Bill Buckner Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac

Bill Buckner Stats

Bill Buckner was born on Wednesday, December 14, 1949, in Vallejo, California. Buckner was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 21, 1969, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Buckner baseball stats page.

"The fans like players who go all out, play hard. I do the best I can. I enjoy playing. That's all I've done." - Bill Buckner

Bill Buckner

Bill Buckner Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#292)

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Birth Name:	William Joseph Buckner
Nickname:	Billy Bucks
Born On:	12-14-1949
Born In:	Vallejo, California
Zodiac:	Sagittarius
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Left
Height:	6-00
Weight:	185
First Game:	09-21-1969 (Age 19)
Last Game:	05-30-1990
Draft:	1968 : 2nd Round (25th)

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Bill Buckner Bill Buckner Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1969	Dodgers	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1970	Dodgers	28	68	6	13	3	1	0	0	4	3	1	7	0	0	0	0	.191	.225	.265
1971	Dodgers	108	358	37	99	15	1	5	1	41	11	4	18	7	2	5	6	.277	.306	.366
1972	Dodgers	105	383	47	122	14	3	5	0	37	17	2	13	3	1	1	13	.319	.348	.410
1973	Dodgers	140	575	68	158	20	0	8	0	46	17	5	34	6	5	3	15	.275	.297	.351
1974	Dodgers	145	580	83	182	30	3	7	0	58	30	10	24	4	2	4	13	.314	.351	.412
1975	Dodgers	92	288	30	70	11	2	6	0	31	17	7	15	4	4	2	11	.243	.286	.358
1976	Dodgers	154	642	76	193	28	4	7	0	60	26	6	26	6	5	1	8	.301	.326	.389
1977	Cubs	122	426	40	121	27	0	11	0	60	21	2	23	2	7	1	16	.284	.314	.425
1978	Cubs	117	446	47	144	26	1	5	0	74	18	5	17	1	5	0	16	.323	.345	.419
1979	Cubs	149	591	72	168	34	7	14	1	66	30	6	28	1	4	2	16	.284	.319	.437
1980	Cubs	145	578	69	187	41	3	10	0	68	30	11	18	0	6	0	13	.324	.353	.457
1981	Cubs	106	421	45	131	35	3	10	0	75	26	9	16	0	5	1	17	.311	.349	.480
1982	Cubs	161	657	93	201	34	5	15	0	105	36	7	26	1	10	5	14	.306	.342	.441
1983	Cubs	153	626	79	175	38	6	16	0	66	25	5	30	4	5	5	10	.280	.310	.436
1984	Cubs	21	43	3	9	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	.209	.239	.209
1984	Red Sox	114	439	51	122	21	2	11	2	67	24	5	38	0	3	5	11	.278	.321	.410
1985	Red Sox	162	673	89	201	46	3	16	1	110	30	5	36	2	11	2	16	.299	.325	.447
1986	Red Sox	153	629	73	168	39	2	18	0	102	40	9	25	0	8	4	25	.267	.311	.421
1987	Red Sox	75	286	23	78	6	1	2	0	42	13	1	19	0	5	0	10	.273	.299	.322
1987	Angels	57	183	16	56	12	1	3	0	32	9	1	7	1	1	0	3	.306	.337	.432
1988	Angels	19	43	1	9	0	0	0	0	9	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	.209	.271	.209
1988	Royals	89	242	18	62	14	0	3	0	34	13	5	19	4	4	0	6	.256	.290	.351
1989	Royals	79	176	7	38	4	1	1	0	16	6	2	11	0	1	0	4	.216	.240	.267
1990	Red Sox	22	43	4	8	0	0	1	0	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	.186	.234	.256
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
22 Years		2,517	9,397	1,077	2,715	498	49	174	5	1,208	450	111	453	47	97	42	247	.289	.321	.408

