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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1966 25 BOS AL 8 8 .500 3.31 40 17 11 5 2 2 157.2 129 70 58 13 70 3 101 4 3 5 660 115 1.262 7.4 0.7 4.0 5.8 1.44
1967 26 BOS AL 5 11 .313 4.17 39 19 11 2 0 3 157.2 147 86 73 21 59 7 96 7 0 9 683 85 1.307 8.4 1.2 3.4 5.5 1.63
1968 27 BOS AL 0 0 6.39 8 0 6 0 0 0 12.2 19 11 9 1 9 0 10 1 0 0 67 52 2.211 13.5 0.7 6.4 7.1 1.11
1969 28 TOT AL 0 1 .000 7.36 11 1 2 0 0 0 18.1 20 18 15 5 19 3 11 2 1 3 98 51 2.127 9.8 2.5 9.3 5.4 0.58
1969 28 SEP AL 0 1 .000 8.40 8 1 2 0 0 0 15.0 15 15 14 4 16 1 10 2 1 3 78 44 2.067 9.0 2.4 9.6 6.0 0.63
1969 28 MIN AL 0 0 2.70 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 3 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 20 154 2.400 13.5 2.7 8.1 2.7 0.33
1971 30 PHI NL 6 6 .500 3.90 52 0 26 0 0 4 83.0 81 42 36 5 47 9 44 0 0 2 364 91 1.542 8.8 0.5 5.1 4.8 0.94
1972 31 PHI NL 7 7 .500 3.45 42 6 17 0 0 2 104.1 106 49 40 9 46 8 67 6 1 3 454 105 1.457 9.1 0.8 4.0 5.8 1.46
1973 32 PHI NL 2 4 .333 5.43 36 0 10 0 0 2 56.1 54 35 34 5 25 7 25 3 0 5 243 70 1.402 8.6 0.8 4.0 4.0 1.00
7 Yrs 28 37 .431 4.04 228 43 83 7 2 13 590.0 556 311 265 59 275 37 354 23 5 27 2569 90 1.408 8.5 0.9 4.2 5.4 1.29
162 Game Avg. 7 9 .431 4.04 57 11 21 2 1 3 148 140 78 66 15 69 9 89 6 1 7 645 90 1.408 8.5 0.9 4.2 5.4 1.29
PHI (3 yrs) 15 17 .469 4.06 130 6 53 0 0 8 243.2 241 126 110 19 118 24 136 9 1 10 1061 90 1.473 8.9 0.7 4.4 5.0 1.15
BOS (3 yrs) 13 19 .406 3.84 87 36 28 7 2 5 328.0 295 167 140 35 138 10 207 12 3 14 1410 95 1.320 8.1 1.0 3.8 5.7 1.50
MIN (1 yr) 0 0 2.70 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 3 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 20 154 2.400 13.5 2.7 8.1 2.7 0.33
SEP (1 yr) 0 1 .000 8.40 8 1 2 0 0 0 15.0 15 15 14 4 16 1 10 2 1 3 78 44 2.067 9.0 2.4 9.6 6.0 0.63
AL (4 yrs) 13 20 .394 4.03 98 37 30 7 2 5 346.1 315 185 155 40 157 13 218 14 4 17 1508 91 1.363 8.2 1.0 4.1 5.7 1.39
NL (3 yrs) 15 17 .469 4.06 130 6 53 0 0 8 243.2 241 126 110 19 118 24 136 9 1 10 1061 90 1.473 8.9 0.7 4.4 5.0 1.15

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1966 25 BOS AL 157.2 40 17 70 4.00 3.98 0.14 0.02 110.3 4.26 7 0.8 .8 -0.1 1.9 18 .521 .505 $7,000
1967 26 BOS AL 157.2 39 19 86 4.91 3.65 0.24 0.01 109.1 3.73 -18 -2.1 1.1 -0.2 -1.1 -8 .446 .487 $
1968 27 BOS AL 12.2 8 0 11 7.82 3.20 0.19 -0.14 105.1 3.03 -7 -0.8 .1 0.3 -0.3 -6 .405 .495 $20,000
1969 28 SEP AL 15.0 8 1 15 9.00 4.38 -0.50 -0.15 99.2 4.69 -7 -0.7 .7 0.1 -0.5 -6 .409 .496 $20,000
1969 28 MIN AL 3.1 3 0 3 8.10 3.77 0.16 -0.15 102.8 3.56 -2 -0.2 1.8 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .441 .499 $
1971 30 PHI NL 83.0 52 0 42 4.55 4.11 0.05 -0.18 102.6 3.98 -6 -0.7 1.2 -0.2 -0.3 2 .487 .496 $
1972 31 PHI NL 104.1 42 6 49 4.23 4.01 -0.02 -0.09 106.1 4.18 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.2 0.4 8 .495 .499 $
