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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 School: Taylorsville HS (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 2004-2012
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Jun 1, 2012, 6:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1666. Bill Almon… #1667. Danny Hoffman… #1668. Cesar Izturis… #1669. JOHN BUCK… #1670. Jack Cust… #1671. Mike Lum… #1672. Rebel Oakes… 

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 38 147 122 7 20 4 0 4 13 0 0 24 37 .164 .299 .295 .594 60 36 4 0 0 1 2 *2
9 Yrs 880 3230 2910 319 691 148 8 110 395 4 11 245 763 .237 .303 .407 .711 88 1185 68 40 12 23 16
162 Game Avg. 162 595 536 59 127 27 1 20 73 1 2 45 140 .237 .303 .407 .711 88 218 13 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) 178 677 588 48 126 19 1 20 70 0 1 78 152 .214 .313 .352 .665 81 207 15 7 2 2 9
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) 178 677 588 48 126 19 1 20 70 0 1 78 152 .214 .313 .352 .665 81 207 15 7 2 2 9

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 38 147 -8 -0 -0 4 2 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .494 .498 -0.3 0.7 -2 $ *2
9 Seasons 880 3230 -61 -9 -6 -46 46 -75 -6.6 105 30 3.1 .491 .495 7.4 0.9 76 $13,208,000
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) 178 677 -17 -3 -2 -1 10 -12 -1.2 19 6 0.6 .492 .496 0.6 1.1 7 $5,000,000
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

Standard Fielding

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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 38 38 38 342.1 290 259 26 5 2 .983 4 4 13 14 7.49 7.50 .991 8.31 8.23 2 3 20 9 31% 28% 0
9 Seasons C 847 807 749 7142.2 5721 5388 282 51 45 .991 -15 -46 -3 -7 7.14 6.69 .991 7.37 7.29 37 294 417 138 25% 28% 10
9 Seasons TOT 847 807 749 7142.2 5721 5388 282 51 45 .991 -15 -46 -3 -7 7.14 6.69 .991 7.37 7.29 37 294 417 138 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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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 *

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 NL  0.7 (8th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2010 AL  112 (5th)
2011 NL  135 (2nd)
Active  847 (10th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2010 AL  733 (5th)
2011 NL  1,008 (1st)
Active  5,388 (9th)
Career  5,388 (89th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2005 AL  56 (4th)
Active  282 (17th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2007 AL  8 (3rd)
2008 AL  8 (5th)
2009 AL  8 (1st)
2012 NL  5 (2nd)
Active  51 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2011 NL  7 (5th)
Active  37 (13th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2008 AL  59 (3rd)
2011 NL  83 (3rd)
Active  417 (7th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2005 AL  31 (4th)
Active  138 (15th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2012 NL  4 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
Active  7.14 (19th)
Career  7.14 (52nd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2008 AL  7.24 (5th)
Active  6.69 (14th)
Career  6.69 (36th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2005 AL  .996 (3rd)
2010 AL  .994 (5th)
Active  .991 (15th)
Career  .991 (61st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2197), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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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
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$6,000,000
201332Miami Marlins$6,000,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$13,208,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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