John Buck

Johnathan Richard Buck

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: July 7, 1980 in Kemmerer, WY
High School: Taylorsville (Taylorsville, UT)
Drafted
by the Houston Astros in the 7th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 2004
Teams (by GP): Royals/Marlins/BlueJays 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$18M (11-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.101, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Doug Rogalski [*]
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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
2004 23 KCR AL 71 258 238 36 56 9 0 12 30 1 1 15 79 .235 .280 .424 .704 79 101 6 0 4 1 0 2 RoY-8
2005 24 KCR AL 118 430 401 40 97 21 1 12 47 2 2 23 94 .242 .287 .389 .676 79 156 9 3 1 2 2 *2
2006 25 KCR AL 114 409 371 37 91 21 1 11 50 0 2 26 84 .245 .306 .396 .702 80 147 7 7 4 1 2 *2
2007 26 KCR AL 113 399 347 41 77 18 0 18 48 0 1 36 92 .222 .308 .429 .738 93 149 11 10 0 6 0 *2
2008 27 KCR AL 109 418 370 48 83 23 1 9 48 0 3 38 96 .224 .304 .365 .669 79 135 12 6 0 4 2 2
2009 28 KCR AL 59 202 186 16 46 12 4 8 36 1 1 13 55 .247 .299 .484 .782 105 90 2 1 1 1 0 2
2010 29 TOR AL 118 437 409 53 115 25 0 20 66 0 0 16 111 .281 .314 .489 .802 114 200 6 6 0 6 1 *2 AS
2011 30 FLA NL 140 530 466 41 106 15 1 16 57 0 1 54 115 .227 .316 .367 .683 87 171 11 7 2 1 7 *2
8 Seasons 842 3083 2788 312 671 144 8 106 382 4 11 221 726 .241 .303 .412 .716 89 1149 64 40 12 22 14
162 Game Avg. 162 593 536 60 129 28 2 20 73 1 2 43 140 .241 .303 .412 .716 89 221 12 8 2 4 3
KCR (6 yrs) 584 2116 1913 218 450 104 7 70 259 4 10 151 500 .235 .298 .407 .705 84 778 47 27 10 15 6
FLA (1 yr) 140 530 466 41 106 15 1 16 57 0 1 54 115 .227 .316 .367 .683 87 171 11 7 2 1 7
TOR (1 yr) 118 437 409 53 115 25 0 20 66 0 0 16 111 .281 .314 .489 .802 114 200 6 6 0 6 1
AL (7 yrs) 702 2553 2322 271 565 129 7 90 325 4 10 167 611 .243 .301 .421 .722 89 978 53 33 10 21 7
NL (1 yr) 140 530 466 41 106 15 1 16 57 0 1 54 115 .227 .316 .367 .683 87 171 11 7 2 1 7

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 Awards
2004 23 KCR AL 258 -8 -1 -1 0 -3 4 9 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ 2 RoY-8
2005 24 KCR AL 430 -14 -1 1 -1 3 7 15 10 1.0 7 0.7 0.3 $318,500 *2
2006 25 KCR AL 409 -11 -1 1 0 -5 7 14 5 0.6 10 1.0 -0.4 $349,500 *2
2007 26 KCR AL 399 -5 0 0 -1 -1 7 14 14 1.4 15 1.5 -0.1 $440,000 *2
2008 27 KCR AL 418 -12 0 -1 -1 -6 7 15 2 0.2 8 0.8 -0.6 $2,200,000 2
2009 28 KCR AL 202 0 -1 -0 -0 -5 2 7 2 0.2 7 0.7 -0.5 $2,900,000 2
2010 29 TOR AL 437 8 0 0 -1 1 6 15 30 2.9 28 2.8 0.1 $2,000,000 *2 AS
2011 30 FLA NL 530 -9 -2 -1 -2 -3 8 15 7 0.7 10 1.0 -0.3 $5,000,000 *2
8 Seasons 3083 -51 -6 -1 -6 -19 49 104 70 7.0 88 8.8 -1.8 $13,208,000
KCR (6 yrs) 2116 -50 -4 -0 -3 -17 34 74 33 3.4 50 5.0 -1.6 $6,208,000
FLA (1 yr) 530 -9 -2 -1 -2 -3 8 15 7 0.7 10 1.0 -0.3 $5,000,000
TOR (1 yr) 437 8 0 0 -1 1 6 15 30 2.9 28 2.8 0.1 $2,000,000

