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Jerry Buchek
Gerald Peter Buchek

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.

Debut June 30, 1961
  vs. CHC 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 1968
Born May 9, 1942 in St. Louis, MO

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 19 STL NL  31   90    6   12   2  0   0    9   0  0   0  28  .133  .151  .156  -21   14   0   1   0   2   6
 1963 21 STL NL   3    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   39    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 22 STL NL  35   30    7    6   0  2   0    1   0  0   3  11  .200  .273  .333   64   10   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 23 STL NL  55  166   17   41   8  3   3   21   1  0  13  46  .247  .300  .386   85   64   1   1   2   0   4
 1966 24 STL NL 100  284   23   67  10  4   4   25   0  5  23  71  .236  .288  .342   75   97   1   5   4   0   9
 1967 25 NYM NL 124  411   35   97  11  2  14   41   3  5  26 101  .236  .283  .375   89  154   3   2   5   2  10
 1968 26 NYM NL  73  192    8   35   4  0   1   11   1  1  10  53  .182  .234  .219   37   42   2   0   5   3   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      421 1177   96  259  35 11  22  108   5 11  75 312  .220  .269  .325   67  382   7   9  16   7  37
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        453   37  100  13  4   8   42   2  4  29 120  .220  .269  .325   67  147   3   3   6   3  14
 Career High    124  411   35   97  11  4  14   41   3  5  26 101  .236  .288  .375   89  154   3   5   5   3  10
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 19 STL NL   93   85    1   0.3   114| .133  .282| .151  .349| .156  .438| .307  .788| -21  .007 -16.5  -1.7   0%
 1963 21 STL NL    4    3    0   0.0    97| .250  .265| .250  .328| .250  .396| .500  .724|  39  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1964 22 STL NL   33   24    3   3.4   101| .200  .273| .273  .332| .333  .406| .606  .738|  64  .410  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1965 23 STL NL  181  131   19   3.9   101| .247  .269| .300  .334| .386  .407| .686  .741|  85  .475  -3.9  -0.4 100%
 1966 24 STL NL  313  237   26   3.0    96| .236  .265| .288  .323| .342  .399| .630  .722|  75  .342  -9.6  -1.0   0%
 1967 25 NYM NL  444  334   41   3.3    89| .236  .256| .283  .318| .375  .375| .658  .693|  89  .418  -7.3  -0.8  37%
 1968 26 NYM NL  207  168    9   1.4    81| .182  .252| .234  .310| .219  .355| .453  .666|  37  .161 -14.9  -1.7  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1275  982   99   2.7    93| .220  .262| .269  .323| .325  .388| .594  .711|  67  .326 -54.3  -5.8  31%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1961 19 STL NL SS 31 42 62 10 20 .912 .959 3.35 4.28 4.07 4.92 30 230.0 1963 21 STL NL SS 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 4.20 3.60 4.86 0 5.0 1964 22 STL NL SS 20 8 18 2 2 .929 .963 1.30 4.32 5.32 5.03 1 44.0 2B 9 16 17 3 3 .917 .973 3.67 4.61 7.19 5.23 3 41.3 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1965 23 STL NL 2B 33 65 91 1 22 .994 .974 4.73 4.71 5.42 5.28 31 259.0 SS 18 27 63 4 16 .957 .964 5.00 4.20 5.62 4.92 16 144.0 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.50 3.00 2.70 0 3.0 1966 24 STL NL 2B 49 79 107 5 30 .974 .978 3.80 4.68 5.16 5.33 38 324.7 SS 48 69 113 13 22 .933 .964 3.79 4.43 4.84 4.96 38 338.3 3B 4 3 8 1 0 .917 .957 2.75 2.65 2.75 3.05 4 36.0 1967 25 NYM NL 2B 95 203 255 11 54 .977 .976 4.82 4.63 5.18 5.26 92 795.7 3B 17 17 29 0 3 1.000 .950 2.71 2.75 3.49 2.96 14 118.7 SS 9 6 16 1 2 .957 .965 2.44 4.31 3.88 4.99 5 51.0 1968 26 NYM NL 3B 37 30 70 7 7 .935 .954 2.70 2.72 2.95 2.93 35 305.3 2B 12 19 20 0 4 1.000 .977 3.25 4.74 4.83 5.21 8 72.7 LF 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.38 1.26 1.64 8 64.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1964 22 STL NL 2B 9 16 17 3 3 .917 .973 3.67 4.61 7.19 5.23 3 41.3 1965 23 STL NL 2B 33 65 91 1 22 .994 .974 4.73 4.71 5.42 5.28 31 259.0 1966 24 STL NL 2B 49 79 107 5 30 .974 .978 3.80 4.68 5.16 5.33 38 324.7 1967 25 NYM NL 2B 95 203 255 11 54 .977 .976 4.82 4.63 5.18 5.26 92 795.7 1968 26 NYM NL 2B 12 19 20 0 4 1.000 .977 3.25 4.74 4.83 5.21 8 72.7 1964 22 STL NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1965 23 STL NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.50 3.00 2.70 0 3.0 1966 24 STL NL 3B 4 3 8 1 0 .917 .957 2.75 2.65 2.75 3.05 4 36.0 1967 25 NYM NL 3B 17 17 29 0 3 1.000 .950 2.71 2.75 3.49 2.96 14 118.7 1968 26 NYM NL 3B 37 30 70 7 7 .935 .954 2.70 2.72 2.95 2.93 35 305.3 1968 26 NYM NL LF 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.38 1.26 1.64 8 64.3 1968 26 NYM NL OF 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.00 1.82 1.26 2.02 8 64.3 1961 19 STL NL SS 31 42 62 10 20 .912 .959 3.35 4.28 4.07 4.92 30 230.0 1963 21 STL NL SS 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 4.20 3.60 4.86 0 5.0 1964 22 STL NL SS 20 8 18 2 2 .929 .963 1.30 4.32 5.32 5.03 1 44.0 1965 23 STL NL SS 18 27 63 4 16 .957 .964 5.00 4.20 5.62 4.92 16 144.0 1966 24 STL NL SS 48 69 113 13 22 .933 .964 3.79 4.43 4.84 4.96 38 338.3 1967 25 NYM NL SS 9 6 16 1 2 .957 .965 2.44 4.31 3.88 4.99 5 51.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 198 382 490 20 113 .978 .976 4.40 4.66 5.26 5.28 172 1493.3 SS* 127 153 273 30 63 .934 .963 3.35 4.33 4.72 4.95 90 812.3 3B* 60 51 107 8 10 .952 .953 2.63 2.72 3.06 2.95 53 465.0 LF* 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.38 1.26 1.64 8 64.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 394 594 871 58 186 .962 .970 3.72 4.19 4.65 4.72 323 2835
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1964   WS    STL NYY     W   4   1   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1961 NL-19-2

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

April 1, 1967: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Art Mahaffey and Tony Martinez to the New York Mets for Eddie Bressoud, Danny Napoleon, and cash.

December, 1968: Traded by the New York Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Cosman.

April 3, 1969: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Jim Hutto to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bill White.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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