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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	NYY		TEX	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 11	NYY		TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
3	3	Apr 12	NYY		TEX	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
4	4	Apr 13	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
5	5	Apr 15	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 17	NYY	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
7	7	Apr 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
8	8	Apr 19	NYY	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
9	9	Apr 20	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
10	10	Apr 21	NYY		DET	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
11	11	Apr 22	NYY		DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
12	12	Apr 24	NYY		TOR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
13	13	Apr 25	NYY		TOR	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
14	14	Apr 26	NYY		TOR	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
15	15	Apr 27	NYY	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
16	16	Apr 28	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
17	17	Apr 29	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	NYY	@	OAK	L,6-8	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
19	19	May 2	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
20	20	May 3 (1)	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
21	22 (1)	May 4	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
22	23	May 5	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
23	24	May 6	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
24	26 (1)	May 8	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
25	27	May 9	NYY	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
26	28	May 10	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
27	29	May 12	NYY		OAK	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
28	30	May 13	NYY		OAK	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
29	31	May 14	NYY		OAK	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
30	32	May 16	NYY		SEA	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
31	33	May 17	NYY		SEA	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
32	34	May 18	NYY		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
33	35	May 19	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
34	36	May 20	NYY		KCR	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
35	37	May 22	NYY		CLE	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
36	38	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
37	39	May 24	NYY		CLE	L,5-12	GS	21	3.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
38	40	May 25	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-10	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
39	41	May 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
40	42	May 27	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	1	4	0	5	2	SS
41	43	May 29	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
42	44	May 30	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
43	45	May 31	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
45	47	Jun 2	NYY		BAL	W,5-3	CG	44	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	48	Jun 3	NYY		BAL	W,2-0	CG	44	11.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
47	49	Jun 4	NYY		BAL	W,12-3	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
48	50	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG	48	12.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
49	51	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
50	52	Jun 7	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
51	54 (1)	Jun 9	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
52	55	Jun 10	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
53	56	Jun 11	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	57	Aug 10	NYY		TEX	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
55	58	Aug 11	NYY		TEX	L,0-1	GS	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
56	59	Aug 12	NYY		TEX	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
57	60	Aug 13	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
58	61	Aug 14	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
59	62	Aug 15	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
60	63	Aug 16	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
61	64	Aug 17	NYY		CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
62	65	Aug 18	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
63	66	Aug 19	NYY		CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	3	SS
64	67	Aug 21	NYY		KCR	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
65	68	Aug 22	NYY		KCR	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
66	69	Aug 23	NYY		KCR	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
67	70	Aug 24	NYY		MIN	L,2-3	CG	47	12.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
68	71	Aug 25	NYY		MIN	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
69	72	Aug 26	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
70	73	Aug 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	7.1	0	2	1	3	0	SS
71	74	Aug 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
72	75	Aug 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	0	6	1	7	1	SS
73	76	Aug 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS	14	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
							73gm		632.0	104	217	10	331	49