John Vukovich

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 187lb (185cm, 84kg)

Born: July 31, 1947 in Sacramento, CA us

Died: March 8, 2007 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: Haddonfield Baptist Cemetery, Haddonfield, NJ

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (10th) of the 1966 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from American River College (Sacramento, CA).

High School: Amador HS (Sutter Creek, CA)

School: American River College (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: September 11, 1970 (Age 23-042d, 13,070th in major league history)
vs. MON 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 23, 1981 (Age 34-023d)
vs. HOU 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: John Christopher Vukovich

Nicknames: Vuke

Pronunciation: \VOO-kuh-vich\

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1980 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.5

559

.161

RBI

OBP

.203

SLG

.222

OPS

.425

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 13	MIL		BAL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	3B
2	4	Apr 14	MIL		BAL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
3	5	Apr 15 (1)	MIL		BAL	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
4	6	Apr 15 (2)	MIL		BAL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
5	7	Apr 17	MIL	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	8	Apr 18	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
7	9	Apr 19	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	10	Apr 20	MIL		NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	11	Apr 22	MIL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
10	12	Apr 23	MIL		NYY	L,2-5	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
11	13	Apr 24	MIL	@	KCR	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
12	14	Apr 25	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
13	15	Apr 26	MIL	@	KCR	W,7-3	GS	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	16	Apr 27	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
15	17	Apr 28	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
16	18	Apr 29	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	19	May 1	MIL		OAK	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
18	20	May 2	MIL		OAK	L,3-7	CG	44	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
19	21	May 4	MIL		KCR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
20	22	May 5	MIL		KCR	L,7-9	GF	24	4.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
21	30 (7)	May 15	MIL		CLE	W,2-1		19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
22	39 (8)	May 24	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-10	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
23	43 (3)	May 29	MIL		MIN	L,0-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	51 (7)	Jun 6	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-11	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	54 (2)	Jun 10	MIL	@	CAL	W,8-6	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
26	55	Jun 11	MIL	@	MIN	W,10-6	GF	18	3.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
27	60 (4)	Jun 17	MIL	@	CHW	W,15-5	GF	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	65 (4)	Jun 21	MIL		CLE	L,1-9	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	81 (15)	Jul 7	MIL		TEX	W,17-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
30	83 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	MIL		TEX	W,7-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
31	93 (9)	Jul 19	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-1	GF	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
32	95 (1)	Jul 21	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
33	96	Jul 22	MIL	@	KCR	L,5-7	CG	39	8.2	10	1	0	11	2	1B
34	99 (2)	Jul 28	MIL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	100	Jul 29 (1)	MIL		NYY	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
36	101	Jul 29 (2)	MIL		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	102	Jul 31 (1)	MIL		DET	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
38	103	Jul 31 (2)	MIL		DET	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	104	Aug 1	MIL		DET	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
40	105	Aug 2	MIL		DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
41	106	Aug 3	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-9	GS	31	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	107	Aug 4	MIL	@	CLE	W,9-4	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	109 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
44	110	Aug 7	MIL		CAL	L,5-6	GS	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
45	111	Aug 8	MIL		CAL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
46	112	Aug 9	MIL		CAL	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
47	130 (17)	Aug 29	MIL	@	CHW	W,9-0	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
48	133 (2)	Aug 31 (2)	MIL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	53	13.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	134	Sep 1	MIL		BOS	L,0-5	GS	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
50	135	Sep 2	MIL		BOS	L,4-10	GF	12	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
51	136	Sep 3 (1)	MIL		CLE	W,13-5	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
52	141 (4)	Sep 8	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-15	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
53	159 (17)	Sep 28 (1)	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-11	GF	21	5.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
54	162 (2)	Sep 30	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
							54gm		368.1	86	68	5	159	7