Bill Buckner
Bill Buckner
Full name: William Joseph Buckner Born: December 14, 1949, Vallejo, California First Game: September 21, 1969 ; Final Game: May 30, 1990 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 185
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Bill Buckner
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1969 LA N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1969 LA N 1970 LA N Daily Splits 28 68 6 13 3 1 0 4 3 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .191 .225 .265 -0.7 1970 LA N 1971 LA N Daily Splits 108 358 37 99 15 1 5 41 11 4 18 5 7 2 0 7 6 4 1 .277 .306 .366 -0.4 1971 LA N 1972 LA N Daily Splits 105 383 47 122 14 3 5 37 17 2 13 1 3 1 0 6 13 10 3 .319 .348 .410 0.5 1972 LA N 1973 LA N Daily Splits 140 575 68 158 20 0 8 46 17 5 34 3 6 5 0 9 15 12 2 .275 .297 .351 -2.6 1973 LA N 1974 LA N Daily Splits 145 580 83 182 30 3 7 58 30 10 24 4 4 2 0 7 13 31 13 .314 .351 .412 0.0 1974 LA N 1975 LA N Daily Splits 92 288 30 70 11 2 6 31 17 7 15 2 4 4 0 2 11 8 3 .243 .286 .358 -1.0 1975 LA N 1976 LA N Daily Splits 154 642 76 193 28 4 7 60 26 6 26 1 6 5 0 6 8 28 9 .301 .326 .389 -0.7 1976 LA N 1977 CHI N Daily Splits 122 426 40 121 27 0 11 60 21 2 23 1 2 7 0 8 16 7 5 .284 .314 .425 -1.6 1977 CHI N 1978 CHI N Daily Splits 117 446 47 144 26 1 5 74 18 5 17 0 1 5 0 5 16 7 5 .323 .345 .419 0.2 1978 CHI N 1979 CHI N Daily Splits 149 591 72 168 34 7 14 66 30 6 28 2 1 4 0 12 16 9 4 .284 .319 .437 0.3 1979 CHI N 1980 CHI N Daily Splits 145 578 69 187 41 3 10 68 30 11 18 0 0 6 1 8 13 1 2 .324 .353 .457 1.1 1980 CHI N 1981 CHI N Daily Splits 106 421 45 131 35 3 10 75 26 9 16 1 0 5 0 6 17 5 2 .311 .349 .480 1.0 1981 CHI N 1982 CHI N Daily Splits 161 657 93 201 34 5 15 105 36 7 26 5 1 10 0 14 14 15 5 .306 .342 .441 1.7 1982 CHI N 1983 CHI N Daily Splits 153 626 79 175 38 6 16 66 25 5 30 5 4 5 0 8 10 12 4 .280 .310 .436 1.3 1983 CHI N 1984 CHI N Daily Splits 21 43 3 9 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .209 .239 .209 -0.3 1984 CHI N 1984 BOS A Daily Splits 114 439 51 122 21 2 11 67 24 5 38 5 0 3 1 4 11 2 2 .278 .321 .410 -0.4 1984 BOS A 1984 Total 135 482 54 131 21 2 11 69 25 6 39 6 0 4 1 4 12 2 2 .272 .313 .392 -0.7 1984 Total
1985 BOS A Daily Splits 162 673 89 201 46 3 16 110 30 5 36 2 2 11 1 5 16 18 4 .299 .325 .447 2.2 1985 BOS A 1986 BOS A Daily Splits 153 629 73 168 39 2 18 102 40 9 25 4 0 8 0 8 25 6 4 .267 .311 .421 0.8 1986 BOS A 1987 BOS A Daily Splits 75 286 23 78 6 1 2 42 13 1 19 0 0 5 0 1 10 1 3 .273 .299 .322 -1.7 1987 BOS A 1987 CAL A Daily Splits 57 183 16 56 12 1 3 32 9 1 7 0 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 .306 .337 .432 0.0 1987 CAL A 1987 TOT A 132 469 39 134 18 2 5 74 22 2 26 0 1 6 0 7 13 2 3 .286 .314 .365 -1.7 1987 TOT A
1988 CAL A Daily Splits 19 43 1 9 0 0 0 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 .209 .271 .209 -0.3 1988 CAL A 1988 KC A Daily Splits 89 242 18 62 14 0 3 34 13 5 19 0 4 4 0 1 6 3 1 .256 .290 .351 -1.0 1988 KC A 1988 TOT A 108 285 19 71 14 0 3 43 17 5 19 0 4 5 0 1 8 5 1 .249 .287 .330 -1.3 1988 TOT A
1989 KC A Daily Splits 79 176 7 38 4 1 1 16 6 2 11 0 0 1 1 4 4 1 0 .216 .240 .267 -1.7 1989 KC A 1990 BOS A Daily Splits 22 43 4 8 0 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .186 .234 .256 -0.5 1990 BOS A Splits 2517 9397 1077 2715 498 49 174 1208 450 111 453 42 47 97 4 128 247 183 73 .289 .321 .408 -3.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1974 LA N Daily Splits 4 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .222 1974 LA N
1986 BOS A Daily Splits 7 28 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 .214 .207 .250 1986 BOS A
Total NL 4 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .222 Total NL
Total AL 7 28 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 .214 .207 .250 Total AL
Total Splits 11 46 3 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 .196 .191 .239 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1974 LA N Daily Splits 5 20 1 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .450 1974 LA N
