Billy Buckner Minor League Statistics & History

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Billy Buckner

William Jennings Buckner

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 27, 1983 in Decatur, Georgia, US
High School: Salem HS (Conyers, GA)
Schools: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC), Young Harris College (Young Harris, GA)

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 9th round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Young Harris College (Young Harris, GA) and the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC).

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Pitching: 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
Batting: 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2004	20	Idaho Falls	PION	Rk	KCR	2	1	.667	3.30	7	5	0	0	0	30.0	36	14	11	4	4	0	37	1	0	3	128	1.333	10.8	1.2	1.2	11.1	9.25
2005	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-A	KCR	8	13	.381	4.78	28	28	0	0	0	154.1	171	101	82	19	63	0	152	6	2	17	690	1.516	10.0	1.1	3.7	8.9	2.41
2005	21	Burlington	MIDW	A	KCR	3	7	.300	3.88	11	11	0	0	0	60.1	66	36	26	9	17	0	60	2	0	3	269	1.376	9.8	1.3	2.5	9.0	3.53
2005	21	High Desert	CALL	A+	KCR	5	6	.455	5.36	17	17	0	0	0	94.0	105	65	56	10	46	0	92	4	2	14	421	1.606	10.1	1.0	4.4	8.8	2.00
2006	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	KCR	12	4	.750	4.24	29	29	0	0	0	165.2	170	84	78	13	86	0	148	9	0	16	741	1.545	9.2	0.7	4.7	8.0	1.72
2006	22	High Desert	CALL	A+	KCR	7	1	.875	3.90	16	16	0	0	0	90.0	92	44	39	6	47	0	85	4	0	7	397	1.544	9.2	0.6	4.7	8.5	1.81
2006	22	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	5	3	.625	4.64	13	13	0	0	0	75.2	78	40	39	7	39	0	63	5	0	9	344	1.546	9.3	0.8	4.6	7.5	1.62
2007	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	KCR	10	10	.500	3.92	31	18	4	0	0	124.0	128	59	54	15	32	1	96	5	1	4	524	1.290	9.3	1.1	2.3	7.0	3.00
2007	23	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	1	3	.250	4.66	4	3	1	0	0	19.1	20	10	10	4	6	0	13	0	1	1	85	1.345	9.3	1.9	2.8	6.1	2.17
2007	23	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	9	7	.563	3.78	27	15	3	0	0	104.2	108	49	44	11	26	1	83	5	0	3	439	1.280	9.3	0.9	2.2	7.1	3.19
2008	24	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	5	10	.333	4.95	21	20	0	0	0	116.1	136	74	64	9	43	1	69	4	0	7	517	1.539	10.5	0.7	3.3	5.3	1.60
2009	25	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	9	3	.750	3.32	18	16	1	1	1	103.0	91	41	38	5	45	1	96	1	0	13	436	1.320	8.0	0.4	3.9	8.4	2.13
2010	26	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	ARI,DET	6	6	.500	6.25	15	15	0	1	0	80.2	100	63	56	10	33	0	48	8	0	10	372	1.649	11.2	1.1	3.7	5.4	1.45
2010	26	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	3	5	.375	9.40	8	8	0	1	0	37.1	60	44	39	8	16	0	21	2	0	3	189	2.036	14.5	1.9	3.9	5.1	1.31
2010	26	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	3	1	.750	3.53	7	7	0	0	0	43.1	40	19	17	2	17	0	27	6	0	7	183	1.315	8.3	0.4	3.5	5.6	1.59
2011	27	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	4	8	.333	6.03	23	21	1	0	0	109.0	136	91	73	12	52	0	80	7	0	12	508	1.725	11.2	1.0	4.3	6.6	1.54
2012	28	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	BOS	12	9	.571	3.65	27	27	0	2	1	153.0	138	68	62	18	53	1	110	12	1	7	645	1.248	8.1	1.1	3.1	6.5	2.08
2012	28	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	4	3	.571	3.20	10	10	0	1	0	56.1	51	20	20	6	17	0	51	4	1	4	235	1.207	8.1	1.0	2.7	8.1	3.00
2012	28	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	8	6	.571	3.91	17	17	0	1	1	96.2	87	48	42	12	36	1	59	8	0	3	410	1.272	8.1	1.1	3.4	5.5	1.64
2013	29	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	6	2	.750	4.50	12	12	0	0	0	72.0	72	39	36	6	35	0	61	2	1	4	315	1.486	9.0	0.8	4.4	7.6	1.74
10 Seasons						74	66	.529	4.50	211	191	6	4	2	1108.0	1178	634	554	111	446	4	897	55	5	93	4876	1.466	9.6	0.9	3.6	7.3	2.01
AAA (7 seasons)				AAA		47	42	.528	4.66	133	116	5	3	2	682.1	730	405	353	65	270	4	496	35	1	52	2997	1.466	9.6	0.9	3.6	6.5	1.84
AA (3 seasons)				AA		10	9	.526	4.10	27	26	1	1	0	151.1	149	70	69	17	62	0	127	9	2	14	664	1.394	8.9	1.0	3.7	7.6	2.05
A+ (2 seasons)				A+		12	7	.632	4.65	33	33	0	0	0	184.0	197	109	95	16	93	0	177	8	2	21	818	1.576	9.6	0.8	4.5	8.7	1.90
A (1 season)				A		3	7	.300	3.88	11	11	0	0	0	60.1	66	36	26	9	17	0	60	2	0	3	269	1.376	9.8	1.3	2.5	9.0	3.53
Rk (1 season)				Rk		2	1	.667	3.30	7	5	0	0	0	30.0	36	14	11	4	4	0	37	1	0	3	128	1.333	10.8	1.2	1.2	11.1	9.25