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 PwrSpd
2004 23 KCR AL 258 194 27 3.7 111 .297 .235 .273 .280 .341 .424 .438 .704 .779 79 .353 -8.9 -0.8 .614 .252 .189 1.8
2005 24 KCR AL 430 318 43 3.6 104 .286 .242 .267 .287 .330 .389 .423 .676 .753 79 .364 -12.9 -1.2 .578 .204 .147 3.4
2006 25 KCR AL 409 294 44 4.0 112 .289 .245 .277 .306 .341 .396 .439 .702 .780 80 .379 -11.9 -1.1 .616 .216 .151 .0
2007 26 KCR AL 399 288 46 4.3 107 .243 .222 .271 .308 .338 .429 .423 .738 .761 93 .423 -4.0 -0.4 .688 .308 .207 .0
2008 27 KCR AL 418 306 40 3.5 104 .275 .224 .266 .304 .333 .365 .416 .669 .750 79 .346 -10.7 -1.0 .583 .235 .141 .0
2009 28 KCR AL 202 145 27 5.0 105 .306 .247 .264 .299 .332 .484 .422 .782 .754 105 .491 0.3 0.0 .727 .306 .237 1.8
2010 29 TOR AL 437 306 63 5.5 101 .335 .281 .263 .314 .330 .489 .410 .802 .741 114 .574 6.7 0.6 .740 .247 .208 .0
2011 30 FLA NL 530 375 55 4.0 99 .268 .227 .260 .316 .328 .367 .405 .683 .733 87 .447 -8.6 -0.9 .621 .253 .139 .0
8 Seasons 3083 2226 345 4.1 105 .286 .241 .267 .303 .334 .412 .421 .716 .754 89 .424 -50.0 -4.8 .640 .248 .171 7.7
162 Game Avg. 593 428 66 4.1 105 .286 .241 .267 .303 .334 .412 .421 .716 .754 89 .424 -50.0 -4.8 .640 .248 .171 1
KCR (6 yrs) 2116 1545 227 3.9 107 .280 .235 .270 .298 .336 .407 .427 .705 .763 84 .386 -48.1 -4.5 .625 .247 .171 7.6
FLA (1 yr) 530 375 55 3.9 99 .268 .227 .260 .316 .328 .367 .405 .683 .733 87 .447 -8.6 -0.9 .621 .253 .139 .0
TOR (1 yr) 437 306 63 5.5 101 .335 .281 .263 .314 .330 .489 .410 .802 .741 114 .574 6.7 0.6 .740 .247 .208 .0
AL (7 yrs) 2553 1851 290 4.2 106 .289 .243 .269 .301 .335 .421 .424 .722 .759 89 .420 -41.3 -3.9 .644 .247 .178 7.7
NL (1 yr) 530 375 55 3.9 99 .268 .227 .260 .316 .328 .367 .405 .683 .733 87 .447 -8.6 -0.9 .621 .253 .139 .0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 TOR AL 29 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2004 23 KCR AL 258 4.7% 30.6% 5.8% 8.1% 38% 5.27 3.0 19.8 7.9 0.79 1.17 57% 17% 15.6% 13%
2005 24 KCR AL 430 2.8% 21.9% 5.4% 7.9% 35% 4.09 4.3 33.4 8.5 0.75 0.85 69% 15% 7.6% 11%
2006 25 KCR AL 409 2.7% 20.5% 6.4% 8.1% 36% 3.23 4.4 33.7 7.4 0.86 1.13 68% 18% 8.1% 12%
2007 26 KCR AL 399 4.5% 23.1% 9.0% 9.0% 47% 2.56 3.8 19.3 7.2 0.75 1.02 61% 14% 14.0% 13%
2008 27 KCR AL 418 2.2% 23.0% 9.1% 7.9% 40% 2.53 3.9 41.1 7.7 0.74 0.99 64% 15% 6.3% 11%
