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Pete
Bucher		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 230
 
Born: September 9, 1946 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1977   
All-Star Selections 1973    1977   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 MRQ JL $ 3,057,000   5 8 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 4 4 5 6 6
1974 27 MRQ JL $ 3,057,000   5 8 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 4 4 5 6 6
1975 28 MRQ JL $ 3,057,000   5 8 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 4 5 4 6 5
1976 29 BIR FL $ 9,750,001   9 10 8 8 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7
1977 30 BIR FL $ 9,750,001   9 10 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7
1978 31 BIR FL $ 9,750,001   9 10 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7
1979 32 BIR FL $ 9,750,001   9 10 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7
1980 33 OMA JL $ 9,750,001   9 10 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 3,057,000   5 8 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 6 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 9,750,001   9 10 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 34 OMA JL $ 12,300,000 66 20 17 18 14 14 14 16 13 14
1982 35 MRQ JL $ 12,300,000 66 19 17 17 14 14 14 15 13 13
1983 36 MRQ JL $ 12,300,000 66 19 16 16 13 13 13 13 10 10
1984 37 MAD JL $ 12,300,000 60 16 13 14 11 11 11 8 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 12,300,000 60 16 13 14 11 11 11 8 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,300,000 66 20 17 18 14 14 14 16 13 14
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 MRQ JL $ 3,057,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1974 27 MRQ JL $ 3,057,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1975 28 MRQ JL $ 3,057,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1976 29 BIR FL $ 9,750,001 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1977 30 BIR FL $ 9,750,001 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 31 BIR FL $ 9,750,001 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 32 BIR FL $ 9,750,001 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 33 OMA JL $ 9,750,001 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 3,057,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 9,750,001 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 34 OMA JL $ 12,300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
1982 35 MRQ JL $ 12,300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
1983 36 MRQ JL $ 12,300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
1984 37 MAD JL $ 12,300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 12,300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 26 MRQ JL 17 10 .630 38 38 4 1 0 251.0 222 125 39 128 172 4.48 .240 .339 .413 .752 12.3
1974 27 MRQ JL 4 5 .444 11 11 1 0 0 68.3 66 39 12 41 52 5.14 .261 .363 .455 .817 0.3
1975 28 OMA JL 4 1 .800 8 8 0 0 0 58.3 55 25 7 30 36 3.86 .250 .344 .391 .735 2.8
  JAX JL 9 6 .600 18 18 1 0 0 126.3 128 63 16 66 73 4.49 .263 .354 .414 .768 4.2
  TOT   13 7 .650 26 26 1 0 0 184.7 183 88 23 96 109 4.29 .259 .351 .407 .758 7.1
1976 29 CLG FL 4 13 .235 20 20 6 1 0 155.3 137 79 19 75 122 4.58 .237 .329 .399 .728 4.9
  BIR FL 6 2 .750 13 13 4 0 0 106.7 61 26 9 47 75 2.19 .167 .269 .288 .557 10.5
  TOT   10 15 .400 33 33 10 1 0 262.0 198 105 28 122 197 3.61 .210 .306 .356 .662 15.4
1977 30 BIR FL 18 10 .643 35 35 7 3 0 268.0 208 89 26 90 192 2.99 .212 .280 .344 .624 17.7
1978 31 BIR FL 11 14 .440 30 30 9 2 0 228.3 186 82 22 75 143 3.23 .222 .285 .354 .639 12.6
1979 32 BIR FL 17 13 .567 34 34 5 1 0 245.7 186 78 16 85 158 2.86 .208 .280 .309 .589 17.6
1980 33 BIR FL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 11 6 1 0 7 4.15 .229 .245 .313 .557 0.8
