Travis Buck
Travis G. Buck
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 18, 1983 in Richland, WA
High School: Richland (Richland, WA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed July 15, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2007
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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
2007 23 OAK AL 82 334 285 41 82 22 5 7 34 4 1 39 66 .288 .377 .474 .850 129 135 9 4 2 4 2 97/8
2008 24 OAK AL 38 172 155 16 35 9 1 7 25 1 0 11 38 .226 .291 .432 .723 93 67 2 4 0 2 0 97
2009 25 OAK AL 36 115 105 11 23 3 0 3 10 1 1 10 20 .219 .287 .333 .620 64 35 0 0 0 0 0 9/7
3 Seasons 156 621 545 68 140 34 6 17 69 6 2 60 124 .257 .336 .435 .771 107 237 11 8 2 6 2
162 Game Avg. 162 645 566 71 145 35 6 18 72 6 2 62 129 .257 .336 .435 .771 107 246 11 8 2 6 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2007 23 OAK AL 334 219 52 6.3 102 .347 .288 .264 .377 .330 .474 .412 .850 .743 129 .603 13.8 1.3 .850 .333 .186 5.1
2008 24 OAK AL 172 124 20 4.3 101 .250 .226 .262 .291 .329 .432 .412 .723 .741 93 .436 -1.8 -0.2 .680 .284 .206 1.8
2009 25 OAK AL 115 83 11 3.5 106 .244 .219 .265 .287 .333 .333 .425 .620 .759 64 .341 -5.7 -0.5 .542 .210 .114 1.5
3 Seasons 621 426 83 5.2 102 .300 .257 .263 .336 .331 .435 .415 .771 .745 107 .515 6.3 0.6 .739 .295 .178 8.9
162 Game Avg. 645 442 86 5.2 102 .300 .257 .263 .336 .331 .435 .415 .771 .745 107 .515 7 1 .739 .295 .178 9

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 23 OAK AL 334 2.1% 19.8% 11.7% 10.2% 42% 1.69 4.3 40.7 8.4 0.85 1.29 65% 20% 6.7% 13%
2008 24 OAK AL 172 4.1% 22.1% 6.4% 9.9% 49% 3.45 4.1 22.1 6.2 0.82 1.13 65% 16% 12.3% 12%
2009 25 OAK AL 115 2.6% 17.4% 8.7% 5.2% 26% 2.00 5.3 35.0 10.5 0.46 0.55 71% 22% 6.7% 21%
3 Seasons 621 2.7% 20.0% 9.7% 9.2% 41% 2.07 4.4 32.1 7.9 0.75 1.04 66% 19% 8.3% 15%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 23 OAK AL 4 0 29% 160 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 39% 17 12 5 6 3 3 16 9 7
2008 24 OAK AL 1 0 21% 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17% 5 4 1 5 4 1 2 1 0
2009 25 OAK AL 1 0 27% 31 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 38% 3 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 0
3 Seasons 6 0 27% 229 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 34% 25 18 7 14 8 6 20 12 7
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2007 23 OAK AL 334 78% 82 12 2 2 1 0 1 2.21 7 0 8 3 4 3 4 0 3 2 67% 56 9 16% 30 10 33% 198 28 14% 12 6 50% 20 10 50% 0
2008 24 OAK AL 172 71% 35 5 1 1 0 0 0 2.13 7 0 5 6 1 3 4 0 0 0 28 2 7% 14 5 36% 112 19 17% 11 6 55% 14 6 43% 0
2009 25 OAK AL 115 88% 23 4 0 6 0 0 0 1.75 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0% 25 0 0% 19 4 21% 87 7 8% 3 1 33% 11 5 45% 0
3 Seasons 621 78% 140 21 3 9 1 0 1 1.89 17 0 16 12 5 8 9 0 5 2 40% 109 11 10% 63 19 30% 397 54 14% 26 13 50% 45 21 47% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 OAK AL 334 1257 3.76 759 60% 26% 16% 28% 30% 74% 1% 44% 78% 27% 5% 17 0 17% 56 20 9% 29 15 26% 0 0 0
2008 24 OAK AL 172 612 3.56 403 66% 30% 15% 25% 30% 70% 0% 46% 78% 28% 3% 6 0 13% 22 5 5% 9 2 21% 0 0 0
2009 25 OAK AL 115 413 3.59 270 65% 22% 17% 29% 31% 78% 0% 51% 78% 35% 3% 4 0 13% 15 7 6% 7 3 25% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 621 2282 3.67 1432 63% 27% 16% 27% 30% 73% 1% 46% 78% 29% 4% 27 0 15% 93 32 7% 45 20 24% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 82 334 285 41 82 22 5 7 34 4 1 39 66 .288 .377 .474 .850 129 135 9 4 2 4 2
2008 24 120 506 440 57 117 31 6 14 59 5 1 50 104 .266 .347 .459 .806 117 202 11 8 2 6 2
2009 25 156 621 545 68 140 34 6 17 69 6 2 60 124 .257 .336 .435 .771 107 237 11 8 2 6 2

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 23 82 336 288 42 85 23 5 7 35 4 40 66 .295 .384 .483 .867 53 82
2008 24 38 176 158 17 38 10 1 8 26 1 12 38 .241 .307 .468 .775 21 38
2009 25 36 116 106 11 24 3 0 3 10 1 10 20 .226 .293 .340 .633 11 36
3 Seasons 156 628 552 70 147 36 6 18 71 6 62 124 .266 .346 .451 .797 85 156
162 Game Avg. 162 652 573 73 153 37 6 19 74 6 64 129 .266 .346 .451 .797 88 156

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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