#2 Buck Jennings, Centerfield, 34 yrs, Oakland Athletics
Sunday, 10/19/1983 |
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| Buck Jennings
2/23/1949
34
Milwaukee, WI
6"2
220
Centerfield
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3 / 6 (Well Known)
3 / 6 (Well Known)
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2.5 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 4,610,000
1985
14 Year(s), 157 Days (2565 total Days)
172 Day(s)
16 Year(s)
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus LHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus RHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talent | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
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Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
SS : 8 (Range), .956 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 8 (Range), .990 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 6
Outfield Arm : 7
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 9/18 | @CHA | L 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 9/19 | @KCR | W 4-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 9/20 | @KCR | L 3-7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #3 | | |
| 9/21 | @KCR | L 3-7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 9/23 | MIL | W 2-1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 9/24 | CHA | L 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 9/25 | CHA | W 7-6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 9/26 | CAL | W 8-7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 9/27 | CAL | L 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 9/28 | CAL | L 4-10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 152 | 609 | 187 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 81 | 78 | 43 | 87 | .307 | .353 | .402 | .755 | .736 | .095 |
| Projected | 152 | 609 | 187 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 81 | 78 | 43 | 87 | .307 | .353 | .402 | .755 | .736 | .095 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 148 | 660 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 245 | 43 | 36 | 9 | 80.0 | 92.2 | 5.5 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 144 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .285 | .327 | .410 | .737 |
| vs. RHP | 465 | 146 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 64 | 56 | 33 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .314 | .361 | .400 | .761 |
| Close/Late | 72 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .375 | .432 | .514 | .946 |
| Scoring Position | 168 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 16 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .387 | .470 | .858 |
| Pinch Hitting | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | 1.500 | 2.250 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 76 | 298 | 89 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 38 | 19 | 41 | .299 | .340 | .393 | .732 |
| Road | 76 | 311 | 98 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 40 | 24 | 46 | .315 | .366 | .412 | .777 |
| March/April | 22 | 88 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 13 | .375 | .410 | .511 | .921 |
| May | 26 | 106 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 11 | .274 | .336 | .358 | .695 |
| June | 27 | 104 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 13 | .298 | .371 | .394 | .765 |
| July | 26 | 104 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | .288 | .315 | .337 | .651 |
| August | 26 | 109 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 16 | .349 | .363 | .486 | .849 |
| Sept/Oct | 25 | 98 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 12 | .265 | .327 | .337 | .664 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1970 | 91 | 328 | 108 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 46 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 14 | 2 | .329 | .368 | .421 | .788 | TML |
| 1971 | 150 | 587 | 196 | 42 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 82 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 19 | 9 | .334 | .384 | .465 | .849 | MIL OAK |
| 1972 | 155 | 660 | 220 | 41 | 6 | 8 | 80 | 92 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 83 | 36 | 10 | .333 | .374 | .450 | .824 | OAK,AL |
| 1973 | 154 | 636 | 184 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 58 | 86 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 25 | 10 | .289 | .330 | .385 | .715 | OAK |
| 1974 | 153 | 620 | 193 | 47 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 94 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 85 | 19 | 15 | .311 | .355 | .435 | .791 | OAK,AL |
| 1975 | 152 | 605 | 192 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 68 | 96 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 81 | 28 | 9 | .317 | .375 | .446 | .821 | OAK,AL |
| 1976 | 153 | 648 | 217 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 80 | 98 | 50 | 6 | 4 | 81 | 25 | 6 | .335 | .386 | .448 | .833 | OAK,AL |
| 1977 | 152 | 652 | 196 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 80 | 99 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 94 | 33 | 13 | .301 | .341 | .403 | .745 | OAK |
| 1978 | 141 | 588 | 192 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 67 | 113 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 18 | 10 | .327 | .376 | .456 | .832 | OAK,AL |
| 1979 | 158 | 647 | 225 | 54 | 11 | 8 | 94 | 107 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 23 | 8 | .348 | .389 | .502 | .892 | OAK,AL |
| 1980 | 155 | 664 | 223 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 81 | 111 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 74 | 33 | 8 | .336 | .381 | .429 | .810 | OAK,AL |
| 1981 | 108 | 424 | 128 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 53 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 6 | .302 | .353 | .392 | .744 | OAK NYA |
| 1982 | 152 | 592 | 187 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 74 | 65 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 21 | 5 | .316 | .353 | .419 | .772 | NYA OAK |
| 1983 | 152 | 609 | 187 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 81 | 78 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 87 | 36 | 9 | .307 | .353 | .402 | .755 | OAK |
| Total | 2026 | 8260 | 2648 | 533 | 96 | 70 | 972 | 1220 | 565 | 52 | 47 | 1045 | 346 | 120 | .321 | .366 | .434 | .800 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1969, AAA | 138 | 517 | 104 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 40 | 65 | 227 | 13 | 3 | .201 | .289 | .282 | .572 |
| 1970, AAA | 65 | 257 | 66 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 41 | 92 | 8 | 3 | .257 | .357 | .385 | .742 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1978 | 7 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .414 | .452 | .759 | 1.210 |
| 1979 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .333 | .440 | .773 |
| 1981 | 13 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .340 | .386 | .623 | 1.009 |
| Total | 26 | 107 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .346 | .391 | .617 | 1.008 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Shortstop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
| Centerfield | 150 | 148 | 412 | 10 | 1 | 428 | 6 | .986 | 1307.2 | 2.95 | | | | |
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Had first career hit on 6/16/1970, off Cuahutemoc Velasco (BAL)...
