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Bucky Dent
Russell Earl Dent
born Russell Earl O'Dey
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 181 lb.

Born: November 25, 1951 in Savannah, GA
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1973
Final Game: September 11, 1984
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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
1973 21 CHW AL 40 132 117 17 29 2 0 0 10 2 3 10 18 .248 .308 .265 .573 60 31 1 1 2 2 0 6/45
1974 22 CHW AL 154 552 496 55 136 15 3 5 45 3 4 28 48 .274 .316 .347 .662 89 172 9 3 23 2 0 *6 RoY-2
1975 23 CHW AL 157 662 602 52 159 29 4 3 58 2 4 36 48 .264 .301 .341 .642 80 205 16 0 15 9 3 *6 AS
1976 24 CHW AL 158 626 562 44 138 18 4 2 52 3 5 43 45 .246 .300 .302 .603 77 170 10 2 17 2 3 *6
1977 25 NYY AL 158 540 477 54 118 18 4 8 49 1 1 39 28 .247 .300 .352 .653 79 168 9 1 14 9 0 *6
1978 26 NYY AL 123 415 379 40 92 11 1 5 40 3 1 23 24 .243 .286 .317 .603 72 120 10 2 6 5 1 *6
1979 27 NYY AL 141 490 431 47 99 14 2 2 32 0 0 37 30 .230 .287 .285 .573 57 123 5 1 13 8 1 *6
1980 28 NYY AL 141 553 489 57 128 26 2 5 52 0 3 48 37 .262 .327 .354 .681 89 173 6 2 9 5 1 *6 AS
1981 29 NYY AL 73 258 227 20 54 11 0 7 27 0 1 19 17 .238 .300 .379 .679 97 86 1 2 8 2 0 *6 AS
1982 30 TOT AL 105 337 306 27 59 10 1 1 23 0 0 21 21 .193 .242 .242 .484 36 74 9 0 7 3 0 6
1982 30 NYY AL 59 173 160 11 27 1 1 0 9 0 0 8 11 .169 .207 .188 .395 11 30 7 0 4 1 0 6
1982 30 TEX AL 46 164 146 16 32 9 0 1 14 0 0 13 10 .219 .280 .301 .581 64 44 2 0 3 2 0 6
1983 31 TEX AL 131 450 417 36 99 15 2 2 34 3 7 23 31 .237 .278 .297 .575 61 124 3 1 7 2 0 *6/D
1984 32 KCR AL 11 10 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .400 .333 .733 106 3 0 0 0 0 0 /65
12 Seasons 1392 5025 4512 451 1114 169 23 40 423 17 29 328 349 .247 .297 .321 .618 74 1449 79 15 121 49 9
162 Game Avg. 162 585 525 52 130 20 3 5 49 2 3 38 41 .247 .297 .321 .618 74 169 9 2 14 6 1
NYY (6 yrs) 695 2429 2163 229 518 81 10 27 209 4 6 174 147 .239 .295 .324 .618 72 700 38 8 54 30 3
CHW (4 yrs) 509 1972 1777 168 462 64 11 10 165 10 16 117 159 .260 .305 .325 .631 80 578 36 6 57 15 6
TEX (2 yrs) 177 614 563 52 131 24 2 3 48 3 7 36 41 .233 .278 .298 .577 62 168 5 1 10 4 0
KCR (1 yr) 11 10 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .400 .333 .733 106 3 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 25 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 5 16 14 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .286 .552 4 0 0 1 0 0
1977 25 NYY AL WS LAD W 6 21 19 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .263 .333 .263 .596 5 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 4 15 15 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 1 0 0 0 0
1978 26 NYY AL WS LAD W 6 25 24 3 10 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 2 .417 .440 .458 .898 11 0 0 0 0 0
1980 28 NYY AL ALCS KCR L 3 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 2 1 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 24 89 83 4 23 2 0 0 15 0 0 4 4 .277 .310 .301 .612 25 2 0 2 0 0
3 ALCS 12 43 40 1 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 .200 .220 .225 .445 9 2 0 2 0 0
2 WS 12 46 43 3 15 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 3 .349 .391 .372 .763 16 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 CHW AL 21 SS 36 35 295.1 190 51 132 7 22 .963 -1.5 -6.1 -1.5 -1.3 -0.2 0 5.58 5.08 .963 5.10 4.43
1973 CHW AL 21 2B 3 0 8.2 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -41.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 6.23 2.00 .983 5.50 4.67
1973 CHW AL 21 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.70
1974 CHW AL 22 SS 154 153 1325.0 772 251 499 22 108 .972 -3.1 -2.8 -4.1 -5.8 1.7 1 5.09 4.87 .965 4.98 4.24 RoY-2
