Bill Buckner

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 14, 1949 in Vallejo, CA us

Died: May 27, 2019 in Boise, ID

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Napa HS (Napa, CA).

High School: Napa HS (Napa, CA)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 21, 1969 (Age 19-281d, 12,940th in major league history)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 30, 1990 (Age 40-167d)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: William Joseph Buckner

Nicknames: Billy Buck

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.0

9397

2715

174

.289

1077

RBI

1208

183

OBP

.321

SLG

.408

OPS

.729

OPS+

100

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	BOS	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
2	2	Apr 8	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
3	3	Apr 9	BOS	@	MIL	L,11-12	CG	39	8.0	13	1	1	15	0	1B
4	4	Apr 10	BOS		TOR	W,3-0	GS	26	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
5	5	Apr 11	BOS		TOR	L,1-11	GS	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
6	6	Apr 12	BOS		TOR	W,8-3	GS	33	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
7	7	Apr 14	BOS		TEX	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
8	10 (2)	Apr 17	BOS	@	TOR	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
9	11	Apr 18	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
10	12	Apr 19	BOS	@	TOR	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
11	13	Apr 20	BOS		KCR	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
12	14	Apr 21	BOS		KCR	W,8-0	GS	28	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
13	15	Apr 22	BOS		KCR	W,1-0	GS	23	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
14	16	Apr 24	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-6	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
15	17	Apr 25	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
16	18	Apr 26	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-5	GS	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
17	19	Apr 27	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
18	20	Apr 28	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
19	21	Apr 29	BOS	@	SEA	W,11-5	GS	28	7.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
20	22	Apr 30	BOS	@	SEA	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	23	May 1	BOS	@	CAL	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
22	24	May 2	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
23	25	May 3	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
24	26	May 5	BOS		OAK	W,6-0	GS	25	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
25	27	May 6	BOS		OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
26	28	May 8	BOS		CAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
27	29	May 9	BOS		CAL	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
28	30	May 10	BOS		CAL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
29	31	May 11	BOS		SEA	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
30	32	May 12	BOS		SEA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
31	33	May 13	BOS		SEA	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
32	34	May 15	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
33	35	May 16	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
34	36	May 17	BOS	@	MIN	L,8-10	CG	49	9.1	6	2	0	8	2	1B
35	37	May 18	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
36	38	May 19	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
37	40 (1)	May 22	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
38	41	May 23	BOS		CHW	L,1-9	CG	49	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
39	42	May 24	BOS		CHW	L,1-4	CG	40	10.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
40	43	May 25	BOS		CLE	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
41	44	May 26	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
42	45	May 27	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
43	46	May 28	BOS		CLE	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
44	47	May 29	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
45	48	May 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	10	2	0	12	1	1B
46	49	May 31	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-9	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	50	Jun 1	BOS		MIN	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	1B
48	51	Jun 2	BOS		MIN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
49	52	Jun 3	BOS		MIN	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
50	53	Jun 4	BOS		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
51	54	Jun 5	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
52	55	Jun 6	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	61	14.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
53	56	Jun 7	BOS		DET	L,8-18	CG	53	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
54	57	Jun 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS	20	4.2	3	0	0	3	1	1B
55	74 (16)	Jun 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
56	75	Jun 29	BOS		BAL	W,14-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
57	76	Jun 30	BOS		BAL	W,13-9	GS	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	77	Jul 1	BOS		BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
59	78	Jul 2	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
60	79	Jul 3	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
61	80	Jul 4	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
62	81	Jul 5	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
63	83 (1)	Jul 7	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
64	84	Jul 8	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
65	85	Jul 9	BOS	@	SEA	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
66	87 (1)	Jul 11	BOS	@	SEA	W,10-4	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
67	88	Jul 12	BOS	@	SEA	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
68	89	Jul 16	BOS		OAK	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
69	90	Jul 17	BOS		OAK	L,6-11	CG	46	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
70	91	Jul 18	BOS		OAK	W,5-3	GS	31	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
71	92	Jul 19	BOS		OAK	L,3-5	GS	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
72	93	Jul 20	BOS		CAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
73	94	Jul 21	BOS		CAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
74	95	Jul 22	BOS		CAL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to California Angels
75	101	Jul 28	CAL	@	OAK	W,9-2	GS	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
76	102	Jul 29	CAL	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	107 (4)	Aug 4	CAL		MIN	W,12-3	GS	26	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
78	115 (7)	Aug 13	CAL	@	MIN	W,5-1	GS	29	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
79	126 (10)	Aug 24	CAL		NYY	L,2-3	GS	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
							79gm		658.2	640	60	6	706	54