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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
2	2	Apr 16	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
3	5 (2)	Apr 19	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
4	6	Apr 20	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
5	7	Apr 21	LAD		SDP	W,12-2	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	9 (1)	Apr 23	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	12 (2)	Apr 27	LAD		MON	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
8	14 (1)	Apr 29	LAD		NYM	W,11-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
9	15	Apr 30	LAD		NYM	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	20 (4)	May 7	LAD	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	48	12.1	14	2	0	16	1	1B
11	21	May 8	LAD	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	2	1B
12	23 (1)	May 11 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
13	24	May 11 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-4	GS	35	8.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
14	25	May 12	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	8	2	1	11	0	1B
15	26	May 13	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
16	27	May 15	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
17	28	May 16	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
18	30 (1)	May 18	LAD		HOU	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
19	31	May 19	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
20	36 (4)	May 24	LAD		SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
21	39 (2)	May 28	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
22	40	May 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	43 (2)	Jun 1	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	44	Jun 2	LAD		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
25	45	Jun 3	LAD		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
26	46	Jun 4	LAD		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
27	47	Jun 6	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	GS	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B RF
28	48	Jun 7	LAD		CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
29	50 (1)	Jun 9	LAD		PIT	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
30	51	Jun 10	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
31	52	Jun 11	LAD		PIT	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
32	53	Jun 12	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
33	54	Jun 13	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
34	55	Jun 16	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	4	1B
35	56	Jun 17	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
36	57	Jun 18	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	30	7.2	6	0	0	6	1	1B
37	58	Jun 19	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
38	59	Jun 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	60	Jun 23	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	61	Jun 24 (1)	LAD		ATL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
41	62	Jun 24 (2)	LAD		ATL	L,4-6	GS	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B RF
42	63	Jun 25	LAD		ATL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	64	Jun 26	LAD		CIN	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
44	67 (2)	Jun 29	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	70 (2)	Jul 2	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
46	71	Jul 4	LAD	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
47	73 (1)	Jul 6	LAD	@	MON	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
48	75 (1)	Jul 8	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	76	Jul 9	LAD	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	80 (3)	Jul 12	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
51	82 (1)	Jul 15	LAD		MON	L,2-3	GS	38	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	83	Jul 16	LAD		MON	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	88 (4)	Jul 22	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
54	90 (1)	Jul 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	91	Jul 28	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
56	93 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-14	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
57	95 (1)	Jul 31	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	97 (1)	Aug 2	LAD		SFG	W,12-11	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	98	Aug 3	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	100 (1)	Aug 5	LAD		SDP	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
61	101	Aug 6	LAD		SDP	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
62	104 (2)	Aug 10	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
63	106 (1)	Aug 12	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	107	Aug 13	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	108	Aug 15	LAD		PIT	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
66	109	Aug 16	LAD		PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	110	Aug 17	LAD		PIT	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
68	111	Aug 18	LAD		CHC	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
69	112	Aug 19	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	113	Aug 20	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
71	114	Aug 21	LAD		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
72	115	Aug 22	LAD		STL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
73	116	Aug 23	LAD		STL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	117	Aug 25 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	50	11.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	118	Aug 25 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	RF
76	119	Aug 26	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	120	Aug 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
78	121	Aug 29	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
79	122	Aug 30	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	49	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
80	123	Aug 31	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	124	Sep 1 (1)	LAD	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
82	125	Sep 1 (2)	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
83	126	Sep 2	LAD	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	127	Sep 3	LAD	@	STL	W,6-3	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	145 (17)	Sep 22	LAD		SFG	W,1-0	CG	40	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
86	146	Sep 23	LAD		SFG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	147	Sep 24	LAD		SFG	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
88	148	Sep 25	LAD		SDP	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
89	149	Sep 26	LAD		SDP	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
90	150	Sep 27	LAD		SDP	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
91	151	Sep 29	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
92	152	Sep 30	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
93	154 (1)	Oct 3	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							96gm		784.1	435	22	4	461	28