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Jim
Bucher		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 11, 1911 in Usa, VA, MANASSAS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1941   
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
1934 23 MIN AL     5 5 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1935 24 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 9 10 10
1936 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 3 3 10 10 10
1937 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1938 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
1939 28 CLE AL $ 1,378,571   8 8 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1940 29 CLE AL $ 1,378,571   8 8 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1941 30 CLE AL $ 1,800,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1942 31 CLE AL $ 2,514,286   8 8 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1943 32 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1944 33 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
1945 34 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 10 10
1946 35 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1947 36 STL NL $ 608,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 3 4 4 8 9 8
1948 37 STL NL $ 600,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 8 9 8
1949 38 STL NL $ 600,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
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
1934 23 AA   137 555 74 167 20 4 8 64 9 15 46 18 .301 .354 .395 .749 72.8  
1935 24 AAA   137 572 87 177 41 2 19 85 8 4 44 20 .309 .359 .488 .847 93.7  
1936 25 CLE AL 78 150 12 46 6 2 0 16 0 0 7 2 .307 .344 .373 .717 18.1 2.3
1937 26 CLE AL 87 171 24 44 8 0 2 26 1 1 15 6 .257 .314 .339 .653 16.9 1.4
1938 27 CLE AL 133 367 40 91 17 4 5 45 0 0 26 18 .248 .295 .357 .652 34.1 1.1
1939 28 CLE AL 90 236 29 69 8 1 3 25 0 0 10 6 .292 .319 .373 .691 27.9 4.0
    AAA   54 221 45 76 11 0 9 38 1 2 23 4 .344 .406 .516 .922 42.3  
1940 29 CLE AL 154 581 70 169 24 3 12 94 0 0 40 22 .291 .334 .404 .739 70.0 9.9
1941 30 CLE AL 115 362 44 109 23 1 10 62 0 1 37 12 .301 .360 .453 .814 55.7 9.4
1942 31 CLE AL 139 504 60 138 28 2 14 79 0 0 36 17 .274 .324 .421 .744 63.4 10.0
1943 32 CLE AL 135 454 59 130 28 5 12 91 0 0 33 10 .286 .330 .449 .779 62.4 9.5
1944 33 CLE AL 141 485 57 122 24 4 15 72 0 0 41 6 .252 .309 .410 .719 57.9 6.2
1945 34 CLE AL 139 449 52 113 20 5 11 57 1 0 37 22 .252 .307 .392 .699 50.9 6.8
1946 35 CLE AL 160 575 78 165 27 4 13 68 0 1 48 36 .287 .339 .416 .755 75.7 12.6
1947 36 STL NL 127 473 43 112 21 3 6 58 1 0 27 43 .237 .275 .332 .607 39.6 1.4
    AAA   25 100 17 33 5 0 3 15 1 4 11 4 .330 .396 .470 .866 16.6  
1948 37 STL NL 113 338 47 87 11 2 9 45 0 0 25 24 .257 .307 .382 .689 38.7 4.0
1949 38 STL NL 26 36 8 13 1 1 1 6 0 0 4 3 .361 .415 .528 .942 7.5 1.5
    AAA   83 360 59 110 15 2 21 59 3 1 29 29 .306 .357 .533 .891 65.2  
14 Years Sim 1637 5181 623 1408 246 37 113 744 3 3 386 227 .272 .320 .399 .719 618.6 80.1
4 Years AAA 299 1253 208 396 72 4 52 197 13 11 107 57 .316 .368 .504 .872 217.8  
1 Years AA 137 555 74 167 20 4 8 64 9 15 46 18 .301 .354 .395 .749 72.8  
5 Years Minors 436 1808 282 563 92 8 60 261 22 26 153 75 .311 .364 .471 .834 290.6  
162 Game Average 512 61 139 24 3 11 73 0 0 38 22 .272 .320 .399 .719 61.2  
Career Highs 160 581 78 169 28 5 15 94 1 1 48 43 .361 .415 .528 .942 75.7  
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   3980 489 1109 194 28 90 606 2 2 303 140 .279 .328 .409 .737 524.0
vs LH   1201 134 299 52 9 23 138 1 1 83 87 .249 .295 .365 .660 128.9
Home 820 2548 293 688 111 21 54 356 2 1 194 107 .270 .320 .394 .714 318.0
Away 817 2633 330 720 135 16 59 388 1 2 192 120 .273 .320 .404 .724 335.0
RISP   1313 0 403 68 5 35 606 0 0 123 54 .307 .355 .446 .802 206.5
Pinch Hitting   271 29 72 9 2 4 38 1 0 17 9 .266 .307 .358 .665 29.7
Close/Late   602 63 162 28 6 12 92 0 0 41 23 .269 .314 .395 .710 73.4
Mar/Apr 242 763 94 210 44 5 19 117 0 0 65 36 .275 .330 .421 .750 104.3
May 277 866 97 213 41 2 17 116 1 0 73 42 .246 .302 .357 .659 94.9
June 265 801 102 257 42 12 18 141 1 0 59 32 .321 .365 .471 .836 129.2
July 276 836 104 239 36 5 22 129 0 1 55 38 .286 .330 .420 .749 111.9
August 293 972 108 237 37 6 21 116 1 0 64 38 .244 .288 .359 .647 101.0
Sep/Oct 284 943 118 252 46 7 16 125 0 2 70 41 .267 .315 .382 .697 111.8
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
1936 25 CLE AL 2B 17 13 108.0 34 47 1 11 .988 6.75   0.3
    LF 11 11 89.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.4
    RF 9 5 46.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.57    
    CF 2 2 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50    
    3B 3 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    SS 1 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1937 26 CLE AL 2B 27 9 117.7 30 53 3 14 .965 6.35   0.4
    RF 13 11 89.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.83   0.5