1973 32 PHI NL 56.1 36 0 35 5.59 4.19 -0.08 -0.34 103.1 4.04 -10 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .471 .494 $
7 Seasons 590.0 228 43 311 4.74 3.93 0.09 -0.07 107.0 4.03 -44 -4.9 1.1 -0.4 -0.7 2 .479 .496 $47,000
PHI (3 yrs) 243.2 130 6 126 4.65 4.09 -0.01 -0.18 104.2 4.08 -18 -1.9 1.2 -0.5 -0.5 6 .485 .496 $
BOS (3 yrs) 328.0 87 36 167 4.58 3.79 0.19 0.01 109.5 3.96 -18 -2.0 .8 0.0 0.5 3 .477 .496 $27,000
MIN (1 yr) 3.1 3 0 3 8.10 3.77 0.16 -0.15 102.8 3.56 -2 -0.2 1.8 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .441 .499 $
SEP (1 yr) 15.0 8 1 15 9.00 4.38 -0.50 -0.15 99.2 4.69 -7 -0.7 .7 0.1 -0.5 -6 .409 .496 $20,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1966 25 BOS AL 40 660 581 70 129 28 7 13 14 6 70 101 .222 .309 .361 .670 .247 210 17 4 2 3 3 13
1967 26 BOS AL 39 684 600 86 147 12 2 21 7 8 59 96 .245 .318 .377 .695 .259 226 7 7 14 4 7 18
1968 27 BOS AL 8 67 57 11 19 1 2 1 1 1 9 10 .333 .433 .474 .907 .391 27 0 1 0 0 0 1
1969 28 TOT AL 11 98 74 18 20 2 0 5 3 1 19 11 .270 .432 .500 .932 .259 37 1 2 3 0 3 5
1969 28 MIN AL 3 20 14 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .357 .471 .571 1.042 .333 8 0 0 3 0 2 3
1969 28 SEP AL 8 78 60 15 15 2 0 4 3 1 16 10 .250 .423 .483 .906 .239 29 1 2 0 0 1 2
1971 30 PHI NL 52 364 307 42 81 15 3 5 6 4 47 44 .264 .357 .381 .738 .289 117 10 0 5 5 9 4
1972 31 PHI NL 42 454 395 49 106 19 4 9 8 5 46 67 .268 .352 .405 .757 .302 160 11 6 5 2 8 5
1973 32 PHI NL 36 244 208 35 54 8 1 5 4 1 25 25 .260 .342 .380 .721 .269 79 6 3 4 4 7 0
7 Yrs 228 2571 2222 311 556 85 19 59 43 26 275 354 .250 .336 .385 .722 .272 856 52 23 33 18 37 46
162 Game Avg. 57 645 558 78 140 21 5 15 11 7 69 89 .250 .336 .385 .722 .272 215 13 6 8 5 9 12
MLB Averages .248 .315 .366 .681 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1966 25 BOS AL 6.9 0.8 686 -0.1 11.2 -11.3 .94 0.2 -0.3 4.8 0.5 0.94 0.5 6 2 11
1967 26 BOS AL -11.2 -1.2 710 -0.3 10.6 -10.9 .96 -0.8 0.4 -10.6 -1.1 0.96 -9.0 5 3 11
1968 27 BOS AL -4.3 -0.5 70 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .03 -0.4 -1.2 -6.7 -0.7 0.03 -8.1 0 0 4
1969 28 TOT AL -7.7 -0.8 107 -1.2 1.0 -2.2 .77 -1.5 -0.1 -12.2 -1.2 0.76 -15.0 3 1 5
1969 28 SEP AL -7.4 -0.7 86 -1.0 0.4 -1.4 .44 -1.2 -1.0 -9.2 -0.9 0.44 -12.2 1 1 4
1969 28 MIN AL -0.3 -0.0 21 -0.3 0.6 -0.8 2.08 -0.3 0.1 -3.0 -0.3 2.08 -2.8 2 0 1
1971 30 PHI NL -3.7 -0.4 380 -1.3 6.7 -8.0 1.18 -0.8 -0.3 -15.1 -1.6 1.18 -8.1 18 11 23
1972 31 PHI NL 0.1 0.0 476 -0.7 8.5 -9.3 1.10 -0.6 -0.1 -5.7 -0.6 1.10 -6.1 13 7 16
1973 32 PHI NL -8.4 -0.9 255 -1.4 2.9 -4.3 .82 -0.3 -1.4 -4.7 -0.5 0.82 -2.1 7 9 20
7 Yrs -28.4 -3.0 2684 -5.1 40.9 -46.0 .97 -4.1 -1.2 -50.2 -5.2 0.97 -47.9 52 33 90

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1966 25 BOS AL 40 17 8 6 3 1 3 9 8 .529 1 1 5 2 12 71% 57.5 81 28 17 10 6 5 4.2 4.2 7.2