  OMA JL 8 6 .571 24 24 1 0 0 139.7 114 51 16 49 90 3.29 .222 .294 .354 .648 9.1
  TOT   8 6 .571 26 26 1 0 0 152.7 125 57 17 49 97 3.36 .222 .290 .351 .640 9.8
1981 34 OMA JL 12 10 .545 32 32 1 1 0 195.3 191 88 22 35 151 4.05 .252 .292 .416 .707 12.0
1982 35 BIR FL 6 5 .545 16 16 0 0 0 94.7 86 35 10 26 74 3.33 .241 .299 .373 .672 6.5
  MRQ JL 4 6 .400 15 15 0 0 0 80.0 70 38 9 30 67 4.28 .234 .309 .375 .684 5.2
  TOT   10 11 .476 31 31 0 0 0 174.7 156 73 19 56 141 3.76 .238 .304 .373 .677 11.7
1983 36 MRQ JL 4 13 .235 29 24 0 0 0 142.7 138 80 23 41 118 5.05 .257 .312 .439 .751 2.8
1984 37 MAD JL 1 5 .167 21 8 0 0 0 56.3 68 40 10 17 52 6.39 .294 .344 .511 .855 0.0
    AAA   2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 20.3 12 4 2 4 29 1.77 .169 .213 .282 .495  
12 Years Sim 125 119 .512 346 328 39 9 0 2229.6 1927 944 257 835 1582 3.81 .232 .306 .379 .686 119.3
1 Years AAA 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 20.3 12 4 2 4 29 1.77 .169 .213 .282 .495  
Season Average 10 9 .526 28 27 3 0 0 185.8 160 78 21 69 131 3.81 .232 .306 .379 .686  
Career Highs 18 15 .650 38 38 10 3 0 268.0 222 125 39 128 197 6.39 .294 .363 .511 .855  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1563 761 222 695 1251   .245 .319 .406 .725
vs LH   364 183 35 140 331   .191 .247 .290 .537
Home 64 57 .529 172 166 14 4 0 1137.3 997 487 135 427 799 3.85 .235 .305 .386 .691
Away 61 62 .496 174 162 25 5 0 1092.3 930 457 122 408 783 3.77 .230 .300 .372 .672
Mar/Apr 16 32 .333 62 62 8 1 0 397.6 377 204 53 146 278 4.62 .251 .318 .419 .737
May 21 17 .553 54 53 5 3 0 373.3 304 144 38 130 242 3.47 .222 .289 .358 .647
June 20 18 .526 59 53 6 0 0 361.6 339 158 43 120 291 3.93 .248 .309 .396 .705
July 20 17 .541 57 51 4 1 0 340.3 315 160 42 138 243 4.23 .244 .317 .406 .722
August 29 12 .707 56 56 11 2 0 396.0 283 130 41 152 270 2.95 .199 .276 .327 .603
Sep/Oct 19 23 .452 58 53 7 2 0 360.6 309 148 40 149 258 3.69 .231 .309 .368 .676
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 26 MRQ JL 38 82 7 7 1 2 0 5 0 0 8 39 .085 .165 .146 .311 0.6 0.0
1974 27 MRQ JL 11 29 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .138 .167 .138 .305 0.0 0.0
1975 28 OMA JL 8 20 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 11 .100 .143 .250 .393 0.7 0.0
  JAX JL 18 50 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 .100 .115 .100 .215 -0.8 0.0
  TOT   26 70 3 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 37 .100 .123 .143 .266 -0.2 0.0
1976 29 CLG FL 20 53 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .094 .111 .132 .243 -0.9 0.0
  BIR FL 13 36 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .056 .081 .083 .164 -1.5 0.0
  TOT   33 89 4 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 39 .079 .099 .112 .211 -2.4 0.0
1977 30 BIR FL 35 95 4 12 3 0 1 7 1 0 3 46 .126 .153 .189 .343 0.8 0.0
1978 31 BIR FL 30 72 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 36 .083 .120 .083 .203 -1.9 0.0
1979 32 BIR FL 34 80 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 45 .050 .061 .075 .136 -3.9 0.0
1980 33 BIR FL 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2
  OMA JL 24 46 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 24 .130 .167 .152 .319 -0.5 0.0
  TOT   26 51 2 8 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 25 .157 .189 .176 .365 0.3 0.2
1981 34 OMA JL 32 61 5 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 .131 .145 .180 .325 0.0 0.0
1982 35 BIR FL 16 25 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .080 .115 .120 .235 -0.5 0.0
  MRQ JL 15 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.2 0.0
  TOT   31 50 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 .040 .059 .060 .119 -2.7 0.0