1986 BOS A Daily Splits 7 32 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .188 .212 .188 1986 BOS A
Total Splits 12 52 3 11 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .212 .226 .288 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1981 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1981 NL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1970 LA N Daily OF 20 16 9 146 36 1 0 1 0 1.000 19 0 1
1970 LA N 1970 LA N 1970 LA N 1971 LA N Daily OF 86 76 62 675 165 5 1 0 0 .994 4 0 82
1971 LA N 1971 LA N 1971 LA N 1972 LA N Daily OF 61 57 52 509.1 123 1 1 0 0 .992 9 0 52
1972 LA N 1972 LA N 1972 LA N 1973 LA N Daily 1B 93 87 84 822.1 888 50 2 93 0 .998
1973 LA N 1973 LA N 1973 LA N 1974 LA N Daily OF 136 128 110 1150 235 4 6 0 0 .976 134 0 3
1974 LA N 1974 LA N 1974 LA N 1975 LA N Daily OF 72 67 49 563 138 4 2 0 0 .986 72 0 0
1975 LA N 1976 LA N Daily OF 153 153 138 1368.2 315 7 5 0 0 .985 152 0 6
1976 LA N 309 7 5 0 0 .984
1976 LA N 1976 LA N 1977 CHI N Daily 1B 99 98 81 848.2 966 58 10 75 0 .990
1978 CHI N Daily 1B 105 104 90 899 1075 83 6 85 0 .995
1979 CHI N Daily 1B 140 139 129 1217 1258 124 7 118 0 .995
1980 CHI N Daily 1B 93 89 75 775 826 73 6 67 0 .993
1980 CHI N 1980 CHI N 1980 CHI N 1981 CHI N Daily 1B 105 105 98 932.2 996 81 17 92 0 .984
1982 CHI N Daily 1B 161 161 154 1430.1 1547 159 12 89 0 .993
1983 CHI N Daily 1B 144 136 131 1211 1366 161 13 132 1 .992
1983 CHI N 1983 CHI N 1984 CHI N Daily 1B 7 5 5 49 66 5 0 5 0 1.000
1984 CHI N 1984 CHI N 1984 BOS A Daily 1B 113 113 97 986.2 974 96 15 75 0 .986
1984 Total 1B 120 118 102 1035.2 1040 101 15 80 0 .987
1985 BOS A Daily 1B 162 162 154 1440.1 1384 184 12 140 0 .992
1986 BOS A Daily 1B 138 138 117 1191.2 1067 157 14 104 0 .989
1986 BOS A 1987 BOS A Daily 1B 74 73 56 620.2 605 58 6 53 0 .991
1987 CAL A Daily DH 39 39 29 -
1987 CAL A 1987 TOT A 1B 79 78 57 658.2 640 60 6 54 0 .992
1988 CAL A Daily DH 11 10 8 -
1988 CAL A 1988 KC A Daily DH 42 41 36 -
1988 KC A 1988 TOT A 1B 22 18 14 165 161 13 1 12 0 .994
1988 TOT A DH 53 51 44 -
1989 KC A Daily 1B 25 20 13 174.2 181 13 3 19 0 .985
1989 KC A 1990 BOS A Daily 1B 15 8 4 81.1 75 6 0 6 0 1.000
Total 1B 1555 1504 1334 13276 13901 1351 128 1200 1 .992
Total OF 645 605 499 5371.1 1225 28 18 3 0 .986 485 0 171
Total LF 485 455 377 4038.1 900 20 14 1 0 .985
Total RF 171 150 122 1333 319 7 4 1 0 .988
Total DH 125 121 101 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1974 LA N Daily OF 4 4 3 34 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 0 0
1974 LA N LF 4 4 3 34 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 BOS A Daily 1B 7 7 3 52.1 49 5 0 4 0 1.000
Total 1B 7 7 3 52.1 49 5 0 4 0 1.000
Total LF 4 4 3 34 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 4 4 3 34 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 0 0
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1974 LA N Daily OF 5 5 5 42 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 0 0
1974 LA N LF 5 5 5 42 10 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 BOS A Daily 1B 7 7 4 57.2 53 7 1 5 0 .984
Total 1B 7 7 4 57.2 53 7 1 5 0 .984
Total LF 5 5 5 42 10 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 5 5 5 42 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 0 0
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 7,
1968 ).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Ivan DeJesus and Jeff Albert to Chicago Cubs in
exchange for Rick Monday and Mike Garman (January 11, 1977 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Dennis Eckersley and Mike
Brumley (May 25, 1984 ).
Released by Boston Red Sox (July 23, 1987 ).
Signed by California Angels (July 28, 1987 ).
Released by California Angels (May 9, 1988 ).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (May 13, 1988 ).
Granted free agency (November 4, 1988 ).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 6, 1988 ).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989 ).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (February 15, 1990 ).
Released by Boston Red Sox (June 5, 1990 ).
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