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Bill Buckner 2026 Season · BOS

Career: .289/.321/.408, 174 HR, 2715 H in 2517 games.

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Bill Buckner

#22

1B · BOS

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CAverage

+1.0Career NUT

+2 to Good

Career

.289AVG174HR1208RBI2715H1077R183SB

L/L · 6' 0", 185 lb · b. Dec 14, 1949 · Vallejo, CA · Draft 1968 (2nd Rd, #25)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1969	19	LAD	—	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1970	20	LAD	—	28	71	68	6	13	3	1	0	4	3	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	.191	.225	.265	.074	.490	.213
1971	21	LAD	-0.5	108	383	358	37	99	15	1	5	41	11	5	4	18	4	1	2	7	6	.277	.306	.366	.089	.672	.279
1972	22	LAD	+1.2	105	405	383	47	122	14	3	5	37	17	1	2	13	10	3	1	3	13	.319	.348	.410	.091	.758	.320
1973	23	LAD	-1.6	140	606	575	68	158	20	0	8	46	17	3	5	34	12	2	5	6	15	.275	.297	.351	.076	.648	.279
1974	24	LAD	+0.9	145	620	580	83	182	30	3	7	58	30	4	10	24	31	13	2	4	13	.314	.351	.412	.098	.763	.318
1975	25	LAD	-1.2	92	315	288	30	70	11	2	6	31	17	2	7	15	8	3	4	4	11	.243	.286	.358	.115	.644	.236
1976	26	LAD	+0.3	154	680	642	76	193	28	4	7	60	26	1	6	26	28	9	5	6	8	.301	.326	.389	.088	.715	.303
1977	27	CHC	-0.1	122	457	426	40	121	27	0	11	60	21	1	2	23	7	5	7	2	16	.284	.314	.425	.141	.739	.276
1978	28	CHC	+0.7	117	470	446	47	144	26	1	5	74	18	0	5	17	7	5	5	1	16	.323	.345	.419	.096	.764	.324
1979	29	CHC	+0.2	149	628	591	72	168	34	7	14	66	30	2	6	28	9	4	4	1	16	.284	.319	.437	.153	.756	.278
1980	30	CHC	+1.4	145	614	578	69	187	41	3	10	68	30	0	11	18	1	2	6	0	13	.324	.353	.457	.133	.810	.318
1981	31	CHC	+1.7	106	453	421	45	131	35	3	10	75	26	1	9	16	5	2	5	0	17	.311	.349	.480	.169	.829	.302
1982	32	CHC	+1.3	161	709	657	93	201	34	5	15	105	36	5	7	26	15	5	10	1	14	.306	.342	.441	.135	.783	.297
1983	33	CHC	+0.2	153	665	626	79	175	38	6	16	66	25	5	5	30	12	4	5	4	10	.280	.310	.436	.156	.746	.272
1984	34	CHC	—	21	46	43	3	9	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.209	.239	.209	.000	.448	.209
1984	34	BOS	+0.1	114	471	439	51	122	21	2	11	67	24	5	5	38	2	2	3	0	11	.278	.321	.410	.132	.731	.282
1984	34	TOT	-0.3	135	517	482	54	131	21	2	11	69	25	6	6	39	2	2	4	0	12	.272	.313	.392	.120	.705	.275
1985	35	BOS	+1.0	162	718	673	89	201	46	3	16	110	30	2	5	36	18	4	11	2	16	.299	.325	.447	.148	.772	.293
1986	36	BOS	-0.3	153	681	629	73	168	39	2	18	102	40	4	9	25	6	4	8	0	25	.267	.311	.421	.154	.732	.253
1987	37	BOS	-1.3	75	304	286	23	78	6	1	2	42	13	0	1	19	1	3	5	0	10	.273	.299	.322	.049	.621	.281
1987	37	LAA	+0.1	57	194	183	16	56	12	1	3	32	9	0	1	7	1	0	1	1	3	.306	.337	.432	.126	.769	.305
1987	37	TOT	-1.2	132	498	469	39	134	18	2	5	74	22	0	2	26	2	3	6	1	13	.286	.314	.365	.079	.679	.291
1988	38	LAA	—	19	48	43	1	9	0	0	0	9	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	.209	.271	.209	.000	.480	.205
1988	38	KC	-0.9	89	263	242	18	62	14	0	3	34	13	0	5	19	3	1	4	4	6	.256	.290	.351	.095	.641	.263
1988	38	TOT	-1.2	108	311	285	19	71	14	0	3	43	17	0	5	19	5	1	5	4	8	.249	.287	.330	.081	.617	.254
1989	39	KC	-1.3	79	183	176	7	38	4	1	1	16	6	0	2	11	1	0	1	0	4	.216	.240	.267	.051	.507	.224
1990	40	BOS	—	22	48	43	4	8	0	0	1	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	.186	.234	.256	.070	.490	.171
Career	—	22 yrs	+1.0	2517	10033	9397	1077	2715	498	49	174	1208	450	42	111	453	183	73	97	47	247	.289	.321	.408	.119	.729	.287

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Buckner's career NUT of +1

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

1.7

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NUT by Season

-0.5

+1.2

-1.6

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+1.7

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-1.3

Awards

1977NL Player of the Week

1981NL Player of the Week · NL All-Star

1982NL Player of the Month · NL Player of the Week

1986AL Player of the Week

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