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
2004	20	Idaho Falls	PION	Rk	KCR	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2005	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	KCR	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2005	21	Burlington	MIDW	A	KCR	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2005	21	High Desert	CALL	A+	KCR	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2006	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	KCR	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2006	22	High Desert	CALL	A+	KCR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2006	22	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2007	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	KCR	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2007	23	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2007	23	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2008	24	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	21	30	27	1	3	1	0	2	17	.111	.172	.148	.321	4	1
2009	25	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	18	22	18	2	5	1	3	0	6	.278	.278	.333	.611	6	4
2010	26	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	ARI,DET	15	9	9	0	2	0	1	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0
2010	26	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	7	9	9	0	2	0	1	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0
2010	26	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2011	27	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	25	25	25	2	3	1	0	0	8	.120	.120	.160	.280	4	0
2012	28	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	BOS	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2012	28	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2012	28	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
9 Seasons						201	86	79	5	13	3	4	2	34	.165	.185	.203	.388	16	5
AAA (6 seasons)				AAA		123	86	79	5	13	3	4	2	34	.165	.185	.203	.388	16	5
AA (3 seasons)				AA		27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
A+ (2 seasons)				A+		33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
A (1 season)				A		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
Rk (1 season)				Rk		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%
2004	20	Idaho Falls	PION	Rk	KCR	P	7	6	3	2	1	0	.833	0.71
2005	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-A	KCR	P	28	34	18	14	2	2	.941	1.14	23	3	12%
2005	21	Burlington	MIDW	A	KCR	P	11	9	4	4	1	1	.889	0.73	15	2	12%
2005	21	High Desert	CALL	A+	KCR	P	17	25	14	10	1	1	.960	1.41	8	1	11%
2006	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	KCR	P	29	48	18	28	2	4	.958	1.59	18	9	33%
2006	22	High Desert	CALL	A+	KCR	P	16	32	13	17	2	3	.938	1.88	9	8	47%
2006	22	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	P	13	16	5	11	0	1	1.000	1.23	9	1	10%
2007	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	KCR	P	31	34	13	21	0	3	1.000	1.10	9	5	36%
2007	23	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	P	4	8	5	3	0	0	1.000	2.00	2	0	0%
2007	23	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	P	27	26	8	18	0	3	1.000	0.96	7	5	42%
2008	24	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	P	21	26	9	16	1	1	.962	1.19	6	4	40%
2009	25	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	P	18	27	10	16	1	0	.963	1.44	5	4	44%
2010	26	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	DET,ARI	P	15	18	8	9	1	1	.944	1.13	7	1	13%
2010	26	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	P	8	8	4	4	0	0	1.000	1.00	2	0	0%
2010	26	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	P	7	10	4	5	1	1	.900	1.29	5	1	17%
2011	27	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	P	23	27	13	11	3	1	.889	1.04	16	5	24%
2012	28	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	BOS	P	27	35	16	18	1	5	.971	1.26	22	5	19%
2012	28	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	P	10	16	6	10	0	3	1.000	1.60	12	1	8%
2012	28	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	P	17	19	10	8	1	2	.947	1.06	10	4	29%
2013	29	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	P	12	13	7	6	0	0	1.000	1.08
10 Seasons							211	268	115	141	12	17	.955	1.21	106	36	25%

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
2004	20	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pioneer League	Rk	KCR		2004-07-26	2004-09-05
2005	21	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	A	KCR		2005-04-08	2005-06-02
2005	21	High Desert Mavericks	California League	A+	KCR		2005-06-07	2005-09-01
2006	22	High Desert Mavericks	California League	A+	KCR		2006-04-06	2006-06-22
2006	22	Wichita Wranglers	Texas League	AA	KCR		2006-07-01	2006-09-02
2007	23	Wichita Wranglers	Texas League	AA	KCR		2007-04-08	2007-04-25
2007	23	Omaha Royals	Pacific Coast League	AAA	KCR		2007-04-29	2007-08-21
2007	23	Kansas City Royals	American League	MLB	KCR	1	2007-08-25	2007-09-27
2008	24	Tucson Sidewinders	Pacific Coast League	AAA	ARI		2008-04-04	2008-08-20
2008	24	Arizona Diamondbacks	National League	MLB	ARI	1	2008-06-13	2008-09-21
2009	25	Reno Aces	Pacific Coast League	AAA	ARI		2009-04-18	2009-08-26
2009	25	Arizona Diamondbacks	National League	MLB	ARI	1	2009-04-06	2009-10-02
2010	26	Reno Aces	Pacific Coast League	AAA	ARI		2010-04-11	2010-05-12
2010	26	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	AAA	DET		2010-06-05	2010-07-15
2010	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	National League	MLB	ARI	1	2010-05-18	2010-05-29
2011	27	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pacific Coast League	AAA	COL		2011-04-10	2011-08-17
2012	28	Portland Sea Dogs	Eastern League	AA	BOS		2012-04-09	2012-05-30
2012	28	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	AAA	BOS		2012-06-06	2012-08-30
2013	29	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	American League	MLB	LAA	1	2013-05-25	2013-05-25
2013	29	Salt Lake Bees	Pacific Coast League	AAA	LAA	2	2013-04-05	2013-06-16

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