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Buck Jordan
Baxter Byerly Jordan

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 15, 1927
Final Game October 2, 1938
Born January 16, 1907 in Cooleemee, NC
Died March 18, 1993 in Salisbury, NC

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1927 20 NYG NL   5    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .200  .200  .200    7    1   0           0    
 1929 22 NYG NL   2    2    1    1   1  0   0    0   0      0   0  .500  .500 1.000  261    2   0           0    
 1931 24 WSH AL   9   18    3    4   2  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .222  .263  .333   55    6   0           0    
 1932 25 BSN NL  49  212   27   68  12  3   2   29   1      4   5  .321  .333  .434  108   92   3           0    
 1933 26 BSN NL 152  588   77  168  29  9   4   46   4     34  22  .286  .327  .386  110  227  19           2  14
 1934 27 BSN NL 124  489   68  152  26  9   2   58   3     35  19  .311  .358  .413  112  202  10           1  10
 1935 28 BSN NL 130  470   62  131  24  5   5   35   3     19  17  .279  .307  .383   91  180   2           0  10
 1936 29 BSN NL 138  555   81  179  27  5   3   66   2     45  22  .323  .375  .405  116  225   8           2  20
 1937 30 TOT NL 106  324   46   91  14  3   1   28   6     25  14  .281  .332  .352   90  114   4           0   7
         BSN NL   8    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .250  .250  .250   42    2   0           0   1
         CIN NL  98  316   45   89  14  3   1   28   6     25  14  .282  .334  .354   91  112   4           0   6
 1938 31 TOT NL  96  317   31   95  18  1   0   18   1     19   4  .300  .339  .363   93  115   3           0   7
         CIN NL   9    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      2   0  .286  .444  .286  107    2   0           0   0
         PHI NL  87  310   31   93  18  1   0   18   1     17   4  .300  .336  .365   93  113   3           0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     811 2980  396  890 153 35  17  281  20  0 182 109  .299  .340  .391  104 1164  49   0   0   5  68
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        595   79  178  31  7   3   56   4  0  36  22  .299  .340  .391  104  233  10   0   0   1  14
 Career High    152  588   81  179  29  9   5   66   6  0  45  22  .323  .375  .413  116  227  19   0   0   2  20
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1927 20 NYG NL    5    4    0   0.0   104| .200  .290| .200  .349| .200  .400| .400  .749|   7  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1929 22 NYG NL    2    1    1  26.6   121| .500  .304| .500  .368|1.000  .443|1.500  .812| 261  .948   0.5   0.0     
 1931 24 WSH AL   19   14    2   3.8   109| .222  .288| .263  .355| .333  .411| .596  .766|  55  .386  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1932 25 BSN NL  219  147   31   5.7   100| .321  .279| .333  .332| .434  .404| .767  .736| 108  .586   1.8   0.2     
 1933 26 BSN NL  643  453   74   4.4    85| .286  .264| .327  .316| .386  .362| .713  .678| 110  .533   7.6   0.8     
 1934 27 BSN NL  535  357   72   5.4    98| .311  .278| .358  .333| .413  .396| .771  .728| 112  .558   9.0   0.9     
 1935 28 BSN NL  491  351   55   4.2    97| .279  .275| .307  .330| .383  .393| .690  .722|  91  .449  -6.3  -0.6     
 1936 29 BSN NL  610  404   84   5.6    98| .323  .278| .375  .337| .405  .390| .780  .726| 116  .580  13.7   1.3     
 1937 30 TOT NL  353  244   38   4.2    97| .281  .274| .332  .335| .352  .388| .684  .723|  90  .463  -3.9  -0.4     
         BSN NL    8    7    1   3.8    93| .250  .269| .250  .329| .250  .381| .500  .710|  42  .423  -0.6  -0.1     