2009 28 KCR AL 202 4.0% 27.2% 6.4% 11.9% 52% 4.23 3.4 23.3 5.2 0.65 0.82 61% 20% 11.9% 16%
2010 29 TOR AL 437 4.6% 25.4% 3.7% 10.3% 39% 6.94 3.7 20.5 6.2 0.66 0.81 65% 18% 12.4% 12%
2011 30 FLA NL 530 3.0% 21.7% 10.2% 6.0% 30% 2.13 4.1 29.1 8.2 0.72 0.93 63% 19% 9.2% 16%
8 Seasons 3083 3.4% 23.6% 7.2% 8.4% 39% 3.29 3.8 26.3 7.3 0.74 0.95 64% 17% 10.2% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.5% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.06 5.1 33.4 7.8 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2004 23 KCR AL -8.9 -0.8 267 -0.6 4.0 -4.6 .90 -0.5 -0.2 -6.0 -0.5 0.96 -7.4 0
2005 24 KCR AL -13.0 -1.2 438 -2.8 6.2 -9.0 1.01 -1.5 -1.3 -18.7 -1.8 0.96 -16.5 2.66 1
2006 25 KCR AL -12.0 -1.1 414 -0.7 6.3 -7.0 .92 -1.2 0.4 -8.9 -0.8 0.90 -10.8 0.28 4
2007 26 KCR AL -4.0 -0.4 408 -1.1 6.4 -7.5 .94 -0.5 -0.6 -9.8 -0.9 0.94 -5.8 1.95 3
2008 27 KCR AL -10.9 -1.0 426 -1.6 6.4 -7.9 1.00 -1.8 0.3 -13.2 -1.3 0.95 -19.4 2.60 2
2009 28 KCR AL 0.2 0.0 204 -0.3 3.8 -4.1 1.05 -0.2 -0.1 0.5 0.0 0.93 -1.9 1.03 5
2010 29 TOR AL 7.6 0.7 442 1.2 8.2 -7.0 .91 0.7 0.5 16.2 1.6 0.90 11.0 2.47 4
2011 30 FLA NL -8.6 -0.9 533 -0.2 9.7 -10.0 1.10 -1.1 0.9 -8.8 -0.9 1.03 -9.8 2.00 6
8 Seasons -49.6 -4.7 3132 -6.2 51.0 -57.2 .98 -6.1 -0.2 -48.6 -4.6 0.95 -60.6 1.68 25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 23 KCR AL 1 0 41% 63 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 11 35% 11 9 2 5 3 1 7 1 5
2005 24 KCR AL 4 0 25% 144 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 5 34% 19 14 5 7 5 2 12 6 6
2006 25 KCR AL 5 0 23% 153 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 30% 21 17 3 1 0 1 15 7 7
2007 26 KCR AL 3 0 22% 143 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 38% 20 16 3 5 1 4 9 3 6
2008 27 KCR AL 2 0 33% 116 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 4 41% 20 15 5 6 3 3 20 8 11
2009 28 KCR AL 1 0 15% 56 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 18% 8 6 2 0 0 0 3 3 0
2010 29 TOR AL 3 0 28% 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 42% 12 8 4 3 3 0 9 3 6
2011 30 FLA NL 3 0 17% 165 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 29% 14 13 1 2 1 1 19 11 8
8 Seasons 22 0 25% 985 4 11 27% 4 7 0 1 0 3 8 4 20 54 35% 125 98 25 29 16 12 94 42 49

