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Bucky Dent
Russell Earl Dent

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 181 lb.
School Miami-Dade CC

MLB Debut June 1, 1973
Final Game September 11, 1984
Born November 25, 1951 in Savannah, GA (age 72)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1973 21 MNA AL   48   73    6   20   3   0   0    7   1   0    5    8  .274  .316  .315  .632    86    23   3   1   0   0   1  
 1974 22 MNA AL  152  520   41  115  10   4   4   43   1   3   33   63  .221  .267  .279  .546    79   145  22   4   0   1   9  
 1975 23 MNA AL  156  541   53  149  26   6   4   67   3   4   37   45  .275  .321  .368  .689    96   199  10   1   4   0  16  
 1976 24 MNA AL  133  366   29   79  12   1   0   37   1   4   27   36  .216  .271  .254  .525    75    93   8   4   1   2   8  
 1977 25 NYA AL  154  505   49  128  18   8   6   57   0   1   34   31  .253  .298  .356  .654    87   180  15   5   2   0  10  
 1978 26 NYA AL  101  256   23   64  11   2   2   28   2   0   11   15  .250  .276  .332  .608    85    85   5   5   0   0   7  
 1979 27 NYA AL  142  370   30   76  13   1   2   26   0   0   23   33  .205  .251  .262  .513    68    97  20   2   0   0   3  
 1980 28 NYA AL  145  492   62  120  23   0   6   60   0   0   47   50  .244  .311  .327  .638    90   161  20   3   1   2   6  
 1981 29 NYA AL  136  350   33   76  13   0   7   37   0   0   26   28  .217  .276  .314  .590    85   110  17   2   0   3   1  
 1982 30 SFN NL  112  318   20   57  14   0   1   32   0   0   25   37  .179  .238  .233  .470    67    74   4   2   1   0  10  
 1983 31 SFN NL  125  436   31  109  11   3   1   32   6   6   21   41  .250  .286  .296  .582    82   129  12   2   1   2   7  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     1404 4227  377  993 154  25  33  426  14  18  289  387  .235  .284  .307  .590        1296 136  31  10  10  78
 Per 600 PA           540   48  127  20   3   4   54   2   2   37   49                                 166  17   4   1   1  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYA      678 1973  197  464  78  11  23  208   2   1  141  157  .235  .286  .321  .606         633  77  17   3   5  27
   With MNA      489 1500  129  363  51  11   8  154   6  11  102  152  .242  .290  .307  .596         460  43  10   5   3  34
   With SFN      237  754   51  166  25   3   2   64   6   6   46   78  .220  .266  .269  .535         203  16   4   2   2  17
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1392 4512  451 1114 169  23  40  423  17  29  328  349  .247  .297  .321  .618        1449 121  49   9  15  79
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1973 21 MNA AL  38    7   3.7   0   0   0  .000   4   33   22  .667    0    0  .000  SS   3e32       59   
 1974 22 MNA AL  26   39   2.4   1   0   0  .000  20  183  131  .716    0    0  .000  SS   3e23     -117   
 1975 23 MNA AL  38   60   3.9   0   0   0  .000  17  203  164  .808    0    0  .000  SS   2e17       47   
 1976 24 MNA AL  36   25   2.2   1   0   0  .000  10  137  110  .803    0    0  .000  SS   2e18      -78   
 1977 25 NYA AL  29   53   3.6   0   0   0  .000  21  171  140  .819    0    0  .000  SS   2e21        2   
 1978 26 NYA AL  59   23   3.0   0   0   0  .000  13   77   58  .753    0    0  .000  SS   2e14        5   
 1979 27 NYA AL  39   26   2.2   0   0   0  .000  15  156  128  .821    0    0  .000  SS   2e21      -60   
 1980 28 NYA AL  31   53   3.6   1   0   0  .000  11  160  133  .831    0    0  .000  SS   2e16      -43   
 1981 29 NYA AL  28   33   3.1   1   1   0 1.000  15  118   87  .737    0    0  .000  SS   2e22      -89   
 1982 30 SFN NL  22   17   1.7   2   2   0 1.000  14  115   85  .739    0    0  .000  SS   2e24      -14   
 1983 31 SFN NL  39   36   2.8   2   1   0  .500  12  142  110  .775    0    0  .000  SS   3e14        7   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          377   2.9   8   4   0  .500 152 1495 1168  .781    0    0  .000                 -31   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 16.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1973 21 MNA AL  SS    46    34    86    2   13   .984    19   209.1   5.16
                 3B     2     2     1    2    0   .600     0     4.0   6.75
                 1B     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
 1974 22 MNA AL  SS   152   229   546   20   79   .975   149  1356.2   5.14
 1975 23 MNA AL  SS   156   326   503   17   95   .980   151  1340.1   5.57
 1976 24 MNA AL  SS   132   148   399   10   60   .982   102   958.0   5.14
 1977 25 NYA AL  SS   154   242   501   21  124   .973   145  1304.2   5.13
 1978 26 NYA AL  SS   101   196   209   13   44   .969    76   702.1   5.19
 1979 27 NYA AL  SS   142   190   443   15   72   .977   116  1062.1   5.36
 1980 28 NYA AL  SS   144   256   557   11  109   .987   142  1285.0   5.69
 1981 29 NYA AL  SS   136   197   418   15   68   .976   101  1007.0   5.50
 1982 30 SFN NL  SS   109   144   336   14   35   .972   101   883.1   4.89
                 3B     2     0     2    0    0  1.000     0     2.2   6.75
 1983 31 SFN NL  SS   123   184   381   12   64   .979   108  1012.0   5.02
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS  1395  2146  4379  150  763   .978  1210 11121.0   5.28
                 3B     4     2     3    2    0   .714     0     6.2   6.75
                 1B     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1980 ALCS  NYA OAA   W    4  11  1  1  1  0  0   0  4  1  .091  .333  .182  0
      WS    NYA LAN   L    6  19  1  6  0  1  0   2  1  2  .316  .350  .421  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1973  MNA   64-98   Rick Ramacier
 1974  MNA   78-84   Rick Ramacier
 1975  MNA   63-99   James Taglia
 1976  MNA   75-87   James Taglia
 1977  NYA  103-59   Robert Rescigno
 1978  NYA   87-75   Robert Rescigno
 1979  NYA   80-82   Robert Rescigno
 1980  NYA  105-57   Robert Rescigno
 1981  NYA   92-70   Robert Rescigno
 1982  SFN   59-103  Bob Mittleman
 1983  SFN   68-94   Brian Curran, Pat Carr

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