Buddy Biancalana
Roland Americo Biancalana
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: February 2, 1960 in Larkspur, CA
High School: Redwood (Greenbrae, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1982
Final Game: October 4, 1987
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1982 22 KCR AL 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.500 2.167 476 3 1 0 0 0 0 /6
1983 23 KCR AL 6 15 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1984 24 KCR AL 66 145 134 18 26 6 1 2 9 1 2 6 44 .194 .229 .299 .527 45 40 2 0 5 0 0 64/D
1985 25 KCR AL 81 160 138 21 26 5 1 1 6 1 4 17 34 .188 .277 .261 .538 49 36 1 0 5 0 0 6/4D
1986 26 KCR AL 100 209 190 24 46 4 4 2 8 5 1 15 50 .242 .298 .337 .634 71 64 3 0 4 0 0 64
1987 27 TOT MLB 55 74 71 5 11 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 22 .155 .178 .211 .389 3 15 1 0 1 0 0 64/D
1987 27 KCR AL 37 49 47 4 10 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 10 .213 .229 .298 .527 38 14 1 0 1 0 0 64/D
1987 27 HOU NL 18 25 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .042 .080 .042 .122 -66 1 0 0 0 0 0 6/4
6 Seasons 311 606 550 70 113 16 7 6 30 8 7 41 157 .205 .261 .293 .553 51 161 8 0 15 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 316 286 36 59 8 4 3 16 4 4 21 82 .205 .261 .293 .553 51 84 4 0 8 0 0
KCR (6 yrs) 293 581 526 69 112 16 7 6 30 8 7 40 145 .213 .269 .304 .573 56 160 8 0 15 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 18 25 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .042 .080 .042 .122 -66 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 293 581 526 69 112 16 7 6 30 8 7 40 145 .213 .269 .304 .573 56 160 8 0 15 0 0
NL (1 yr) 18 25 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .042 .080 .042 .122 -66 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1982 22 KCR AL 3 2 1 13.4 99 .500 .500 .264 .667 .328 1.500 .402 2.167 .730 476 .877 1.1 0.1 2.000 1.500 1.000
1983 23 KCR AL 15 12 1 2.2 98 .375 .200 .266 .200 .328 .200 .401 .400 .728 11 .213 -1.9 -0.2 .333 .067 .000 .0
1984 24 KCR AL 145 117 9 2.1 97 .273 .194 .264 .229 .326 .299 .398 .527 .724 45 .192 -10.5 -1.1 .402 .142 .104 1.3
1985 25 KCR AL 160 122 10 2.2 99 .243 .188 .261 .277 .327 .261 .406 .538 .733 49 .205 -9.7 -1.0 .427 .174 .072 1.0
1986 26 KCR AL 209 152 20 3.5 102 .319 .242 .264 .298 .332 .337 .412 .634 .744 71 .373 -8.5 -0.8 .561 .195 .095 2.9
1987 27 TOT MLB 74 62 3 1.3 106 .208 .155 .266 .178 .335 .211 .423 .389 .758 3 .080 -10.2 -1.0 .279 .085 .056 .0
1987 27 KCR AL 49 39 3 2.0 108 .250 .213 .267 .229 .336 .298 .429 .527 .765 38 .165 -4.5 -0.4 .395 .106 .085 .0
1987 27 HOU NL 25 23 0 0.0 102 .083 .042 .264 .080 .333 .042 .412 .122 .745 -66 .000 -5.7 -0.6 .087 .042 .000
6 Seasons 606 467 44 2.5 100 .276 .205 .263 .261 .330 .293 .408 .553 .738 51 .247 -39.7 -4.0 .449 .164 .087 6.9
162 Game Avg. 316 243 23 2.5 100 .276 .205 .263 .261 .330 .293 .408 .553 .738 51 .247 -39.7 -4.0 .449 .164 .087 4
KCR (6 yrs) 581 444 44 2.7 100 .283 .213 .263 .269 .329 .304 .408 .573 .737 56 .265 -34.0 -3.4 .469 .169 .091 6.9
HOU (1 yr) 25 23 0 0.0 102 .083 .042 .264 .080 .333 .042 .412 .122 .745 -66 .000 -5.7 -0.6 .087 .042 .000
AL (6 yrs) 581 444 44 2.7 100 .283 .213 .263 .269 .329 .304 .408 .573 .737 56 .265 -34.0 -3.4 .469 .169 .091 6.9
NL (1 yr) 25 23 0 0.0 102 .083 .042 .264 .080 .333 .042 .412 .122 .745 -66 .000 -5.7 -0.6 .087 .042 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 24 KCR AL ALCS DET L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 25 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 7 20 18 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .222 .263 .278 .541 5 0 0 1 0 0
1985 25 KCR AL WS STL W 7 23 18 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 4 .278 .435 .278 .713 5 1 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons (3 Series) 16 44 37 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 11 .243 .349 .270 .619 10 1 0 1 0 1
2 ALCS 9 21 19 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .211 .250 .263 .513 5 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 7 23 18 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 4 .278 .435 .278 .713 5 1 0 0 0 1

