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Buck Jordan

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Full Name: Baxter Byerly Jordan Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170 First Game: September 15, 1927
Birthdate: January 16, 1907 Final Game: October 2, 1938
Birthplace: Cooleemee, North Carolina MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: March 18, 1993
Deathplace: Salisbury, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Buck Jordan (Baxter Byerly Jordan) was born on January 16, 1907 in Cooleemee, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on September 15, 1927 for the New York Giants. In 1932, his rookie year, he hit .321 with 2 home runs and 29 RBI. Jordan played for the New York Giants, Washington Senators, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 9 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Buck Jordan's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1936, when he hit for a .323 average and knocked in 66 runs. However, others believe that it was 1933, when he hit for a .286 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1927 NY N 5 5 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1929 NY N 2 2 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1931 WAS A 9 18 3 4 0 1 .222 .263 .333 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
1932 BOS N 49 212 27 68 2 29 .321 .333 .434 12 3 4 5 0 3 1 0 0
1933 BOS N 152 588 77 168 4 46 .286 .327 .386 29 9 34 22 2 19 4 0 14
1934 BOS N 124 489 68 152 2 58 .311 .358 .413 26 9 35 19 1 10 3 0 10
1935 BOS N 130 470 62 131 5 35 .279 .307 .383 24 5 19 17 0 2 3 0 10
1936 BOS N 138 555 81 179 3 66 .323 .375 .405 27 5 45 22 2 8 2 0 20
1937 CIN N 98 316 45 89 1 28 .282 .334 .354 14 3 25 14 0 4 6 0 6
1937 BOS N 8 8 1 2 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1937 TOT N 106 324 46 91 1 28 .281 .332 .352 14 3 25 14 0 4 6 0 7
1938 PHI N 87 310 31 93 0 18 .300 .336 .365 18 1 17 4 0 3 1 0 7
1938 CIN N 9 7 0 2 0 0 .286 .444 .286 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 TOT N 96 317 31 95 0 18 .300 .339 .363 18 1 19 4 0 3 1 0 7
Total NL 802 2962 393 886 17 280 .299 .341 .391 151 35 181 106 5 49 20 0 68
Total AL 9 18 3 4 0 1 .222 .263 .333 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Total 811 2980 396 890 17 281 .299 .340 .391 153 35 182 109 5 49 20 0 68

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1929 NY N 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1931 WAS A 1B 7 0 0 45 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1932 BOS N 1B 49 0 0 514 31 5 48 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1933 BOS N 1B 150 0 0 1513 88 14 117 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1934 BOS N 1B 117 0 0 1165 66 14 85 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1935 BOS N 1B 95 0 0 857 66 16 59 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1935 BOS N 3B 8 0 0 13 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1935 BOS N OF 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1936 BOS N 1B 136 0 0 1307 96 10 137 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1937 CIN N 1B 76 0 0 669 46 8 55 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1938 PHI N 1B 17 0 0 134 12 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1938 PHI N 3B 58 0 0 42 103 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 .973
Total OF 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 648 0 0 6205 405 68 516 0 0 0 0 0 .990
Total 3B 66 0 0 55 116 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 .972

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Washington Senators from Newark (International) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 30, 1930).
  • Traded by Washington Senators with Pinky Hargrave to Baltimore (International) in exchange for Johnny Gill (August, 1931).
  • Traded by Baltimore (International) to Boston Braves in exchange for Bill Akers, Bruce Cunningham and Bill McAfee (August 5, 1932).
  • Sold by Boston Bees to Cincinnati Reds (May 12, 1937).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Justin Stein (June 10, 1938).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Syracuse (International) (March 29, 1939).

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