Bucky Brandon

Darrell G. Brandon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 8, 1940 in Nacogdoches, TX
High School: Nacogdoches HS (Nacogdoches, TX)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1966
Teams (by GP): Phillies/RedSox/Pilots/Twins 1966-1973

Final Game: September 30, 1973
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Standard Batting

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
1959	18	PIT-min	D-	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							SAL · APPY
1960	19	STL-min	D	116	366	366		77	18	3	9						.210	.210	.350	.560		128							DOT · ALFL
1962	21	HOU-min	C	24	52	41	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	21	.098	.229	.122	.351		5		3	4	0			MOD · CALL
1963	22	HOU-min	A	32	79	79		20	3	0	3						.253	.253	.405	.658		32							DHM · CARL
1964	23	HOU-min	AA	40	72	67	12	14	4	0	2	6	0	0	5	27	.209	.264	.358	.622		24							SAN · TL
1965	24	HOU-min	AAA	39	87	77	9	17	3	0	4	10	0	0	2	25	.221	.250	.416	.666		32		1	7	0			OKC · PCL
1966	25	BOS	AL	41	55	44	4	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	21	.182	.245	.273	.518	43	12	1	2	6	1	0	1
1967	26	BOS	AL	39	49	43	4	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	.186	.205	.256	.460	31	11	0	0	5	0	0	1
1968	27	BOS-min	AAA	27	68	61	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	29	.098	.167	.115	.281		7		1	2	0			LOU · IL
1968	27	BOS	AL	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1969	28	CHW-MIN-min	AAA	24	33	30	2	6	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	10	.200	.250	.333	.583		10		1	1	0			VAN,TUC,DEN · PCL,AA
1969	28	TOT	AL	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1969	28	SEP	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1969	28	MIN	AL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1970	29	CHW-min	AAA	35	94	85	9	22	4	0	3	16	0	0	4	26	.259	.289	.412	.701		35		0	4	1			TUC · PCL
1971	30	PHI	NL	52	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.154	.154	.154	.308	-12	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1972	31	PHI	NL	42	19	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.067	.067	.067	.133	-62	1	1	0	4	0	0	1
1973	32	PHI-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			EUG · PCL
1973	32	PHI	NL	36	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	51	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	33	PHI-min	AAA	48	24	19	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.158	.200	.211	.411		4		0	4	0			TOL · IL
7 Yrs				229	147	122	9	20	5	1	0	3	0	0	5	53	.164	.208	.221	.429	21	27	2	2	17	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	104	86	6	14	4	1	0	2	0	0	4	37	.164	.208	.221	.429	21	19	1	1	12	1	0

PHI (3 yrs)				130	40	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.121	.147	.121	.268	-24	4	1	0	6	0	0
BOS (3 yrs)				88	105	88	8	16	5	1	0	3	0	0	3	37	.182	.223	.261	.485	36	23	1	2	11	1	0
MIN (1 yr)				3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEP (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				99	107	89	8	16	5	1	0	3	0	0	4	37	.180	.229	.258	.488	37	23	1	2	11	1	0
NL (3 yrs)				130	40	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.121	.147	.121	.268	-24	4	1	0	6	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1966	25	BOS	AL	41	55	-3	-0	-0	0	6	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.506	.502	0.2	-0.1	4	$7,000	1
1967	26	BOS	AL	39	49	-4	0	0	0	5	2	0.2	1	4	0.2	.507	.502	0.3	-0.0	4	$	1
1968	27	BOS	AL	8	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$20,000	/1
1969	28	SEP	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$20,000	/1
1969	28	MIN	AL	3	2	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1971	30	PHI	NL	52	15	-2	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.1	0	0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1972	31	PHI	NL	42	19	-4	-0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.494	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1973	32	PHI	NL	36	6	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
7 Seasons				229	147	-13	0	-0	0	16	2	0.2	4	6	0.1	.501	.500	0.2	-0.0	7	$47,000

PHI (3 yrs)				130	40	-6	0	-0	0	4	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.3	.498	.499	-0.3	0.1	-1	$
BOS (3 yrs)				88	105	-7	0	-0	0	11	4	0.4	3	7	0.4	.506	.501	0.5	-0.1	7	$27,000
MIN (1 yr)				3	2	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
SEP (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$20,000

Advanced Batting

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
1966	25	BOS	AL	55	44	3	1.8	98	.333	.182	.260	.245	.328	.273	.401	.518	.729	43	.201	-3.5	-0.4	.432	.136	.091
1967	26	BOS	AL	49	40	3	2.0	91	.296	.186	.253	.205	.324	.256	.379	.460	.703	31	.246	-3.9	-0.4	.343	.093	.070
1968	27	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0.0	85	.000	.000	.245	.000	.316	.000	.363	.000	.679	-100	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1969	28	TOT	AL	2	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.259	.500	.336	.000	.391	.500	.728	49	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
1969	28	MIN	AL	2	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.259	.500	.336	.000	.391	.500	.728	49	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

1971	30	PHI	NL	15	13	0	0.0	92	.333	.154	.260	.154	.326	.154	.380	.308	.706	-12	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.182	.000	.000
1972	31	PHI	NL	19	19	0	0.0	93	.143	.067	.259	.067	.327	.067	.382	.133	.710	-62	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.067	.000	.000
1973	32	PHI	NL	6	4	0	0.0	98	.250	.200	.265	.333	.334	.200	.394	.533	.728	51	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.200	.000
7 Yrs				147	122	6	1.3	95	.286	.164	.257	.208	.327	.221	.388	.429	.715	21	.122	-13.1	-1.4	.327	.098	.057
162 Game Avg.				104	86	4	1.3	95	.286	.164	.257	.208	.327	.221	.388	.429	.715	21	.122	-13.1	-1.4	.327	.098	.057

