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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	NYY		MIL	W,3-0	GS	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 9	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
3	3	Apr 10	NYY		MIL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 11	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	57	12.2	1	4	1	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 13	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
6	6	Apr 15	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
7	7	Apr 16	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
8	8	Apr 17	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
9	9	Apr 18	NYY		TOR	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
10	10	Apr 19	NYY		TOR	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
11	11	Apr 20	NYY		TOR	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
12	12	Apr 21	NYY		TOR	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
13	13	Apr 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
14	14	Apr 24 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-1	GS	28	6.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
15	15	Apr 24 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
16	16	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
17	17	Apr 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	4	2	9	2	SS
18	18	Apr 27	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
19	19	Apr 29	NYY		SEA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
20	20	Apr 30	NYY		SEA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	NYY		SEA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
22	22	May 3	NYY		CAL	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
23	23	May 5	NYY		OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
24	24	May 6	NYY		OAK	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
25	25	May 7	NYY		OAK	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
26	26	May 8	NYY		OAK	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
27	27	May 11	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
28	28	May 12	NYY	@	SEA	L,6-8	GS	38	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
29	29	May 13	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
30	30	May 14	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
31	31	May 15	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-8	GS	35	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
32	32	May 16	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
33	33	May 17	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-2	GS	53	14.0	5	6	0	11	0	SS
34	34	May 19	NYY		BAL	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
35	35	May 20	NYY		BAL	L,5-6	GS	40	8.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
36	36	May 21	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
37	37	May 22 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
38	39 (1)	May 23	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
39	40	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
40	41	May 25 (1)	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
41	42	May 25 (2)	NYY		TEX	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
42	43	May 27	NYY		CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
43	44	May 28	NYY		CHW	L,4-9	GS	41	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
44	45	May 29	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
45	46	May 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
46	47	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	48	Jun 1	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	6	0	8	1	SS
48	49	Jun 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
49	50	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
50	51	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
51	52	Jun 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	3	5	2	10	0	SS
52	53	Jun 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
53	54	Jun 7	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
54	55	Jun 8	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
55	56	Jun 9	NYY	@	MIL	W,10-1	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
56	57	Jun 10	NYY		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
57	58	Jun 11	NYY		MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
58	59	Jun 12	NYY		MIN	L,1-6	GS	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
59	60	Jun 13	NYY		KCR	L,3-8	GS	36	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
60	61	Jun 14	NYY		KCR	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
61	62	Jun 16	NYY		KCR	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
62	63	Jun 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS	35	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
63	64	Jun 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS	27	5.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
64	65	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
65	66	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
66	67	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
67	68	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,12-11	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
68	69	Jun 24	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	GS	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
69	70	Jun 25	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
70	71	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
71	72	Jun 27	NYY	@	TOR	L,6-7	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
72	73	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
73	74	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
74	75	Jun 30	NYY	@	TOR	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	76	Jul 1	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
76	77	Jul 2	NYY		DET	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
77	78	Jul 3 (1)	NYY		DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
78	79	Jul 3 (2)	NYY		DET	L,6-10		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
79	80	Jul 4	NYY		CLE	W,7-5	GS	29	6.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
80	81	Jul 5	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
81	82	Jul 7	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
82	83	Jul 8	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	1	8	3	SS
83	84	Jul 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
84	85	Jul 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
85	88 (2)	Jul 13	NYY	@	MIL	L,8-9	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
86	89	Jul 14	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
87	90	Jul 15	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
88	91	Jul 16	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
89	92	Jul 17	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
90	93	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
91	94	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		MIL	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
92	95	Jul 22	NYY		MIL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
93	96	Jul 23	NYY		MIL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
94	97	Jul 24	NYY		KCR	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
95	98	Jul 26	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
96	99	Jul 27	NYY		BAL	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
97	100	Jul 28	NYY		BAL	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
98	101	Jul 29	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
99	102	Jul 30	NYY	@	OAK	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
100	103	Jul 31	NYY	@	OAK	W,9-2	GS	27	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	104	Aug 1	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
102	105	Aug 2	NYY	@	CAL	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
103	106	Aug 3	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-5	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
104	107	Aug 5	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
105	108	Aug 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-9	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
106	109	Aug 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
107	110	Aug 10	NYY		OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
108	111	Aug 11	NYY		OAK	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
109	112	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
110	113	Aug 12 (2)	NYY		CAL	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
111	114	Aug 13	NYY		CAL	L,5-6	CG	55	12.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
112	115	Aug 14	NYY		CAL	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
113	116	Aug 15	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
114	117	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
115	118	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
116	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
117	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
118	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	6	1	8	2	SS
119	122	Aug 21	NYY	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
120	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
121	124	Aug 23	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
122	125	Aug 24	NYY		MIN	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
123	126	Aug 25	NYY		MIN	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
124	127	Aug 26	NYY		TEX	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
125	128	Aug 27	NYY		TEX	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
126	129	Aug 28	NYY		TEX	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
127	130	Aug 29	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
128	131	Aug 30	NYY		SEA	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
129	132	Aug 31	NYY		SEA	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	133	Sep 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
131	134	Sep 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
132	135	Sep 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
133	136	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
134	137	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
135	138	Sep 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
136	139	Sep 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
137	140	Sep 8	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
138	141	Sep 9	NYY		TOR	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
139	142	Sep 10	NYY		TOR	L,3-19	GS	33	6.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
140	143	Sep 11 (1)	NYY		TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
141	144	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		TOR	L,4-6	GS	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
142	145	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
143	146	Sep 14	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
144	147	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
145	148	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
146	149	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
147	150	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
148	151	Sep 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
149	152	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
150	153	Sep 23	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
151	154	Sep 25 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	W,15-0	GS	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
152	155	Sep 25 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
153	156	Sep 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
154	157	Sep 27	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
155	158	Sep 28	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
156	159	Sep 29	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
157	160	Sep 30	NYY		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
158	161	Oct 1	NYY		DET	L,7-10	GS	15	2.2	2	2	0	4	1	SS
							158gm		1318.2	250	434	18	702	90