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Bucky Brandon

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Full Name: Darrell G Brandon Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200 First Game: April 19, 1966
Birthdate: July 8, 1940 Final Game: September 30, 1973
Birthplace: Nacogdoches, Texas MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

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

[edit] Biography

Born on July 8, 1940 in Nacogdoches, Texas, Bucky Brandon (Darrell G Brandon) played for the Boston Red Sox, Seattle Pilots, Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 7 year career. Brandon broke into the bigs on April 19, 1966 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.31 ERA in 157.2 innings pitched in 1966, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bucky Brandon's best season was 1966, when he posted a 3.31 ERA and struck out 101 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1966 BOS A 40 17 8 8 3.31 101 70 58 5 2 2 157.2 129 13 70 3 5 4
1967 BOS A 39 19 5 11 4.17 96 86 73 2 0 3 157.2 147 21 59 7 9 7
1968 BOS A 8 0 0 0 6.39 10 11 9 0 0 0 12.2 19 1 9 0 0 1
1969 SEA A 8 1 0 1 8.40 10 15 14 0 0 0 15 15 4 16 1 3 2
1969 MIN A 3 0 0 0 2.70 1 3 1 0 0 0 3.1 5 1 3 2 0 0
1969 TOT A 11 1 0 1 7.36 11 18 15 0 0 0 18.1 20 5 19 3 3 2
1971 PHI N 52 0 6 6 3.90 44 42 36 0 0 4 83 81 5 47 9 2 0
1972 PHI N 42 6 7 7 3.45 67 49 40 0 0 2 104.1 106 9 46 8 3 6
1973 PHI N 36 0 2 4 5.43 25 35 34 0 0 2 56.1 54 5 25 7 5 3
Total NL 130 6 15 17 4.06 136 126 110 0 0 8 243.2 241 19 118 24 10 9
Total AL 98 37 13 20 4.03 218 185 155 7 2 5 346.1 315 40 157 13 17 14
Total 228 43 28 37 4.04 354 311 265 7 2 13 590 556 59 275 37 27 23

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1966 BOS A P 40 17 157.2 13 26 1 0 0 2 14 6 0 .975
1967 BOS A P 39 19 157.2 11 23 2 2 0 1 7 8 0 .944
1968 BOS A P 8 0 12.2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.000
1969 SEA A P 8 1 15 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 .750
1969 MIN A P 3 0 3.1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000
1969 TOT A P 11 1 18.1 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 .600
1971 PHI N P 52 0 83 6 10 0 0 0 4 6 4 0 1.000
1972 PHI N P 42 6 104.1 6 7 1 0 0 3 8 5 0 .929
1973 PHI N P 36 0 56.1 5 8 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 .929
Total P 228 43 590 41 79 7 3 0 15 43 26 0 .945

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1966 BOS A 41 44 4 8 0 2 .182 .245 .273 2 1 2 21 2 6 0 0 1
1967 BOS A 39 43 4 8 0 1 .186 .205 .256 3 0 1 16 0 5 0 0 0
1968 BOS A 8 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SEA A 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MIN A 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 TOT A 11 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 PHI N 52 13 0 2 0 0 .154 .154 .154 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0
1972 PHI N 42 15 0 1 0 0 .067 .067 .067 0 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 1
1973 PHI N 36 5 1 1 0 0 .200 .333 .200 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 130 33 1 4 0 0 .121 .147 .121 0 0 1 16 0 6 0 0 1
Total AL 99 89 8 16 0 3 .180 .229 .258 5 1 4 37 2 11 0 0 1
Total 229 122 9 20 0 3 .164 .208 .221 5 1 5 53 2 17 0 0 2

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1959).
  • Traded by Houston Astros to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jack Lamabe (September 14, 1965).
  • Selected by Seattle Pilots from Boston Red Sox (44th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
  • Sold by Seattle Pilots to Minnesota Twins (July 8, 1969).
  • Released by Minnesota Twins (April 6, 1970).
  • Signed by Chicago White Sox (April 6, 1970).
  • Sold by Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Phillies (January 13, 1971).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (December 14, 1973).

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