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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	NYY		MIL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 7	NYY		MIL	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
3	3	Apr 8	NYY		MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	7	1	12	2	SS
4	4	Apr 10	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
5	5	Apr 11	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	3	2	0	5	1	SS
6	7 (1)	Apr 13	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-12	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
7	8	Apr 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	6	1	11	1	SS
8	9	Apr 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
9	10	Apr 17	NYY		BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
10	11	Apr 18	NYY		BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
11	12	Apr 19	NYY		BAL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
12	13	Apr 20	NYY		TEX	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	8	1	10	0	SS
13	14	Apr 21	NYY		TEX	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
14	15	Apr 22	NYY		TEX	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
15	16	Apr 24	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
16	17	Apr 25	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-1	GS	23	6.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
17	18	Apr 27	NYY	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
18	21 (2)	Apr 30	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	22	May 1	NYY	@	CAL	W,12-8	CG	49	11.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
20	23	May 2	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
21	24	May 4	NYY		OAK	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
22	25	May 5	NYY		OAK	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
23	26	May 6	NYY		OAK	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
24	27	May 7	NYY		SEA	L,4-12	CG	49	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
25	28	May 8	NYY		SEA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
26	29	May 9	NYY		SEA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	9	0	10	1	SS
27	30	May 10	NYY		SEA	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
28	31	May 11	NYY		CAL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
29	32	May 12	NYY		CAL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
30	33	May 13	NYY		CAL	W,12-10	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
31	34	May 14	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
32	35	May 15	NYY		DET	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
33	36	May 16	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
34	37	May 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
35	38	May 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
36	39	May 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
37	40	May 21	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
38	41	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,12-8	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
39	42	May 23	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	1	4	0	5	1	SS
40	43	May 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
41	44	May 27 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
42	45	May 27 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
43	46	May 28	NYY	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
44	47	May 29	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
45	48	May 30	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	42	11.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
46	49	May 31	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	50	Jun 1	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
48	51	Jun 2	NYY		CHW	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
49	52	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	6	6	0	12	2	SS
50	53	Jun 4	NYY		KCR	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
51	54	Jun 5	NYY		KCR	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
52	55	Jun 6	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
53	56	Jun 7	NYY		MIN	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
54	57	Jun 8	NYY	@	KCR	W,11-10	GS	26	6.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
55	58	Jun 9	NYY	@	KCR	L,8-9	GS	50	11.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
56	59	Jun 10	NYY	@	KCR	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
57	60	Jun 12	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
58	61	Jun 13	NYY	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
59	62	Jun 14	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
60	63	Jun 15	NYY	@	TEX	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
61	64	Jun 16	NYY	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
62	65	Jun 17	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
63	66	Jun 19	NYY		TOR	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
64	67	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		TOR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
65	68	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		TOR	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
66	69	Jun 21	NYY		TOR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
67	70	Jun 22	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
68	71	Jun 23	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
69	72	Jun 24	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
70	73	Jun 25	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
71	74	Jun 26	NYY	@	TOR	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
72	75	Jun 28	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	42	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
73	76	Jun 29	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
74	77	Jun 30	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	78	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
76	79	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
77	80	Jul 3	NYY		MIL	L,2-7	GS	32	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
78	81	Jul 4	NYY		MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
79	82	Jul 5	NYY		MIL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
80	83	Jul 6 (1)	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
81	84	Jul 6 (2)	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
82	85	Jul 7	NYY	@	OAK	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
83	86	Jul 8	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
84	87	Jul 10	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
85	88	Jul 11	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-16	GS	46	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
86	89	Jul 12	NYY	@	SEA	W,14-2	GS	32	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
87	90	Jul 13	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
88	91	Jul 14	NYY	@	CAL	L,7-8	CG	52	11.1	4	7	1	12	3	SS
89	92	Jul 15	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	1	0	2	1	SS
90	93	Jul 19	NYY		OAK	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
91	94	Jul 20	NYY		OAK	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	6	2	11	1	SS
92	95	Jul 21	NYY		OAK	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
93	96	Jul 22	NYY		SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
94	97	Jul 23	NYY		SEA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
95	98	Jul 24	NYY		CAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
96	99	Jul 25	NYY		CAL	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
97	100	Jul 26	NYY		CAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
98	101	Jul 27	NYY	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	3	7	0	10	2	SS
99	102	Jul 28	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
100	103	Jul 29	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	107 (3)	Aug 3	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
102	108	Aug 4	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
103	109	Aug 5	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
104	110	Aug 6	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
105	111	Aug 7	NYY		CHW	L,5-9	GS	32	7.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
106	112	Aug 8	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
107	113	Aug 9	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
108	114	Aug 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
109	115	Aug 13	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
110	116	Aug 14	NYY		TEX	W,6-5	GS	31	8.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
111	117	Aug 15	NYY		TEX	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	7	1	9	3	SS
112	120 (2)	Aug 18	NYY		MIN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
113	121	Aug 19	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
114	122	Aug 20	NYY	@	KCR	W,17-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
115	123	Aug 21	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	1	10	0	11	2	SS
116	124	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
117	125	Aug 24	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
118	126	Aug 25	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
119	127	Aug 27	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-4	GS	28	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
120	128	Aug 28	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
121	129	Aug 29	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
122	130	Aug 30	NYY		KCR	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	132 (1)	Sep 1	NYY		KCR	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
124	133	Sep 2	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
125	134	Sep 3	NYY		BOS	W,10-6	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
126	135	Sep 4	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
127	136	Sep 5	NYY		BOS	L,0-5	GS	34	8.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
128	137	Sep 6	NYY	@	DET	W,3-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
129	138	Sep 7	NYY	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
130	139	Sep 8	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
131	140	Sep 9	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
132	141	Sep 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-3	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
133	142	Sep 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
134	143	Sep 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
135	144	Sep 15 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
136	146 (1)	Sep 16	NYY		DET	L,4-8	GF	17	3.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
137	147	Sep 17 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
138	148	Sep 17 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	5	6	1	12	3	SS
139	149	Sep 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-16	GS	28	4.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
140	150	Sep 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	SS
141	151	Sep 20	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
							141gm		1187.2	219	512	17	748	107