Billy Buckner
William Jennings Buckner
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 27, 1983 in Decatur, GA
High School: Salem (Conyers, GA)
School: University of South Carolina
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 20, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 2007
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2007 23 KCR AL 1 2 .333 5.29 7 5 1 0 0 0 34.0 37 20 20 5 16 0 17 0 0 0 143 86 1.559 9.8 1.3 4.2 4.5 1.06
2008 24 ARI NL 1 0 1.000 3.21 10 0 5 0 0 0 14.0 16 5 5 3 4 1 11 1 0 2 59 144 1.429 10.3 1.9 2.6 7.1 2.75
2009 25 ARI NL 4 6 .400 6.40 16 13 0 0 0 0 77.1 94 57 55 12 29 0 64 3 0 6 342 71 1.591 10.9 1.4 3.4 7.4 2.21
3 Seasons 6 8 .429 5.74 33 18 6 0 0 0 125.1 147 82 80 20 49 1 92 4 0 8 544 80 1.564 10.6 1.4 3.5 6.6 1.88
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .429 5.74 44 24 8 0 0 0 167 196 109 107 27 65 1 123 5 0 11 725 80 1.564 10.6 1.4 3.5 6.6 1.88
ARI (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 5.91 26 13 5 0 0 0 91.1 110 62 60 15 33 1 75 4 0 8 401 78 1.566 10.8 1.5 3.3 7.4 2.27
KCR (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.29 7 5 1 0 0 0 34.0 37 20 20 5 16 0 17 0 0 0 143 86 1.559 9.8 1.3 4.2 4.5 1.06
NL (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 5.91 26 13 5 0 0 0 91.1 110 62 60 15 33 1 75 4 0 8 401 78 1.566 10.8 1.5 3.3 7.4 2.27
AL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.29 7 5 1 0 0 0 34.0 37 20 20 5 16 0 17 0 0 0 143 86 1.559 9.8 1.3 4.2 4.5 1.06

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 KCR AL 7 143 126 20 37 11 1 5 1 0 16 17 .294 .371 .516 .887 .305 65 9 0 0 1 0
2008 24 ARI NL 10 59 54 5 16 3 0 3 0 0 4 11 .296 .356 .519 .874 .325 28 4 1 0 0 1
2009 25 ARI NL 16 342 307 57 94 15 2 12 4 2 29 64 .306 .371 .485 .856 .353 149 13 3 2 1 0
3 Seasons 33 544 487 82 147 29 3 20 5 2 49 92 .302 .369 .497 .866 .337 242 26 4 2 2 1
162 Game Avg. 44 725 649 109 196 39 4 27 7 3 65 123 .302 .369 .497 .866 .337 323 35 5 3 3 1
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2007 23 KCR AL 7 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 4 .200 1 0 0 0 1 20% 42 60 23 2 1 0 3 3.6 5.0 5.3 87 2 3 0 0 98
2009 25 ARI NL 16 13 4 6 3 1 0 5 8 .385 2 1 0 0 5 38% 45 67 8 17 10 0 8 4.3 4.7 5.6 93 1 7 5 0 108
2 Seasons 23 18 5 8 5 1 0 6 12 .333 3 1 0 0 6 33% 44 67 8 19 11 0 11 4.1 4.8 5.5 91 3 10 5 0 108
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2007 23 KCR AL 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0.644 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 11.5 48
2008 24 ARI NL 10 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 9 0.310 1 1 8 3 1 6 2 8 4 0 4 1 4.2 24
2009 25 ARI NL 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 1.016 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 4.0 30
3 Seasons 33 15 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 0.842 1 2 12 3 2 10 4 11 8 1 8 1 5.1 28

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2007 23 KCR AL 143 57% 3.5% 11.9% 11.2% 11.9% 46% 0.73 1.21 73% 25% 8.9% 11% 30 9 30%
2008 24 ARI NL 59 46% 5.1% 18.6% 6.8% 10.2% 38% 0.65 0.94 68% 21% 13.0% 12% 15 4 27%
2009 25 ARI NL 342 49% 3.5% 18.7% 8.5% 8.5% 31% 0.97 1.50 68% 22% 10.8% 9% 71 13 18%
3 Seasons 544 51% 3.7% 16.9% 9.0% 9.6% 35% 0.86 1.33 69% 23% 10.5% 10% 116 26 22%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 KCR AL 143 529 3.70 316 60% 27% 13% 25% 35% 73% 0% 44% 82% 53% 3% 5 4 17% 24 10 0 24% 3 1 0 0 0
2008 24 ARI NL 59 235 3.98 136 58% 38% 14% 17% 32% 63% 4% 36% 78% 53% 8% 5 4 15% 9 4 1 55% 2 0 0 0 0
2009 25 ARI NL 342 1301 3.80 804 62% 24% 18% 27% 31% 76% 0% 47% 76% 58% 4% 15 10 21% 71 40 4 17% 15 5 0 0 0
3 Seasons 544 2065 3.80 1256 61% 26% 17% 25% 32% 74% 0% 45% 78% 56% 5% 25 18 19% 104 54 5 23% 20 6 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2007 23 KCR AL 143 37 1 0 5 0 0 1 4 0 5 5 4 0 80% 0 0 0 57 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 24 ARI NL 59 16 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 0 67% 0 2 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 25 ARI NL 342 94 13 1 12 0 4 7 5 9 3 19 12 2 63% 4 6 0 123 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
3 Seasons 544 147 17 1 20 0 6 10 10 11 9 27 18 2 67% 4 8 0 203 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2007 23 1 2 .333 5.29 7 5 1 0 0 0 34.0 37 20 20 5 16 0 17 0 0 0 143 86 1.559 9.8 1.3 4.2 4.5 1.06 86
2008 24 2 2 .500 4.69 17 5 6 0 0 0 48.0 53 25 25 8 20 1 28 1 0 2 202 98 1.521 9.9 1.5 3.8 5.3 1.40 98
2009 25 6 8 .429 5.74 33 18 6 0 0 0 125.1 147 82 80 20 49 1 92 4 0 8 544 80 1.564 10.6 1.4 3.5 6.6 1.88 80

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2007 23 1 2 .333 5.52 31.0 35 21 19 5 15 16 0 1.613 10.2 4.4 4.6 1.07 1.5 7
2008 24 1 0 1.000 3.46 13.0 15 6 5 3 4 10 1 1.462 10.4 2.8 6.9 2.50 2.1 10
2009 25 3 5 .375 5.96 74.0 89 54 49 11 27 61 3 1.568 10.8 3.3 7.4 2.26 1.3 16
3 Seasons 5 7 .417 5.57 118.0 139 81 73 19 46 87 4 1.568 10.6 6.6 1.89 1.4 33

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