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Cy
Buker		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: February 5, 1919 in Usa, WI, GREENWOOD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1945   
All-Star Selections 1945    1947   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 26 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 7 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1946 27 CIN NL $ 300,000 7 7 8 7 3 4 4 8 8 8
1947 28 CIN NL $ 300,000 7 7 8 7 3 4 4 8 8 8
1948 29 CIN NL $ 3,171,429 7 6 7 7 3 4 3 7 7 7
1949 30 CIN NL $ 1,600,000 7 6 7 6 3 4 3 7 8 8
1950 31 NYG NL $ 1,600,000 7 6 7 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1951 32 NYG NL   6 5 6 6 1 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 5 6 6 1 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,171,429 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 29 CIN NL $ 3,171,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 30 CIN NL $ 1,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 31 NYG NL $ 1,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 32 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,171,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1945 26 CIN NL 11 6 .647 82 13 0 0 15 166.0 138 52 11 92 76 2.82 .230 .331 .320 .651 17.6
1946 27 CIN NL 9 5 .643 58 9 0 0 8 116.3 108 53 10 75 70 4.10 .248 .357 .372 .728 8.1
1947 28 CIN NL 13 2 .867 78 1 0 0 8 91.7 78 34 6 52 49 3.34 .228 .331 .327 .658 11.5
1948 29 CIN NL 8 3 .727 17 17 0 0 0 101.0 87 58 10 85 53 5.17 .229 .368 .355 .724 2.8
1949 30 CIN NL 18 15 .545 41 41 2 1 0 261.0 230 115 22 174 115 3.97 .242 .358 .345 .703 20.6
1950 31 CIN NL 3 7 .300 20 7 0 0 2 91.3 93 65 13 65 49 6.41 .271 .383 .464 .847 0.7
  NYG NL 3 3 .500 21 8 0 0 1 26.3 27 20 4 29 14 6.84 .270 .431 .460 .891 0.3
  TOT   6 10 .375 41 15 0 0 3 117.7 120 85 17 94 63 6.50 .271 .395 .463 .858 1.0
1951 32 NYG NL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 4.7 7 7 1 3 0 13.52 .350 .417 .750 1.167 0.0
7 Years Sim 65 41 .613 322 96 2 1 34 858.3 768 404 77 575 426 4.24 .242 .357 .362 .719 61.6
Season Average 9 5 .643 46 13 0 0 4 122.6 109 57 11 82 60 4.24 .242 .357 .362 .719  
Career Highs 18 15 .867 82 41 2 1 15 261.0 230 115 22 174 115 13.52 .350 .417 .750 1.167  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   334 185 29 225 226   .222 .324 .324 .648
vs LH   434 219 48 350 200   .260 .389 .396 .785
Home 37 13 .740 172 48 1 1 19 456.0 381 197 42 282 218 3.89 .229 .341 .347 .687
Away 28 28 .500 150 48 1 0 20 402.3 387 207 35 293 208 4.63 .257 .378 .379 .757
Mar/Apr 14 8 .636 60 21 0 0 3 172.0 141 79 18 124 85 4.13 .222 .349 .356 .705
May 13 11 .542 46 33 2 1 4 224.3 199 111 18 157 120 4.45 .242 .363 .367 .729
June 10 6 .625 41 14 0 0 3 111.0 108 58 17 65 53 4.70 .257 .356 .425 .781
July 4 5 .444 51 7 0 0 7 97.0 87 42 6 61 47 3.90 .236 .345 .310 .655
August 12 6 .667 68 7 0 0 9 110.7 103 53 7 85 60 4.31 .259 .389 .349 .738
Sep/Oct 12 5 .706 56 14 0 0 13 143.3 130 61 11 83 61 3.83 .248 .351 .359 .710
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
1945 26 CIN NL 82 29 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .103 .133 .103 .237 -0.4 0.0
1946 27 CIN NL 58 23 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .217 .240 .217 .457 1.7 0.0
1947 28 CIN NL 78 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1948 29 CIN NL 17 39 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .179 .179 .179 .359 0.6 0.0
1949 30 CIN NL 41 89 4 16 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 24 .180 .198 .247 .445 3.9 0.0
1950 31 CIN NL 20 31 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .129 .129 .161 .290 -0.4 0.0
  NYG NL 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  TOT   41 33 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .121 .121 .152 .273 -0.6 0.0
6 Years Sim 317 219 15 35 4 0 1 7 0 0 4 69 .160 .174 .192 .366 4.7 0.0
162 Game Average 111 7 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 35 .160 .174 .192 .366 2.4  
Career Highs 82 89 4 16 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 24 .217 .240 .247 .457 3.9  
