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Bucky Dent Bucky Dent

Full name: Russell Earl Dent Born: November 25, 1951, Savannah, Georgia Born: as: Russell Earl O'Dey First Game: June 1, 1973; Final Game: September 11, 1984 Managed First Game: August 18, 1989; Managed Final Game: June 5, 1990 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 170 World Series MVP (1978) Bucky Dent Collectibles! Bucky Dent Memorabilia! Bucky Dent Cards! Bucky Dent Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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Batting RecordBatting 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 TeamTeam
1973 CHI A Daily Splits   40   117   17   29   2   0   0   10   10   0   18   1   2   2   0   6   1    2   3  .248  .308  .265   0.4 1973 CHI A
1974 CHI A Daily Splits  154   496   55  136  15   3   5   45   28   0   48   3  23   2   0  11   9    3   4  .274  .316  .347   1.6 1974 CHI A
1975 CHI A Daily Splits  157   602   52  159  29   4   3   58   36   3   48   0  15   9   0  16  16    2   4  .264  .301  .341   2.1 1975 CHI A
1976 CHI A Daily Splits  158   562   44  138  18   4   2   52   43   3   45   2  17   2   0   9  10    3   5  .246  .300  .302  -0.4 1976 CHI A
1977 NY  A Daily Splits  158   477   54  118  18   4   8   49   39   0   28   1  14   9   0  10   9    1   1  .247  .300  .352  -0.8 1977 NY  A
1978 NY  A Daily Splits  123   379   40   92  11   1   5   40   23   1   24   2   6   5   0   5  10    3   1  .243  .286  .317  -0.7 1978 NY  A
1979 NY  A Daily Splits  141   431   47   99  14   2   2   32   37   1   30   1  13   8   0   6   5    0   0  .230  .287  .285   2.0 1979 NY  A
1980 NY  A Daily Splits  141   489   57  128  26   2   5   52   48   1   37   2   9   5   0   6   6    0   3  .262  .327  .354   1.9 1980 NY  A
1981 NY  A Daily Splits   73   227   20   54  11   0   7   27   19   0   17   2   8   2   0   6   1    0   1  .238  .300  .379   0.4 1981 NY  A
1982 NY  A Daily Splits   59   160   11   27   1   1   0    9    8   0   11   0   4   1   0   3   7    0   0  .169  .207  .188  -0.9 1982 NY  A
1982 TEX A Daily Splits   46   146   16   32   9   0   1   14   13   0   10   0   3   2   0   2   2    0   0  .219  .280  .301  -0.2 1982 TEX A
1982 TOT A               105   306   27   59  10   1   1   23   21   0   21   0   7   3   0   5   9    0   0  .193  .242  .242  -1.1 1982 TOT A
1983 TEX A Daily Splits  131   417   36   99  15   2   2   34   23   0   31   1   7   2   0   4   3    3   7  .237  .278  .297  -2.4 1983 TEX A
1984 KC  A Daily Splits   11     9    2    3   0   0   0    1    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .400  .333  -0.3 1984 KC  A
Total            Splits 1392  4512  451 1114 169  23  40  423  328   9  349  15 121  49   0  84  79   17  29  .247  .297  .321   2.7 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 TeamTeam

League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague 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
1977 NY  A Daily Splits    5    14    1    3   1   0   0    2    1   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .214  .267  .286 1977 NY  A
1978 NY  A Daily Splits    4    15    0    3   0   0   0    4    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .200  .200  .200 1978 NY  A
1980 NY  A Daily Splits    3    11    0    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   0  .182  .182  .182 1980 NY  A
Total            Splits   12    40    1    8   1   0   0    6    1   0    1   0   2   0   0   0   2    0   0  .200  .220  .225 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 RecordWorld 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
1977 NY  A Daily Splits    6    19    0    5   0   0   0    2    2   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .263  .333  .263 1977 NY  A
1978 NY  A Daily Splits    6    24    3   10   1   0   0    7    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .417  .440  .458 1978 NY  A
Total            Splits   12    43    3   15   1   0   0    9    3   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .349  .391  .372 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 RecordAll-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
1975 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1975 AL   
1980 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1980 AL   
1981 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    2   1   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 1.500 1981 AL   
Total            Splits    3     5    0    3   1   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .600  .600  .800 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

