Bucky Dent

Shortstop

1973—1984

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Shortstop RANK
NR

Player Detail

Russell Earl
GIVEN NAME
Dent
SURNAME
November 25, 1951, in Savannah, GA
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1973—1984
Playing Career
Played from 21-32
PLAYING AGE
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Texas Rangers
Kansas City Royals
Teams Played For
Shortstop
PRIMARY POSITION
New York Yankees
PRIMARY TEAM
1977-78
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
#9 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-9 / 170
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
June 1, 1973
Major League Debut
September 11, 1984
FINAL GAME

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Bucky hit his famous home run in the one-game 1978 AL East playoff at Fenway Park with a bat borrowed from teammate Mickey Rivers.
  • Bucky Dent Scouting Report

20

HITTING

20

POWER

50

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1392
1114
40
423
.247
3 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
17.3
55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.618
.641
96.9

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.247
.297
.321

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Tom Veryzer
Rick Burleson
Robin Yount

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Thurman Munson
Dick Allen
Willie Randolph
Roy Smalley
Graig Nettles
Dave Winfield
Mickey Rivers
Reggie Jackson
Rich Gossage
Ron Guidry
Billy Martin

Bucky Dent Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Dent
539
133
54
20
3
5
51
39
42
2
173
174
.247
.297
.321
618
AVG SS
541
135
64
21
4
6
41
67
11
183
178
.250
.303
.338
.641

Bucky Dent Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
145
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Bucky Dent PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
17.5
17.1
14.4
9.4
2.03
67.7
43.1
30.3
21.6
4.89
BLUE = Bucky Dent
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
112.8
110.2
UNK
60.5
13.1
327.4
189.4
134.4
92.3
24.2
BLUE = Bucky Dent
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS