Billy Buckner

William Jennings Buckner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 27, 1983 in Decatur, GA
High School: Salem HS (Conyers, GA)
School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
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
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Royals 2007-2010
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.026, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Pitching

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
2004	20	KCR-min	Rk	2	1	.667	3.30	7	5	0	0	0	0	30.0	36	14	11	4	4	0	37	1	0	3	128		1.333	10.8	1.2	1.2	11.1	9.25	IDF · PION
2005	21	KCR-min	A+,A	8	13	.381	4.78	28	28	0	0	0	0	154.1	171	101	82	19	63	0	152	6	2	17	690		1.516	10.0	1.1	3.7	8.9	2.41	HDS,BUR · CALL,MIDW
2006	22	KCR-min	A+,AA	12	4	.750	4.24	29	29	0	0	0	0	165.2	170	84	78	13	86	0	148	9	0	16	741		1.545	9.2	0.7	4.7	8.0	1.72	HDS,WCH · CALL,TL
2007	23	KCR-min	AAA,AA	10	10	.500	3.92	31	18	4	0	0	0	124.0	128	59	54	15	32	1	96	5	1	4	524		1.290	9.3	1.1	2.3	7.0	3.00	OMA,WCH · PCL,TL
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	87	1.559	9.8	1.3	4.2	4.5	1.06
2008	24	ARI-min	AAA	5	10	.333	4.95	21	20	0	0	0	0	116.1	136	74	64	9	43	1	69	4	0	7	517		1.539	10.5	0.7	3.3	5.3	1.60	TUC · PCL
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	146	1.429	10.3	1.9	2.6	7.1	2.75
2009	25	ARI-min	AAA	9	3	.750	3.32	18	16	1	1	1	0	103.0	91	41	38	5	45	1	96	1	0	13	436		1.320	8.0	0.4	3.9	8.4	2.13	REN · PCL
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	70	1.591	10.9	1.4	3.4	7.4	2.21
2010	26	ARI-DET-min	AAA	6	6	.500	6.25	15	15	0	1	0	0	80.2	100	63	56	10	33	0	48	8	0	10	372		1.649	11.2	1.1	3.7	5.4	1.45	REN,TOL · PCL,IL
2010	26	ARI	NL	0	3	.000	11.08	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.0	26	17	16	4	5	0	11	2	0	1	72	39	2.385	18.0	2.8	3.5	7.6	2.20
2011	27	COL-min	AAA	4	8	.333	6.03	23	21	1	0	0	0	109.0	136	91	73	12	52	0	80	7	0	12	508		1.725	11.2	1.0	4.3	6.6	1.54	CSP · PCL
2012	28	BOS-min	AA	4	3	.571	3.20	10	10	0	1	0	0	56.1	51	20	20	6	17	0	51	4	1	4	235		1.207	8.1	1.0	2.7	8.1	3.00	PRT · EL
4 Yrs				6	11	.353	6.25	36	21	6	0	0	0	138.1	173	99	96	24	54	1	103	6	0	9	616	72	1.641	11.3	1.6	3.5	6.7	1.91
162 Game Avg.				7	13	.353	6.25	43	25	7	0	0	0	165	206	118	115	29	64	1	123	7	0	11	735	72	1.641	11.3	1.6	3.5	6.7	1.91

ARI (3 yrs)				5	9	.357	6.56	29	16	5	0	0	0	104.1	136	79	76	19	38	1	86	6	0	9	473	68	1.668	11.7	1.6	3.3	7.4	2.26
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	87	1.559	9.8	1.3	4.2	4.5	1.06

NL (3 yrs)				5	9	.357	6.56	29	16	5	0	0	0	104.1	136	79	76	19	38	1	86	6	0	9	473	68	1.668	11.7	1.6	3.3	7.4	2.26
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	87	1.559	9.8	1.3	4.2	4.5	1.06

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2007	23	KCR	AL	34.0	7	5	20	5.29	4.90	0.25	0.06	102.8	4.85	-2	-0.2	.2	-0.0	0.1	3	.473	.499	$
2008	24	ARI	NL	14.0	10	0	5	3.21	4.35	-0.20	-0.32	105.9	4.48	2	0.2	.4	-0.1	0.2	3	.521	.501	$
2009	25	ARI	NL	77.1	16	13	57	6.63	4.55	0.03	0.15	103.1	4.82	-16	-1.5	.7	-0.0	-1.0	-8	.407	.491	$403,000
2010	26	ARI	NL	13.0	3	3	17	11.77	4.40	0.20	0.17	103.4	4.51	-11	-0.8		-0.0	-0.7	-9	.231	.495	$
4 Seasons				138.1	36	21	99	6.44	4.60	0.07	0.08	103.3	4.77	-26	-2.3	.4	-0.2	-1.4	-12	.437	.496	$403,000