1967 26 BOS AL 39 19 4 9 6 1 4 6 13 .316 1 4 2 0 8 42% 49.0 75 24 23 11 3 8 4.0 3.5 6.1
1969 28 TOT AL 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26 26 9 4 1 0 7.0 0.0 1.7
1969 28 SEP AL 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26.0 26 26 5 3 1 0 7.0 0.0 1.7
1972 31 PHI NL 42 6 0 3 3 0 2 0 6 .000 1 1 0 0 3 50% 49.2 64 39 21 6 3 2 4.0 3.9 6.3
4 Yrs 129 43 12 19 12 2 9 15 28 .349 3 6 7 2 23 53% 52 81 24 66 30 13 15 4.1 3.8 6.4
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 112 -3 3.9 3.9 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1966 25 BOS AL 40 23 11 0 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 22 7 32% 6 .942 6 2 11 4 2 17 11 12 9 7 9 8 4.6
1967 26 BOS AL 39 20 11 1 2 3 3 0 100% 5 2 16 4 25% 8 .965 5 3 11 8 2 10 8 12 13 1 14 5 6.4
1968 27 BOS AL 8 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 .028 0 0 4 0 0 8 1 7 3 1 3 1 4.8
1969 28 TOT AL 11 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% .775 3 1 5 1 3 6 3 7 6 2 7 1 5.0
1969 28 SEP AL 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 5 .439 1 1 4 0 2 5 2 5 5 0 6 1 5.7
1969 28 MIN AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 2.084 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 3.3
1971 30 PHI NL 52 52 26 6 6 8 4 4 50% 10 2 36 16 44% 8 1.177 18 11 23 10 12 30 22 30 28 16 29 5 4.8
1972 31 PHI NL 42 36 17 7 4 4 2 2 50% 4 0 18 7 39% 8 1.102 13 7 16 5 10 21 9 27 24 8 26 3 5.5
1973 32 PHI NL 36 36 10 2 4 3 2 1 67% 3 0 31 7 23% 7 .819 7 9 20 3 6 27 17 19 24 9 24 6 4.7
7 Yrs 228 185 83 16 18 21 13 8 62% 25 4 132 49 37% .968 52 33 90 31 35 119 71 114 107 44 112 29 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1966 25 BOS AL 660 58% 2.0% 15.3% 10.6% 7.3% 37% 1.53 71% 131 17 13%
1967 26 BOS AL 684 58% 3.1% 14.0% 8.6% 5.1% 24% 1.08 71% 114 7 6%
1968 27 BOS AL 67 64% 1.5% 14.9% 13.4% 6.0% 21% 0.93 69% 13 0 0%
1969 28 TOT AL 98 60% 5.1% 11.2% 19.4% 7.1% 35% 1.39 59% 21 1 5%
1969 28 SEP AL 78 60% 5.1% 12.8% 20.5% 7.7% 40% 1.43 59% 16 1 6%
1969 28 MIN AL 20 60% 5.0% 5.0% 15.0% 5.0% 20% 1.25 60% 5 0 0%
1971 30 PHI NL 364 62% 1.4% 12.1% 12.9% 6.3% 28% 1.56 72% 78 10 13%
1972 31 PHI NL 454 60% 2.0% 14.8% 10.1% 7.1% 30% 1.41 71% 73 11 15%
1973 32 PHI NL 244 60% 2.1% 10.3% 10.3% 5.7% 26% 1.25 75% 58 6 10%
7 Yrs 2571 59% 2.3% 13.8% 10.7% 6.3% 29% 1.33 71% 488 52 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 15.1% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.11 73% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1966 25 BOS AL 660 129 13 0 8 9 4 10 3 32 20 7 63% 13 5 2 253 14 6 70% 12 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 16 0
1967 26 BOS AL 684 147 21 0 24 13 8 17 4 34 17 9 50% 18 9 1 234 7 8 47% 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 0
