Jerry Buchek
Gerald Peter Buchek
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 9, 1942 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1961
Final Game: September 28, 1968
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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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 STL NL 19 SS 31 30 230.0 114 42 62 10 20 .912 -6.1 -31.8 -6.1 -4.5 -1.6 0 4.07 3.35 .961 4.92 4.28
1963 STL NL 21 SS 1 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 3.60 2.00 .950 4.86 4.20
1964 STL NL 22 SS 20 1 44.0 28 8 18 2 2 .929 -0.3 -8.2 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 0 5.32 1.30 .964 5.03 4.32
1964 STL NL 22 2B 9 3 41.1 36 16 17 3 3 .917 -0.8 -23.2 -0.8 -1.0 0.2 0 7.19 3.67 .975 5.23 4.61
1964 STL NL 22 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.60
1965 STL NL 23 2B 33 31 259.0 157 65 91 1 22 .994 7.2 33.4 6.2 0.7 5.5 1 5.42 4.73 .973 5.28 4.71
1965 STL NL 23 SS 18 16 144.0 94 27 63 4 16 .957 2.6 21.7 1.6 1.8 -0.2 1 5.62 5.00 .964 4.92 4.20
1965 STL NL 23 3B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.00 1.00 .900 2.70 2.50
1966 STL NL 24 2B 49 38 324.2 191 79 107 5 30 .974 -1.4 -5.2 -2.4 -1.3 -1.1 1 5.16 3.80 .978 5.33 4.68
1966 STL NL 24 SS 48 38 338.1 195 69 113 13 22 .933 0.6 2.1 1.6 1.0 0.6 -1 4.84 3.79 .965 4.96 4.43
1966 STL NL 24 3B 4 4 36.0 12 3 8 1 0 .917 0.3 10.0 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 2.75 2.75 .958 3.05 2.65
1967 NYM NL 25 2B 95 92 795.2 469 203 255 11 54 .977 -7.5 -11.3 -7.5 -6.3 -1.2 0 5.18 4.82 .976 5.26 4.63
1967 NYM NL 25 3B 17 14 118.2 46 17 29 0 3 1.000 0.7 7.1 0.7 0.7 0.1 0 3.49 2.71 .948 2.96 2.75
1967 NYM NL 25 SS 9 5 51.0 23 6 16 1 2 .957 1.8 42.4 1.8 -0.7 2.5 0 3.88 2.44 .965 4.99 4.31
1968 NYM NL 26 3B 37 35 305.1 107 30 70 7 7 .935 0.1 0.4 -0.9 0.0 -0.8 1 2.95 2.70 .955 2.93 2.72
1968 NYM NL 26 2B 12 8 72.2 39 19 20 0 4 1.000 1.1 18.2 1.1 0.8 0.3 0 4.83 3.25 .977 5.21 4.74
1968 NYM NL 26 LF 9 8 64.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.9 -1.1 -0.3 -0.7 1 1.26 1.00 .967 1.64 1.38
1968 NYM NL 26 OF 9 8 64.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.9 -1.1 -0.3 -0.7 1 1.26 1.00 .978 2.01 1.82
5 Seasons 2B 198 172 1493.1 892 382 490 20 113 .978 -1.4 -1.1 -3.4 -7.1 3.7 2 5.26 4.40 .976 5.28 4.66
6 Seasons SS 127 90 812.1 456 153 273 30 63 .934 -1.6 -2.4 -1.6 -1.7 0.1 0 4.72 3.35 .964 4.95 4.33
5 Seasons 3B 60 53 465.0 166 51 107 8 10 .952 1.0 2.6 0.0 0.6 -0.4 1 3.06 2.63 .953 2.95 2.72
1 Season LF 9 8 64.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.9 -1.1 -0.3 -0.7 1 1.26 1.00 .967 1.64 1.38
1 Season OF 9 8 64.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.9 -1.1 -0.3 -0.7 1 1.26 1.00 .978 2.01 1.82
7 Seasons TOT 394 323 2835.0 1523 594 871 58 186 .962 -2.1 -0.9 -6.1 -8.5 2.7 1 3 4.65 3.72 .932 4.72 4.19
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1961 STL NL 19 31 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 STL NL 21 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1964 STL NL 22 35 4 35 35 0 0 0 9 1 20 0 0 0 0 3 8
1965 STL NL 23 55 47 55 55 0 0 0 33 1 18 0 0 0 0 6 1
1966 STL NL 24 100 80 100 100 0 0 0 49 4 48 0 0 0 0 9 1
1967 NYM NL 25 124 111 124 124 0 0 0 95 17 9 0 0 0 0 8 2
1968 NYM NL 26 73 51 73 73 0 0 0 12 37 0 9 0 0 9 19 0
7 Seasons 421 323 421 421 0 0 0 198 60 127 9 0 0 9 47 12
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 -- 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
1964 STL NL 22 173 66% 80% 35% 20 90% 0 16 4 10 2 17 17 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
1965 STL NL 23 1083 60% 77% 29% 103 94% 0 63 19 33 11 91 78 12 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 23 7 4 8 2 23 10 11 0 0 0
1966 STL NL 24 1384 68% 80% 29% 111 92% 1 78 25 44 9 106 88 13 1 0 5 0 5 0 5 30 12 7 5 1 28 6 21 1 1 0
1967 NYM NL 25 3546 59% 77% 27% 305 94% 0 197 62 93 42 261 227 30 0 0 11 0 9 2 10 55 20 9 16 5 53 21 31 1 1 0
1968 NYM NL 26 304 69% 73% 26% 19 100% 0 19 2 11 6 21 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
5 Seasons 6490 62% 78% 28% 558 94% 1 373 112 191 70 496 429 56 1 1 20 0 18 2 16 115 42 22 30 8 111 38 69 2 2 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

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
1961 STL NL 19 1045 58% 76% 29% 84 85% 0 41 20 19 2 61 46 13 0 0 10 0 6 4 9 20 10 0 4 3 0 18 10 7 2 2 0
1963 STL NL 21 22 55% 73% 5% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1964 STL NL 22 203 71% 81% 28% 24 88% 0 7 2 3 2 20 17 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1965 STL NL 23 623 70% 78% 26% 73 93% 0 27 13 12 2 59 47 12 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 15 8 2 5 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 0
1966 STL NL 24 1428 63% 74% 28% 154 88% 2 65 30 27 8 116 76 35 2 1 13 0 12 1 11 23 15 0 4 3 0 22 15 7 0 0 0
1967 NYM NL 25 211 61% 68% 27% 17 94% 0 7 2 3 2 15 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3532 63% 75% 28% 352 88% 2 148 67 65 16 272 196 67 2 3 29 0 23 6 25 63 33 2 14 6 1 58 35 22 3 2 1
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1964 STL NL 22 6 33% 50% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 STL NL 23 11 64% 64% 27% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 STL NL 24 149 64% 79% 27% 12 83% 0 3 3 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 NYM NL 25 544 58% 76% 27% 42 90% 0 11 9 0 2 30 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1968 NYM NL 26 1226 65% 75% 28% 94 90% 1 30 20 4 6 68 55 7 1 2 7 0 7 0 7 7 4 1 6 1 0 1 3 67%
5 Seasons 1936 63% 76% 28% 149 90% 1 45 33 4 8 105 82 16 1 2 8 0 8 0 7 11 7 1 9 1 0 1 4 75%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1968 NYM NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 276 58% 77% 25% 30 30%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 276 58% 77% 25% 30 30%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.4% 61% 77% 26% 48%

* 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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