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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	2	Apr 6	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
3	6 (3)	Apr 11	LAD		SDP	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	8 (1)	Apr 13	LAD		CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	11 (2)	Apr 16	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	GF	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	13 (1)	Apr 18	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
7	15 (1)	Apr 20	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
8	16	Apr 21	LAD	@	SDP	W,10-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	18 (1)	Apr 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
10	19	Apr 25 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	21 (1)	Apr 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-5	GS	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	27 (5)	May 4	LAD		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	28	May 5	LAD		CIN	L,4-8	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
14	30 (1)	May 7	LAD		PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	31	May 8	LAD		PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
16	32	May 9	LAD		PIT	L,5-11	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	33	May 11	LAD		ATL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	35 (1)	May 14	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
19	36	May 15	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
20	37	May 16	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-6	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
21	38	May 18	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
22	39	May 19	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
23	41 (1)	May 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-1	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
24	42	May 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	43	May 23	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
26	45 (1)	May 26	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
27	48 (2)	May 29	LAD		PHI	W,9-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	54 (5)	Jun 5	LAD		NYM	W,3-0	GS	31	8.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
29	59 (4)	Jun 11	LAD	@	MON	W,12-1	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
30	65 (5)	Jun 18	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
31	66	Jun 19	LAD		HOU	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	67	Jun 20	LAD		HOU	L,7-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
33	68	Jun 21	LAD		STL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	71 (2)	Jun 24	LAD		STL	W,11-4	GS	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	RF 1B
35	74 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	LAD		SDP	W,4-3	CG	50	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
36	75	Jun 27	LAD		SDP	W,7-2	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	76	Jun 28	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	77	Jun 29	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	80 (2)	Jul 2	LAD	@	SDP	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	82 (1)	Jul 4	LAD	@	SFG	W,14-4	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
41	83	Jul 5	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	84	Jul 6	LAD		CHC	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
43	85	Jul 7 (1)	LAD		CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
44	88 (2)	Jul 9	LAD		SFG	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	89	Jul 10	LAD		SFG	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
46	91 (1)	Jul 15	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
47	92	Jul 16	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
48	94 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
49	96 (1)	Jul 19	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	98 (1)	Jul 21	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	99	Jul 22	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
52	100	Jul 23	LAD		ATL	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	101	Jul 24	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	GS	49	13.0	4	0	0	4	1	RF 1B
54	102	Jul 25	LAD		ATL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
55	103	Jul 27	LAD		PIT	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
56	104	Jul 28	LAD		PIT	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	105	Jul 29	LAD		PIT	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	106	Jul 30	LAD		CIN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	107	Jul 31	LAD		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	108	Aug 1	LAD		CIN	W,5-4	CG	41	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
61	111 (2)	Aug 4	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	112	Aug 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	115 (2)	Aug 9	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	116	Aug 10	LAD		PHI	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
65	119 (2)	Aug 13	LAD		MON	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	121 (1)	Aug 15	LAD		MON	L,3-6	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
67	122	Aug 16	LAD		NYM	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
68	123	Aug 17	LAD		NYM	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
69	124	Aug 18	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH RF
70	125	Aug 20	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-5	GF	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
71	128 (2)	Aug 23	LAD	@	MON	L,6-12	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
72	129	Aug 24	LAD	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	130	Aug 25	LAD	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
74	131	Aug 28 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
75	132	Aug 28 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	30	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
76	134 (1)	Aug 30	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	136 (1)	Sep 1	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	137	Sep 2	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-9	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
79	139 (1)	Sep 4	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	145 (5)	Sep 10	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	146	Sep 12	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	147	Sep 13	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-4	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	148	Sep 14	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	151 (2)	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
85	152	Sep 18	LAD		ATL	L,6-9	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	153	Sep 19 (1)	LAD		ATL	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	154	Sep 19 (2)	LAD		ATL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
88	156 (1)	Sep 22	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
89	157	Sep 24	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-0	GS	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
90	158	Sep 25	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
91	160 (1)	Sep 28	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
92	161	Sep 29	LAD		HOU	L,0-11	GS	40	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
93	162	Sep 30	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
							97gm		741.2	235	11	1	247	4