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   133 9 20 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 41 .150 .175 .165 .341 1.0
vs LH   86 6 15 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 28 .174 .172 .233 .405 2.1
Home 167 106 9 17 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 34 .160 .174 .189 .363 1.3
Away 150 113 6 18 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 35 .159 .174 .195 .369 1.7
RISP   55 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 21 .055 .070 .055 .125 -3.2
Close/Late   10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .273 .200 .473 0.6
Mar/Apr 55 45 5 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 17 .178 .178 .267 .444 1.6
May 36 72 7 15 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .208 .219 .236 .455 2.8
June 29 35 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.4
July 42 19 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .158 .200 .211 .411 0.5
August 21 17 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .176 .222 .176 .399 0.5
Sep/Oct 56 31 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .032 .061 .032 .093 -2.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1945 26 CIN NL P 82 13 166.0 11 43 2 5 .964 2.93    
1946 27 CIN NL P 58 9 116.3 9 28 1 1 .974 2.86    
1947 28 CIN NL P 78 1 91.7 6 16 1 0 .957 2.16    
1948 29 CIN NL P 17 17 101.0 5 32 1 3 .974 3.30    
1949 30 CIN NL P 41 41 261.0 14 54 4 4 .944 2.34    
1950 31 CIN NL P 20 7 91.3 7 27 0 2 1.000 3.35    
  NYG NL P 21 8 26.3 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.42    
  TOT   P 41 15 117.7 9 35 0 2 1.000 3.37    
1951 32 NYG NL P 5 0 4.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86    
Career Totals   322 96 858.3 54 210 9 15 .967 2.77    
Career Highs   82 41 261.0 14 54 4 5 1.000 3.86    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1945 26 CIN NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 1 1 4.50 .375 .444 .500 .944
1946 27 CIN NL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 3 9.3 2 0 0 9 5 0.00 .065 .275 .065 .340
1947 28 CIN NL 0 0 .000 4 1 0 0 2 11.0 6 4 1 8 4 3.27 .162 .311 .270 .581
1948 29 CIN NL 1 1 .500 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 1 5 0 4 2 19.31 .125 .417 .125 .542
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 2 .333 15 1 0 0 5 24.7 12 10 1 22 12 3.65 .143 .321 .202 .523
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1947 28 CIN NL 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1945-2-2.82
 Losses
1949-10-15
 Winning Pct
1945-4-.647
CAR-37-.613
 Saves
1945-1-15
1946-7-8
1947-9-8
 Games Pitched
1945-1-82
1946-9-58
1947-3-78
 Games Started
1949-5-41
Walks Allowed
1949-2-174
 Hits per 9IP
1945-2-7.5
1949-6-7.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1945-10-4.1
 OAVG
1945-3-.230
1949-7-.242
 OSLG
1945-2-.320
1949-6-.345
 OOPS
1945-5-.651
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  6. Arnie Portocarrero (934)
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  8. Connie Johnson (928)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1945
Earned first career win on 4/12/1945
Had first career hit on 5/22/1945, off Jack Hallett (TAM)
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Bronze Rookie in 1945, going 11-6, 2.82 ERA
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1946
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,171,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/6/1948 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
9/1/1948: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $1,600,000 per year, for 3 years
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1949, off Curt Simmons (STL)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1949, winning 2 games with a 0.52 ERA
Traded from Cincinnati to New York (N) on 7/31/1950 (Going to CIN: 1B Ray Sanders, P Butch Wensloff, 2B Ralph Lapointe, P Sal Maglie. Going to NYG: P Cy Buker, P Ralph Branca, P Fred Martin)
Injured on 4/7/1951 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Released by New York (N) on 10/3/1951
 
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