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Travis Buck

Travis George Buck

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 230 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
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$625k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.048, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Standard Batting

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
2008 24 OAK AL 38 172 155 16 35 9 1 7 25 1 0 11 38 .226 .291 .432 .723 94 67 2 4 0 2 0
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
2010 26 OAK AL 14 48 42 6 7 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 14 .167 .255 .286 .541 49 12 0 1 1 0 0
2011 27 CLE AL 50 160 149 18 34 11 0 2 18 1 1 8 30 .228 .275 .342 .617 72 51 3 2 0 1 0 79/D8
5 Seasons 220 829 736 92 181 47 6 20 89 8 3 72 168 .246 .320 .408 .727 97 300 14 11 3 7 2
162 Game Avg. 162 610 542 68 133 35 4 15 66 6 2 53 124 .246 .320 .408 .727 97 221 10 8 2 5 1
OAK (4 yrs) 170 669 587 74 147 36 6 18 71 7 2 64 138 .250 .330 .424 .755 103 249 11 9 3 6 2
CLE (1 yr) 50 160 149 18 34 11 0 2 18 1 1 8 30 .228 .275 .342 .617 72 51 3 2 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 23 OAK AL 334 12 0 0 -1 2 -3 12 23 2.2 20 2.0 0.2 $380,000
2008 24 OAK AL 172 -1 0 0 0 2 -2 5 4 0.4 2 0.2 0.2 $400,000
2009 25 OAK AL 115 -5 0 0 1 -1 -1 4 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $410,000
2010 26 OAK AL 48 -3 -0 -0 0 -2 -1 2 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $410,000
2011 27 CLE AL 160 -6 -0 0 0 3 -2 5 0 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $625,000 79/D8
5 Seasons 829 -3 -0 0 -0 3 -9 28 21 2.0 16 1.6 0.4 $2,225,000
OAK (4 yrs) 669 3 -0 0 -0 1 -7 23 21 2.0 19 1.8 0.2 $1,600,000
CLE (1 yr) 160 -6 -0 0 0 3 -2 5 0 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $625,000

Advanced Batting

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 6.3 101 .347 .288 .264 .377 .330 .474 .412 .850 .742 129 .603 13.8 1.3 .850 .333 .186 5.1
2008 24 OAK AL 172 124 20 4.3 101 .250 .226 .263 .291 .329 .432 .411 .723 .740 94 .436 -1.7 -0.2 .680 .284 .206 1.8
2009 25 OAK AL 115 83 11 3.5 106 .244 .219 .266 .287 .334 .333 .426 .620 .761 64 .341 -5.8 -0.6 .542 .210 .114 1.5
2010 26 OAK AL 48 36 4 3.0 99 .222 .167 .259 .255 .326 .286 .405 .541 .731 49 .303 -3.0 -0.3 .514 .238 .119 1.0
2011 27 CLE AL 160 120 14 3.1 95 .271 .228 .254 .275 .318 .342 .401 .617 .719 72 .329 -5.6 -0.6 .513 .168 .114 1.3
5 Seasons 829 582 101 4.6 101 .290 .246 .261 .320 .328 .408 .411 .727 .739 97 .472 -2.2 -0.3 .678 .266 .162 11.4
162 Game Avg. 610 429 74 4.6 101 .290 .246 .261 .320 .328 .408 .411 .727 .739 97 .472 -2.2 -0.3 .678 .266 .162 8
OAK (4 yrs) 669 462 87 5.0 102 .295 .250 .263 .330 .330 .424 .414 .755 .744 103 .502 3.3 0.3 .722 .291 .174 10.1
CLE (1 yr) 160 120 14 3.1 95 .271 .228 .254 .275 .318 .342 .401 .617 .719 72 .329 -5.6 -0.6 .513 .168 .114 1.3

