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.

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 8	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 9	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 10	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 11	NYY	@	MIL	L,6-9	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
5	5	Apr 12	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	7	0	7	2	SS
6	6	Apr 13	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 15	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
8	8	Apr 16	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 17	NYY		BAL	L,1-6	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
10	10	Apr 18	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 19	NYY	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 21	NYY		MIL	L,2-9	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
13	13	Apr 22	NYY		MIL	W,4-3	GS	40	10.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
14	14	Apr 23	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	GS	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
15	15	Apr 24	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
16	16	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
17	17	Apr 28	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
18	18	Apr 29	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
19	19	Apr 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	NYY		KCR	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
21	21	May 2	NYY		KCR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
22	22	May 3	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	SS
23	23	May 5	NYY		TEX	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
24	24	May 6	NYY		TEX	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
25	25	May 7	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
26	26	May 9	NYY		MIN	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
27	27	May 12	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	2	3	0	5	0	SS
28	28	May 13	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
29	29	May 14	NYY	@	KCR	L,9-10	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
30	30	May 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
31	31	May 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
32	32	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	47	9.2	1	2	0	3	1	SS
33	33	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
34	34	May 19	NYY	@	TOR	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
35	35	May 20	NYY	@	TOR	L,8-10	GS	35	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
36	36	May 21 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
37	37	May 21 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
38	38	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
39	39	May 25	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
40	40	May 26	NYY		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	6	0	11	3	SS
41	41	May 27	NYY		TOR	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
42	42	May 28 (1)	NYY		TOR	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
43	43	May 28 (2)	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	GS	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	SS
44	44	May 29	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
45	45	May 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS	26	7.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
46	46	May 31	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	47	Jun 1	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
48	48	Jun 2	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
49	49	Jun 3	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-5	GS	30	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
50	50	Jun 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
51	51	Jun 5	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
52	52	Jun 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
53	53	Jun 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
54	54	Jun 9	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
55	55	Jun 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	32	7.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
56	63 (7)	Jun 18	NYY		CAL	L,2-3	GS	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
57	64	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS	19	4.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	77 (12)	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
59	79 (1)	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	GF	13	3.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
60	80	Jul 5	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
61	81	Jul 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
62	82	Jul 7	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
63	83	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
64	104 (20)	Jul 31	NYY		TEX	W,6-1	GS	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	105	Aug 1	NYY		TEX	W,8-1	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
66	106	Aug 2 susp	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	GS	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
67	107	Aug 3	NYY		BOS	L,1-8	GS	28	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
68	108	Aug 4	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
69	109	Aug 5	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
70	110	Aug 6	NYY		BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
71	111	Aug 8	NYY		MIL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
72	112	Aug 9	NYY		MIL	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
73	113	Aug 10	NYY		MIL	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
74	114	Aug 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
75	115	Aug 12	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
76	116	Aug 13	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
77	117	Aug 14	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
78	118	Aug 15	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
79	119	Aug 16	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
80	120	Aug 18	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
81	121	Aug 19	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-4	GS	30	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
82	122	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
83	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
84	124	Aug 23	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-6	GS	35	7.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
85	125	Aug 25	NYY		OAK	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
86	126	Aug 26	NYY		OAK	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
87	127	Aug 27	NYY		OAK	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
88	128	Aug 28	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
89	129	Aug 29	NYY		CAL	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
90	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
91	131	Aug 31	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	132	Sep 1	NYY		SEA	L,0-3	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
93	133	Sep 2	NYY		SEA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
94	134	Sep 3	NYY		SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
95	135	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
96	136	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
97	137	Sep 5	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
98	138	Sep 6	NYY		DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
99	139	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
100	140	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-2	GS	27	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
101	141	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
102	142	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
103	143	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
104	144	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
105	145	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	6	1	10	3	SS
106	146	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
107	147	Sep 16	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
108	148	Sep 17	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
109	149	Sep 18	NYY		MIL	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
110	150	Sep 19	NYY		MIL	L,0-2	GS	32	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
111	151	Sep 20 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
112	152	Sep 20 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
113	153	Sep 21	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-1	GS	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
114	154	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
115	155	Sep 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-10	GS	34	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
116	156	Sep 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
117	157	Sep 26	NYY		TOR	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
118	158	Sep 27	NYY		TOR	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
119	159	Sep 28	NYY		TOR	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
120	160	Sep 29	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
121	161	Sep 30	NYY		CLE	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
122	162	Oct 1	NYY		CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
123	163	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
							123gm		1010.2	178	341	10	529	57