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John Buck

Johnathan Richard Buck (twitter: @14Buckshot)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: July 7, 1980 in Kemmerer, WY
High Schools: Taylorsville HS (Taylorsville, UT), Taylorsville HS (Salt Lake City, 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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Royals/Marlins/BlueJays 2004-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$18M (11-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 8.101, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Doug Rogalski [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 11:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1731. Ivy Olson… #1732. Jack Boyle… #1733. Larry McLean… #1734. JOHN BUCK… #1735. Don Gutteridge… #1736. Jeff Reed… #1737. Kazuo Matsui… 

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 80 101 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 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 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 .782 104 90 2 1 1 1 0 2D
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/D 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
2012 31 MIA NL 106 398 343 29 66 15 1 12 41 0 0 49 103 .192 .297 .347 .644 75 119 8 3 1 2 5 2
9 Yrs 948 3481 3131 341 737 159 9 118 423 4 11 270 829 .235 .303 .405 .708 87 1268 72 43 13 24 19
162 Game Avg. 162 595 535 58 126 27 2 20 72 1 2 46 142 .235 .303 .405 .708 87 217 12 7 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
MIA (2 yrs) 246 928 809 70 172 30 2 28 98 0 1 103 218 .213 .308 .358 .667 82 290 19 10 3 3 12
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 (2 yrs) 246 928 809 70 172 30 2 28 98 0 1 103 218 .213 .308 .358 .667 82 290 19 10 3 3 12

