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Jerry Buchek

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: May 9, 1942 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: January 2, 2019 in Springfield, MO

Buried: Cremated

High School: McKinley HS (St. Louis, MO)

School: St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: June 30, 1961 (Age 19-052d, 11,862nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1968 (Age 26-142d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: Gerald Peter Buchek

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1964 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.3

1177

259

.220

RBI

108

OBP

.269

SLG

.325

OPS

.594

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	52	12.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
2	2	Apr 14	STL		PHI	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
3	3	Apr 15	STL	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 16	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
5	5	Apr 17	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	1	5	0	6	1	SS
6	6	Apr 19	STL	@	NYM	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 21	STL	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
8	8	Apr 22	STL		PIT	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
9	13 (4)	Apr 27	STL	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
10	14	Apr 28	STL	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	7	1	9	3	SS
11	15	Apr 29	STL	@	SFG	W,5-1	GS	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	21 (5)	May 7	STL		SFG	L,2-15	GS	45	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	SS 2B
13	22	May 8	STL		SFG	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
14	23	May 10	STL	@	CHC	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
15	24	May 12	STL		ATL	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
16	25	May 13	STL		ATL	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
17	26	May 14	STL		ATL	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
18	27	May 15	STL		ATL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
19	28	May 17	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
20	29	May 18	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
21	30	May 19	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
22	31	May 20	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
23	32	May 21	STL	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
24	33	May 22	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
25	34	May 24	STL		CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
26	35	May 25	STL		CHC	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
27	36	May 26	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
28	37	May 27	STL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
29	38	May 28	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
30	39	May 29	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
31	40	May 30	STL		HOU	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
32	41	May 31	STL		HOU	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	42	Jun 1	STL		LAD	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
34	43	Jun 2	STL		LAD	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	5	4	1	10	1	SS
35	44	Jun 3	STL	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
36	45	Jun 4 (1)	STL	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
37	46	Jun 4 (2)	STL	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
38	47	Jun 5	STL	@	ATL	L,4-14	GS	39	6.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
39	48	Jun 7	STL	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
40	50 (1)	Jun 9	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
41	51	Jun 10	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
42	52	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
43	53	Jun 12	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
44	54	Jun 13 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B SS
45	56 (1)	Jun 14	STL	@	NYM	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
46	57	Jun 15	STL		PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
47	58	Jun 16	STL		PIT	L,1-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
48	61 (2)	Jun 19 (1)	STL		PHI	W,1-0	GS	23	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
49	62	Jun 19 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-1	GS	25	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
50	63	Jun 20	STL		NYM	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
51	64	Jun 21	STL		NYM	L,1-2	GS	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B SS
52	65	Jun 22	STL		NYM	L,0-2	CG	38	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
53	67 (1)	Jun 24	STL	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
54	70 (2)	Jun 27	STL		SFG	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH SS
55	71	Jun 28	STL		SFG	L,1-7	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	77 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
57	78	Jul 5	STL	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
58	79	Jul 6	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
59	80	Jul 8	STL		HOU	L,1-6	GS	42	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	2B SS
60	81	Jul 9	STL		HOU	W,7-1	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
61	82	Jul 10	STL		HOU	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
62	83	Jul 14 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
63	87 (3)	Jul 17 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
64	90 (2)	Jul 19	STL		ATL	W,10-9	GF	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
65	91	Jul 20	STL		ATL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
66	92	Jul 21	STL		ATL	W,7-4	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
67	93	Jul 22	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	GS	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
68	94	Jul 23	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	GS	26	7.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
69	95	Jul 24 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,7-10	GS	38	6.2	2	2	0	4	0	2B
70	96	Jul 24 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	104 (7)	Aug 2	STL		CIN	L,3-6	GF	9	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
72	112 (7)	Aug 10	STL		PHI	L,1-5	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
73	115 (2)	Aug 13	STL		NYM	W,9-6	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
74	116	Aug 14 (1)	STL		NYM	L,4-5	GF	6	2.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
75	117	Aug 14 (2)	STL		NYM	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
76	118	Aug 16	STL	@	SFG	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
77	120 (1)	Aug 18	STL	@	LAD	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
78	130 (9)	Aug 28 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-5	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
79	132 (1)	Aug 30	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
80	133	Aug 31	STL		ATL	L,5-8	GS	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	134	Sep 1	STL		ATL	W,7-4	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
82	135	Sep 2	STL		SFG	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
83	136	Sep 3	STL		SFG	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
84	137	Sep 4	STL		SFG	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
85	140 (2)	Sep 6	STL		HOU	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH 2B
86	141	Sep 7	STL		HOU	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
87	150 (8)	Sep 18	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
88	151	Sep 20	STL	@	ATL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
89	152	Sep 21	STL	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
90	154 (1)	Sep 24	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
91	157 (2)	Sep 27	STL		LAD	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	2B
92	158	Sep 28	STL		LAD	W,2-0	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
93	159	Sep 29	STL		LAD	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
94	160	Sep 30	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
95	161	Oct 1	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
96	162	Oct 2	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
							101gm		699.0	151	228	19	398	52