Billy Buckner

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: August 27, 1983 in Decatur, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 9th round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Young Harris College (Young Harris, GA) and the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC).

High School: Salem HS (Conyers, GA)

Schools: Young Harris College (Young Harris, GA), University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

Debut: August 25, 2007 (Age 23-363d, 19,177th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 24, 2014 (Age 30-270d)
vs. CHC 5.2 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Full Name: William Jennings Buckner

Twitter: @NotthatBB

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.0

ERA

6.02

161.1

114

WHIP

1.618

Summary of 30 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 7 go ahead

4 Tms
ARI	19
KCR	5
LAA	5
SDP	1

Platoon
vs RHB	17
vs LHB	13

Home/Road
Home	16
Away	14

Outs
1	13
0	10
2	7

17 Opps
SFG	4
DET	3
COL	2
TEX	2
SDP	2
CHC	2
KCR	2
LAD	2
HOU	2
TOR	2
MIN	1
STL	1
OAK	1
LAA	1
SEA	1
CLE	1
CHW	1

26 Batters
Torii Hunter	2
Juan Uribe	2
Adrián González	2
Manny Ramirez	2
Matt Holliday	1
Cody Ransom	1
David DeJesus	1
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	1
Mike Aviles	1
Brad Wilkerson	1
Edwin Encarnación	1
José Bautista	1
Eli Whiteside	1
Sean Casey	1
Lance Berkman	1
Miguel Cabrera	1
Luis Valbuena	1
Wladimir Balentien	1
Hunter Pence	1
Víctor Martínez	1
Pedro Florimón	1
Yorvit Torrealba	1
Ian Stewart	1
Matt Carpenter	1
Paul Konerko	1
Pablo Sandoval	1

12 Parks
Chase Field (PHO)	13
Comerica Pk (DET)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Oracle Park (SFO)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	10
78	7
9	6
89	5
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	6
6	5
3	5
2	5
4	3
7+	3
5	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	14
2·HR gms	8

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	19
1--	5
-2-	3
12-	2
--3	1

43 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	19
1 on	9
2 on	2
Any on	11

Inning
1	7
2	3
3	2
4	4
5	5
6	4
7	3
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	12
4-6	13
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	2
+1	8
Tied	6
-1	2
-3	1
-4..	2

Ahead	19
Tied	6
Behind	5

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	6
0-0	6
0-1	4
1-1	3
2-2	3
0-2	2
1-2	2
2-1	2
1-0	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	6
LF	5
3B	5
C	4
RF	4
SS	3
PH	1
2B	1
CF	1

OrderPos
4th	10
3rd	3
5th	3
8th	3
2nd	3
6th	3
1st	2
9th	2
7th	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2007-09-04	Brad Wilkerson	TEX		KCR	ahead 2-1	b 1	1	-2-	6,(3-2) BBFSBX	2	5	9	13%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Botts Scores
2	2	2	2	2007-09-04	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	TEX		KCR	ahead 4-1	b 1	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	7	2	6%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
3	3	3	1	2007-09-16	Víctor Martínez	CLE		KCR	behind 0-3	b 6	2	---	6,(3-2) CFBBBX	1	4	2	8%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
4	4	4	1	2007-09-21	Sean Casey	DET		KCR	behind 0-4	b 5	1	12-	6,(3-2) BBTBF>X	3	8	3	22%	39%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); I. Rodríguez Scores; T. Pérez Scores
5	5	5	1	2007-09-27	Paul Konerko	CHW		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	3	20%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Fields Scores; J. Thome Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2008-06-14	David DeJesus	KCR	@	ARI	ahead 8-2	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	7	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
7	7	2	2	2008-06-14	Mike Aviles	KCR	@	ARI	ahead 9-2	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	3	1	2008-08-03	Manny Ramirez	LAD		ARI	ahead 5-3	b 5	0	---	5,(1-2) BSSFX	1	4	7	7%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2009-04-08	Yorvit Torrealba	COL	@	ARI	ahead 4-1	t 7	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	2	2	2009-04-08	Ian Stewart	COL	@	ARI	ahead 5-1	t 7	1	---	5,(2-2) .SBBCX	1	9	PH	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
11	11	3	1	2009-05-22	Matt Holliday	OAK		ARI	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	10%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	4	1	2009-05-27	Adrián González	SDP	@	ARI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	4,(2-1) BSBX	2	4	3	18%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Eckstein Scores
13	13	5	1	2009-06-09	Juan Uribe	SFG	@	ARI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
14	14	6	2	2009-06-09	Pablo Sandoval	SFG	@	ARI	behind 3-4	t 5	2	1--	8,(3-2) B1SBFFB>F>X	2	4	3	27%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Winn Scores
15	15	7	1	2009-06-14	Lance Berkman	HOU	@	ARI	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	-2-	4,(0-2) CFFX	2	4	3	14%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Tejada Scores
16	16	8	2	2009-06-14	Hunter Pence	HOU	@	ARI	ahead 3-2	t 3	2	---	6,(2-2) CCFBBX	1	3	9	11%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	9	1	2009-06-20	Wladimir Balentien	SEA		ARI	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	6	7	13%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	10	1	2009-06-26	Torii Hunter	LAA	@	ARI	ahead 6-0	t 2	2	-2-	5,(2-2) CF*B>B.X	2	4	8	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Abreu Scores
19	19	11	1	2009-09-03	Manny Ramirez	LAD		ARI	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	7	14%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
20	20	12	1	2009-09-27	Adrián González	SDP	@	ARI	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	--3	7,(3-2) BFBFFBX	2	3	3	10%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Eckstein Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2010-05-23	José Bautista	TOR	@	ARI	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	4	9	16%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Lind Scores
22	22	2	2	2010-05-23	Edwin Encarnación	TOR	@	ARI	ahead 5-2	t 5	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	5	8%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Overbay Scores
23	23	3	1	2010-05-29	Juan Uribe	SFG		ARI	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	6	10%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	4	2	2010-05-29	Eli Whiteside	SFG		ARI	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	7%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2013-06-26	Torii Hunter	DET		LAA	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	9,(3-2) BCFFFFBBX	1	2	9	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	2	2	2013-06-26	Miguel Cabrera	DET		LAA	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	5	9%	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
27	27	3	1	2013-07-03	Matt Carpenter	STL	@	LAA	ahead 10-2	t 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	1	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
28	28	4	1	2013-07-10	Cody Ransom	CHC		LAA	behind 1-13	b 9	1	---	6,(1-2) BCFFFX	1	2	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
29	29	5	1	2013-07-23	Pedro Florimón	MIN	@	LAA	ahead 8-3	t 10	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	9	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Hicks Scores
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2014-05-24	Luis Valbuena	CHC	@	SDP	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	13%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)