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Bucky Dent

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: November 25, 1951 in Savannah, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 9th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hialeah HS (Hialeah, FL), the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (6th) of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL) and the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (6th) of the 1970 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL).

High School: Hialeah HS (Hialeah, FL)

Schools: Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), Miami Dade College, North Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: June 1, 1973 (Age 21-188d, 13,357th in major league history)
vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 11, 1984 (Age 32-291d)
vs. MIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Ed Kleven

Full Name: Russell Earl Dent

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.5

4512

1114

.247

451

RBI

423

OBP

.297

SLG

.321

OPS

.618

OPS+

Summary of 40 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 14 go ahead

3 Tms
NYY	27
CHW	10
TEX	3

Platoon
vs LHP	20
vs RHP	20

Home/Road
Away	29
Home	11

Outs
1	18
2	14
0	8

14 Opps
TEX	6
MIL	5
BOS	4
OAK	4
BAL	4
CLE	3
CAL	3
KCR	2
SEA	2
NYY	2
DET	2
MIN	1
TOR	1
CHW	1

37 Pitchers
Dennis Eckersley	2
Fergie Jenkins	2
Jim Colborn	2
Mike Wallace	1
Reggie Cleveland	1
Dave Rajsich	1
Jon Matlack	1
Mike Willis	1
Mike Witt	1
Rich Bordi	1
Mike Torrez	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Ross Grimsley	1
Rollie Fingers	1
Wayne Garland	1
Steve Stone	1
Jerry Augustine	1
Dave McNally	1
Tom Burgmeier	1
Tim Conroy	1
Bob Lacey	1
Paul Splittorff	1
Dan Spillner	1
Catfish Hunter	1
Mike Cuellar	1
Rich Folkers	1
Steve Barr	1
Dave Hamilton	1
Geoff Zahn	1
Nelson Briles	1
Dennis Leonard	1
Howard Bailey	1
Mike Flanagan	1
Jim Slaton	1
Larry Gura	1
John Hiller	1
Jim Perry	1

13 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	8
County Stad (MIL)	5
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
Arlington St (ARL)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
7	31

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	16
1--	9
-2-	5
12-	4
--3	2
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

73 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	16
1 on	16
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	24

Inning
1	1
2	6
3	2
4	6
5	7
6	1
7	8
8	6
9	3

1-3	9
4-6	14
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	2
+2	3
+1	5
Tied	8
-1	7
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	2