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
2004 23 KCR AL 258 29% 56 8 1 0 0 0 0 12 1 9 9 3 6 6 0 5 4 80% 60 6 10% 26 10 38% 167 21 13% 11 6 55% 13 8 62% 0
2005 24 KCR AL 430 30% 97 10 0 1 0 0 0 2.66 12 0 13 10 2 3 9 0 2 1 50% 71 9 13% 35 5 14% 278 35 13% 24 8 33% 11 8 73% 0
2006 25 KCR AL 409 32% 91 7 0 4 2 0 0 0.28 11 0 10 5 6 6 5 0 5 4 80% 61 7 11% 33 11 33% 245 40 16% 23 11 48% 17 7 41% 0
2007 26 KCR AL 399 22% 77 3 0 3 0 0 0 1.95 18 0 9 13 5 6 12 0 0 0 71 11 15% 35 10 29% 252 31 12% 28 12 43% 11 3 27% 0
2008 27 KCR AL 418 32% 83 6 0 2 0 0 0 2.60 9 0 7 6 3 4 5 0 0 0 76 12 16% 35 11 31% 274 39 14% 26 14 54% 13 5 38% 0
2009 28 KCR AL 202 25% 46 4 0 5 0 0 0 1.03 8 1 7 7 1 3 5 0 1 1 100% 32 2 6% 15 3 20% 126 28 22% 15 7 47% 6 3 50% 0
2010 29 TOR AL 437 21% 115 12 0 4 1 0 0 2.47 20 0 11 14 6 10 10 0 0 0 67 6 9% 30 7 23% 241 48 20% 16 13 81% 22 9 41% 0
2011 30 FLA NL 530 25% 106 8 0 6 2 0 3 2.00 16 2 21 11 5 7 9 0 2 2 100% 91 11 12% 49 7 14% 345 42 12% 34 9 26% 26 11 42% 0
8 Seasons 3083 27% 671 58 1 25 5 0 3 1.68 106 4 87 75 31 45 61 0 15 12 80% 529 64 12% 258 64 25% 1928 284 15% 177 80 45% 119 54 45% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 23 KCR AL 258 953 3.69 623 65% 19% 21% 33% 26% 81% 0% 53% 74% 42% 3% 7 1 8% 21 12 5% 12 10 32% 0 0 0
2005 24 KCR AL 430 1507 3.50 992 66% 22% 16% 30% 31% 78% 1% 51% 79% 39% 3% 13 1 12% 50 25 7% 32 19 29% 0 0 0
2006 25 KCR AL 409 1424 3.48 914 64% 19% 18% 31% 32% 81% 2% 52% 78% 46% 3% 11 1 12% 48 32 6% 26 16 39% 0 0 0
2007 26 KCR AL 399 1501 3.76 937 62% 22% 22% 28% 28% 78% 0% 49% 72% 38% 6% 24 4 14% 54 23 9% 35 22 28% 0 0 0
2008 27 KCR AL 418 1580 3.78 978 62% 22% 20% 29% 28% 78% 1% 48% 74% 44% 5% 21 2 12% 52 23 8% 32 22 35% 0 0 0
2009 28 KCR AL 202 741 3.67 484 65% 17% 26% 29% 27% 83% 0% 54% 68% 50% 3% 7 0 12% 24 13 8% 17 11 15% 0 0 0
2010 29 TOR AL 437 1615 3.70 1069 66% 17% 25% 30% 28% 83% 0% 55% 71% 48% 2% 8 0 8% 37 24 4% 17 11 14% 0 0 0
2011 30 FLA NL 532 1982 3.73 1227 62% 21% 20% 30% 29% 79% 3% 49% 74% 39% 5% 24 1 13% 70 32 9% 47 20 23% -2 0 0
8 Seasons 3085 11303 3.66 7224 64% 20% 21% 30% 29% 80% 1% 51% 74% 42% 4% 115 10 12% 356 184 7% 218 131 27% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 23 71 258 238 36 56 9 0 12 30 1 1 15 79 .235 .280 .424 .704 79 101 6 0 4 1 0
2005 24 189 688 639 76 153 30 1 24 77 3 3 38 173 .239 .284 .402 .686 79 257 15 3 5 3 2
2006 25 303 1097 1010 113 244 51 2 35 127 3 5 64 257 .242 .292 .400 .692 79 404 22 10 9 4 4
2007 26 416 1496 1357 154 321 69 2 53 175 3 6 100 349 .237 .297 .408 .704 83 553 33 20 9 10 4
2008 27 525 1914 1727 202 404 92 3 62 223 3 9 138 445 .234 .298 .398 .697 82 688 45 26 9 14 6
2009 28 584 2116 1913 218 450 104 7 70 259 4 10 151 500 .235 .298 .407 .705 84 778 47 27 10 15 6
2010 29 702 2553 2322 271 565 129 7 90 325 4 10 167 611 .243 .301 .421 .722 89 978 53 33 10 21 7
2011 30 842 3083 2788 312 671 144 8 106 382 4 11 221 726 .241 .303 .412 .716 89 1149 64 40 12 22 14

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 23 71 250 235 33 53 9 0 11 28 1 14 79 .226 .268 .404 .672 26 71
2005 24 118 429 401 40 97 21 1 12 47 2 23 94 .242 .287 .389 .676 44 118
2006 25 114 401 368 35 88 20 1 11 47 0 25 84 .239 .299 .389 .688 41 114
2007 26 113 396 345 39 75 18 0 18 46 0 35 92 .217 .303 .426 .729 42 113
2008 27 109 418 370 48 83 23 1 9 48 0 38 96 .224 .304 .365 .669 40 109
2009 28 59 201 186 16 46 12 4 8 36 1 13 55 .247 .299 .484 .782 27 59
2010 29 118 440 412 55 118 26 0 21 69 0 16 111 .286 .318 .502 .821 64 118
2011 30 140 534 470 44 110 16 1 17 61 0 56 115 .234 .324 .381 .705 56 140
8 Seasons 842 3069 2787 310 670 145 8 107 382 4 220 726 .240 .303 .413 .716 340 842
162 Game Avg. 162 590 536 60 129 28 2 21 73 1 42 140 .240 .303 .413 .716 65 842

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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