Brian Buchanan

Brian James Buchanan
Born: July 21, 1973
Miami, FL US
Primary Position: Outfield
All Position(s) Played: 1B, LF, P, RF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 230
Draft: Round 1 (1994 June Amateur Draft, New York Yankees)
Draft: Round 2 (1995 June Amateur Draft, New York Yankees)
School: Virginia
Oviedo HS (FL)
Career: 1994-2009
Major League Statistics

Brian Buchanan compiled a career batting average of .279 with 141 home runs and 653 RBI in his 1378-game career with the Oneonta Yankees, Greensboro Bats, Tampa Yankees, Norwich Navigators, Columbus Clippers, Salt Lake Buzz, Edmonton Trappers, Lake Elsinore Storm, Portland Beavers, Colorado Springs Sky Sox, Rochester Red Wings, St. Paul Saints, Louisville Bats, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and Omaha Royals. He began playing during the 1994 season and last took the field during the 2009 campaign.

Oneonta Yankees	Greensboro Bats	Tampa Yankees	Columbus Clippers	Norwich Navigators	Salt Lake Buzz
Salt Lake Buzz	Edmonton Trappers	Portland Beavers	Lake Elsinore Storm	Rochester Red Wings	Colorado Springs Sky Sox
Louisville Bats	St. Paul Saints	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks	Omaha Royals

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF
2005	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	0.00	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
2006	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	9.00	1	1	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	5
2008	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	4.50	3	3	4.0	6	2	2	0	0	1	1	17
2009	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	9.00	3	3	4.0	5	4	4	3	1	2	0	18
Totals				6.30	8	7	10.0	13	7	7	4	2	4	1	44

Batting:

Year	Level	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
1994	Short Season A	NYPL	Oneonta Yankees	50	209	177	28	40	9	2	4	26	5	3	24	53	.226	.335	.367	.702	65	2	6	0	2	2
1995	A	SALL3	Greensboro Bats	23	106	96	19	29	3	0	3	12	7	1	9	17	.302	.368	.427	.795	41	1	1	0	0	1
1996	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	131	575	526	65	137	22	4	10	58	23	8	37	108	.260	.321	.375	.695	197	14	10	1	1	6
1997	AAA	IL	Columbus Clippers	18	70	61	8	17	1	0	4	7	2	1	4	11	.279	.348	.492	.840	30	3	3	1	1	0
1997	AA	EL	Norwich Navigators	116	519	470	75	145	25	2	10	69	11	9	32	85	.309	.362	.434	.796	204	11	11	0	6	0
1998	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Buzz	133	547	500	74	139	29	3	17	82	14	2	36	90	.278	.337	.450	.787	225	7	9	1	1	1
1999	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Buzz	107	431	391	67	116	24	1	10	60	11	2	28	85	.297	.355	.440	.795	172	14	9	0	3	0
2000	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Buzz	95	419	364	82	108	20	1	27	103	5	1	41	75	.297	.363	.580	.942	211	16	3	0	11	1
2002	AAA	PCL	Edmonton Trappers	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	AAA	PCL	Portland Beavers	12	52	42	9	15	8	0	2	12	0	0	9	7	.357	.481	.690	1.171	29	1	1	0	0	0
2004	Advanced A	CALL	Lake Elsinore Storm	4	12	10	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.300	.417	.500	.917	5	0	1	0	0	0
2005	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	29	121	114	17	36	7	0	4	16	0	1	7	31	.316	.355	.482	.838	55	2	0	0	0	0
2005	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	71	294	259	50	77	17	2	10	41	4	1	27	55	.297	.378	.494	.872	128	10	7	0	1	0
2006	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	24	85	78	9	14	2	0	3	10	4	0	5	19	.179	.235	.321	.556	25	4	1	0	1	0
2006	Ind	AA	St. Paul Saints	48	203	185	31	54	7	0	11	48	2	1	12	27	.292	.345	.508	.853	94	4	4	0	2	0
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks	99	307	288	25	82	19	0	11	48	1	1	13	82	.285	.326	.465	.791	134	8	5	0	1	0
2008	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	64	254	232	36	53	11	1	8	34	1	1	15	54	.228	.283	.388	.671	90	7	4	0	3	0
2009	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	34	129	122	10	29	7	0	7	26	1	0	7	19	.238	.279	.467	.746	57	7	0	0	0	0
Totals				1059	4336	3918	606	1094	213	16	141	653	91	32	307	821	.279	.341	.450	.790	1762	111	75	3	33	11

