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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	TEX		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 5	TEX		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
3	3	Apr 6	TEX		CHW	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 8	TEX		BOS	L,5-8	GS	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
5	5	Apr 9	TEX		BOS	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	3	SS
6	6	Apr 10	TEX		BOS	W,9-7	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 12	TEX	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
8	8	Apr 13	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
9	9	Apr 15	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS	21	4.0	0	1	2	3	0	SS
10	12 (2)	Apr 19	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
11	13	Apr 20	TEX	@	BAL	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
12	14	Apr 21	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	20	4.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
13	15	Apr 22	TEX		MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
14	16	Apr 23	TEX		MIL	L,0-3	GS	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
15	17	Apr 24	TEX		MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	3	SS
16	18	Apr 26	TEX		TOR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
17	19	Apr 27	TEX		TOR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
18	20	Apr 29	TEX		NYY	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
19	21	Apr 30	TEX		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	22	May 1	TEX		NYY	L,4-8	GS	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
21	23	May 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
22	24	May 3	TEX	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
23	25	May 4	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
24	26	May 6	TEX	@	MIL	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
25	27	May 8	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
26	28	May 10	TEX	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
27	29	May 11	TEX	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
28	30	May 13	TEX		BAL	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
29	31	May 14	TEX		BAL	L,11-14	CG	56	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
30	32	May 15	TEX		BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
31	33	May 16	TEX		CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
32	34	May 17	TEX		CLE	W,6-5	GS	46	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
33	35	May 18	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	54	14.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
34	36	May 19	TEX	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	1	3	0	4	0	SS
35	37	May 20	TEX	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
36	39 (1)	May 22	TEX	@	DET	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
37	40	May 23	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
38	41	May 24	TEX	@	KCR	T,2-2	CG	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
39	42	May 25	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
40	43	May 26	TEX	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
41	44	May 27	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
42	45	May 28	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
43	47 (1)	May 31	TEX		KCR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	48	Jun 1	TEX		KCR	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
45	49	Jun 3	TEX		DET	L,1-12	GS	33	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
46	50	Jun 4	TEX		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
47	51	Jun 5	TEX		DET	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
48	52	Jun 7	TEX	@	SEA	W,10-0	CG	28	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
49	53	Jun 8	TEX	@	SEA	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
50	54	Jun 9	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	44	10.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
51	55	Jun 10	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
52	56	Jun 11	TEX	@	MIN	W,11-0	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
53	58 (1)	Jun 13	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
54	59	Jun 14	TEX		SEA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
55	60	Jun 15	TEX		SEA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
56	61	Jun 16	TEX		MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
57	62	Jun 17	TEX		MIN	W,10-1	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
58	63	Jun 18	TEX		MIN	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
59	64	Jun 19	TEX		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
60	65	Jun 20	TEX		CAL	L,9-10	CG	60	13.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
61	66	Jun 21	TEX		CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
62	67	Jun 22	TEX		CAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
63	69 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	TEX		OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
64	70	Jun 25	TEX		OAK	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
65	71	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	W,4-1	CG	26	7.1	2	2	0	4	0	SS
66	72	Jun 27	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
67	73	Jun 28	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
68	74	Jun 29	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	SS
69	75	Jun 30	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	41	10.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	76	Jul 1	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
71	77	Jul 2	TEX	@	OAK	W,13-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
72	78	Jul 3	TEX	@	OAK	W,16-4	CG	64	15.0	7	2	0	9	0	SS
73	79	Jul 4	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
74	80	Jul 8	TEX	@	TOR	L,5-8	GS	37	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
75	81	Jul 9	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
76	82	Jul 10	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
77	83	Jul 11	TEX		MIL	W,5-4	CG	59	15.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
78	94 (10)	Jul 21	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
79	95	Jul 22	TEX		TOR	L,5-10	GS	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
80	96	Jul 23	TEX		TOR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
81	97	Jul 24	TEX		TOR	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
82	98	Jul 25	TEX		NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
83	99	Jul 26	TEX		NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
84	100	Jul 27	TEX		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
85	101	Jul 29	TEX	@	BAL	L,6-8	GS	25	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
86	102	Jul 30	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-7	GS	39	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	104 (1)	Aug 2	TEX		BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
88	105	Aug 3	TEX		BOS	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
89	106	Aug 4	TEX		BOS	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
90	107	Aug 5	TEX	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
91	108	Aug 6	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
92	109	Aug 7 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
93	111 (1)	Aug 8	TEX	@	BOS	W,12-7	GS	36	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
94	112	Aug 9	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
95	113	Aug 10	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
96	115 (1)	Aug 13	TEX		CLE	W,4-3	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
97	116	Aug 14	TEX		CLE	L,0-3	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
98	117	Aug 15	TEX		BAL	L,4-6	GS	36	7.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
99	120 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
100	122 (1)	Aug 20	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	SS
101	123	Aug 21	TEX		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
102	124	Aug 22	TEX		DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
103	125	Aug 23	TEX		DET	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
104	126	Aug 24	TEX		DET	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
105	127	Aug 25 (1)	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
106	131 (3)	Aug 28	TEX	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
107	132	Aug 29	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
108	134 (1)	Aug 31	TEX	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	136 (1)	Sep 2	TEX		KCR	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
110	137	Sep 3 (1)	TEX		KCR	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
111	138	Sep 3 (2)	TEX		KCR	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
112	139	Sep 4	TEX		KCR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
113	140	Sep 5	TEX		MIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
114	141	Sep 6	TEX		MIN	L,3-5	GS	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
115	142	Sep 7	TEX		MIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
116	143	Sep 9	TEX	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
117	146 (2)	Sep 13	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
118	148 (1)	Sep 15	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
119	149	Sep 16	TEX	@	CAL	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
120	150	Sep 17	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
121	151	Sep 18	TEX	@	CAL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
122	152	Sep 20	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
123	153	Sep 21	TEX		OAK	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
124	154	Sep 22	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
125	155	Sep 23	TEX		SEA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
126	156	Sep 24	TEX		SEA	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
127	159 (2)	Sep 28	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
128	161 (1)	Sep 30	TEX		CAL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
129	162	Oct 1	TEX		CAL	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
							129gm		1100.2	150	369	11	530	71