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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
2	2	Apr 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	44	9.1	12	1	1	14	0	1B
3	3	Apr 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
4	4	Apr 10	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
5	5	Apr 11	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
6	7 (1)	Apr 14	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GS	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
7	18 (10)	Apr 28	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-3		11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
8	19	Apr 29	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
9	20	Apr 30	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	15	2	1	18	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	21	May 2	CHC		LAD	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
11	22	May 3	CHC		LAD	L,5-9	CG	51	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
12	23	May 4	CHC		LAD	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
13	24	May 6	CHC		SFG	L,1-2	CG	50	12.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
14	25	May 7	CHC		SFG	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
15	26	May 9	CHC	@	SDP	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
16	27	May 10	CHC	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
17	28	May 11	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
18	29	May 12	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
19	30	May 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
20	31	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-7	CG	67	15.0	18	1	0	19	1	1B
21	32	May 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
22	33	May 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
23	34	May 19	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
24	35	May 20	CHC		STL	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	12	3	0	15	0	1B
25	36	May 21	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	17	0	0	17	0	1B
26	37	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
27	38	May 25	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
28	39	May 26	CHC	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
29	40	May 27	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
30	41	May 28	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	16	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
31	42	May 29	CHC	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	45 (2)	Jun 2	CHC		ATL	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	18	0	0	18	2	1B
33	57 (11)	Jun 14	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
34	58	Jun 16	CHC	@	HOU	W,7-6	CG	57	13.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
35	59	Jun 17	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
36	60	Jun 18	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	80 (19)	Jul 7	CHC	@	NYM	W,9-7	GS	24	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
38	82 (1)	Jul 9	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
39	83	Jul 13	CHC		SDP	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
40	84	Jul 14	CHC		SDP	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
41	85	Jul 15	CHC		SDP	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
42	86	Jul 16 (1)	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
43	87	Jul 16 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
44	88	Jul 17	CHC		LAD	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	18	0	0	18	1	1B
45	89	Jul 18	CHC		SFG	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
46	91 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	CHC		SFG	W,7-5	GS	9	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
47	92	Jul 20 susp	CHC		SFG	L,8-9	GS	39	7.2	10	0	0	10	1	1B
48	93	Jul 21	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	46	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
49	94	Jul 22	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	36	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	1B
50	95	Jul 23	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
51	96	Jul 24	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	1B
52	97	Jul 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
53	98	Jul 26	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-8	GS	27	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
54	101 (2)	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	11	2	1	14	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	103 (1)	Aug 1	CHC		STL	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
56	104	Aug 2	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
57	105	Aug 3	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
58	106	Aug 4	CHC		MON	W,6-4	GS	27	7.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
59	107	Aug 5	CHC		MON	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
60	108	Aug 6 (1)	CHC		MON	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
61	110 (1)	Aug 7	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
62	111	Aug 8	CHC		PIT	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
63	112	Aug 9	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
64	113	Aug 11	CHC	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
65	114	Aug 12	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4	GS	42	11.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
66	116 (1)	Aug 14	CHC		ATL	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
67	117	Aug 15	CHC		ATL	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	14	1	1	16	1	1B
68	118	Aug 16	CHC		ATL	L,0-9	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
69	119	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
70	120	Aug 18	CHC		CIN	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
71	121	Aug 19	CHC		CIN	L,7-9	CG	47	10.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
72	122	Aug 20	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
73	123	Aug 21	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
74	124	Aug 22	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
75	125	Aug 23	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
76	126	Aug 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
77	127	Aug 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
78	128	Aug 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
79	129	Aug 28	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
80	130	Aug 29	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
81	131	Aug 30	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	132	Sep 1	CHC		HOU	W,14-11	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
83	133	Sep 2	CHC		HOU	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
84	134	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
85	135	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		HOU	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	4	1B
86	136	Sep 4 (1)	CHC		MON	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
87	137	Sep 4 (2)	CHC		MON	L,5-6	CG	47	10.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
88	144 (6)	Sep 11	CHC	@	NYM	W,9-4	GS	30	7.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
89	145	Sep 13	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
90	146	Sep 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	12	3	0	15	1	1B
91	147	Sep 15	CHC		STL	L,2-6	CG	54	12.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
92	148	Sep 16	CHC		STL	L,1-4	GS	38	8.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
93	149	Sep 17	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	29	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
94	150	Sep 19	CHC		PIT	L,11-12	CG	51	11.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
95	151	Sep 20	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	12	1	1	14	2	1B
96	152	Sep 21	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	GS	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
97	153	Sep 22	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
98	154	Sep 23	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
99	155	Sep 24	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
100	156	Sep 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
101	157	Sep 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
102	158	Sep 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
103	159	Sep 29 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
104	160	Sep 29 (2)	CHC		NYM	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
105	161	Sep 30	CHC		NYM	W,7-5	GS	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
							105gm		899.0	1075	83	6	1164	85