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1994	Short Season A	NYPL	Oneonta Yankees	OF	50	87	2	0	0	1.000	1.780
1995	A	SALL3	Greensboro Bats	OF	23	31	1	1	0	.970	1.391
1996	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	OF	96	178	11	6	2	.969	1.969
1996	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	RF	96						.000
1997	AAA	IL	Columbus Clippers	OF	12	17	1	1	0	.947	1.500
1997	AAA	IL	Columbus Clippers	RF	12						.000
1997	AA	EL	Norwich Navigators	OF	114	192	11	8	1	.962	1.781
1997	AA	EL	Norwich Navigators	RF	114						.000
1998	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Buzz	OF	122	244	6	8	3	.969	2.049
1998	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Buzz	RF	122						.000
1998	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Buzz	LF	1						.000
1999	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Buzz	RF	92						.000
1999	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Buzz	LF	9						.000
1999	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Buzz	OF	101	184	9	4	1	.980	1.911
2000	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Buzz	1B	8	45	6	1	6	.981	6.375
2000	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Buzz	OF	77	139	5	3	2	.980	1.870
2000	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Buzz	RF	77						.000
2002	AAA	PCL	Edmonton Trappers	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2002	AAA	PCL	Edmonton Trappers	RF	1						.000
2004	Advanced A	CALL	Lake Elsinore Storm	1B	2	11	0	0	0	1.000	5.500
2004	AAA	PCL	Portland Beavers	1B	11	104	9	2	9	.983	1.273
2004	Advanced A	CALL	Lake Elsinore Storm	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2005	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	1B	8	56	3	1	10	.983	7.375
2005	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	OF	6	7	1	0	0	1.000	1.333
2005	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	RF	5	7	1	0	0	1.000	1.600
2005	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	LF	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	.500
2005	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	OF	36	55	3	2	0	.967	1.611
2005	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	RF	32	53	3	2	0	.966	1.750
2005	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	1B	16	118	11	1	7	.992	8.062
2005	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	LF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2005	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
2006	Ind	AA	St. Paul Saints	1B	34	290	28	1	27	.997	9.353
2006	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	OF	15	27	0	0	0	1.000	1.800
2006	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	RF	15	27	0	0	0	1.000	1.800
2006	Ind	AA	St. Paul Saints	OF	14	18	0	0	0	1.000	1.286
2006	Ind	AA	St. Paul Saints	RF	14						.000
2006	AAA	IL	Louisville Bats	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks	1B	12	89	6	1	7	.990	7.917
2008	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	OF	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
2008	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	RF	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
2008	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
2009	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	OF	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2009	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	LF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
2009	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
2009	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	RF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Totals					1378	2001	119	42	75	.981	1.538

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1994	Short Season A	New York-Pennsylvania League	Oneonta Yankees	NYA
1995	A	South Atlantic League	Greensboro Bats	NYA
1996	Advanced A	Florida State League	Tampa Yankees	NYA
1997	AA	Eastern League	Norwich Navigators	NYA
1997	AAA	International League	Columbus Clippers	NYA
1998	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Salt Lake Buzz	MIN
1999	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Salt Lake Buzz	MIN
2000	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Salt Lake Buzz	MIN
2002	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Edmonton Trappers	MIN	April 18, 2002	April 18, 2002
2004	Advanced A	California League	Lake Elsinore Storm	SDN	June 18, 2004	June 21, 2004
2004	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Portland Beavers	SDN	July 23, 2004	August 3, 2004
2005	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL	April 8, 2005	July 20, 2005
2005	AAA	International League	Rochester Red Wings	MIN	August 4, 2005	September 5, 2005
2006	Ind	American Association	St. Paul Saints
2006	AAA	International League	Louisville Bats	CIN	April 6, 2006	May 17, 2006
2007	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
2008	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Omaha Royals	KCA	April 11, 2008	August 28, 2008
2009	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Omaha Royals	KCA	April 19, 2009	September 7, 2009

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