John Buck
Johnathan Richard Buck
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 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
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Standard Batting

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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 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/D 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 8 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 92 149 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 .782 103 90 2 1 1 1 0 2/D
6 Seasons 584 2116 1913 218 450 104 7 70 259 4 10 151 500 .235 .298 .407 .705 84 778 48 27 10 15 6
162 Game Avg. 162 587 531 60 125 29 2 19 72 1 3 42 139 .235 .298 .407 .705 84 216 13 7 3 4 2

Advanced Batting

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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 -13.0 -1.2 .578 .204 .147 3.4
2006 25 KCR AL 409 295 44 4.0 112 .289 .245 .277 .306 .341 .396 .440 .702 .781 80 .378 -12.0 -1.1 .614 .216 .151 .0
2007 26 KCR AL 399 288 46 4.3 107 .243 .222 .271 .308 .339 .429 .424 .738 .762 92 .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 .417 .669 .751 79 .346 -10.9 -1.0 .583 .235 .141 .0
2009 28 KCR AL 202 145 27 5.0 106 .306 .247 .265 .299 .334 .484 .425 .782 .759 103 .491 -0.1 0.0 .727 .306 .237 1.8
6 Seasons 2116 1546 227 3.9 107 .280 .235 .270 .298 .336 .407 .427 .705 .763 84 .386 -48.9 -4.5 .625 .247 .171 7.6
162 Game Avg. 587 429 63 3.9 107 .280 .235 .270 .298 .336 .407 .427 .705 .763 84 .386 -48.9 -4.5 .625 .247 .171 2

Ratio Batting*

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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%
6 Seasons 2116 3.3% 23.6% 7.1% 8.6% 40% 3.31 3.8 27.3 7.4 0.76 0.99 64% 16% 9.9% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
6 Seasons 16 0 27% 675 4 10 29% 4 7 0 1 0 2 6 4 17 39 35% 99 77 20 24 12 11 66 28 35
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 3 23% 0
2005 24 KCR AL 430 30% 97 10 0 1 0 0 0 2.76 12 0 13 10 2 3 9 0 2 1 50% 71 9 13% 35 5 14% 278 35 13% 24 8 33% 25 9 36% 0
2006 25 KCR AL 409 32% 91 7 0 4 2 0 0 0.27 11 0 10 5 6 6 5 0 5 4 80% 61 8 13% 33 11 33% 245 40 16% 23 11 48% 27 7 26% 0
2007 26 KCR AL 399 22% 77 3 0 3 0 0 0 1.94 18 0 9 13 5 6 12 0 0 0 71 11 15% 35 10 29% 252 31 12% 28 12 43% 20 4 20% 0
2008 27 KCR AL 418 32% 83 6 0 2 0 0 0 2.62 9 0 7 6 3 4 5 0 0 0 76 12 16% 35 11 31% 274 39 14% 26 14 54% 28 8 29% 0
2009 28 KCR AL 202 25% 46 4 0 1 0 0 0 1.07 8 1 7 7 1 3 5 0 1 1 100% 32 2 6% 15 3 20% 126 28 22% 15 7 47% 11 6 55% 0
6 Seasons 2116 29% 450 38 1 11 2 0 0 1.45 70 2 55 50 20 28 42 0 13 10 77% 371 48 13% 179 50 28% 1342 194 14% 127 58 46% 124 37 30% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
6 Seasons 2116 7706 3.64 4928 64% 21% 20% 30% 29% 79% 1% 51% 75% 42% 4% 83 9 12% 249 128 7% 154 100 31% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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 23 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 34 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 46 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 48 27 10 15 6

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 23 71 249 234 34 52 8 0 11 28 1 14 79 .222 .265 .397 .662 25 71
2005 24 118 428 400 40 96 21 1 12 47 2 23 94 .240 .285 .388 .673 43 118
2006 25 114 401 368 35 88 20 1 11 47 0 25 84 .239 .299 .389 .688 41 114
2007 26 113 399 347 40 77 18 0 18 46 0 36 92 .222 .308 .429 .738 44 113
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
6 Seasons 584 2096 1905 213 442 102 7 69 252 4 149 500 .232 .295 .402 .696 220 584
162 Game Avg. 162 581 528 59 123 28 2 19 70 1 41 139 .232 .295 .402 .696 61 584

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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