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+

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

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CHW		KCR	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
2	2	Apr 13	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
3	3	Apr 14	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	2	5	0	SS
4	4	Apr 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
5	5	Apr 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
6	6	Apr 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
7	7	Apr 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
8	8	Apr 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 23	CHW		BOS	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
10	10	Apr 28	CHW		MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 29	CHW		MIL	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
12	12	Apr 30	CHW		DET	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHW		DET	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
14	14	May 4	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
15	15	May 5	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
16	16	May 7	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
17	17	May 8	CHW	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
18	18	May 9	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
19	19	May 10	CHW	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
20	20	May 11	CHW	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	21	May 13	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-13	CG	45	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
22	22	May 14	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	5	3	0	8	3	SS
23	23	May 15	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	49	11.2	4	7	0	11	0	SS
24	24	May 16	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
25	25	May 17	CHW		CAL	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
26	26	May 18	CHW		CAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
27	27	May 19	CHW		MIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
28	28	May 20	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
29	29	May 21	CHW		OAK	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
30	30	May 22	CHW		OAK	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
31	31	May 23 (1)	CHW		OAK	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
32	32	May 23 (2)	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
33	33	May 24	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
34	34	May 25	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
35	35	May 26	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	36	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
36	36	May 27	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
37	37	May 28	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-11	GS	26	4.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
38	38	May 29	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
39	39	May 30	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
40	40	May 31	CHW		TEX	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1	CHW		TEX	L,5-6	CG	66	16.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
42	42	Jun 2	CHW		TEX	W,1-0	CG	36	11.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
43	43	Jun 4	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
44	44	Jun 5	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	45	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
45	45	Jun 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	SS
46	46	Jun 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
47	47	Jun 8	CHW	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
48	48	Jun 9	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
49	49	Jun 10	CHW	@	MIL	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
50	50	Jun 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	50	12.2	1	3	0	4	0	SS
51	51	Jun 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
52	52	Jun 13 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
53	53	Jun 13 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
54	54	Jun 15	CHW		BAL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
55	55	Jun 16	CHW		BAL	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
56	56	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
57	57	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	58	14.0	6	4	0	10	1	SS
58	58	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
59	59	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
60	60	Jun 21	CHW	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
61	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	KCR	W,14-8	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
62	62	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
63	63	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
64	64	Jun 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
65	65	Jun 25 (1)	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	40	8.1	0	6	0	6	0	SS
66	66	Jun 25 (2)	CHW	@	TEX	W,14-9	CG	45	9.0	4	7	1	12	3	SS
67	67	Jun 26	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	33	9.1	2	6	0	8	0	SS
68	68	Jun 27	CHW	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
69	69	Jun 29	CHW		CAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
70	70	Jun 30	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 1	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
72	72	Jul 2	CHW		TEX	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
73	73	Jul 3	CHW		TEX	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,7-6	CG	56	12.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		TEX	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
76	76	Jul 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
77	77	Jul 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
78	78	Jul 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
79	79	Jul 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
80	80	Jul 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
81	81	Jul 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
82	82	Jul 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
83	83	Jul 15	CHW		MIL	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
84	84	Jul 16	CHW		MIL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
85	85	Jul 17	CHW		MIL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
86	86	Jul 18	CHW		MIL	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
87	87	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
88	88	Jul 20	CHW		NYY	L,9-14	CG	50	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
89	89	Jul 21 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
90	90	Jul 21 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
91	91	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		DET	W,9-3	GS	21	6.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
92	92	Jul 22 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
93	93	Jul 23	CHW		MIN	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
94	94	Jul 24	CHW		MIN	L,2-17	GS	39	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
95	95	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,8-13	CG	47	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
96	96	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
97	97	Jul 26	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
98	98	Jul 27	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
99	99	Jul 28	CHW	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	9	0	12	3	SS
100	100	Jul 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
101	101	Jul 31	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	43	10.2	1	6	0	7	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	102	Aug 1	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
103	103	Aug 3	CHW		OAK	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
104	104	Aug 4	CHW		OAK	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
105	105	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		KCR	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
106	106	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
107	107	Aug 7	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
108	108	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
109	109	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
110	110	Aug 9	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
111	111	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	2	1	0	3	1	SS
112	112	Aug 13	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
113	113	Aug 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,6-8	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
114	114	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
115	115	Aug 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
116	116	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	L,5-12	GS	37	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
117	117	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
118	118	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,7-11	GS	38	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
119	119	Aug 18	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
120	120	Aug 19	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
121	121	Aug 20	CHW		BAL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
122	122	Aug 21	CHW		BAL	W,11-10	CG	61	12.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
123	123	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,2-6	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
124	126 (2)	Aug 24	CHW	@	DET	W,12-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
125	127	Aug 25	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
126	128	Aug 27	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
127	129	Aug 28	CHW	@	MIL	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
128	130	Aug 29	CHW	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
129	131	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	132	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
131	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-11	GS	30	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
132	134	Sep 4	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	3	1	9	1	SS
133	135	Sep 5	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-18	GS	34	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
134	136	Sep 6	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	0	5	0	5	1	SS
135	137	Sep 7	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
136	138	Sep 8	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
137	139	Sep 9	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
138	140	Sep 10	CHW		CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
139	141	Sep 11	CHW		CAL	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
140	142	Sep 12 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
141	143	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
142	144	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
143	145	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
144	146	Sep 14	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	8	0	11	1	SS
145	147	Sep 15	CHW		TEX	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
146	148	Sep 16	CHW		TEX	L,4-5	CG	46	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
147	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
148	150	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	SS
149	151	Sep 19	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
150	152	Sep 21	CHW		MIN	L,6-13	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
151	153	Sep 22	CHW		MIN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
152	155 (1)	Sep 24	CHW		OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
153	156	Sep 25	CHW		OAK	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
154	157	Sep 29	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
155	158	Sep 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
156	159	Oct 1	CHW	@	TEX	L,8-11	CG	47	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
157	160	Oct 2	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	47	9.2	0	8	0	8	0	SS
158	161	Oct 3	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
							158gm		1373.0	279	468	18	765	96