         CIN NL  345  237   37   4.2    97| .282  .274| .334  .335| .354  .388| .688  .723|  91  .464  -3.3  -0.3     
 1938 31 TOT NL  339  232   39   4.5    99| .300  .275| .339  .338| .363  .391| .702  .729|  93  .511  -2.7  -0.3     
         CIN NL    9    5    1   5.4    96| .286  .271| .444  .335| .286  .386| .730  .720| 107  .590   0.2   0.0     
         PHI NL  330  227   38   4.5    99| .300  .275| .336  .339| .365  .391| .701  .730|  93  .509  -3.0  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3216 2207  396   4.8    95| .299  .274| .340  .331| .391  .387| .731  .717| 104  .527  17.8   1.7     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1929 22 NYG NL 1B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.30 1931 24 WSH AL 1B 7 45 0 1 3 .978 .991 6.43 9.70 1932 25 BSN NL 1B 49 514 31 5 48 .991 .990 11.12 9.91 1933 26 BSN NL 1B 150 1513 88 14 117 .991 .990 10.67 6.67 1934 27 BSN NL 1B 117 1165 66 14 85 .989 .991 10.52 8.55 1935 28 BSN NL 1B 95 857 66 16 59 .983 .989 9.72 9.61 3B 8 13 13 1 1 .963 .942 3.25 2.71 OF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.30 0 0 2 1936 29 BSN NL 1B 136 1307 96 10 137 .993 .990 10.32 7.35 1937 30 CIN NL 1B 76 669 46 8 55 .989 .989 9.41 10.10 1938 31 PHI NL 3B 58 42 103 4 13 .973 .945 2.50 2.87 1B 17 134 12 0 11 1.000 .992 8.59 10.16
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1929 22 NYG NL 1B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.30 1931 24 WSH AL 1B 7 45 0 1 3 .978 .991 6.43 9.70 1932 25 BSN NL 1B 49 514 31 5 48 .991 .990 11.12 9.91 1933 26 BSN NL 1B 150 1513 88 14 117 .991 .990 10.67 6.67 1934 27 BSN NL 1B 117 1165 66 14 85 .989 .991 10.52 8.55 1935 28 BSN NL 1B 95 857 66 16 59 .983 .989 9.72 9.61 1936 29 BSN NL 1B 136 1307 96 10 137 .993 .990 10.32 7.35 1937 30 CIN NL 1B 76 669 46 8 55 .989 .989 9.41 10.10 1938 31 PHI NL 1B 17 134 12 0 11 1.000 .992 8.59 10.16 1935 28 BSN NL 3B 8 13 13 1 1 .963 .942 3.25 2.71 1938 31 PHI NL 3B 58 42 103 4 13 .973 .945 2.50 2.87 1935 28 BSN NL OF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.30 0 0 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 648 6205 405 68 516 .990 .990 10.20 8.36 3B 66 55 116 5 14 .972 .945 2.59 2.85 OF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.30 0 0 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 716 6266 521 73 530 .989 .989 9.48 7.83
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1933 NL-152-5

At Bats
1933 NL-588-8

Triples
1933 NL-9-9

Singles
1936 NL-144-5

Sac. Hits
1933 NL-19-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1936 NL-20-2

At Bats per Strikeout
1933 NL-26.7-7
1934 NL-25.7-5
1935 NL-27.6-7
1936 NL-25.2-8
1937 NL-23.1-6
Car-27.3-32

Outs
1933 NL-453-5

Youngest Player
1927 NL-20-5

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1984) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1464) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

September 30, 1930: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Newark (International) in the 1930 rule 5 draft.

August, 1931: Traded by the Washington Senators with Pinky Hargrave to the Baltimore (International) for Johnny Gill.

August 5, 1932: Traded by the Baltimore (International) to the Boston Braves for Bill Akers, Bruce Cunningham, and Bill McAfee.

May 12, 1937: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Boston Bees.

June 10, 1938: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Philadelphia Phillies for Justin Stein.

March 29, 1939: Purchased by the Syracuse (International) from the Philadelphia Phillies.


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