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1973 CHI A Daily  SS   36   35   30   295.1    51  132    7   22   0  .963
1973 CHI A        2B    3    0    0     8.2     4    2    0    1   0 1.000
1973 CHI A        3B    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1974 CHI A Daily  SS  154  153  131  1325     251  499   22  108   0  .972
1975 CHI A Daily  SS  157  157  152  1408.1   279  543   16  105   0  .981
1976 CHI A Daily  SS  158  154  146  1373     279  468   18   96   0  .976
1977 NY  A Daily  SS  158  153  120  1317.2   250  434   18   90   0  .974
1978 NY  A Daily  SS  123  120   90  1010.2   178  341   10   57   0  .981
1979 NY  A Daily  SS  141  136  120  1187.2   219  512   17  107   0  .977
1980 NY  A Daily  SS  141  141  132  1248.1   224  489   13   77   0  .982
1981 NY  A Daily  SS   73   73   66   632     104  217   10   49   0  .970
1982 NY  A Daily  SS   58   50   38   444      74  177   10   27   0  .962
1982 TEX A Daily  SS   45   44   43   387      55  146    4   30   0  .980
1982 TOT A        SS  103   94   81   831     129  323   14   57   0  .970
1983 TEX A Daily  SS  129  125  102  1100.2   150  369   11   71   0  .979
1983 TEX A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1984 KC  A Daily  SS    9    2    0    27       2    5    0    0   0 1.000
1984 KC  A        3B    2    1    1    10       2    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total             SS 1382 1343 1170 11756.2  2116 4332  156  839   0  .976
Total             3B    3    1    1    12       2    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total             2B    3    0    0     8.2     4    2    0    1   0 1.000
Total             DH    1    0    0                                      -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1977 NY  A Daily  SS    5    5    3    42      10   14    1    0   0  .960
1978 NY  A Daily  SS    4    4    4    35       2    8    1    0   0  .909
1980 NY  A Daily  SS    3    3    3    25       9   12    0    2   0 1.000
Total             SS   12   12   10   102      21   34    2    2   0  .965
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1977 NY  A Daily  SS    6    6    5    54       2   15    1    2   0  .944
1978 NY  A Daily  SS    6    6    6    53       8   16    2    4   0  .923
Total             SS   12   12   11   107      10   31    3    6   0  .932
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1975 AL    Daily  SS    1    0    0     3       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1980 AL    Daily  SS    1    1    0     3       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1981 AL    Daily  SS    1    1    0     6       0    2    0    0   0 1.000
Total             SS    3    2    0    12       0    4    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1989 NY  A   40   18   22  .450   164   195   8-18           6  5
1990 NY  A   49   18   31  .367   188   215          6- 5    7  7
Total        89   36   53  .404   352   410
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

TransactionsTransactions

Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 9th round of the free-agent draft - did not
sign (June 5, 1969).

Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (6th pick overall) of the secondary
phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 17, 1970).

Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (6th pick overall) of the secondary
phase of free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).

Traded by Chicago White Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Oscar Gamble, LaMarr
Hoyt, Bob Polinsky and $200000 (April 5, 1977).

Traded by New York Yankees to Texas Rangers in exchange for Lee Mazzilli (August 8,
1982).

Released by Texas Rangers (April 2, 1984).

Signed by New York Yankees (June 7, 1984).

Released by New York Yankees (July 9, 1984).

Signed by Kansas City Royals (August 16, 1984).

Released by Kansas City Royals (October 10, 1984).

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