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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
2	2	Apr 10	BOS		NYY	W,14-5	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
3	3	Apr 11	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
4	4	Apr 13	BOS		CHW	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
5	5	Apr 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
6	6	Apr 15	BOS		CHW	L,5-6	CG	46	11.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
7	7	Apr 16	BOS	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
8	8	Apr 17	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
9	9	Apr 18	BOS	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	57	14.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
10	10	Apr 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
11	11	Apr 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-8	CG	46	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
12	12	Apr 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
13	13	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
14	14	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
15	15	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
16	16	Apr 26	BOS		KCR	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
17	17	Apr 27	BOS		KCR	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	10	2	1	13	0	1B
18	18	Apr 28	BOS		KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
19	19	Apr 29	BOS	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
20	20	Apr 30	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	61	14.2	17	0	0	17	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	BOS	@	SEA	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
22	22	May 2	BOS	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
23	23	May 3	BOS	@	OAK	W,10-0	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
24	24	May 4	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
25	25	May 5	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
26	26	May 7	BOS		CAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
27	27	May 8	BOS		CAL	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
28	28	May 10	BOS		OAK	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	13	5	0	18	3	1B
29	29	May 11	BOS		OAK	L,1-12	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
30	30	May 12	BOS		OAK	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
31	31	May 14	BOS		SEA	L,0-5	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
32	32	May 15	BOS		SEA	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
33	33	May 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
34	34	May 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
35	35	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B
36	36	May 20	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
37	37	May 21	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
38	38	May 22	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
39	39	May 23	BOS	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	45	8.2	9	0	0	9	1	1B
40	40	May 24	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
41	41	May 25	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
42	42	May 26	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
43	43	May 27	BOS		MIN	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
44	44	May 29	BOS		MIN	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
45	45	May 30	BOS		MIN	W,8-7	CG	48	11.0	15	2	0	17	0	1B
46	46	May 31	BOS		TEX	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	47	Jun 1	BOS		TEX	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
48	48	Jun 2	BOS		TEX	W,12-3	GS	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
49	49	Jun 3	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
50	50	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
51	51	Jun 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	10	3	1	14	1	1B
52	52	Jun 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
53	53	Jun 9	BOS	@	BAL	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
54	54	Jun 10	BOS		MIL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
55	55	Jun 11	BOS		MIL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
56	56	Jun 12	BOS		MIL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
57	57	Jun 13	BOS		TOR	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
58	58	Jun 14	BOS		TOR	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
59	59	Jun 15	BOS		TOR	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
60	60	Jun 16	BOS		TOR	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
61	61	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
62	62	Jun 18	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
63	63	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
64	64	Jun 20	BOS	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
65	65	Jun 21	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
66	66	Jun 22	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
67	67	Jun 23	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
68	68	Jun 24	BOS		DET	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
69	69	Jun 25	BOS		DET	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
70	70	Jun 26	BOS		DET	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
71	71	Jun 28	BOS		BAL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
72	72	Jun 29	BOS		BAL	L,4-16	CG	51	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
73	73	Jun 30	BOS		BAL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	74	Jul 1	BOS	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
75	75	Jul 2	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	7	4	1	12	2	1B
76	76	Jul 3	BOS	@	MIL	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
77	77	Jul 4	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
78	78	Jul 5	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-13	CG	45	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
79	79	Jul 6	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
80	80	Jul 7	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
81	81	Jul 8	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
82	82	Jul 9	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	10	4	0	14	1	1B
83	83	Jul 10	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
84	84	Jul 11	BOS	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
85	85	Jul 12	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
86	86	Jul 13	BOS	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
87	87	Jul 14	BOS	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
88	88	Jul 18	BOS		CAL	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
89	89	Jul 19	BOS		CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
90	90	Jul 20	BOS		CAL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
91	91	Jul 21	BOS		CAL	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	1B
92	92	Jul 22	BOS		OAK	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
93	93	Jul 23	BOS		OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
94	94	Jul 24	BOS		OAK	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
95	96 (1)	Jul 26	BOS		SEA	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
96	97	Jul 27	BOS		SEA	L,3-10	GS	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
97	98	Jul 28	BOS		SEA	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
98	99	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	L,5-7	CG	43	10.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
99	100	Jul 31	BOS		CHW	T,1-1	CG	25	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	101	Aug 1 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
101	102	Aug 1 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	4	1B
102	103	Aug 2	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.1	9	2	0	11	1	1B
103	104	Aug 3	BOS	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
104	105	Aug 4	BOS	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	18	2	0	20	0	1B
105	106	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
106	107	Aug 8 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
107	108	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
108	109	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
109	110	Aug 11	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
110	111	Aug 12	BOS		KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
111	112	Aug 13	BOS		KCR	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
112	113	Aug 14	BOS		KCR	W,16-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
113	114	Aug 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	9.2	7	2	0	9	0	1B
114	115	Aug 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
115	116	Aug 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
116	117	Aug 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
117	118	Aug 20	BOS		TEX	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
118	119	Aug 21	BOS		TEX	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	9	4	0	13	1	1B
119	120	Aug 22	BOS		TEX	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
120	121	Aug 23	BOS		MIN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
121	122	Aug 24	BOS		MIN	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
122	123	Aug 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	40	9.1	10	0	0	10	0	1B
123	124	Aug 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
124	125	Aug 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
125	126	Aug 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,17-2	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
126	127	Aug 30	BOS	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
127	128	Aug 31 (1)	BOS	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	44	8.2	9	2	0	11	1	1B
128	129	Aug 31 (2)	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	130	Sep 1	BOS	@	MIN	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	16	1	1	18	0	1B
130	131	Sep 2	BOS	@	TEX	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
131	132	Sep 3	BOS	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	1B
132	133	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-6	GS	35	8.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
133	134	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
134	135	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
135	136	Sep 7 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
136	137	Sep 8	BOS		CLE	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
137	138	Sep 10 (1)	BOS		BAL	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
138	139	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
139	140	Sep 11	BOS		BAL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
140	141	Sep 12	BOS		BAL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
141	142	Sep 13	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
142	143	Sep 14	BOS	@	MIL	W,10-8	CG	46	11.0	14	1	1	16	2	1B
143	144	Sep 15	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	13	2	0	15	2	1B
144	145	Sep 16	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
145	146	Sep 17	BOS		TOR	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
146	147	Sep 18	BOS		TOR	W,13-1	GS	24	7.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
147	148	Sep 20	BOS		DET	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
148	149	Sep 21	BOS		DET	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
149	150	Sep 22	BOS		DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
150	151	Sep 23	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
151	152	Sep 24	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
152	153	Sep 25	BOS	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	53	13.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
153	154	Sep 26	BOS	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
154	155	Sep 27	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
155	156	Sep 28	BOS	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	34	10.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
156	157	Sep 29	BOS	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
157	158	Oct 1	BOS	@	BAL	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
158	159	Oct 3 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
159	160	Oct 3 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	10	5	1	16	0	1B
160	161	Oct 4	BOS		MIL	L,7-8	CG	55	12.0	10	4	2	16	1	1B
161	162	Oct 5	BOS		MIL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
162	163	Oct 6	BOS		MIL	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
							162gm		1440.1	1384	184	12	1580	140