Bill Buckner Career Stats & Summary

  • May 7, 2025

Bill Buckner made their MLB debut in 1969 and appeared in 2,517 games over 22 seasons. They posted a batting average of 0.289, OPS of 0.729, hit 174 HRs, and recorded 15.2 WAR. They rank 483th all-time in HRs and 1,304th in WAR.

📊 Career Summary

Bill Buckner made their MLB debut in 1969 and played in 2,517 games over 22 seasons.
Below are key cumulative stats along with their respective all-time MLB ranks.

G2,517 (MLB Rank: 56)
AB9,397 (MLB Rank: 51)
H2,715 (MLB Rank: 66)
BA0.289 (MLB Rank: 1,900)
2B498 (MLB Rank: 67)
3B49 (MLB Rank: 745)
HR174 (MLB Rank: 483)
RBI1208 (MLB Rank: 153)
R1077 (MLB Rank: 289)
BB450 (MLB Rank: 939)
OBP0.321 (MLB Rank: 5,235)
SLG0.408 (MLB Rank: 2,817)
OPS0.729 (MLB Rank: 3,348)
SB183 (MLB Rank: 426)
SO453 (MLB Rank: 1,584)
GIDP247 (MLB Rank: 41)
CS73 (MLB Rank: 305)
Rbat+96 (MLB Rank: 4,087)
WAR15.2 (MLB Rank: 1,304)
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Bill Buckner Year-by-Year Stat Trends

This chart visualizes Bill Buckner's seasonal trends in HR, H, and BA.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Last Season Summary (1990)

In 1990, Bill Buckner played in 22 games and posted the following stats:

G22
AB43
H8
BA0.186
2B0
3B0
HR1
RBI3
R4
BB3
OBP0.234
SLG0.256
OPS0.490
SB0
SO2
GIDP1
Rbat+-2
WAR−0.7

📈 Peak Seasons

Here are Bill Buckner's best seasons by category:

  • Most HR in a season: 1986, 18 HR
  • Most H in a season: 1982, 201 H
  • Most RBI in a season: 1985, 110 RBI
  • Most SB in a season: 1974, 31 SB
  • Best BA in a season: 1980, 0.324 BA
  • Best OBP in a season: 1980, 0.353 OBP
  • Best SLG in a season: 1981, 0.480 SLG
  • Best OPS in a season: 1981, 0.829 OPS
  • Best WAR in a season: 1982, 3.7 WAR

🎯 Postseason Stats

Bill Buckner appeared in 23 postseason games. In those games, they recorded a batting average of 0.204, OBP of 0.210, SLG of 0.265, and OPS of 0.475. They also tallied 1 HR, 20 H, 5 RBI, and 0 SB.

Bill Buckner Career Stat Summary

seasonHHRRBIBAROPSWAROBPSLGPABBSO2B3BTBrOBARbat+OPS+GGIDPHBPIBBSBCSSFSHAB
1969
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
-150
-100
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1970
13
0
4
0.191
6
0.49
-0.4
0.225
0.265
71
3
7
3
1
18
0.222
22
34
28
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
68
1971
99
5
41
0.277
37
0.672
1
0.306
0.366
383
11
18
15
1
131
0.319
96
95
108
6
5
4
4
1
2
7
358
1972
122
5
37
0.319
47
0.758
2.2
0.348
0.41
405
17
13
14
3
157
0.36
122
117
105
13
1
2
10
3
1
3
383
1973
158
8
46
0.275
68
0.648
0.6
0.297
0.351
606
17
34
20
0
202
0.31
82
83
140
15
3
5
12
2
5
6
575
1974
182
7
58
0.314
83
0.763
3.1
0.351
0.412
620
30
24
30
3
239
0.359
116
117
145
13
4
10
31
13
2
4
580
1975
70
6
31
0.243
30
0.644
0
0.286
0.358
315
17
15
11
2
103
0.295
68
82
92
11
2
7
8
3
4
4
288
1976
193
7
60
0.301
76
0.716
3
0.326
0.389
680
26
26
28
4
250
0.339
101
105
154
8
1
6
28
9
5
6
642
1977
121
11
60
0.284
40
0.739
-0.7
0.314
0.425
457
21
23
27
0
181
0.34
88
88
122
16
1
2
7
5
7
2
426
1978
144
5
74
0.323
47
0.765
0.9
0.345
0.419
470
18
17
26
1
187
0.35
102
104
117
16
0
5
7
5
5
1
446
1979
168
14
66
0.284
72
0.756
1
0.319
0.437
628
30
28
34
7
258
0.349
98
97
149
16
2
6
9
4
4
1
591
1980
187
10
68
0.324
69
0.81
1.5
0.353
0.457
615
30
18
41
3
264
0.363
116
119
145
13
0
11
1
2
6
0
578
1981
131
10
75
0.311
45
0.829
1.2
0.349
0.48
453
26
16
35
3
202
0.376
128
130
106
17
1
9
5
2
5
0
421
1982
201
15
105
0.306
93
0.783
3.7
0.342
0.441
709
36
26
34
5
290
0.368
122
117
161
14
5
7
15
5
10
1
657
1983
175
16
66
0.28
79
0.746
1.5
0.31
0.436
665
25
30
38
6
273
0.343
99
102
153
10
5
5
12
4
5
4
626
1984
131
11
69
0.272
54
0.705
-0.9
0.313
0.392
518
25
39
21
2
189
0.316
82
91
135
12
6
6
2
2
4
0
482
1985
201
16
110
0.299
89
0.773
1.5
0.325
0.447
719
30
36
46
3
301
0.344
100
106
162
16
2
5
18
4
11
2
673
1986
168
18
102
0.267
73
0.733
-0.3
0.311
0.421
681
40
25
39
2
265
0.327
93
98
153
25
4
9
6
4
8
0
629
1987
134
5
74
0.286
39
0.678
-0.5
0.314
0.365
498
22
26
18
2
171
0.31
80
80
132
13
0
2
2
3
6
1
469
1988
71
3
43
0.249
19
0.616
-1.3
0.287
0.33
311
17
19
14
0
94
0.277
59
73
108
8
0
5
5
1
5
4
285