Bucky Brandon
Darrell G Brandon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 8, 1940 in Nacogdoches, TX
High School: Nacogdoches (Nacogdoches, TX)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1966
Final Game: September 30, 1973
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Standard Pitching

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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 5 660 116 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 50 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 49 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 43 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 20 137 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 3 454 104 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 Seasons 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 89 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 20 137 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 43 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 89 1.473 8.9 0.7 4.4 5.0 1.15

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 228 2571 2222 311 556 85 19 59 43 26 275 354 .250 .336 .385 .722 .272 856 52 23 33 18 37
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 58 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 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 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 64 39 21 6 3 2 4.0 3.9 6.3
4 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.972 6 3 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 1.008 6 2 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 0.048 0 0 7 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% 0.783 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 0.472 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 1.994 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 1.261 19 13 20 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 1.164 14 9 13 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 0.864 7 10 19 3 6 27 17 19 24 9 24 6 4.7
7 Seasons 228 185 83 16 18 21 13 8 62% 25 4 132 49 37% 1.015 55 38 86 31 35 119 71 114 107 44 112 29 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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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 42% 2.0% 15.3% 10.6% 7.3% 37% 1.53 71% 131 17 13%
1967 26 BOS AL 684 42% 3.1% 14.0% 8.6% 5.1% 24% 1.08 71% 114 7 6%
1968 27 BOS AL 67 36% 1.5% 14.9% 13.4% 6.0% 21% 0.93 69% 13 0 0%
1969 28 TOT AL 98 40% 5.1% 11.2% 19.4% 7.1% 35% 1.39 59% 21 1 5%
1969 28 SEP AL 78 40% 5.1% 12.8% 20.5% 7.7% 40% 1.43 59% 16 1 6%
1969 28 MIN AL 20 40% 5.0% 5.0% 15.0% 5.0% 20% 1.25 60% 5 0 0%
1971 30 PHI NL 364 38% 1.4% 12.1% 12.9% 6.3% 28% 1.56 72% 78 10 13%
1972 31 PHI NL 454 40% 2.0% 14.8% 10.1% 7.1% 30% 1.41 71% 73 11 15%
1973 32 PHI NL 244 40% 2.1% 10.3% 10.3% 5.7% 26% 1.25 75% 58 6 10%
7 Seasons 2571 41% 2.3% 13.8% 10.7% 6.3% 29% 1.33 71% 488 52 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 1 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 1 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 1 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 2 0 10 0
7 Seasons 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 6 0 82 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 5 660 116 1.262 7.4 0.7 4.0 5.8 1.44 116
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 99 1.284 7.9 1.0 3.7 5.6 1.53 99
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

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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 3.47 153.0 131 66 59 13 71 98 4 1.320 7.7 4.2 5.8 1.38 0.8 40
1967 26 7 9 .438 4.74 152.0 156 89 80 22 63 93 7 1.441 9.2 3.7 5.5 1.48 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 1 .000 8.00 18.0 22 18 16 6 21 11 2 2.389 11.0 10.5 5.5 0.52 3.0 11
1971 30 3 5 .375 4.56 77.0 84 43 39 5 49 41 0 1.727 9.8 5.7 4.8 0.84 0.6 52
1972 31 5 6 .455 4.10 101.0 115 51 46 10 50 65 7 1.634 10.2 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 Seasons 26 32 .448 4.55 566.0 584 318 286 62 289 341 24 1.542 9.3 5.4 1.18 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 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.

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 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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