1968 27 BOS AL 67 19 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 50% 1 0 1 39 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 28 TOT AL 98 20 5 0 9 3 2 3 2 14 7 2 50% 5 3 2 35 3 1 75% 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
1969 28 SEP AL 78 15 4 0 6 3 1 2 2 10 6 2 60% 2 3 1 28 3 1 75% 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
1969 28 MIN AL 20 5 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 25% 3 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1971 30 PHI NL 364 81 5 0 16 5 0 3 2 31 13 3 42% 4 2 4 136 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1972 31 PHI NL 454 106 9 0 14 7 2 5 4 28 13 3 46% 5 3 3 157 8 5 62% 7 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 12 0
1973 32 PHI NL 244 54 5 0 16 1 4 3 2 28 10 3 36% 0 5 2 93 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
7 Yrs 2571 556 59 0 87 39 20 41 18 169 81 27 48% 46 27 15 947 43 26 62% 37 21 4 2 2 3 1 0 82 0
MLB Averages 49% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1966 25 8 8 .500 3.31 40 17 11 5 2 2 157.2 129 70 58 13 70 3 101 4 3 5 660 115 1.262 7.4 0.7 4.0 5.8 1.44 115
1967 26 13 19 .406 3.74 79 36 22 7 2 5 315.1 276 156 131 34 129 10 197 11 3 14 1343 98 1.284 7.9 1.0 3.7 5.6 1.53 98
1968 27 13 19 .406 3.84 87 36 28 7 2 5 328.0 295 167 140 35 138 10 207 12 3 14 1410 95 1.320 8.1 1.0 3.8 5.7 1.50 95
1969 28 13 20 .394 4.03 98 37 30 7 2 5 346.1 315 185 155 40 157 13 218 14 4 17 1508 91 1.363 8.2 1.0 4.1 5.7 1.39 91
1970 29 13 20 .394 4.03 98 37 30 7 2 5 346.1 315 185 155 40 157 13 218 14 4 17 1508 91 1.363 8.2 1.0 4.1 5.7 1.39 91
1971 30 19 26 .422 4.00 150 37 56 7 2 9 429.1 396 227 191 45 204 22 262 14 4 19 1872 91 1.398 8.3 0.9 4.3 5.5 1.28 91
1972 31 26 33 .441 3.90 192 43 73 7 2 11 533.2 502 276 231 54 250 30 329 20 5 22 2326 93 1.409 8.5 0.9 4.2 5.5 1.32 93
1973 32 28 37 .431 4.04 228 43 83 7 2 13 590.0 556 311 265 59 275 37 354 23 5 27 2569 90 1.408 8.5 0.9 4.2 5.4 1.29 90

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1966 25 9 7 .563 3.53 153.0 131 67 60 13 71 98 4 1.320 7.7 4.2 5.8 1.38 0.8 40
1967 26 7 10 .412 4.71 153.0 154 89 80 22 62 93 7 1.412 9.1 3.6 5.5 1.50 1.3 39
1968 27 0 1 .000 8.25 12.0 21 12 11 1 10 9 1 2.583 15.8 7.5 6.8 0.90 0.8 8
1969 28 0 2 .000 8.50 18.0 21 19 17 5 20 11 2 2.278 10.5 10.0 5.5 0.55 2.5 11
1971 30 3 5 .375 4.68 77.0 85 44 40 5 49 41 0 1.740 9.9 5.7 4.8 0.84 0.6 52
1972 31 5 6 .455 4.10 101.0 116 51 46 10 50 65 7 1.644 10.3 4.5 5.8 1.30 0.9 42
1973 32 2 3 .400 5.94 53.0 55 39 35 5 25 24 3 1.509 9.3 4.2 4.1 0.96 0.8 36
7 Yrs 26 34 .433 4.59 567.0 583 321 289 61 287 341 24 1.534 9.3 5.4 1.19 1.0 228

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1967 AL  21 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1967 AL  9 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 AL  7 (8th)
1972 NL  6 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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