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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 (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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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:34AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1959	18	PIT-min	D-	0	0		12.60	1						5.0	6	7	7		5								2.200	10.8		9.0			SAL · APPY
1960	19	STL-min	D	0	0		7.20	5						10.0	10	10	8		3								1.300	9.0		2.7			DOT · ALFL
1962	21	HOU-min	C	9	5	.643	3.35	17	14		10	1		110.0	90	51	41	10	55	0	94	7	0	12			1.318	7.4	0.8	4.5	7.7	1.71	MOD · CALL
1963	22	HOU-min	A	14	6	.700	3.26	32	29					196.0	156	86	71	19	95								1.281	7.2	0.9	4.4			DHM · CARL
1964	23	HOU-min	AA	15	7	.682	3.25	32	23					180.0	160	79	65	11	77		103						1.317	8.0	0.6	3.8	5.2	1.34	SAN · TL
1965	24	HOU-min	AAA	13	6	.684	3.30	33	29		11	2		207.0	209	93	76	11	63	4	147	4	0	9			1.314	9.1	0.5	2.7	6.4	2.33	OKC · PCL
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	117	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-min	AAA	13	11	.542	3.32	27	26		9	2		190.0	173	79	70	10	49	6	132	12	0	11			1.168	8.2	0.5	2.3	6.3	2.69	LOU · IL
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	CHW-MIN-min	AAA	10	6	.625	3.09	20	19		6	2	1	140.0	140	66	48	8	43	3	102	8	0	4			1.307	9.0	0.5	2.8	6.6	2.37	VAN,TUC,DEN · PCL,AA
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	52	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-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.50	8	0		0	0	3	18.0	13	11	9	0	10	0	17	1	0	0			1.278	6.5	0.0	5.0	8.5	1.70	EUG · PCL
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
1974	33	PHI-min	AAA	8	9	.471	2.97	46	5		0	0	2	91.0	88	37	30	5	40	10	65	4	1	5			1.407	8.7	0.5	4.0	6.4	1.63	TOL · IL
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	91	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	91	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	96	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)			AL	13	20	.394	4.03	98	37	30	7	2	5	346.1	315	185	155	40	157	13	218	14	4	17	1508	92	1.363	8.2	1.0	4.1	5.7	1.39
NL (3 yrs)			NL	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1966	25	BOS	AL	157.2	17	70	88	2	1.0	18	1.7	$
1967	26	BOS	AL	157.2	19	86	78	4	1.0	-8	-1.1	$
1968	27	BOS	AL	12.2	0	11	6	0	.0	-5	-0.4	$
1969	28	SEP	AL	15.0	1	15	10	-1	.4	-5	-0.5	$
1969	28	MIN	AL	3.1	0	3	2	0	2.1	-1	-0.3	$

1971	30	PHI	NL	83.0	0	42	45	1	1.2	3	-0.4	$
1972	31	PHI	NL	104.1	6	49	58	0	1.1	9	0.6	$
1973	32	PHI	NL	56.1	0	35	32	0	.8	-3	-0.7	$
7 Seasons				590.0	43	311	319	6	1.0	8	-1.1	$

PHI (3 yrs)				243.2	6	126	135	1	1.1	9	-0.5	$
BOS (3 yrs)				328.0	36	167	172	6	1.0	5	0.2	$
MIN (1 yr)				3.1	0	3	2	0	2.1	-1	-0.3	$
SEP (1 yr)				15.0	1	15	10	-1	.4	-5	-0.5	$

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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
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

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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1966	25	BOS	AL	55	-3	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$7,000	1
1967	26	BOS	AL	49	-4	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1968	27	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$20,000	/1
1969	28	MIN	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1971	30	PHI	NL	15	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1972	31	PHI	NL	19	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1973	32	PHI	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
7 Seasons				147	-12	0	0	0	0	11	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$27,000

PHI (3 yrs)				40	-5	0	0	0	0	3	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$
BOS (3 yrs)				105	-7	0	0	0	0	8	2	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$27,000
MIN (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1966	BOS	AL	25	P	40	17	5	157.2	40	13	26	1	0	.975	2.23	0.98	.952	1.99	1.98	14	6	30%
1967	BOS	AL	26	P	39	19	2	157.2	36	11	23	2	2	.944	1.94	0.87	.957	1.96	1.96	7	8	53%
1968	BOS	AL	27	P	8	0	0	12.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.42	0.25	.955	1.92	1.88	1	1	50%
1969	TOT	AL	28	P	11	1	0	18.1	5	0	3	2	0	.600	1.47	0.27	.950	1.87	1.87	3	1	25%
1969	SEP	AL	28	P	8	1	0	15.0	4	0	3	1	0	.750	1.80	0.38	.950	1.86	1.88	3	1	25%
1969	MIN	AL	28	P	3	0	0	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	0.00	.950	1.89	1.87	0	0
1971	PHI	NL	30	P	52	0	0	83.0	16	6	10	0	0	1.000	1.73	0.31	.954	1.90	1.90	6	4	40%
1972	PHI	NL	31	P	42	6	0	104.1	14	6	7	1	0	.929	1.12	0.31	.950	1.78	1.78	8	5	38%
1973	PHI	NL	32	P	36	0	0	56.1	14	5	8	1	1	.929	2.08	0.36	.950	1.89	1.88	4	1	20%
	7 Seasons			P	228	43	7	590.0	127	41	79	7	3	.945	1.83	0.53	.953	1.92	1.90	43	26	38%
	7 Seasons			TOT	228	43	7	590.0	127	41	79	7	3	.945	1.83	0.53	.953	1.92	1.90	43	26	38%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1971 NL 1.000 (1st)

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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1971 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.
Before 1960 Season: Sent from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals in an unknown transaction.
Before 1962 Season: Sent from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Houston Colt .45's in an unknown transaction.
September 14, 1965: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Boston Red Sox for Jack Lamabe.
October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots from the Boston Red Sox as the 44th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
July 8, 1969: Purchased by the Minnesota Twins from the Seattle Pilots.
April 6, 1970: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
April 6, 1970: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
January 14, 1971: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for unknown compensation.
December 14, 1973: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1966	25	Boston Red Sox	$7,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

1968	27	Boston Red Sox	$20,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1969	28	Seattle Pilots	$20,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$47,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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