Bucky Dent

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: November 25, 1951 in Savannah, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 9th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hialeah HS (Hialeah, FL), the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (6th) of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL) and the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (6th) of the 1970 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL).

High School: Hialeah HS (Hialeah, FL)

Schools: Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), Miami Dade College, North Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: June 1, 1973 (Age 21-188d, 13,357th in major league history)
vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 11, 1984 (Age 32-291d)
vs. MIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Ed Kleven

Full Name: Russell Earl Dent

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.5

4512

1114

.247

451

RBI

423

OBP

.297

SLG

.321

OPS

.618

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CHW		CAL	L,2-8	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	CHW		CAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	3	1	9	0	SS
3	3	Apr 7	CHW		CAL	T,4-4	GS	32	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 9	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
5	5	Apr 10	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
6	6	Apr 11	CHW	@	MIN	T,4-4	CG	27	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
7	7	Apr 12	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-15	CG	47	8.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
8	8	Apr 13	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
9	9	Apr 14	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
10	10	Apr 15	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
11	11	Apr 16	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
12	12	Apr 17	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
13	13	Apr 19	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	GS	23	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
14	15 (1)	Apr 21	CHW		KCR	W,11-7	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
15	20 (4)	Apr 28	CHW		DET	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
16	21	Apr 30	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	22	May 1	CHW		BAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
18	23	May 3	CHW	@	MIL	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
19	24	May 4	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
20	25	May 5	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
21	26	May 6	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
22	27	May 7	CHW	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	38	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
23	28	May 10	CHW	@	TEX	W,8-7	GS	31	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
24	29	May 11	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
25	30	May 12	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
26	31	May 13	CHW		MIN	L,5-7	GS	36	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
27	32	May 15	CHW		MIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
28	33	May 16	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	CG	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
29	34	May 17	CHW		OAK	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
30	35	May 18	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
31	36	May 19	CHW		OAK	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
32	37	May 22 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
33	38	May 22 (2)	CHW		TEX	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
34	39	May 23	CHW		TEX	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
35	40	May 24	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
36	41	May 25	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
37	42	May 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-4	GS	28	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
38	43	May 27	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
39	44	May 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
40	45	May 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	46	Jun 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
42	47	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-9	GS	34	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
43	48	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
44	49	Jun 5	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	GS	57	14.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
45	50	Jun 6	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	GS	32	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
46	51	Jun 7	CHW		BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
47	52	Jun 8	CHW		BOS	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	2	8	2	SS
48	53	Jun 9	CHW		BOS	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
49	54	Jun 11	CHW		CLE	L,0-6	GS	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	2	SS
50	55	Jun 12	CHW		CLE	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
51	56	Jun 14	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
52	57	Jun 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	10.2	2	5	0	7	1	SS
53	58	Jun 16	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
54	59	Jun 17	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
55	60	Jun 18	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
56	61	Jun 19	CHW	@	CLE	W,15-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
57	62	Jun 20	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
58	63	Jun 21	CHW	@	MIN	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
59	64	Jun 22	CHW	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	35	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
60	65	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
61	66	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
62	67	Jun 24	CHW	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
63	68	Jun 25	CHW	@	KCR	W,10-9	CG	54	12.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
64	69	Jun 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	49	11.1	3	1	0	4	0	SS
65	70	Jun 27	CHW		MIN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
66	71	Jun 28	CHW		MIN	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
67	72	Jun 29	CHW		MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
68	73	Jun 30 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
69	74	Jun 30 (2)	CHW		MIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	75	Jul 1	CHW		KCR	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
71	76	Jul 2	CHW		KCR	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
72	77	Jul 3	CHW		KCR	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
73	78	Jul 4	CHW		KCR	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
74	79	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
75	80	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
76	81	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
77	82	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
78	83	Jul 8	CHW	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	50	11.1	1	4	0	5	0	SS
79	84	Jul 9	CHW	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS	36	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
80	85	Jul 10	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
81	86	Jul 11	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
82	87	Jul 12	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
83	88	Jul 13	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
84	89	Jul 14	CHW		BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
85	90	Jul 15	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
86	91	Jul 16	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
87	92	Jul 17	CHW		DET	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
88	93	Jul 19	CHW		MIL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
89	94	Jul 20	CHW		MIL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
90	95	Jul 21 (1)	CHW		MIL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
91	96	Jul 21 (2)	CHW		MIL	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
92	97	Jul 25	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
93	98	Jul 26	CHW	@	TEX	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	1	2	2	5	1	SS
94	99	Jul 27	CHW	@	TEX	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
95	100	Jul 28 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	101	Jul 28 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
97	102	Jul 29	CHW	@	OAK	L,9-11	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
98	103	Jul 30	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	105 (1)	Aug 1	CHW		OAK	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
100	106	Aug 2	CHW		OAK	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
101	107	Aug 3	CHW		TEX	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
102	108	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
103	109	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		TEX	W,13-10	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
104	110	Aug 5	CHW		TEX	L,8-13	GS	44	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
105	111	Aug 6	CHW		CAL	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
106	112	Aug 7	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
107	113	Aug 8	CHW		CAL	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
108	114	Aug 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
109	115	Aug 10	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
110	116	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
111	117	Aug 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
112	118	Aug 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
113	119	Aug 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
114	120	Aug 16 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	58	12.2	3	3	0	6	0	SS
115	121	Aug 16 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
116	122	Aug 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	25	6.1	1	0	0	1	0	SS
117	123	Aug 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	2	SS
118	124	Aug 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
119	125	Aug 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
120	126	Aug 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
121	127	Aug 23	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
122	128	Aug 24	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
123	129	Aug 25 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
124	130	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
125	131	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
126	132	Aug 28	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
127	133	Aug 29	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
128	134	Aug 30	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
129	135	Aug 31	CHW		NYY	L,6-18	CG	57	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	136	Sep 1	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
131	137	Sep 2	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	45	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
132	138	Sep 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
133	139	Sep 4	CHW	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
134	140	Sep 5	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
135	141	Sep 6	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
136	142	Sep 7	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-3	GS	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
137	143	Sep 8	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
138	144	Sep 9	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
139	145	Sep 10	CHW	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	66	14.1	3	5	0	8	1	SS
140	146	Sep 11	CHW		TEX	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	8	0	10	2	SS
141	147	Sep 12	CHW		TEX	T,2-2	CG	24	6.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
142	148	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
143	152 (3)	Sep 17	CHW		MIN	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
144	153	Sep 18	CHW		MIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
145	154	Sep 20	CHW		OAK	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
146	155	Sep 21	CHW		OAK	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
147	156	Sep 22	CHW		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
148	157	Sep 26 (1)	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
149	158	Sep 26 (2)	CHW	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
150	159	Sep 27	CHW	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
151	160	Sep 28	CHW	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
152	161	Sep 29	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
153	162	Oct 1	CHW		KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
154	163	Oct 2	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	CG	53	12.0	5	6	0	11	4	SS
							154gm		1325.0	251	499	22	772	108