Bill Buckner Bill Buckner Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1970 Dodgers	1B	1	-	-	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1970 Dodgers	OF	20	-	-	37	1.9	37	36	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1971 Dodgers	1B	11	-	-	76	6.9	76	70	6	0	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1971 Dodgers	OF	86	-	-	171	2.0	170	165	5	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.994	0.00	-
1972 Dodgers	1B	35	-	-	335	9.6	332	311	21	3	28	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	0.00	-
1972 Dodgers	OF	61	-	-	125	2.0	124	123	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.992	0.00	-
1973 Dodgers	1B	93	-	-	940	10.1	938	888	50	2	93	n/a	n/a	n/a	.998	0.00	-
1973 Dodgers	OF	48	-	-	94	2.0	93	93	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.989	0.00	-
1974 Dodgers	1B	6	-	-	51	8.5	50	49	1	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	0.00	-
1974 Dodgers	OF	137	-	-	245	1.8	239	235	4	6	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	0.00	-
1975 Dodgers	LF	72	-	-	144	2.0	142	138	4	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	0.00	-
1976 Dodgers	1B	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1976 Dodgers	OF	153	-	-	327	2.1	322	315	7	5	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	0.00	-
1977 Cubs	1B	99	-	-	1,034	10.4	1,024	966	58	10	75	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	0.00	-
1978 Cubs	1B	105	-	-	1,164	11.1	1,158	1,075	83	6	85	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	0.00	-
1979 Cubs	1B	140	-	-	1,389	9.9	1,382	1,258	124	7	118	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	0.00	-
1980 Cubs	1B	94	-	-	905	9.6	899	826	73	6	67	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	0.00	-
1980 Cubs	OF	50	-	-	97	1.9	95	90	5	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	0.00	-
1981 Cubs	1B	105	-	-	1,094	10.4	1,077	996	81	17	92	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	0.00	-
1982 Cubs	1B	161	-	-	1,718	10.7	1,706	1,547	159	12	89	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	0.00	-
1983 Cubs	1B	144	-	-	1,540	10.7	1,527	1,366	161	13	132	n/a	n/a	n/a	.992	0.00	-
1983 Cubs	LF	15	-	-	25	1.7	25	25	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1984 Cubs	1B	7	-	-	71	10.1	71	66	5	0	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1984 Cubs	LF	2	-	-	6	3.0	6	5	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1984 Red Sox	1B	113	-	-	1,085	9.6	1,070	974	96	15	75	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	0.00	-
1985 Red Sox	1B	162	-	-	1,580	9.8	1,568	1,384	184	12	140	n/a	n/a	n/a	.992	0.00	-
1986 Red Sox	1B	138	-	-	1,238	9.0	1,224	1,067	157	14	104	n/a	n/a	n/a	.989	0.00	-
1987 Red Sox	1B	74	-	-	669	9.0	663	605	58	6	53	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	0.00	-
1987 Angels	1B	5	-	-	37	7.4	37	35	2	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1988 Angels	1B	1	-	-	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1988 Royals	1B	21	-	-	173	8.2	172	160	12	1	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	.994	0.00	-
1989 Royals	1B	24	-	-	197	8.2	194	181	13	3	19	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	0.00	-
1990 Red Sox	1B	15	-	-	81	5.4	81	75	6	0	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1B Totals		1,555	0	0	15,380	9.9	15,252	13,901	1,351	128	1,200	n/a	n/a	n/a	.992	0.00	--
OF Totals		555	0	0	1,096	2.0	1,080	1,057	23	16	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	0.00	--
LF Totals		89	0	0	175	2.0	173	168	5	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.989	0.00	--
21 Years		2,325	-	0	16,651	7.2	16,505	15,126	1,379	146	1,203	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	0.00	--

