Johnny Bucha

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: January 22, 1925 in Allentown, PA us

Died: April 28, 1996 in Bethlehem, PA

Buried: Cedar Hill Memorial Park, Allentown, PA

Debut: May 2, 1948 (Age 23-101d, 10,513th in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1953 (Age 28-246d)
vs. CLE 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: John George Bucha

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.1

195

.205

RBI

OBP

.296

SLG

.272

OPS

.567

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	8-15 / in Starts: 5-3
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 40 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	25 (16-6-3) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 40 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	26 (14-8-4)

Most Driven In
E Slaughter	1
R Nelson	0
T Glaviano	0

Most Driven In By
C Diering	1

1950 Batting Game Log

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1950 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	3	2 (1)	Apr 19	STL		PIT	L,3-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PH
2	4	5 (2)	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	6-6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.11	-0.049	4.33	-0.06%	-0.37	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	5	12 (6)	May 2	STL		BRO	L,3-10	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.01	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.21	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	6	39 (26)	Jun 4	STL		PHI	W,6-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.04	-0.001	.19	0.00%	-0.18	C
5	7	40	Jun 5	STL		PHI	L,5-6	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8	3.07	-0.170	15.67	-0.52%	-0.50	C
6	8	41	Jun 6	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	8	1.00	-0.018	4.77	-0.05%	-0.16	C
7	9	42	Jun 7	STL		BSN	L,2-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	.02	0.000	.09	0.00%	-0.32	PH
8	10	46 (3)	Jun 11 (1)	STL		NYG	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	8	.58	-0.061	2.56	-0.16%	-0.21	C
9	11	50 (3)	Jun 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	1	1.04	0.053	6.64	0.20%	0.67	PH
10	12	51	Jun 17	STL	@	BRO	L,2-10	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.294	.572	8	.49	-0.030	3.07	-0.11%	0.14	C
11	13	52	Jun 18	STL	@	BRO	L,0-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.294	.572	8						C
12	14	57 (4)	Jun 23	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.278	.541	8	1.31	-0.030	6.26	-0.09%	-0.47	C
13	15	60 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.190	.261	.238	.499	8	1.23	0.012	5.44	0.03%	0.26	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	16	78 (17)	Jul 17 (1)	STL		BRO	L,3-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.227	.477	9	.68	-0.018	4.58	-0.07%	-0.11	PH C
15	17	83 (4)	Jul 20	STL		NYG	L,3-13	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	8	.03	-0.002	.18	-0.01%	-1.39	C
16	18	89 (5)	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.192	.407	8	2.91	-0.066	19.36	-0.27%	-0.38	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	19	97 (7)	Aug 3	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.192	.407	8						C
18	20	110 (12)	Aug 18	STL		CIN	W,2-1	10-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.241	.192	.434	6	1.46	0.030	1.91	0.02%	0.13	C
19	21	117 (6)	Aug 25	STL		NYG	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.241	.192	.434	8						C
20	22	118	Aug 26	STL		NYG	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.273	.207	.480	8	1.12	0.011	.41	0.00%	0.12	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	23	144 (25)	Sep 23 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.265	.200	.465	8	.45	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
22	24	145	Sep 23 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.152	.243	.182	.425	8	1.14	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.90	C
23	25	152 (6)	Sep 30 (2)	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.139	.225	.167	.392	8						C
							8-15		40	36	1	5	1	0	0	1	4	0	7	0	0		1	2	0	0	.139	.225	.167	.392		1.00	-0.444	3.68	-1.09%	-3.56

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