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 23 KCR AL 71 258 -9 -0 -0 -4 4 -10 -0.9 8 -2 -0.1 .486 .494 0.2 0.1 2 2/D RoY-8
2005 24 KCR AL 118 430 -13 -2 -0 -5 6 -13 -1.2 15 1 0.1 .489 .492 0.6 0.2 6 $318,500 *2
2006 25 KCR AL 114 409 -10 -2 -0 -1 6 -7 -0.6 14 7 0.7 .494 .496 0.8 0.6 8 $349,500 *2
2007 26 KCR AL 113 399 -4 -0 -1 -9 6 -9 -0.8 13 4 0.4 .492 .495 1.3 -0.2 13 $440,000 *2
2008 27 KCR AL 109 418 -12 -1 -1 -12 6 -20 -1.8 14 -6 -0.5 .482 .488 0.6 -0.4 6 $2,200,000 2
2009 28 KCR AL 59 202 -0 -1 -0 -3 2 -3 -0.2 7 4 0.4 .495 .498 0.7 -0.1 7 $2,900,000 2D
2010 29 TOR AL 118 437 6 0 -1 -11 6 0 0.2 15 15 1.5 .500 .500 2.6 -0.4 26 $2,000,000 *2/D AS
2011 30 FLA NL 140 530 -9 -2 -1 -5 8 -10 -1.1 15 4 0.4 .492 .493 0.9 0.3 10 $5,000,000 *2
2012 31 MIA NL 106 398 -12 -2 -1 2 6 -7 -0.7 11 4 0.4 .493 .495 0.1 0.9 2 $6,000,000 2
9 Seasons 948 3481 -65 -11 -6 -48 50 -80 -7.1 112 32 3.3 .491 .494 7.8 1.1 80 $19,208,000
KCR (6 yrs) 584 2116 -49 -6 -4 -34 30 -62 -5.5 72 9 1.0 .489 .494 4.2 0.2 43 $6,208,000
MIA (2 yrs) 246 928 -21 -5 -2 -3 14 -17 -1.8 26 8 0.8 .492 .494 1.0 1.3 11 $11,000,000
TOR (1 yr) 118 437 6 0 -1 -11 6 0 0.2 15 15 1.5 .500 .500 2.6 -0.4 26 $2,000,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2004 KCR AL 23 C 68 66 63 575.0 393 376 14 3 4 .992 -3 -4 -6 -8 6.10 5.74 .992 7.12 7.07 7 26 30 14 32% 32% 0 RoY-8
2004 KCR AL 23 DH 3 3 RoY-8
2005 KCR AL 24 C 117 112 108 976.2 699 640 56 3 5 .996 3 -5 4 -6 6.41 5.95 .992 6.79 6.72 3 51 60 31 34% 30% 6
2006 KCR AL 25 C 112 107 96 930.1 658 615 37 6 7 .991 -5 -1 -6 -1 6.31 5.82 .992 7.09 6.99 5 56 33 17 34% 30% 1
2007 KCR AL 26 C 112 104 90 924.1 734 697 29 8 6 .989 -1 -9 -1 -12 7.07 6.48 .991 7.28 7.20 3 31 44 12 21% 27% 0
2008 KCR AL 27 C 107 106 104 950.1 783 751 24 8 6 .990 -6 -12 -8 -15 7.34 7.24 .991 7.26 7.19 4 42 59 12 17% 27% 0
2009 KCR AL 28 C 46 41 39 366.2 331 309 14 8 4 .976 -5 -3 -16 -10 7.93 7.02 .992 7.48 7.39 2 15 41 8 16% 26% 1
2009 KCR AL 28 DH 12 8
2010 TOR AL 29 C 112 104 100 933.0 778 733 40 5 6 .994 1 -11 1 -14 7.46 6.90 .990 7.44 7.37 4 39 47 18 28% 26% 1 AS
2010 TOR AL 29 DH 4 4 AS
2011 FLA NL 30 C 135 129 111 1144.0 1055 1008 42 5 5 .995 -3 -5 -3 -5 8.26 7.78 .992 7.98 7.96 7 31 83 17 17% 28% 1
2012 MIA NL 31 C 105 103 101 915.0 779 715 57 7 4 .991 6 2 7 3 7.59 7.35 .992 8.36 8.26 7 16 48 18 27% 27% 0
9 Seasons C 914 872 812 7715.1 6210 5844 313 53 47 .991 -13 -48 -2 -7 7.18 6.74 .992 7.44 7.37 42 307 445 147 25% 28% 10
9 Seasons TOT 914 872 812 7715.1 6210 5844 313 53 47 .991 -13 -48 -2 -7 7.18 6.74 .992 7.44 7.37 42 307 445 147 25% 28% 10
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2010 AL  112 (5th)
2011 NL  135 (2nd)
Active  914 (9th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2010 AL  733 (5th)
2011 NL  1,008 (1st)
Active  5,844 (10th)
Career  5,844 (75th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2005 AL  56 (4th)
Active  313 (17th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2007 AL  8 (3rd)
2008 AL  8 (5th)
2009 AL  8 (1st)
2012 NL  7 (4th)
Active  53 (7th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
2006 AL  7 (3rd)
2010 AL  6 (3rd)
Active  47 (11th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2011 NL  7 (5th)
Active  42 (12th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2008 AL  59 (3rd)
2011 NL  83 (3rd)
Active  445 (8th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2005 AL  31 (4th)
Active  147 (18th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
Active  7.18 (24th)
Career  7.18 (53rd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2008 AL  7.24 (5th)
Active  6.74 (16th)
Career  6.74 (34th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2005 AL  .996 (3rd)
2010 AL  .994 (5th)
Active  .991 (16th)
Career  .991 (52nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1791), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2219), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (325th), 3.3 career WAR/3.9 7yr-peak WAR/3.6 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jason LaRue (950)
  2. Rod Barajas (947)
  3. Jody Davis (946)
  4. Rich Gedman (940)
  5. Joe Oliver (939)
  6. Bo Diaz (930)
  7. Damian Miller (927)
  8. John Romano (926)
  9. Russell Martin (925)
  10. Greg Myers (924)
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  1. Jody Davis (950)
  2. Rich Gedman (942)
  3. Darren Daulton (942)
  4. Andy Seminick (940)
  5. Miguel Olivo (939)
  6. Tom Haller (935)
  7. Ed Bailey (927)
  8. Joe Oliver (923)
  9. Randy Hundley (922)
  10. Sherm Lollar (922)
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  1. Charles Johnson (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Randy Hundley (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Charles Johnson (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Barry Foote (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Miguel Olivo (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Andy Seminick (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Andy Seminick (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jody Davis (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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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 Notes/Other Sources
200524Kansas City Royals$318,500
200625Kansas City Royals$349,500
200726Kansas City Royals$440,000
200827Kansas City Royals$2,200,000
200928Kansas City Royals$2,900,000
201029Toronto Blue Jays$2,000,000
201130Florida Marlins$5,000,000
201231Miami Marlins$6,000,000contracts
201332New York Mets$6,000,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$19,208,000Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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