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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 9	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	4	2	1	7	2	SS
3	3	Apr 10	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
4	4	Apr 11	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
5	5	Apr 12	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 13 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-5	CG	52	12.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
7	7	Apr 13 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 15	CHW		TEX	L,5-6	CG	57	13.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
9	9	Apr 16	CHW		TEX	L,4-14	CG	51	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
10	10	Apr 17	CHW		TEX	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 19	CHW		CAL	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
12	12	Apr 20	CHW		CAL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	4	6	1	11	4	SS
13	13	Apr 22	CHW		KCR	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
14	14	Apr 24	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
15	15	Apr 25	CHW	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
16	16	Apr 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,6-8	GS	35	7.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
17	17	Apr 27	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-6	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
18	18	Apr 28	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
19	19	Apr 29	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
20	20	Apr 30	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	8.2	1	2	0	3	2	SS
22	22	May 2	CHW		OAK	L,3-4	CG	56	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
23	23	May 3	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
24	24	May 4	CHW		OAK	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
25	25	May 6	CHW		MIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
26	26	May 7	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
27	27	May 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
28	28	May 10	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
29	29	May 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	45	10.2	0	7	0	7	3	SS
30	30	May 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
31	31	May 14	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	1	3	0	4	1	SS
32	32	May 16	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
33	33	May 17	CHW		CLE	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
34	34	May 18	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
35	35	May 19	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
36	36	May 21	CHW		BAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
37	37	May 22	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
38	38	May 23	CHW		DET	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
39	39	May 24	CHW		DET	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
40	40	May 25	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	32	7.1	1	2	0	3	1	SS
41	41	May 26	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
42	42	May 27	CHW	@	MIL	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
43	43	May 28	CHW	@	MIL	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
44	44	May 31	CHW	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 1 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
46	46	Jun 1 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
47	47	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-2	GS	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
48	49 (1)	Jun 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.2	2	5	0	7	0	SS
49	50	Jun 6	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
50	51	Jun 7	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
51	52	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
52	53	Jun 9	CHW		MIL	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
53	54	Jun 10	CHW		MIL	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
54	55	Jun 11	CHW		BOS	L,7-9	CG	67	14.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
55	56	Jun 12	CHW		BOS	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
56	57	Jun 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	7	0	7	2	SS
57	58	Jun 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
58	59	Jun 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
59	60	Jun 17	CHW	@	TEX	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
60	61	Jun 18	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-10	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
61	62	Jun 19	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
62	63	Jun 20	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
63	64	Jun 21	CHW		MIN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
64	65	Jun 22 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,6-5	CG	50	10.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
65	66	Jun 22 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
66	67	Jun 24	CHW		TEX	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
67	68	Jun 25	CHW		TEX	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
68	69	Jun 26	CHW		TEX	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
69	70	Jun 27	CHW		KCR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
70	71	Jun 28	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
71	72	Jun 29	CHW		KCR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
72	73	Jun 30	CHW		OAK	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	9	0	9	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	74	Jul 1	CHW		OAK	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
74	75	Jul 2	CHW		OAK	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	3	1	9	0	SS
75	76	Jul 3	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
76	77	Jul 4	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	SS
77	78	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
78	79	Jul 6	CHW	@	KCR	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
79	80	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
80	81	Jul 8	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
81	82	Jul 9	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
82	83	Jul 11	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
83	84	Jul 12	CHW	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
84	85	Jul 13	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
85	86	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
86	87	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
87	88	Jul 18	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
88	89	Jul 19	CHW		MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
89	90	Jul 20 (1)	CHW		MIL	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
90	91	Jul 20 (2)	CHW		MIL	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
91	92	Jul 21	CHW		MIL	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
92	93	Jul 22	CHW		NYY	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
93	94	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
94	97 (2)	Jul 26	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
95	98	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	99	Jul 27 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
97	100	Jul 28	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
98	101	Jul 29	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
99	102	Jul 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	6	1	8	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	103	Aug 1	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	25	5.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
101	104	Aug 2 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
102	105	Aug 2 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
103	106	Aug 3 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
104	107	Aug 3 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,9-12	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
105	108	Aug 4	CHW		CAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
106	109	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		CAL	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
107	110	Aug 5 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
108	111	Aug 6	CHW		CAL	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
109	112	Aug 7	CHW		CAL	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
110	113	Aug 8	CHW		BAL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
111	114	Aug 9	CHW		BAL	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
112	115	Aug 10	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
113	116	Aug 12	CHW		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
114	117	Aug 13	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
115	118	Aug 14	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
116	119	Aug 15	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
117	120	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
118	121	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
119	122	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
120	123	Aug 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	8	2	0	10	0	SS
121	124	Aug 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
122	125	Aug 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	11	0	14	2	SS
123	126	Aug 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
124	127	Aug 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
125	128	Aug 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
126	129	Aug 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
127	130	Aug 27 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
128	131	Aug 27 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
129	132	Aug 28	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
130	133	Aug 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	135 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
132	136	Sep 1 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
133	137	Sep 2	CHW		KCR	L,1-4	CG	52	12.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
134	138	Sep 3	CHW		KCR	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
135	139	Sep 4	CHW		KCR	L,0-7	CG	50	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
136	140	Sep 5	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
137	141	Sep 6	CHW		MIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
138	142	Sep 7	CHW		MIN	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
139	143	Sep 9	CHW		CAL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
140	144	Sep 10	CHW		CAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
141	145	Sep 12	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
142	146	Sep 13	CHW	@	TEX	L,7-8	GS	44	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
143	147	Sep 14	CHW	@	TEX	L,8-9	CG	62	12.2	4	7	0	11	2	SS
144	148	Sep 15	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	0	6	0	6	0	SS
145	149	Sep 16	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	SS
146	150	Sep 17	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
147	151	Sep 18	CHW		OAK	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
148	152	Sep 19	CHW		TEX	L,6-10	CG	48	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	SS
149	153	Sep 20	CHW		TEX	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
150	154	Sep 21	CHW		TEX	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
151	155	Sep 22	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	61	15.1	3	3	0	6	0	SS
152	156	Sep 23	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
153	157	Sep 24	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-13	CG	43	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
154	158	Sep 25	CHW	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
155	159	Sep 26	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
156	160	Sep 27	CHW	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
157	161	Sep 28	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	40	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
							157gm		1408.1	279	543	16	838	105