Bill Buckner Bill Buckner Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1969 Dodgers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-
1970 Dodgers	0	1	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	9.7	17.0	-	-	-
1971 Dodgers	4	1	.800	-	-	n/a	71.6	19.9	8.7	-	-	-
1972 Dodgers	10	3	.769	-	-	n/a	76.6	29.5	10.4	-	-	-
1973 Dodgers	12	2	.857	-	-	n/a	71.9	16.9	12.5	-	-	-
1974 Dodgers	31	13	.705	-	-	n/a	82.9	24.2	10.0	-	-	-
1975 Dodgers	8	3	.727	-	-	n/a	48.0	19.2	9.3	-	-	-
1976 Dodgers	28	9	.757	-	-	n/a	91.7	24.7	10.7	-	-	-
1977 Cubs	7	5	.583	-	-	n/a	38.7	18.5	7.1	-	-	-
1978 Cubs	7	5	.583	-	-	n/a	89.2	26.2	6.0	-	-	-
1979 Cubs	9	4	.692	-	-	n/a	42.2	21.1	9.0	-	-	-
1980 Cubs	1	2	.333	-	-	n/a	57.8	32.1	8.5	-	-	-
1981 Cubs	5	2	.714	-	-	n/a	42.1	26.3	5.6	-	-	-
1982 Cubs	15	5	.750	-	-	n/a	43.8	25.3	6.3	-	-	-
1983 Cubs	12	4	.750	-	-	n/a	39.1	20.9	9.5	-	-	-
1984 Cubs	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	43.0	21.5	-	-	-
1984 Red Sox	2	2	.500	-	-	0	39.9	11.6	6.6	-	-	-
1985 Red Sox	18	4	.818	-	-	0	42.1	18.7	6.1	-	-	-
1986 Red Sox	6	4	.600	-	-	15	34.9	25.2	6.2	-	-	-
1987 Red Sox	1	3	.250	-	-	0	143.0	15.1	6.8	-	-	-
1987 Angels	1	0	1.000	-	-	39	61.0	26.1	5.7	-	-	-
1988 Angels	2	0	1.000	-	-	11	0.0	0.0	4.8	-	-	-
1988 Royals	3	1	.750	-	-	42	80.7	12.7	7.1	-	-	-
1989 Royals	1	0	1.000	-	-	19	176.0	16.0	11.0	-	-	-
1990 Red Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	43.0	21.5	14.3	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
22 Years	183	73	.715	-	-	126	54.0	20.7	7.8	-	-	-

Bill Buckner Bill Buckner Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1969 Los Angeles Dodgers	38	Undetermined	-	-
1970 Los Angeles Dodgers	22	Undetermined	-	-
1971 Los Angeles Dodgers	22	Undetermined	-	-
1972 Los Angeles Dodgers	22	Undetermined	-	-
1973 Los Angeles Dodgers	22	Undetermined	-	-
1974 Los Angeles Dodgers	22	Undetermined	-	Stats
1975 Los Angeles Dodgers	22	Undetermined	-	-
1976 Los Angeles Dodgers	22	$78,500.00	-	-
1977 Chicago Cubs	22	$155,000.00	-	-
1978 Chicago Cubs	22	Undetermined	-	-
1979 Chicago Cubs	22	Undetermined	-	-
1980 Chicago Cubs	22	Undetermined	-	-
1981 Chicago Cubs	22	Undetermined	Stats	-
1982 Chicago Cubs	22	Undetermined	-	-
1983 Chicago Cubs	22	Undetermined	-	-
1984 Chicago Cubs	22	Undetermined	-	-
1984 Boston Red Sox	16	Undetermined	-	-
1985 Boston Red Sox	6	$747,500.00	-	-
1986 Boston Red Sox	6	$785,000.00	-	Stats
1987 Boston Red Sox	6	$366,667.00	-	-
1987 California Angels	6	$62,500.00	-	-
1988 California Angels	6	$400,000.00	-	-
1988 Kansas City Royals	14	Undetermined	-	-
1989 Kansas City Royals	14	$400,000.00	-	-
1990 Boston Red Sox	22	Undetermined	-	-
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