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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
2004 KCR AL 23 C 68 66 575.0 393 376 14 3 4 .992 -3.0 -6.3 -3 6.10 5.74 .992 7.12 6.19 6 26 30 14 32% RoY-8
2004 KCR AL 23 DH 3 RoY-8
2005 KCR AL 24 C 117 112 976.2 698 638 57 3 4 .996 3.0 3.7 3 6.40 5.94 .992 6.80 5.96 3 51 60 31 34%
2006 KCR AL 25 C 112 107 930.1 658 616 36 6 6 .991 -5.0 -6.4 -5 6.31 5.82 .992 7.09 6.32 5 56 33 17 34%
2007 KCR AL 26 C 112 104 924.1 734 697 29 8 6 .989 -1.0 -1.3 -1 7.07 6.48 .991 7.28 6.41 3 31 44 12 21%
2008 KCR AL 27 C 107 106 950.1 783 751 24 8 6 .990 -6.0 -7.6 -6 7.34 7.24 .991 7.26 6.47 4 42 59 12 17%
2009 KCR AL 28 C 46 41 366.2 331 309 14 8 4 .976 7.93 7.02 .992 7.48 6.63 2 41 8 16%
2009 KCR AL 28 DH 8 0 0 0
6 Seasons C 562 536 4723.1 3597 3387 174 36 30 .990 -12.0 -3.0 -12 6.79 6.34 .992 7.14 6.30 23 206 267 94 26%
2 Seasons DH 11 0 0 0
6 Seasons TOT 562 536 4723.1 3597 3387 174 36 30 .990 -12.0 -3.0 -12 6.79 6.34 .982 7.14 6.30 23 206 267 94 26%

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
2004 KCR AL 23 71 69 71 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
2005 KCR AL 24 118 112 118 117 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 KCR AL 25 114 107 114 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 KCR AL 26 113 104 113 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008 KCR AL 27 109 106 109 107 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2009 KCR AL 28 59 49 59 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0
6 Seasons 584 547 584 562 0 562 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 16 1
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
2004 KCR AL 23 2654 5.29 5.92 20 100% 2 0 376 18 2 7 348 14 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 1 4 100%
2005 KCR AL 24 4563 5.61 6.07 39 92% 1 1 640 25 2 15 597 56 11 0 1 10 3 0 1 2 0 5 0 1 1 10 70%
2006 KCR AL 25 4320 5.71 6.11 29 90% 0 0 615 17 2 16 579 37 7 0 0 9 6 0 0 6 0 7 0 0 1 5 60%
2007 KCR AL 26 4108 4.40 4.84 35 86% 2 0 697 16 0 12 668 29 14 0 0 5 8 0 3 5 0 6 0 0 0 8 88%
2008 KCR AL 27 4223 4.52 4.92 32 94% 0 0 751 24 2 9 713 24 5 1 0 5 8 1 1 6 0 6 0 1 2 4 100%
2009 KCR AL 28 1693 5.18 5.67 12 100% 0 0 309 10 0 9 290 14 2 0 0 2 8 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 100%
6 Seasons 21561 5.10 5.56 167 92% 5 1 3388 110 8 68 3195 174 41 1 1 32 36 1 7 28 0 32 0 3 5 32 81%
MLB Averages 4.39 4.77 92% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
2004 KCR AL 23 7 26 996 30 14 7 32% 21 13 9 1 0 0 0 0 88 21 1.36 0.99
2005 KCR AL 24 3 51 1745 60 31 26 34% 49 26 10 2 1 3 6 3 146 43 1.14 1.25
2006 KCR AL 25 5 56 1654 33 17 13 34% 27 17 6 0 0 0 1 0 133 23 1.22 0.96
2007 KCR AL 26 3 31 1546 44 12 9 21% 38 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 102 19 1.03 1.12
2008 KCR AL 27 4 42 1525 59 12 7 17% 49 10 10 2 0 0 0 0 132 20 1.05 1.20
2009 KCR AL 28 2 15 628 41 8 8 16% 35 6 6 2 0 0 1 0 74 12 1.26 2.12
6 Seasons 24 221 8094 267 94 70 26% 219 81 47 10 1 3 8 3 675 138 1.16 1.21
MLB Averages 28% 1.27 1.23

* 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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