Bill Buckner

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 14, 1949 in Vallejo, CA us

Died: May 27, 2019 in Boise, ID

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Napa HS (Napa, CA).

High School: Napa HS (Napa, CA)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 21, 1969 (Age 19-281d, 12,940th in major league history)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 30, 1990 (Age 40-167d)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: William Joseph Buckner

Nicknames: Billy Buck

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.0

9397

2715

174

.289

1077

RBI

1208

183

OBP

.321

SLG

.408

OPS

.729

OPS+

100

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

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
2	2	Apr 11	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
3	3	Apr 12	CHC	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
4	4	Apr 13	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
5	5	Apr 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
6	6	Apr 17	CHC		NYM	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	13	1	1	15	2	1B
7	7	Apr 19	CHC		NYM	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
8	8	Apr 20	CHC		NYM	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
9	9	Apr 22	CHC		STL	W,16-12	CG	47	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
10	10	Apr 23	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	16	0	1	17	0	1B
11	11	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	4	1B
12	12	Apr 26	CHC		PIT	L,2-9	CG	49	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
13	13	Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
14	14	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	GS	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	16 (1)	May 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,12-4	GS	28	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
16	17	May 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
17	18	May 4 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
18	20 (1)	May 6	CHC		SDP	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
19	21	May 7	CHC		SDP	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
20	22	May 8	CHC		SDP	L,6-9	GS	29	7.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
21	23	May 9	CHC		SFG	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
22	24	May 10	CHC		SFG	W,15-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
23	25	May 11	CHC		SFG	L,0-3	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
24	26	May 12	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
25	27	May 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
26	28	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
27	29	May 16	CHC	@	SDP	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
28	30	May 17	CHC	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
29	31	May 18	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	13	2	0	15	1	1B
30	32	May 20	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
31	33	May 21	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
32	34	May 23	CHC		LAD	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
33	35	May 24	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
34	36	May 25	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
35	38 (1)	May 27	CHC		MON	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
36	39	May 28 susp	CHC		MON	W,8-4	GS	60	14.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B RF
37	41 (1)	May 31	CHC		PHI	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	42	Jun 1	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
39	43	Jun 2	CHC	@	MON	L,7-8	CG	60	12.1	9	0	0	9	0	1B
40	54 (10)	Jun 14	CHC		ATL	W,10-5	GS	32	7.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
41	55	Jun 15	CHC		ATL	W,4-1	GS	24	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
42	56	Jun 16	CHC		HOU	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
43	57	Jun 17	CHC		HOU	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
44	58	Jun 18	CHC		CIN	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
45	59	Jun 19	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
46	60	Jun 20	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
47	61	Jun 21	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-8	GS	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
48	62	Jun 22	CHC	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
49	63	Jun 24	CHC		NYM	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
50	64	Jun 25 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	4	1B
51	66 (1)	Jun 26	CHC		NYM	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
52	67	Jun 27	CHC		STL	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
53	68	Jun 28 (1)	CHC		STL	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
54	69	Jun 28 (2)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	GS	3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	71 (1)	Jul 1	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
56	72	Jul 2	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
57	73	Jul 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
58	75 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
59	76	Jul 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
60	77	Jul 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	73	19.1	14	3	0	17	0	1B
61	78	Jul 10	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
62	79	Jul 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
63	80	Jul 12 (1)	CHC	@	MON	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
64	81	Jul 12 (2)	CHC	@	MON	W,8-6	GF	10	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH 1B
65	82	Jul 13	CHC	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
66	83	Jul 15	CHC		LAD	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	84	Jul 16	CHC		LAD	W,4-1	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 1B
68	85	Jul 17	CHC		LAD	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	86	Jul 18	CHC		SDP	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	87	Jul 19	CHC		SDP	W,8-7	GS	35	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
71	88	Jul 20	CHC		SDP	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
72	89	Jul 21 susp	CHC		SFG	L,0-2	GS	59	15.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF LF
73	90	Jul 22	CHC		SFG	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	91	Jul 23	CHC		SFG	L,6-14	CG	52	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	92	Jul 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	93	Jul 26	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	94	Jul 27	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	44	11.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	97 (2)	Jul 30	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	98	Aug 1	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
80	99	Aug 2	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	100	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	101	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	102	Aug 5	CHC		PIT	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
84	103	Aug 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
85	104	Aug 6 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	105	Aug 7	CHC		PIT	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
87	106	Aug 8	CHC		MON	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	107	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		MON	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	108	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		MON	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	109	Aug 10	CHC		MON	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	110	Aug 11 susp	CHC		PHI	L,5-8	CG	68	15.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
92	111	Aug 12	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
93	112	Aug 13	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
94	113	Aug 14	CHC	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	50	9.1	1	0	1	2	0	RF
95	114	Aug 15	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
96	115	Aug 16	CHC	@	STL	W,9-4	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
97	116	Aug 17	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	117	Aug 19	CHC	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS	43	10.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
99	118	Aug 20	CHC	@	ATL	L,5-9	GS	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	RF 1B
100	119	Aug 21	CHC	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	120	Aug 22	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	47	11.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
102	121	Aug 23	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	69	16.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
103	122	Aug 24	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
104	123	Aug 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
105	124	Aug 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	3	1	15	0	1B
106	125	Aug 28	CHC		HOU	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
107	126	Aug 29	CHC		HOU	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
108	127	Aug 30	CHC		HOU	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	128	Aug 31	CHC		HOU	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	129	Sep 1	CHC		ATL	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
111	130	Sep 2	CHC		ATL	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
112	132 (1)	Sep 5	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
113	133	Sep 6 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
114	134	Sep 6 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
115	136 (1)	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
116	137	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
117	138	Sep 10	CHC	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	12	3	0	15	1	1B
118	139	Sep 11	CHC	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
119	140	Sep 12	CHC	@	NYM	W,10-5	CG	62	14.0	18	2	1	21	1	1B
120	141	Sep 13	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
121	142	Sep 14	CHC	@	NYM	L,7-10	CG	41	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	1B
122	143	Sep 15	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
123	144	Sep 16	CHC		STL	W,6-5	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
124	145	Sep 17	CHC		STL	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
125	146	Sep 19	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
126	147	Sep 20	CHC		PHI	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
127	148	Sep 21	CHC		PHI	L,3-7	GS	20	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
128	151 (2)	Sep 24	CHC		MON	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
129	152	Sep 25	CHC		MON	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
130	153	Sep 26	CHC		PIT	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
131	154	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
132	155	Sep 28	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
133	156	Sep 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	39	10.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
134	157	Sep 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-14	CG	44	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
135	158	Oct 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
136	159	Oct 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
137	160	Oct 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
138	161	Oct 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
139	162	Oct 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
							148gm		1227.2	920	78	8	1006	69