 167 15 50 13 1 1 23 0 0 10 25 .299 .339 .407 .746 20.6 4.8
1982 32 MIA NL 114 362 35 92 20 2 5 34 0 0 23 59 .254 .301 .362 .662 36.3 5.1
6 Years Sim 731 2192 230 588 139 10 25 243 2 2 132 241 .268 .310 .375 .685 234.4 40.0
6 Years AAA 789 3133 474 985 187 15 109 491 26 17 184 219 .314 .352 .488 .840 499.8  
162 Game Average 485 50 130 30 2 5 53 0 0 29 53 .268 .310 .375 .685 51.9  
Career Highs 155 525 59 143 39 3 8 57 1 2 36 59 .299 .339 .407 .746 59.9  
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   1599 160 454 99 9 19 196 0 1 98 171 .284 .326 .393 .719 194.6
vs LH   593 70 134 40 1 6 47 2 1 34 70 .226 .267 .327 .594 49.5
Home 360 1048 103 279 65 5 11 121 0 2 55 116 .266 .303 .369 .672 111.1
Away 371 1144 127 309 74 5 14 122 2 0 77 125 .270 .317 .380 .697 133.0
RISP   490 0 151 31 1 8 207 0 0 38 48 .308 .353 .424 .777 70.8
Pinch Hitting   147 9 48 9 0 1 34 0 0 10 16 .327 .365 .408 .773 20.8
Close/Late   312 14 91 19 1 3 49 0 0 20 28 .292 .333 .388 .721 38.6
Mar/Apr 93 217 23 67 14 0 2 27 0 1 8 23 .309 .332 .401 .733 26.5
May 128 374 33 90 21 3 4 32 1 0 22 37 .241 .284 .345 .629 35.4
June 128 407 49 113 33 1 8 51 0 0 29 47 .278 .325 .423 .748 53.5
July 126 343 38 86 22 1 5 41 0 0 21 34 .251 .292 .364 .656 35.5
August 139 453 52 132 30 4 4 54 1 1 27 58 .291 .330 .402 .732 56.7
Sep/Oct 117 398 35 100 19 1 2 38 0 0 25 42 .251 .300 .319 .620 36.5
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
1976 26 CLE AL 1B 12 10 83.7 98 4 1 6 .990 10.97   0.2
    LF 10 5 52.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.2
    RF 13 4 46.7 7 0 1 0 .875 1.35    
    CF 8 5 43.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.25    
1977 27 MIA NL RF 67 61 526.7 101 2 3 0 .972 1.76   1.7
    1B 59 51 428.0 510 34 5 49 .991 11.44   0.8
    CF 26 22 194.0 47 4 1 1 .981 2.37    
    LF 5 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1978 28 MIA NL CF 127 124 1078.7 294 8 6 2 .981 2.52   3.7
    RF 2 2 21.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.86    
    LF 10 0 19.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32    
    1B 1 0 6.0 9 2 0 2 1.000 16.50   0.0
1979 29 MIA NL LF 91 88 756.7 173 2 0 1 1.000 2.08   1.3
    1B 40 37 326.0 422 28 1 38 .998 12.42   0.7
    CF 9 3 38.3 9 0 1 0 .900 2.11    
    RF 5 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 31 MIA NL 1B 20 14 116.0 152 5 1 10 .994 12.18   0.5
    RF 27 6 106.3 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.86   0.8
    CF 10 6 56.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.73    
    LF 18 0 27.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.93    
    3B 4 0 12.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1982 32 MIA NL 1B 23 19 148.0 183 12 0 11 1.000 11.86   0.4
    RF 8 6 56.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.61   0.2
    CF 3 3 25.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 183 163 1435.3 375 12 8 3 .980 2.43   3.7
  1B 155 131 1107.7 1374 85 8 116 .995 11.85   2.6
  LF 135 93 865.0 203 2 0 1 1.000 2.13   1.5
  RF 122 79 762.7 143 3 4 0 .973 1.72   2.7
  3B 4 0 12.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  SS 3 0 6.7 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.70   0.0
Career Totals   602 466 4189.3 2098 104 20 121 .991 4.73   10.6
Career Highs   157 134 1156.7 661 40 9 50 1.000 8.06    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1977-10-155
 Doubles
1978-4-39
1979-4-36
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  2. Monk Sherlock (960)
  3. Steve Garvey (956)
  4. Tony Lupien (955)
  5. Al Van Camp (953)
  6. Tony Bartirome (953)
  7. Willie Smith (952)
  8. Ralph Lapointe (950)
  9. Art Shires (949)
  10. Rick Joseph (949)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1970
Injured on 4/11/1975 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
3/3/1976: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (A)
Had first career hit on 4/3/1976, off Steve Rogers (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1976, off Don Sutton (BSN)
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $492,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/20/1981 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
 
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