Bucky Dent

Russell Earl Dent
Born: November 25, 1951
Savannah, GA USA
Primary Position: SS
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, SS, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 170
College: Miami-Dade College, North Campus
Career: 1973-1984
Draft: Round 9 (1969 June Amateur Draft, St. Louis Cardinals)
Draft: Round 1 (1970 January Secondary Draft, St. Louis Cardinals)
Draft: Round 1 (1970 June Secondary Draft, Chicago White Sox)
School: Hialeah HS (FL)
Miama Dade CC
Minor League Statistics

Bucky Dent compiled a career batting average of .247 with 40 home runs and 423 RBI in his 1392-game career with the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals. He began playing during the 1973 season and last took the field during the 1984 campaign.

Chicago White Sox

New York Yankees

Texas Rangers

Kansas City Royals

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1973	AL	Chicago White Sox	40	132	117	17	29	2	0	0	10	2	3	10	18	.248	.308	.265	.573	31	1	1	2	2	0
1974	AL	Chicago White Sox	154	552	496	55	136	15	3	5	45	3	4	28	48	.274	.316	.347	.662	172	9	3	23	2	0
1975	AL	Chicago White Sox	157	662	602	52	159	29	4	3	58	2	4	36	48	.264	.301	.341	.642	205	16	0	15	9	3
1976	AL	Chicago White Sox	158	626	562	44	138	18	4	2	52	3	5	43	45	.246	.300	.302	.603	170	10	2	17	2	3
1977	AL	New York Yankees	158	540	477	54	118	18	4	8	49	1	1	39	28	.247	.300	.352	.653	168	9	1	14	9	0
1978	AL	New York Yankees	123	415	379	40	92	11	1	5	40	3	1	23	24	.243	.286	.317	.603	120	10	2	6	5	1
1979	AL	New York Yankees	141	490	431	47	99	14	2	2	32	0	0	37	30	.230	.287	.285	.573	123	5	1	13	8	1
1980	AL	New York Yankees	141	553	489	57	128	26	2	5	52	0	3	48	37	.262	.327	.354	.681	173	6	2	9	5	1
1981	AL	New York Yankees	73	258	227	20	54	11	0	7	27	0	1	19	17	.238	.300	.379	.679	86	1	2	8	2	0
1982	AL	New York Yankees	59	173	160	11	27	1	1	0	9	0	0	8	11	.169	.207	.188	.395	30	7	0	4	1	0
1982	AL	Texas Rangers	46	164	146	16	32	9	0	1	14	0	0	13	10	.219	.280	.301	.581	44	2	0	3	2	0
1983	AL	Texas Rangers	131	450	417	36	99	15	2	2	34	3	7	23	31	.237	.278	.297	.575	124	3	1	7	2	0
1984	AL	Kansas City Royals	11	10	9	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.400	.333	.733	3	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			1392	5025	4512	451	1114	169	23	40	423	17	29	328	349	.247	.297	.321	.618	1449	79	15	121	49	9

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1973	AL	Chicago White Sox	SS	36	35	295.3	51	132	7	22	.963	5.577	5.083
1973	AL	Chicago White Sox	2B	3	0	8.7	4	2	0	1	1.000	6.231	2.000
1973	AL	Chicago White Sox	3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
1974	AL	Chicago White Sox	SS	154	153	1325.0	251	499	22	108	.972	5.094	4.870
1975	AL	Chicago White Sox	SS	157	157	1408.3	279	543	16	105	.981	5.253	5.236
1976	AL	Chicago White Sox	SS	158	154	1373.0	279	468	18	96	.976	4.897	4.728
1977	AL	New York Yankees	SS	158	153	1318.7	250	434	18	90	.974	4.668	4.329
1978	AL	New York Yankees	SS	123	120	1010.7	178	341	10	57	.981	4.622	4.220
1979	AL	New York Yankees	SS	141	136	1187.7	219	512	17	107	.977	5.539	5.184
1980	AL	New York Yankees	SS	141	141	1249.3	224	489	13	77	.982	5.136	5.057
1981	AL	New York Yankees	SS	73	73	632.0	104	217	10	49	.970	4.571	4.397
1982	AL	New York Yankees	SS	58	50	444.0	74	177	10	27	.962	5.088	4.328
1982	AL	Texas Rangers	SS	45	44	387.0	55	146	4	30	.980	4.674	4.467
1983	AL	Texas Rangers	SS	129	125	1100.7	150	369	11	71	.979	4.244	4.023
1984	AL	Kansas City Royals	SS	9	2	27.0	2	5	0	0	1.000	2.333	.778
1984	AL	Kansas City Royals	3B	2	1	10.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	2.700	1.500
Totals				1388	1344	11779.3	2122	4335	156	840	.976	4.933	4.652

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
1977	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	5	16	14	1	3	1	2	1	0	.214	.267	.286	.552	4	0	1
1977	AL	New York Yankees	WS	6	21	19	0	5	0	2	2	1	.263	.333	.263	.596	5	0	0
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	4	15	15	0	3	0	4	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	1	0
1978	AL	New York Yankees	WS	6	25	24	3	10	1	7	1	2	.417	.440	.458	.898	11	0	0
1980	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	3	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	1	1
Totals				24	89	83	4	23	2	15	4	4	.277	.310	.301	.612	25	2	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1977	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	SS	5	5	42.0	10	14	1	0	.960	5.143	4.800
1977	AL	New York Yankees	WS	SS	6	6	54.0	2	15	1	2	.944	2.833	2.833
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	SS	4	4	35.0	2	8	1	0	.909	2.571	2.500
1978	AL	New York Yankees	WS	SS	6	6	53.0	8	16	2	4	.923	4.075	4.000
1980	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	SS	3	3	25.0	9	12	0	2	1.000	7.560	7.000
Totals					24	24	209.0	31	65	5	8	.950	4.134	4.000

Awards

1978 - AL Babe Ruth Award SS

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