1975 CHW AL 23 SS 157 157 1408.1 838 279 543 16 105 .981 -1.9 -1.6 -0.9 6.0 -6.9 -1 5.25 5.24 .958 4.85 4.09 AS
1976 CHW AL 24 SS 158 154 1373.0 765 279 468 18 96 .976 -8.8 -7.7 -8.8 -5.4 -3.4 0 4.90 4.73 .967 4.99 4.40
1977 NYY AL 25 SS 158 153 1317.2 702 250 434 18 90 .974 11.8 10.7 9.8 1.8 8.0 2 4.67 4.33 .963 4.82 4.07
1978 NYY AL 26 SS 123 120 1010.2 529 178 341 10 57 .981 17.4 20.7 16.4 6.4 10.0 1 4.62 4.22 .963 4.92 4.19
1979 NYY AL 27 SS 141 136 1187.2 748 219 512 17 107 .977 21.7 21.9 16.7 1.1 15.6 5 5.54 5.18 .965 5.01 4.10
1980 NYY AL 28 SS 141 141 1248.1 726 224 489 13 77 .982 19.3 18.6 20.3 15.6 4.7 -1 5.14 5.06 .962 4.99 4.26 AS
1981 NYY AL 29 SS 73 73 632.0 331 104 217 10 49 .970 3.5 6.6 1.5 0.3 1.2 2 4.57 4.40 .967 4.99 4.19 AS
1982 TOT AL 30 SS 103 94 831.0 466 129 323 14 57 .970 2.3 3.3 1.3 -2.6 4.1 1 4.90 4.39 .965 4.87 4.17
1982 NYY AL 30 SS 58 50 444.0 261 74 177 10 27 .962 0.4 1.1 0.4 -1.2 1.7 0 5.09 4.33 .965 4.87 4.17
1982 TEX AL 30 SS 45 44 387.0 205 55 146 4 30 .980 1.9 5.9 0.9 -1.4 2.4 1 4.67 4.47 .964 4.87 4.17
1983 TEX AL 31 SS 129 125 1100.2 530 150 369 11 71 .979 5.3 5.8 5.3 -0.6 5.9 0 4.24 4.02 .962 4.75 4.15
1983 TEX AL 31 DH 1
1984 KCR AL 32 SS 9 2 27.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -31.1 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1 0 2.33 0.78 .957 4.77 3.93
1984 KCR AL 32 3B 2 1 10.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.70 1.50 .933 2.79 2.20
12 Seasons SS 1382 1343 11756.2 6604 2116 4332 156 839 .976 65.3 6.7 55.3 14.9 40.6 10 4.94 4.67 .963 4.92 4.19
1 Season 2B 3 0 8.2 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -41.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 6.23 2.00 .983 5.50 4.67
2 Seasons 3B 3 1 12.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -60.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 .933 2.85 2.37
1 Season DH 1
12 Seasons TOT 1388 1344 11777.1 6613 2122 4335 156 840 .976 64.4 6.6 54.4 14.0 40.6 10 4.93 4.65 .940 4.92 4.19
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1975 *
1980 (SS)
1981 (SS)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1978-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1978-ML-WS MVP

Games Played s c a p y
1975 AL--157--8th
1976 AL--158--7th

At Bats s c a p y
1975 AL--602--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1975 AL--662--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1975 AL--29--10th

Singles s c a p y
1975 AL--123--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1974 AL--23--1st
1975 AL--15--7th
1976 AL--17--4th
1977 AL--14--7th
1979 AL--13--8th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1975 AL--9--5th
1977 AL--9--6th
1979 AL--8--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1975 AL--12.542--7th
1976 AL--12.489--7th
1977 AL--17.036--3rd
1980 AL--13.216--9th

Outs Made s c a p y
1975 AL--487--1st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1749), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 23 (714), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1738), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 9th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 17, 1970: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

April 5, 1977: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for Bob Polinsky (minors), Oscar Gamble, La Marr Hoyt and $200,000.

August 8, 1982: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Lee Mazzilli.

April 2, 1984: Released by the Texas Rangers.

June 7, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

July 9, 1984: Released by the New York Yankees.

August 16, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 10, 1984: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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