Ratio Batting*

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%
2010 26 OAK AL 48 2.1% 29.2% 8.3% 6.3% 43% 3.50 3.0 42.0 21.0 0.33 0.44 56% 24% 5.3% 10%
2011 27 CLE AL 160 1.3% 18.8% 5.0% 8.1% 38% 3.75 5.0 74.5 8.3 0.88 1.17 74% 21% 3.7% 16%
5 Seasons 829 2.4% 20.3% 8.7% 8.8% 40% 2.33 4.4 36.8 8.3 0.75 1.02 67% 20% 7.2% 14%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.9% 8.6% 7.8% 33% 2.10 5.0 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 23 OAK AL 13.8 1.3 343 0.8 6.5 -5.7 1.06 1.1 -0.4 11.1 1.1 0.97 13.6 2.20 2
2008 24 OAK AL -1.8 -0.2 173 0.7 3.9 -3.1 1.15 -0.4 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.97 -4.3 2.09 1
2009 25 OAK AL -5.8 -0.6 119 -0.3 1.7 -2.0 .96 -0.4 0.1 -7.0 -0.7 1.02 -6.5 1.74 6
2010 26 OAK AL -3.1 -0.3 49 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 .98 -0.4 -0.1 -2.7 -0.3 0.88 -3.4 0
2011 27 CLE AL -5.6 -0.6 162 -0.2 2.9 -3.1 1.02 -0.5 0.3 -1.8 -0.2 1.01 -3.5 1.36 7
5 Seasons -2.5 -0.3 846 0.5 15.5 -15.0 1.05 -0.5 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.98 -4.1 1.65 16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2010 26 OAK AL 0 0 46% 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14% 4 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
2011 27 CLE AL 2 0 38% 53 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 56% 6 4 2 5 3 2 5 0 5
5 Seasons 8 0 30% 293 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 17 37% 35 26 9 20 12 8 27 13 13

Situational Hitting*

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 2.20 7 0 8 3 4 3 4 0 3 2 67% 56 9 16% 30 10 33% 198 28 14% 12 6 50% 9 6 67% 0
2008 24 OAK AL 172 71% 35 5 1 1 0 0 0 2.09 7 0 5 6 1 3 4 0 0 0 28 2 7% 14 5 36% 112 19 17% 11 6 55% 7 5 71% 0
2009 25 OAK AL 115 88% 23 4 0 6 0 0 0 1.74 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0% 25 0 0% 19 4 21% 87 7 8% 3 1 33% 6 2 33% 0
2010 26 OAK AL 48 79% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 7 2 29% 24 2 8% 6 1 17% 2 1 50% 0
2011 27 CLE AL 160 89% 34 4 0 7 2 0 0 1.36 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 32 3 9% 13 3 23% 104 17 16% 10 5 50% 4 3 75% 0
5 Seasons 829 80% 181 25 3 16 3 0 1 1.65 20 0 20 15 5 11 9 0 6 3 50% 150 14 9% 83 24 29% 525 73 14% 42 19 45% 28 17 61% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2010 26 OAK AL 48 175 3.65 112 64% 27% 22% 25% 26% 73% 0% 47% 70% 27% 4% 2 0 10% 5 3 10% 5 1 29% 0 0 0
2011 27 CLE AL 161 608 3.78 386 63% 23% 17% 28% 31% 77% 0% 49% 77% 29% 5% 8 0 17% 27 14 6% 10 7 20% -1 0 0
5 Seasons 830 3065 3.69 1930 63% 26% 17% 27% 30% 74% 1% 47% 77% 29% 4% 37 0 15% 125 49 7% 60 28 24% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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
2010 26 170 669 587 74 147 36 6 18 71 7 2 64 138 .250 .330 .424 .755 103 249 11 9 3 6 2
2011 27 220 829 736 92 181 47 6 20 89 8 3 72 168 .246 .320 .408 .727 97 300 14 11 3 7 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 82 335 287 42 84 23 5 7 35 4 40 66 .293 .382 .481 .863 52 82
2008 24 38 172 155 16 35 9 1 7 26 1 11 38 .226 .291 .432 .723 19 38
2009 25 36 115 105 11 23 3 0 3 10 1 10 20 .219 .287 .333 .620 10 36
2010 26 14 47 42 6 7 2 0 1 2 1 4 14 .167 .255 .286 .541 3 14
2011 27 50 162 151 20 36 12 0 2 20 1 8 30 .238 .284 .358 .642 15 50
5 Seasons 220 831 740 95 185 49 6 20 93 8 73 168 .250 .324 .414 .737 99 220
162 Game Avg. 162 612 545 70 136 36 4 15 68 6 54 124 .250 .324 .414 .737 73 220

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Similarity Scores

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  8. Bob Bowman (970)
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