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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	NYY	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	40	11.1	1	4	0	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 11	NYY	@	TEX	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 13 (1)	NYY	@	TEX	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
4	4	Apr 13 (2)	NYY	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
5	5	Apr 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	59	13.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
6	6	Apr 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	1	9	0	10	1	SS
7	7	Apr 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 18	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 19	NYY		MIL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
10	10	Apr 20	NYY		MIL	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 21	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
12	12	Apr 22	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
13	13	Apr 23	NYY		BAL	W,6-5	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
14	14	Apr 25	NYY		CHW	L,0-6	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
15	17 (2)	Apr 29	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
16	18	Apr 30	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	19	May 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
18	20	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
19	21	May 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
20	22	May 6	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
21	23	May 7	NYY	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	8	1	11	2	SS
22	24	May 9	NYY		MIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
23	25	May 10	NYY		MIN	L,0-1	CG	40	11.0	2	9	0	11	2	SS
24	26	May 11	NYY		MIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
25	27	May 12	NYY		KCR	L,3-12	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
26	28	May 13	NYY		KCR	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
27	29	May 14	NYY		KCR	W,16-3	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
28	30	May 16	NYY		TEX	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
29	31	May 17	NYY		TEX	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
30	32	May 18	NYY		TEX	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
31	33	May 19	NYY	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
32	34	May 20	NYY	@	DET	L,8-12	CG	46	8.0	6	6	0	12	2	SS
33	35	May 21	NYY	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	42	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
34	36	May 22	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
35	37	May 23	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
36	38	May 24	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
37	39	May 25	NYY	@	TOR	L,6-9	CG	44	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
38	40	May 26	NYY		DET	W,13-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
39	41	May 27	NYY		DET	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
40	42	May 28	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
41	43	May 30	NYY		TOR	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
42	44	May 31	NYY		TOR	W,8-6	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	45	Jun 1	NYY		TOR	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
44	46	Jun 2	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
45	48 (1)	Jun 4	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	49	Jun 6	NYY	@	SEA	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
47	50	Jun 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
48	51	Jun 8	NYY	@	SEA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
49	52	Jun 9	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-7	CG	40	10.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
50	53	Jun 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
51	54	Jun 11	NYY	@	CAL	W,9-7	CG	45	11.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
52	55	Jun 13 (1)	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
53	56	Jun 13 (2)	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
54	57	Jun 14	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS	7	1.2	1	2	0	3	1	SS
55	72 (14)	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	73	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
57	74	Jul 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
58	75	Jul 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
59	76	Jul 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
60	77	Jul 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
61	78	Jul 6	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
62	79	Jul 10	NYY	@	TEX	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
63	80	Jul 11	NYY	@	TEX	L,8-10	GS	38	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	81	Jul 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
65	82	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
66	83	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS	34	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
67	84	Jul 15	NYY		MIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
68	85	Jul 16	NYY		MIN	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
69	86	Jul 17	NYY		MIN	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
70	87	Jul 18	NYY		KCR	L,1-13	CG	50	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
71	88	Jul 19	NYY		KCR	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
72	89	Jul 20	NYY		KCR	L,3-14	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
73	90	Jul 21	NYY		MIL	L,4-7	CG	48	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
74	91	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
75	92	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
76	93	Jul 23	NYY		MIL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
77	94	Jul 25	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
78	95	Jul 26	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
79	96	Jul 27	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
80	97	Jul 28	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
81	98	Jul 29	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
82	99	Jul 30	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.2	2	2	0	4	1	SS
83	100	Jul 31	NYY	@	MIL	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	3	9	0	12	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	101	Aug 1	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
85	102	Aug 2	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
86	103	Aug 3	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
87	104	Aug 4	NYY		TEX	W,10-4	GS	19	6.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
88	105	Aug 5	NYY		TEX	L,1-8	GS	40	8.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
89	107 (1)	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
90	108	Aug 9	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
91	109	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
92	110	Aug 11	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
93	111	Aug 12	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	41	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
94	112	Aug 13	NYY		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
95	113	Aug 14	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
96	114	Aug 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
97	115	Aug 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
98	116	Aug 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
99	117	Aug 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
100	118	Aug 19	NYY	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
101	119	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
102	120	Aug 21	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
103	121	Aug 22	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	122	Aug 23	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
105	123	Aug 24	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
106	124	Aug 25	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
107	125	Aug 26	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
108	126	Aug 28	NYY		SEA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
109	127	Aug 29	NYY		SEA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
110	128	Aug 30	NYY		SEA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
111	129	Aug 31	NYY		SEA	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	130	Sep 1	NYY		OAK	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
113	131	Sep 2	NYY		OAK	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
114	132	Sep 3	NYY		OAK	W,8-3	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
115	133	Sep 4	NYY		CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
116	134	Sep 5	NYY		CAL	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
117	135	Sep 6	NYY		CAL	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
118	136	Sep 7	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
119	137	Sep 8	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
120	138	Sep 9	NYY	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
121	139	Sep 10	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
122	140	Sep 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
123	141	Sep 12	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
124	142	Sep 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	10	0	11	1	SS
125	143	Sep 14	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
126	144	Sep 16	NYY		TOR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
127	145	Sep 17 susp	NYY		TOR	W,8-7	CG	52	13.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
128	146	Sep 18	NYY		TOR	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
129	147	Sep 19	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
130	148	Sep 20	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
131	149	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
132	150	Sep 22	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	11	0	12	1	SS
133	151	Sep 23	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
134	152	Sep 24	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
135	154 (1)	Sep 26	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
136	155	Sep 27	NYY	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	4	7	2	13	3	SS
137	156	Sep 28	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
138	157	Sep 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,9-12	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
139	158	Oct 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,18-7	GS	31	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
140	159	Oct 2	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
141	160	Oct 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
							141gm		1249.1	224	489	13	726	77