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Jerry Buchek

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Full Name: Gerald Peter Buchek Primary Position: 2B,SS,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/185 First Game: June 30, 1961
Birthdate: May 9, 1942 Final Game: September 28, 1968
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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  • 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

Jerry Buchek (Gerald Peter Buchek) was born on May 9, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on June 30, 1961 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1965, his rookie year, he hit .247 with 3 home runs and 21 RBI. Buchek played for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets over the course of his 7 year career.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1961 STL N 31 90 6 12 0 9 .133 .151 .156 2 0 0 28 2 0 0 0 6
1963 STL N 3 4 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1964 STL N 35 30 7 6 0 1 .200 .273 .333 0 2 3 11 0 0 0 0 0
1965 STL N 55 166 17 41 3 21 .247 .300 .386 8 3 13 46 0 1 1 2 4
1966 STL N 100 284 23 67 4 25 .236 .288 .342 10 4 23 71 0 1 0 4 9
1967 NY N 124 411 35 97 14 41 .236 .283 .375 11 2 26 101 2 3 3 5 10
1968 NY N 73 192 8 35 1 11 .182 .234 .219 4 0 10 53 3 2 1 5 8
Total 421 1177 96 259 22 108 .220 .269 .325 35 11 75 312 7 7 5 16 37

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1961 STL N SS 31 30 230 42 62 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 .912
1963 STL N SS 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 STL N SS 20 1 44 8 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1964 STL N 2B 9 3 41.1 16 17 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1964 STL N 3B 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1965 STL N 2B 33 31 259 65 91 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1965 STL N SS 18 16 144 27 63 4 16 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1965 STL N 3B 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 STL N 2B 49 38 324.2 79 107 5 30 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1966 STL N SS 48 38 338.1 69 113 13 22 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1966 STL N 3B 4 4 36 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1967 NY N 2B 95 92 795.2 203 255 11 54 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1967 NY N 3B 17 14 118.2 17 29 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 NY N SS 9 5 51 6 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1968 NY N 3B 37 35 305.1 30 70 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 .935
1968 NY N LF 9 8 64.1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 NY N 2B 12 8 72.2 19 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 NY N OF 9 8 64.1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 9 8 64.1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 198 172 1493.1 382 490 20 113 0 0 0 0 0 .978
Total OF 9 8 64.1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 60 53 465 51 107 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 .952
Total SS 127 90 812.1 153 273 30 63 0 0 0 0 0 .934

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1959).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Art Mahaffey and Tony Martinez to New York Mets in exchange for Eddie Bressoud, Danny Napoleon and cash (April 1, 1967).
  • Traded by New York Mets to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jim Cosman (December, 1968).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Jim Hutto to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bill White (April 3, 1969).

[edit] Trivia

Jerry Buchek scored the last run at Sportsmans Park and the first run at Busch Stadium.

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