PHI (3 yrs)				40	36	0	0.0	94	.235	.121	.260	.147	.328	.121	.383	.268	.711	-24	.000	-5.5	-0.6	.167	.030	.000
BOS (3 yrs)				105	85	6	1.9	95	.308	.182	.256	.223	.326	.261	.390	.485	.716	36	.218	-7.6	-0.8	.384	.114	.080
MIN (1 yr)				2	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.259	.500	.336	.000	.391	.500	.728	49	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

AL (4 yrs)				107	86	6	1.9	95	.302	.180	.256	.229	.326	.258	.390	.488	.716	37	.214	-7.6	-0.8	.392	.124	.079
NL (3 yrs)				40	36	0	0.0	94	.235	.121	.260	.147	.328	.121	.383	.268	.711	-24	.000	-5.5	-0.6	.167	.030	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1966	25	BOS	AL	55	0.0%	38.2%	3.6%	5.5%	38%	10.50	2.1		22.0	3.40	44%
1967	26	BOS	AL	49	0.0%	32.7%	2.0%	6.1%	38%	16.00	2.7		43.0	0.91	55%
1968	27	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
1969	28	TOT	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00				0.00	50%
1969	28	MIN	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00				0.00	50%

1971	30	PHI	NL	15	0.0%	46.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.9			2.00	40%
1972	31	PHI	NL	19	0.0%	42.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.9			4.50	37%
1973	32	PHI	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.0			2.00	67%
7 Yrs				147	0.0%	36.1%	3.4%	4.1%	30%	10.60	2.3		40.7	1.83	48%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.0%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.77	6.0	44.3	9.2	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1966	25	BOS	AL	-3.5	-0.4	55	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.70	-0.4	-0.2	-4.0	-0.4	0.92	-4.0	0
1967	26	BOS	AL	-3.9	-0.4	51	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.77	-0.4	-0.1	-3.4	-0.4	0.99	-3.7	0
1968	27	BOS	AL	-0.2	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.13	-0.2	0
1969	28	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.83	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.87	0.1	0
1969	28	SEP	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1969	28	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.83	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.87	0.1	0

1971	30	PHI	NL	-2.0	-0.2	16	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.22	-0.2	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.96	-2.2	0
1972	31	PHI	NL	-3.2	-0.3	19	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.17	-0.4	0.0	-5.1	-0.5	1.14	-4.1	0
1973	32	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	7	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.79	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	1.11	-0.0	0
7 Yrs				-13.1	-1.4	151	-1.5	0.8	-2.3	.84	-1.4	-0.4	-14.9	-1.6	0.98	-14.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	25	BOS	AL	1	0	33%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1967	26	BOS	AL	1	0	44%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	27	BOS	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	28	TOT	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	28	MIN	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1971	30	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1972	31	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	32	PHI	NL	0	0	50%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				2	0	33%	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	10%	7	7	0	1	1	0	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1966	25	BOS	AL	55	24%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	11	1	9%	12	4	33%	38	2	5%	4	2	50%	2	2	100%	0
1967	26	BOS	AL	49	22%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	11	0	0%	9	2	22%	28	1	4%	2	1	50%	3	2	67%	0
1968	27	BOS	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	28	TOT	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	28	MIN	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1971	30	PHI	NL	15	27%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	5	0	0%	5	2	40%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1972	31	PHI	NL	19	47%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	5	1	20%	5	3	60%	15	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1973	32	PHI	NL	6	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
7 Yrs				147	27%	20			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	20	17	85%	34	2	6%	32	11	34%	97	3	3%	8	3	38%	5	4	80%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1966	25	41	55	44	4	8	2	1	2	2	21	.182	.245	.273	.518	43	12	1	2	6	1
1967	26	80	104	87	8	16	5	1	3	3	37	.184	.226	.264	.490	37	23	1	2	11	1
1968	27	88	105	88	8	16	5	1	3	3	37	.182	.223	.261	.485	36	23	1	2	11	1
1969	28	99	107	89	8	16	5	1	3	4	37	.180	.229	.258	.488	37	23	1	2	11	1
1970	29	99	107	89	8	16	5	1	3	4	37	.180	.229	.258	.488	37	23	1	2	11	1
1971	30	151	122	102	8	18	5	1	3	4	44	.176	.220	.245	.465	31	25	1	2	13	1
1972	31	193	141	117	8	19	5	1	3	4	52	.162	.202	.222	.424	19	26	2	2	17	1
1973	32	229	147	122	9	20	5	1	3	5	53	.164	.208	.221	.429	21	27	2	2	17	1

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
1966	25	41	56	45	5	9	2	1	0	2	0	2	21	.200	.260	.289	.549	3	41
1967	26	39	48	42	4	7	3	0	0	1	0	1	16	.167	.186	.238	.424	2	39
1968	27	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
1969	28	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	11

1971	30	52	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	52
1972	31	44	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	42
1973	32	36	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	36
7 Yrs		231	148	123	9	16	5	1	0	3	0	5	53	.130	.176	.187	.363	5	229
162 Game Avg.		162	104	86	6	11	4	1	0	2	0	4	37	.130	.176	.187	.363	4	229

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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