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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,6-7	GS	40	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
2	3 (1)	Apr 12	NYY	@	TEX	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
3	4	Apr 13	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
4	9 (4)	Apr 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
5	10	Apr 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
6	11	Apr 22	NYY		DET	L,1-3	GS	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
7	12	Apr 23	NYY		DET	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
8	14 (1)	Apr 25	NYY		DET	W,3-1	GF	15	4.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
9	15	Apr 27	NYY		CAL	L,1-3	CG	27	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
10	16	Apr 28	NYY		CAL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
11	17	Apr 29	NYY		CAL	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
12	18	Apr 30	NYY		SEA	L,3-6	GS	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	20 (1)	May 2	NYY		SEA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
14	21	May 3	NYY		OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
15	22	May 4	NYY		OAK	L,7-9	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
16	23	May 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-7	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
17	24	May 7	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
18	25	May 8	NYY	@	SEA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
19	26	May 9	NYY	@	SEA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
20	27	May 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
21	28	May 11	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
22	29	May 12	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
23	30	May 13	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	2	SS
24	31	May 14	NYY	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
25	32	May 15	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
26	33	May 16	NYY	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
27	34	May 17	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
28	45 (10)	May 31	NYY	@	TOR	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	46	Jun 1	NYY	@	TOR	L,2-5	GS	24	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
30	49 (2)	Jun 4	NYY		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
31	50	Jun 6	NYY		KCR	L,1-14	CG	52	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
32	52 (1)	Jun 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
33	53	Jun 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
34	57 (3)	Jun 15	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
35	58	Jun 16	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	29	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
36	60 (1)	Jun 19	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	GS	54	15.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
37	62 (1)	Jun 21	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	72 (9)	Jul 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
39	73	Jul 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
40	74	Jul 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
41	86 (11)	Jul 19	NYY		SEA	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
42	88 (1)	Jul 21	NYY		SEA	L,5-6	GS	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
43	89	Jul 22	NYY		TEX	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
44	90	Jul 23	NYY		CAL	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
45	92 (1)	Jul 25	NYY		CAL	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
46	93	Jul 26	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
47	94	Jul 27	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
48	95	Jul 28	NYY		DET	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
49	96	Jul 30	NYY	@	TEX	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	SS
50	97	Jul 31	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	98	Aug 1	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
52	99	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-1	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
53	100	Aug 3 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-14	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
54	101	Aug 4 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
55	102	Aug 4 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
56	103	Aug 5	NYY		TEX	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
57	104	Aug 6	NYY		TEX	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
58	105	Aug 7	NYY		TEX	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
				Player went from New York Yankees to Texas Rangers
59	110	Aug 10	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
60	111	Aug 11	TEX	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
61	112	Aug 13	TEX		CLE	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
62	113	Aug 14	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
63	114	Aug 15	TEX		CLE	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
64	115	Aug 16	TEX		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
65	116	Aug 17	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
66	117	Aug 18	TEX		CHW	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
67	118	Aug 20	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	CG	47	12.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
68	119	Aug 21	TEX		BAL	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
69	120	Aug 22	TEX		BAL	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
70	121	Aug 23	TEX		KCR	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
71	122	Aug 24	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
72	123	Aug 25	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
73	124	Aug 26	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
74	125	Aug 27 (1)	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
75	126	Aug 27 (2)	TEX	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
76	127	Aug 28	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
77	128	Aug 29	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
78	129	Aug 30	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
79	130	Aug 31	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	131	Sep 1	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
81	132	Sep 2	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
82	133	Sep 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
83	134	Sep 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
84	135	Sep 5	TEX	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
85	136	Sep 6 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
86	138 (1)	Sep 7	TEX		MIN	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
87	139	Sep 8	TEX		MIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
88	141 (1)	Sep 11	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
89	142	Sep 12	TEX		SEA	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
90	143	Sep 13	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
91	144	Sep 14	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
92	145	Sep 15	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
93	146	Sep 16	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
94	147	Sep 17	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
95	148	Sep 18	TEX	@	SEA	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
96	149	Sep 19	TEX	@	SEA	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
97	150	Sep 20	TEX	@	OAK	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
98	151	Sep 21	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
99	153 (1)	Sep 23	TEX		CAL	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
100	154	Sep 24	TEX		CAL	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
101	155	Sep 25	TEX		CAL	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
102	156	Sep 26	TEX		CAL	W,7-5	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
103	162 (5)	Oct 3	TEX	@	CAL	L,6-7	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							103gm		831.0	129	323	14	466	57