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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 KCR AL 22 SS 3 1 11.0 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.1 120.0 1.1 0.5 0.6 0 8.18 3.33 .960 4.91 4.17
1983 KCR AL 23 SS 6 5 43.0 35 11 21 3 3 .914 -0.5 -14.0 -0.5 0.2 -0.6 0 6.70 5.33 .966 4.75 4.15
1984 KCR AL 24 SS 33 26 231.1 129 28 94 7 13 .946 1.1 5.7 1.1 -0.2 1.3 0 4.75 3.70 .963 4.76 3.93
1984 KCR AL 24 2B 29 16 160.0 85 34 50 1 15 .988 -0.8 -6.0 -1.8 -2.1 0.3 1 4.72 2.90 .980 5.24 4.45
1984 KCR AL 24 DH 1
1985 KCR AL 25 SS 74 48 451.2 258 80 168 10 31 .961 1.2 3.2 2.2 0.1 2.1 -1 4.94 3.35 .964 4.64 3.93
1985 KCR AL 25 2B 4 0 6.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -60.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0 6.00 1.00 .975 5.25 4.47
1985 KCR AL 25 DH 2
1986 KCR AL 26 SS 89 64 566.2 295 102 177 16 40 .946 -6.1 -12.9 -7.1 -6.5 -0.6 1 4.43 3.13 .968 4.53 3.94
1986 KCR AL 26 2B 12 3 38.0 19 6 13 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -22.1 -0.7 -0.4 -0.2 0 4.50 1.58 .979 5.09 4.34
1987 TOT MLB 27 SS 38 13 138.4 71 20 43 8 6 .887 -4.9 -42.5 -4.9 -2.3 -2.7 0 4.10 1.66 .970 4.65 3.96
1987 TOT MLB 27 2B 15 5 66.2 30 10 20 0 7 1.000 0.2 3.6 0.2 0.9 -0.6 0 4.05 2.00 .977 5.13 4.47
1987 KCR AL 27 SS 22 7 78.2 44 12 27 5 4 .886 -2.2 -33.6 -2.2 -1.5 -0.7 0 4.46 1.77 .973 4.59 4.02
1987 KCR AL 27 2B 12 5 61.2 27 9 18 0 6 1.000 -0.3 -5.8 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 0 3.94 2.25 .978 5.12 4.48
1987 KCR AL 27 DH 1
1987 HOU NL 27 SS 16 6 59.2 27 8 16 3 2 .889 -2.7 -54.3 -2.7 -0.8 -2.0 0 3.62 1.50 .967 4.72 3.89
1987 HOU NL 27 2B 3 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.5 120.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0 5.40 1.00 .967 5.22 4.43
6 Seasons SS 243 157 1442.0 798 243 511 44 94 .945 -8.1 -6.7 -8.1 -8.2 0.1 0 4.71 3.10 .966 4.62 3.95
4 Seasons 2B 60 24 270.2 138 53 84 1 24 .993 -1.6 -7.1 -2.6 -1.5 -0.9 1 4.56 2.28 .979 5.19 4.44
3 Seasons DH 4
6 Seasons TOT 303 181 1712.2 936 296 595 45 118 .952 -9.7 -6.8 -10.7 -9.7 -0.8 1 4.68 2.94 .920 4.71 4.04
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 KCR AL 22 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 23 6 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 KCR AL 24 66 42 66 62 0 0 0 29 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
1985 KCR AL 25 81 48 81 78 0 0 0 4 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
1986 KCR AL 26 100 67 100 99 0 0 0 12 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
1987 KCR AL 27 37 12 37 34 0 0 0 12 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1987 HOU NL 27 18 6 18 18 0 0 0 3 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Seasons 311 181 311 300 0 0 0 60 0 243 0 0 0 0 0 5 32
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1982 KCR AL 22 46 76% 80% 28% 9 100% 0 2 1 1 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 23 208 57% 81% 25% 21 90% 0 10 2 7 1 20 16 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
1984 KCR AL 24 1007 63% 81% 28% 109 94% 0 30 16 12 2 93 73 18 0 1 7 0 6 1 6 12 6 0 4 1 0 11 6 5 1 1 0
1985 KCR AL 25 1937 60% 79% 28% 198 94% 0 79 32 37 10 168 135 32 0 2 10 0 10 0 10 31 14 3 7 3 2 29 17 12 1 0 1
1986 KCR AL 26 2514 55% 79% 31% 234 85% 2 100 46 39 15 179 139 33 0 1 17 0 12 5 12 43 16 1 12 4 2 38 18 18 3 3 0
1987 KCR AL 27 370 66% 77% 35% 40 78% 0 13 6 5 2 27 20 7 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 4 2 0 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1987 HOU NL 27 284 51% 81% 27% 24 71% 0 9 1 6 2 17 15 2 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1
6 Seasons 6366 59% 79% 29% 635 89% 2 243 104 107 32 512 403 98 0 5 45 0 38 7 37 98 40 4 29 8 4 89 45 41 6 4 2
MLB Averages 56% 78% 27% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1984 KCR AL 24 708 59% 83% 25% 53 96% 0 37 12 21 4 50 45 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 15 8 2 4 0 14 4 10 1 1 0
1985 KCR AL 25 25 60% 80% 36% 2 100% 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1986 KCR AL 26 175 37% 71% 26% 13 100% 0 5 1 3 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1987 KCR AL 27 281 61% 70% 28% 21 100% 0 9 5 2 2 19 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 3 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
1987 HOU NL 27 16 75% 69% 31% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1205 56% 78% 26% 91 98% 0 55 19 28 8 85 74 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 24 9 4 7 1 21 8 13 2 2 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 27% 95%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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