Ahead	16
Tied	8
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	40

OrderPos
9th	29
8th	5
7th	3
2nd	3

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1974-05-05	CHW	@	MIL	Jim Slaton	ahead 2-0	t 8	1	-2-	2	9	6	0.079	97%		Home Run; R. Santo Scores
2	2	2	1	1974-06-04	CHW		NYY	Mike Wallace	ahead 7-2	b 8	2	--3	2	9	6	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Orta Scores
3	3	3	1	1974-06-15	CHW	@	BAL	Dave McNally	tied 1-1	t 8	1	1--	2	9	6	0.366	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Sharp Scores
4	4	4	1	1974-08-11	CHW	@	CLE	Jim Perry	behind 0-3	t 7	0	---	1	9	6	0.075	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1974-09-21	CHW		OAK	Catfish Hunter	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.109	53%		Home Run
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1975-05-26	CHW	@	MIL	Jim Colborn	tied 2-2	t 9	2	---	1	8	6	0.416	82%		Home Run
7	7	2	1	1975-07-26	CHW	@	OAK	Rollie Fingers	behind 1-2	t 8	2	12-	3	2	6	0.624	85%		Home Run; L. Richard Scores; P. Kelly Scores
8	8	3	1	1975-08-19	CHW	@	NYY	Larry Gura	behind 3-6	t 7	1	12-	3	2	6	0.316	46%		Home Run; P. Varney Scores; P. Kelly Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1976-05-11	CHW	@	TEX	Steve Barr	behind 1-2	t 4	1	1-3	3	8	6	0.275	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bradford Scores; P. Varney Scores
10	10	2	1	1976-08-18	CHW		BOS	Fergie Jenkins	behind 1-2	b 5	1	1--	2	7	6	0.297	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hairston Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1977-05-03	NYY		CAL	Mike Cuellar	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	123	4	9	6	0.116	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. White Scores; G. Nettles Scores; P. Blair Scores
12	12	2	1	1977-06-05	NYY	@	CHW	Dave Hamilton	ahead 7-6	t 9	0	---	1	9	6	0.089	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	3	1	1977-06-07	NYY	@	TEX	Nelson Briles	tied 0-0	t 3	1	1--	2	9	6	0.192	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Healy Scores
14	14	4	1	1977-06-08	NYY	@	MIL	Jerry Augustine	ahead 2-1	t 2	1	-23	3	9	6	0.150	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Nettles Scores; F. Healy Scores
15	15	5	2	1977-06-08	NYY	@	MIL	Rich Folkers	ahead 8-1	t 8	2	---	1	9	6	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	6	1	1977-07-26	NYY		BAL	Ross Grimsley	behind 1-4	b 7	1	---	1	9	6	0.080	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	7	1	1977-08-20	NYY	@	TEX	Gaylord Perry	tied 1-1	t 2	2	1-3	3	9	6	0.255	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Chambliss Scores/unER; W. Randolph Scores/unER; B. Dent Scores/unER
18	18	8	1	1977-08-24	NYY		MIN	Tom Burgmeier	ahead 5-1	b 6	1	1--	2	9	6	0.033	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. White Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1978-05-19	NYY	@	TOR	Mike Willis	ahead 9-3	t 5	1	---	1	9	6	0.015	98%		Home Run
20	20	2	1	1978-06-07	NYY	@	SEA	Jim Colborn	ahead 3-0	t 4	2	1--	2	9	6	0.108	92%		Home Run; J. Spencer Scores
21	21	3	1	1978-07-03	NYY	@	BOS	Dennis Eckersley	behind 3-9	t 8	2	-2-	2	8	6	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Thomasson Scores
22	22	4	1	1978-08-16	NYY	@	OAK	Bob Lacey	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	1	9	6	0.211	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	5	1	1978-10-02	NYY	@	BOS	Mike Torrez	behind 0-2	t 7	2	12-	3	9	6	0.464	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Chambliss Scores; R. White Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1979-06-16	NYY	@	TEX	Dave Rajsich	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	1	9	6	0.140	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	2	1	1979-09-17 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	Dan Spillner	behind 2-4	t 7	2	1--	2	9	6	0.283	43%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Narron Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1980-04-30	NYY	@	BAL	Steve Stone	behind 1-6	t 3	0	---	1	9	6	0.047	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	2	1	1980-05-06	NYY	@	MIL	Reggie Cleveland	tied 5-5	t 9	1	---	1	9	6	0.383	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	3	1	1980-05-14	NYY		KCR	Dennis Leonard	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	--3	2	8	6	0.085	83%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; B. Brown Scores
29	29	4	1	1980-05-27	NYY		DET	John Hiller	ahead 8-1	b 5	0	---	1	9	6	0.005	99%		Home Run
30	30	5	1	1980-09-14	NYY	@	BOS	Dennis Eckersley	behind 0-1	t 5	0	1--	2	8	6	0.219	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Cerone Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1981-04-09	NYY		TEX	Jon Matlack	behind 0-1	b 2	2	12-	3	9	6	0.313	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Nettles Scores; D. Werth Scores
32	32	2	1	1981-04-12	NYY		TEX	Fergie Jenkins	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	1	9	6	0.079	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	3	1	1981-04-27	NYY	@	DET	Howard Bailey	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	-2-	2	9	6	0.170	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Milbourne Scores
34	34	4	1	1981-05-06	NYY	@	CAL	Mike Witt	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	-2-	2	9	6	0.086	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Spencer Scores
35	35	5	1	1981-05-27	NYY	@	BAL	Mike Flanagan	behind 0-3	t 5	2	1--	2	9	6	0.173	30%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Nettles Scores
36	36	6	1	1981-06-01	NYY	@	CLE	Wayne Garland	tied 2-2	t 4	2	---	1	9	6	0.143	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	7	1	1981-08-22	NYY		KCR	Paul Splittorff	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2	9	6	0.214	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Rodríguez Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1982-09-18	TEX	@	SEA	Rich Bordi	ahead 8-4	t 7	1	-2-	2	9	6	0.036	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Richardt Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1983-09-15	TEX	@	OAK	Tim Conroy	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	6	0.105	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	2	1	1983-09-16	TEX	@	CAL	Geoff Zahn	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1	7	6	0.115	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)