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Buddy Biancalana
Roland Americo Biancalana

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 160 lb.

Debut September 12, 1982
  vs. MIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1987
Born February 2, 1960 in Larkspur, CA

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 22 KCR AL   3    2    0    1   0  1   0    0   0  0   1   0  .500  .667 1.500  476    3   0   0   0   0   1
 1983 23 KCR AL   6   15    2    3   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   7  .200  .200  .200   11    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1984 24 KCR AL  66  134   18   26   6  1   2    9   1  2   6  44  .194  .229  .299   45   40   5   0   0   0   2
 1985 25 KCR AL  81  138   21   26   5  1   1    6   1  4  17  34  .188  .277  .261   49   36   5   0   0   0   1
 1986 26 KCR AL 100  190   24   46   4  4   2    8   5  1  15  50  .242  .298  .337   71   64   4   0   0   0   3
 1987 27 TOT     55   71    5   11   1  0   1    7   0  0   2  22  .155  .178  .211    3   15   1   0   0   0   1
         KCR AL  37   47    4   10   1  0   1    7   0  0   1  10  .213  .229  .298   38   14   1   0   0   0   1
         HOU NL  18   24    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  12  .042  .080  .042  -66    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      311  550   70  113  16  7   6   30   8  7  41 157  .205  .261  .293   51  161  15   0   0   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        286   36   59   8  4   3   16   4  4  21  82  .205  .261  .293   51   84   8   0   0   0   4
 Career High    100  190   24   46   6  4   2    9   5  4  17  50                          64   5   0   0   0   3
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 22 KCR AL    3    2    1  13.4    99| .500  .264| .667  .328|1.500  .402|2.167  .730| 476  .877   1.1   0.1   0%
 1983 23 KCR AL   15   12    1   2.2    98| .200  .266| .200  .328| .200  .401| .400  .728|  11  .213  -1.9  -0.2 100%
 1984 24 KCR AL  145  117    9   2.1    97| .194  .264| .229  .326| .299  .398| .528  .724|  45  .192 -10.5  -1.1  33%
 1985 25 KCR AL  160  122   10   2.2    99| .188  .261| .277  .327| .261  .406| .538  .733|  49  .205  -9.7  -1.0  20%
 1986 26 KCR AL  209  152   20   3.5   102| .242  .264| .298  .332| .337  .412| .635  .744|  71  .373  -8.5  -0.8  83%
 1987 27 TOT      74   62    3   1.3   106| .155  .266| .178  .335| .211  .423| .389  .758|   3  .080 -10.2  -1.0   0%
         KCR AL   49   39    3   2.0   108| .213  .267| .229  .336| .298  .429| .527  .765|  38  .165  -4.5  -0.4   0%
         HOU NL   25   23    0   0.0   102| .042  .264| .080  .333| .042  .412| .122  .745| -66  .000  -5.7  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       606  467   44   2.5   100| .205  .263| .261  .330| .293  .408| .554  .738|  51  .247 -39.7  -4.0  53%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 22 KCR AL SS 3 2 8 0 1 1.000 .962 3.33 4.17 8.18 4.91 1 11.0 1983 23 KCR AL SS 6 11 21 3 3 .914 .964 5.33 4.15 6.70 4.75 5 43.0 1984 24 KCR AL SS 33 28 94 7 13 .946 .962 3.70 3.93 4.75 4.76 26 231.3 2B 29 34 50 1 15 .988 .980 2.90 4.45 4.72 5.24 16 160.0 DH 1 1985 25 KCR AL SS 74 80 168 10 31 .961 .964 3.35 3.93 4.94 4.64 48 451.7 2B 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.00 4.47 6.00 5.25 0 6.0 DH 2 1986 26 KCR AL SS 89 102 177 16 40 .946 .967 3.13 3.94 4.43 4.53 64 566.7 2B 12 6 13 0 1 1.000 .979 1.58 4.34 4.50 5.09 3 38.0 1987 27 TOT SS 38 20 43 8 6 .887 .968 1.66 3.96 4.10 4.64 13 138.4 TOT 2B 15 10 20 0 7 1.000 .977 2.00 4.47 4.05 5.13 5 66.7 KCR AL SS 22 12 27 5 4 .886 .970 1.77 4.02 4.46 4.59 7 78.7 2B 12 9 18 0 6 1.000 .978 2.25 4.48 3.94 5.12 5 61.7 DH 1 HOU NL SS 16 8 16 3 2 .889 .964 1.50 3.89 3.62 4.72 6 59.7 2B 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 1.00 4.43 5.40 5.22 0 5.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 24 KCR AL 2B 29 34 50 1 15 .988 .980 2.90 4.45 4.72 5.24 16 160.0 1985 25 KCR AL 2B 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.00 4.47 6.00 5.25 0 6.0 1986 26 KCR AL 2B 12 6 13 0 1 1.000 .979 1.58 4.34 4.50 5.09 3 38.0 1987 27 TOT 2B 15 10 20 0 7 1.000 .977 2.00 4.47 4.05 5.13 5 66.7 KCR AL 2B 12 9 18 0 6 1.000 .978 2.25 4.48 3.94 5.12 5 61.7 HOU NL 2B 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 1.00 4.43 5.40 5.22 0 5.0 1984 24 KCR AL DH 1 1985 25 KCR AL DH 2 1987 27 KCR AL DH 1 1982 22 KCR AL SS 3 2 8 0 1 1.000 .962 3.33 4.17 8.18 4.91 1 11.0 1983 23 KCR AL SS 6 11 21 3 3 .914 .964 5.33 4.15 6.70 4.75 5 43.0 1984 24 KCR AL SS 33 28 94 7 13 .946 .962 3.70 3.93 4.75 4.76 26 231.3 1985 25 KCR AL SS 74 80 168 10 31 .961 .964 3.35 3.93 4.94 4.64 48 451.7 1986 26 KCR AL SS 89 102 177 16 40 .946 .967 3.13 3.94 4.43 4.53 64 566.7 1987 27 TOT SS 38 20 43 8 6 .887 .968 1.66 3.96 4.10 4.64 13 138.4 KCR AL SS 22 12 27 5 4 .886 .970 1.77 4.02 4.46 4.59 7 78.7 HOU NL SS 16 8 16 3 2 .889 .964 1.50 3.89 3.62 4.72 6 59.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 243 243 511 44 94 .945 .965 3.10 3.95 4.71 4.62 157 1442.0 2B* 60 53 84 1 24 .993 .979 2.28 4.44 4.55 5.19 24 270.7 DH 4 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 303 296 595 45 118 .952 .967 2.94 4.04 4.68 4.71 181 1713
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   ALCS  KCR DET     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1985   ALCS  KCR TOR     W   7  18   2   4  1  0  0   1   1   6  .222  .263  .278   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    KCR STL     W   7  18   2   5  0  0  0   2   5   4  .278  .435  .278   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   9  19   2   4  1  0  0   1   1   7  .211  .250  .263   0  0   1   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   2-1  16  37   4   9  1  0  0   3   6  11  .243  .349  .270   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.


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Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft.

December 19, 1986: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

January 12, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

July 30, 1987: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Houston Astros for Mel Stottlemyre.

December 21, 1987: Released by the Houston Astros.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Kansas City Royals$165,000
Career (may be incomplete)$165,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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