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1982 22 KCR AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 100% 0.00 67%
1983 23 KCR AL 15 0.0% 46.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.1 1.50 53%
1984 24 KCR AL 145 1.4% 30.3% 4.1% 6.2% 35% 7.33 3.0 67.0 14.9 1.38 61%
1985 25 KCR AL 160 0.6% 21.3% 10.6% 4.4% 27% 2.00 4.1 138.0 23.0 1.13 64%
1986 26 KCR AL 209 1.0% 23.9% 7.2% 4.8% 22% 3.33 3.8 95.0 23.8 1.58 66%
1987 27 TOT MLB 74 1.4% 29.7% 2.7% 2.7% 18% 11.00 3.2 71.0 10.1 0.82 65%
1987 27 KCR AL 49 2.0% 20.4% 2.0% 4.1% 20% 10.00 4.7 47.0 6.7 0.76 73%
1987 27 HOU NL 25 0.0% 48.0% 4.0% 0.0% 0% 12.00 2.0 1.00 48%
6 Seasons 606 1.0% 25.9% 6.8% 4.8% 26% 3.83 3.5 91.7 18.3 1.28 64%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1982 22 KCR AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 23 KCR AL 0 0 67% 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 24 KCR AL 2 0 53% 46 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 50% 8 5 3 2 0 2 4 2 2
1985 25 KCR AL 2 1 48% 68 1 4 20% 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 35% 12 8 4 3 2 1 5 3 2
1986 26 KCR AL 2 0 37% 93 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 34% 15 11 4 7 5 1 10 3 6
1987 27 TOT MLB 1 0 33% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1987 27 KCR AL 0 0 30% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1987 27 HOU NL 1 0 50% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 7 1 43% 239 8 7 53% 7 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 9 37% 40 29 11 13 7 5 20 8 11
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1982 22 KCR AL 3 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1983 23 KCR AL 15 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1984 24 KCR AL 145 100% 26 2 2 1 1 0.19 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 5 100% 24 2 8% 13 7 54% 55 7 13% 5 2 40% 7 4 57% 0
1985 25 KCR AL 161 100% 26 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 5 56% 26 1 4% 16 8 50% 85 5 6% 5 2 40% 10 3 30% 0
1986 26 KCR AL 208 100% 46 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 4 67% 31 3 10% 11 6 55% 101 7 7% 3 2 67% 10 7 70% 1
1987 27 TOT MLB 74 100% 11 3 0 0 0 1.13 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 5 1 20% 40 6 15% 2 1 50% 2 2 100% 0
1987 27 KCR AL 49 100% 10 2 0 0 0 0.54 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 4 1 25% 26 6 23% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1987 27 HOU NL 25 100% 1 1 0 0 0 2.31 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 14 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
6 Seasons 606 100% 113 5 2 1 1 0.75 6 0 5 5 1 2 4 0 21 15 71% 95 8 8% 49 22 45% 292 25 9% 16 7 44% 30 16 53% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 22 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.500 2.167 476 3 1 0 0 0 0
1983 23 9 18 17 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 .235 .278 .353 .631 73 6 1 0 0 0 0
1984 24 75 163 151 20 30 6 2 2 9 2 2 7 51 .199 .234 .305 .539 48 46 3 0 5 0 0
1985 25 156 323 289 41 56 11 3 3 15 3 6 24 85 .194 .256 .284 .539 49 82 4 0 10 0 0
1986 26 256 532 479 65 102 15 7 5 23 8 7 39 135 .213 .272 .305 .577 58 146 7 0 14 0 0
1987 27 311 606 550 70 113 16 7 6 30 8 7 41 157 .205 .261 .293 .553 51 161 8 0 15 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1982 22 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.500 2.167 1 3
1983 23 6 15 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 6
1984 24 66 140 134 19 26 6 1 2 9 1 6 44 .194 .229 .299 .527 9 66
1985 25 81 158 140 22 28 5 1 1 6 1 18 34 .200 .291 .271 .563 11 81
1986 26 100 206 191 24 47 4 4 2 8 5 15 50 .246 .301 .340 .641 20 100
1987 27 55 74 72 5 12 1 0 1 7 0 2 22 .167 .189 .222 .411 3 55
6 Seasons 311 596 554 73 114 16 7 6 30 8 42 157 .206 .262 .292 .554 45 311
162 Game Avg. 162 310 289 38 59 8 4 3 16 4 22 82 .206 .262 .292 .554 23 311

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