Hit first career homerun on 6/28/1970, off Jesus Baldenegro (SEA)...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1971, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 6 RBI...
Traded from Milwaukee to Oakland on 6/16/1971 (Going to MIL: SS Angel Montepina, 1B Ron Bronski. Going to OAK: SS Buck Jennings, P Octavio Paz, LF Boomer Farley, 1B John J. O'Neil)...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Milwaukee on 9/22/1971...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Shortstop in 1971...
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1972, hitting .469 with 2 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1972, hitting .381 with 2 HR, 19 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle on 5/12/1973...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Milwaukee on 7/27/1973...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Milwaukee on 5/11/1974...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Kansas City on 6/29/1974...
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game...
Hit for the cycle against Milwaukee on 6/24/1975...
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Minnesota on 9/6/1975...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1975, hitting .517 with 1 HR, 8 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 4/18/1976...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1976, hitting .342 with 3 HR, 26 RBI...
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1976, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 3 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1976, hitting .409 with 0 HR, 12 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Washington on 8/12/1977...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston on 5/13/1978...
Injured on 5/21/1978 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 6/4/1978...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against California on 7/6/1978...
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1979, hitting .438 with 2 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1979, hitting .398 with 1 HR, 31 RBI...
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1979...
Had 2000th career hit on 6/7/1980, off Ernest Lapointe (NYA)...
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 9/29/1980...
Traded from Oakland to New York (A) on 2/28/1981 (Going to NYA: P Charley Galloway, CF Buck Jennings. Going to OAK: 2B Maurice Moss, P Joe Purpura, P Wilt Hollis, P Craig Wellstone, 1B Irv Greenb
aum)...
Traded from New York (A) to Oakland on 6/1/1982 (Going to OAK: SS Buck Jennings. Going to NYA: CF Johnny McCraw, P Juan Juarez)...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Milwaukee on 7/2/1982...
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG
1971 - .334 - 3rd
1972 - .333 - 1st
1974 - .311 - 5th
1975 - .317 - 4th
1976 - .335 - 1st
1978 - .327 - 4th
1979 - .348 - 2nd
1980 - .336 - 1st
1982 - .316 - 8th
| OBP
1971 - .384 - 7th
1972 - .374 - 10th
1975 - .375 - 8th
1976 - .386 - 3rd
1978 - .376 - 7th
1980 - .381 - 6th
| SLG
1972 - .450 - 10th
1975 - .446 - 7th
1976 - .448 - 4th
1978 - .456 - 10th
1979 - .502 - 5th
| OPS
1972 - .824 - 6th
1975 - .821 - 5th
1976 - .833 - 5th
1978 - .832 - 6th
1979 - .892 - 3rd
| Hits
1971 - 196 - 3rd
1972 - 220 - 1st
1973 - 184 - 7th
1974 - 193 - 4th
1975 - 192 - 3rd
1976 - 217 - 1st
1977 - 196 - 5th
1978 - 192 - 4th
1979 - 225 - 1st
1980 - 223 - 1st
1982 - 187 - 9th
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Doubles
1971 - 42 - 2nd
1972 - 41 - 2nd
1973 - 35 - 8th
1974 - 47 - 3rd
1975 - 35 - 6th
1976 - 35 - 5th
1977 - 38 - 7th
1978 - 46 - 3rd
1979 - 54 - 1st
1980 - 43 - 2nd
1981 - 28 - 5th
| Triples
1975 - 14 - 1st
1976 - 13 - 5th
1978 - 9 - 8th
1979 - 11 - 6th
| Runs
1975 - 96 - 6th
1976 - 98 - 4th
1977 - 99 - 10th
1978 - 113 - 1st
1979 - 107 - 9th
1980 - 111 - 7th
| SB
1972 - 36 - 10th
1977 - 33 - 9th
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