    LF 13 10 83.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.60    
    3B 8 6 50.0 4 16 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.3
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1938 27 CLE AL RF 57 35 346.3 75 1 0 1 1.000 1.97   1.0
    LF 28 22 220.3 40 1 0 0 1.000 1.67    
    3B 19 16 132.0 11 30 0 0 1.000 2.80   0.3
    2B 6 0 17.0 4 6 0 2 1.000 5.29   0.0
1939 28 CLE AL CF 32 15 170.7 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   1.0
    3B 15 9 99.3 9 28 6 1 .860 3.35   0.3
    RF 14 7 80.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.23    
    LF 7 7 62.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    2B 11 6 56.0 17 28 1 6 .978 7.23   0.3
1940 29 CLE AL 3B 110 108 921.7 78 239 22 24 .935 3.10   3.2
    CF 42 41 350.7 97 2 0 1 1.000 2.54   1.1
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1941 30 CLE AL 3B 97 90 768.7 51 192 8 19 .968 2.85   2.8
    2B 7 3 35.0 2 17 0 2 1.000 4.89   0.1
    CF 4 0 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.1
    RF 1 1 0.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.64    
1942 31 CLE AL 3B 87 86 747.3 42 187 12 14 .950 2.76   2.2
    CF 43 41 360.3 90 3 1 1 .989 2.32   1.3
    2B 7 4 35.7 13 13 1 3 .963 6.56   0.1
1943 32 CLE AL 3B 115 106 939.3 69 260 18 20 .948 3.15   3.5
    CF 4 0 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
    2B 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 33 CLE AL 3B 116 111 963.0 61 269 18 16 .948 3.08   2.9
    2B 10 8 70.0 11 26 1 5 .974 4.76   0.2
    CF 5 1 14.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.93   0.1
    RF 5 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1945 34 CLE AL 3B 107 107 873.0 62 212 12 14 .958 2.82   3.0
    LF 6 6 52.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.56   0.2
    CF 25 1 51.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    RF 6 6 51.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.94    
    2B 10 2 27.0 7 14 0 2 1.000 7.00   0.1
1946 35 CLE AL CF 150 148 1280.0 424 7 1 5 .998 3.03   5.6
    2B 4 0 6.7 4 3 0 2 1.000 9.46   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 36 STL NL 3B 123 123 1015.3 73 269 14 15 .961 3.03   3.0
    2B 5 1 13.0 4 6 0 3 1.000 6.92   0.1
    CF 2 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1948 37 STL NL 3B 84 84 702.0 40 202 7 13 .972 3.10   1.8
    RF 6 4 39.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.1
    2B 6 3 29.7 5 19 2 3 .923 7.28   0.2
    LF 4 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 38 STL NL 2B 8 4 44.7 13 20 0 3 1.000 6.65   0.3
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.7 0 1 1 0 .500 3.38   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 888 847 7227.3 501 1906 118 137 .953 3.00   23.4
  CF 314 249 2288.0 673 13 2 8 .997 2.70   9.2
  RF 112 70 668.7 152 1 0 1 1.000 2.06   1.7
  2B 121 53 568.3 145 254 9 56 .978 6.32   2.1
  LF 75 57 530.0 107 2 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.6
  SS 1 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
Career Totals   1511 1276 11287.2 1578 2178 129 202 .967 2.99   37.0
Career Highs   159 149 1292.7 428 296 22 25 1.000 6.14    
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
1943 32 CLE AL 7 27 4 11 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 0 .407 .433 .556 .989
Career Post-Season Batting 7 27 4 11 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 0 .407 .433 .556 .989
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
1946-1-160
 Singles
1940-8-130
 Triples
1945-10-5
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1934
Traded from Tampa Bay to Minnesota on 7/16/1934 (Going to MIN: 3B Jim Bucher, SS Otto Bluege, 3B Flea Clifton. Going to TAM: CF Carl Reynolds)
Traded from Minnesota to Tampa Bay on 2/5/1935 (Going to MIN: P John Michaels. Going to TAM: SS Otto Bluege, 3B Jim Bucher, 3B Flea Clifton)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cleveland on 6/16/1935 (Going to TAM: CF Heinie Manush. Going to CLE: 1B Joe Hauser, 3B Jim Bucher)
Had first career hit on 4/20/1936, off Tex Carleton (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1937, off Schoolboy Rowe (BOS)
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1940, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Injured on 7/25/1941 with a Broken Ulna, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,514,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/31/1942 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 2 weeks
10/13/1942: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 8/31/1943
Injured on 9/25/1945 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6-7 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1946, hitting .480 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 4/2/1947 to a 1-year deal worth $608,000 per year
7/31/1947: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $600,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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