ARI (3 yrs)				104.1	29	16	79	6.81	4.51	0.02	0.09	103.5	4.74	-24	-2.1	.5	-0.1	-1.5	-14	.428	.496	$403,000
KCR (1 yr)				34.0	7	5	20	5.29	4.90	0.25	0.06	102.8	4.85	-2	-0.2	.2	-0.0	0.1	3	.473	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	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	0
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	4
2010	26	ARI	NL	3	72	64	17	26	4	0	4	1	1	5	11	.406	.458	.656	1.115	.440	42	0	2	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				36	616	551	99	173	33	3	24	6	3	54	103	.314	.379	.515	.895	.349	284	26	6	2	3	1	5
162 Game Avg.				43	735	657	118	206	39	4	29	7	4	64	123	.314	.379	.515	.895	.349	339	31	7	2	4	1	6
MLB Averages																.263	.332	.415	.747	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2007	23	KCR	AL	-1.8	-0.2	145	-0.3	1.6	-2.0	.64	-0.5	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.64	-3.8	0	0	2
2008	24	ARI	NL	2.4	0.2	61	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.30	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.30	-1.3	1	1	8
2009	25	ARI	NL	-14.6	-1.4	355	-0.8	6.2	-7.0	1.02	-1.5	0.7	-13.8	-1.3	1.02	-15.4	0	1	2
2010	26	ARI	NL	-9.0	-0.8	75	-0.8	1.0	-1.8	1.05	-0.9	0.1	-10.5	-0.9	1.05	-9.2	0	0	0
4 Yrs				-23.1	-2.1	636	-1.9	9.2	-11.1	.87	-3.1	0.9	-24.3	-2.2	0.87	-29.7	1	2	12

Starting Pitching*

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%	41.8	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%	44.6	67	8	17	10	0	8	4.3	4.7	5.6	93	1	7	5	0	108
2010	26	ARI	NL	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	26.3	50	11	3	2	0	2	1.7	1.9	4.3	83	2	1	0	0	90
3 Yrs				26	21	5	11	5	1	0	6	15	.286	3	1	0	0	6	29%	41	67	8	22	13	0	13	3.8	4.4	5.4	90	5	11	5	0	108
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	100	-12					4.7	4.6	5.8	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	2	0	0%	3	.645	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	11.5	50
2008	24	ARI	NL	10	10	5	1	3	2	67%	9	.299	1	1	8	3	1	6	2	8	4	0	4	1	4.2	24
2009	25	ARI	NL	16	3	0	0	1	0	0%	6	1.022	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	0	4.0	30
3 Yrs				33	15	6	1	6	2	33%		.844	1	2	12	3	2	10	4	11	8	1	8	1	5.1	28

Ratio Pitching*

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	43%	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	54%	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	51%	3.5%	18.7%	8.5%	8.5%	31%	0.96	1.50	68%	22%	10.8%	9%	71	13	18%
2010	26	ARI	NL	72	65%	5.6%	15.3%	6.9%	11.1%	31%	0.86	1.08	69%	20%	15.4%	10%	16	0	0%
4 Yrs				616	51%	3.9%	16.7%	8.8%	9.7%	35%	0.85	1.31	69%	22%	11.1%	10%	132	26	20%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.8%	8.7%	7.8%	34%	0.79	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	144	532	3.69	318	60%	27%	13%	25%	35%	73%	0%	44%	82%	53%	3%	5	4	17%	25	10	0	24%	3	1	-1	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	343	1304	3.80	806	62%	24%	18%	27%	31%	76%	0%	47%	76%	58%	4%	15	10	21%	72	40	4	17%	15	5	-1	0	0
2010	26	ARI	NL	72	248	3.44	159	64%	29%	13%	24%	34%	71%	0%	46%	81%	56%	3%	2	0	25%	18	12	3	18%	2	2	0	0	0
4 Yrs				618	2319	3.75	1419	61%	27%	16%	25%	32%	73%	0%	45%	78%	56%	4%	27	18	20%	124	66	8	22%	22	8	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	58%	5%			22%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
2010	26	ARI	NL	72	26	4	0	4	0	3	4	0	2	2	2	2	0	100%	1	1	0	32	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
4 Yrs				616	173	21	1	24	0	9	14	10	13	11	29	20	2	69%	5	9	0	235	6	3	67%	6	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	14	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	34.0	37	20	20	5	16	0	17	0	0	143	87	1.559	9.8	1.3	4.2	4.5	1.06	87
2008	24	2	2	.500	4.69	17	5	6	48.0	53	25	25	8	20	1	28	1	2	202	99	1.521	9.9	1.5	3.8	5.3	1.40	99
2009	25	6	8	.429	5.74	33	18	6	125.1	147	82	80	20	49	1	92	4	8	544	79	1.564	10.6	1.4	3.5	6.6	1.88	79
2010	26	6	11	.353	6.25	36	21	6	138.1	173	99	96	24	54	1	103	6	9	616	72	1.641	11.3	1.6	3.5	6.7	1.91	72

Neutralized Pitching

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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	5.70	30.0	36	21	19	5	16	15	0	1.733	10.8	4.8	4.5	0.94	1.5	7
2008	24	1	0	1.000	2.77	13.0	15	4	4	3	4	10	1	1.462	10.4	2.8	6.9	2.50	2.1	10
2009	25	2	6	.250	6.41	73.0	91	58	52	12	28	61	3	1.630	11.2	3.5	7.5	2.18	1.5	16
2010	26	0	1	.000	10.38	13.0	25	17	15	4	5	11	2	2.308	17.3	3.5	7.6	2.20	2.8	3
4 Yrs		4	9	.308	6.28	129.0	167	100	90	24	53	97	6	1.705	11.7		6.8	1.83	1.7	36

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