1983 36 MRQ JL 29 44 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 25 .023 .104 .023 .127 -2.1 0.0
1984 37 MAD JL 21 13 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .154 .313 .308 .620 1.5 0.2
12 Years Sim 346 736 41 68 16 2 2 28 1 1 31 358 .092 .129 .128 .256 -10.0 0.4
162 Game Average 344 19 31 7 0 0 13 0 0 14 167 .092 .129 .128 .256 -4.7  
Career Highs 38 95 7 12 3 2 1 7 1 1 8 46 .157 .313 .308 .620 1.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   534 26 47 13 1 1 20 1 0 25 270 .088 .128 .122 .250 -10.2
vs LH   202 15 21 3 1 1 8 0 1 6 88 .104 .129 .144 .272 -3.0
Home 172 353 21 31 11 2 0 12 0 1 12 162 .088 .117 .130 .248 -8.2
Away 174 383 20 37 5 0 2 16 1 0 19 196 .097 .138 .125 .264 -5.1
RISP   188 0 15 1 1 0 22 0 0 8 92 .080 .115 .096 .211 -5.6
Close/Late   51 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 26 .039 .058 .059 .117 -3.1
Mar/Apr 62 133 10 12 7 0 0 4 0 0 4 63 .090 .116 .143 .259 -2.7
May 54 113 5 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 9 56 .071 .138 .080 .218 -2.8
June 59 117 11 19 3 0 2 13 1 1 4 53 .162 .189 .239 .428 3.9
July 51 119 6 10 3 1 0 3 0 0 2 53 .084 .099 .126 .225 -3.6
August 56 132 5 11 2 1 0 5 0 0 7 69 .083 .129 .114 .242 -2.8
Sep/Oct 58 122 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 64 .066 .102 .066 .168 -5.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1973 26 MRQ JL P 38 38 251.0 8 33 1 0 .976 1.47    
1974 27 MRQ JL P 11 11 68.3 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.05    
1975 28 OMA JL P 8 8 58.3 3 8 1 1 .917 1.70    
  JAX JL P 18 18 126.3 7 18 2 1 .926 1.78    
  TOT   P 26 26 184.7 10 26 3 2 .923 1.75    
1976 29 CLG FL P 20 20 155.3 9 15 1 1 .960 1.39    
  BIR FL P 13 13 106.7 7 11 1 1 .947 1.52    
  TOT   P 33 33 262.0 16 26 2 2 .955 1.44    
1977 30 BIR FL P 35 35 268.0 15 25 1 2 .976 1.34    
1978 31 BIR FL P 30 30 228.3 9 27 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1979 32 BIR FL P 34 34 245.7 15 27 1 2 .977 1.54    
1980 33 BIR FL P 2 2 13.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38    
  OMA JL P 24 24 139.7 4 17 0 1 1.000 1.35    
  TOT   P 26 26 152.7 4 19 0 1 1.000 1.36    
1981 34 OMA JL P 32 32 195.3 6 21 1 1 .964 1.24    
1982 35 BIR FL P 16 16 94.7 6 9 1 0 .938 1.43    
  MRQ JL P 15 15 80.0 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.35    
  TOT   P 31 31 174.7 11 16 1 0 .964 1.39    
1983 36 MRQ JL P 29 24 142.7 13 27 1 1 .976 2.52    
1984 37 MAD JL P 21 8 56.3 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.60    
Career Totals   346 328 2229.6 111 261 11 11 .971 1.50    
Career Highs   38 38 268.0 16 33 3 2 1.000 2.52    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1977 30 BIR FL 2 1 .667 5 5 2 0 0 38.3 31 17 5 14 18 3.99 .218 .288 .352 .641
1981 34 OMA JL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 7 6 2 1 3 18.00 .438 .471 .875 1.346
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 6 6 2 0 0 41.3 38 23 7 15 21 5.01 .241 .306 .405 .711
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 30 BIR FL 5 15 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .333 .375 .400 .775
1981 34 OMA JL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 16 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .313 .353 .375 .728
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1979-8-2.86
 Wins
1973-2-17
1977-5-18
 Losses
1976-7-15
1983-10-13
CAR-44-119
 Winning Pct
1973-9-.630
1975-10-.650
1977-9-.643
 Games Started
1973-2-38
1977-5-35
 Complete Games
1973-1-4
1976-9-10
CAR-40-39
Shutouts
1973-1-1
1977-6-3
1978-9-2
1981-4-1
 Innings Pitched
1973-2-251.0
1977-6-268.0
 Hits Allowed
1973-9-222
 Homeruns Allowed
1973-4-39
1977-7-26
CAR-31-257
 Walks Allowed
1973-1-128
1975-10-96
1976-1-122
1977-5-90
1979-8-85
CAR-18-835
 Walks per 9IP
1981-3-1.6
Hits per 9IP
1976-5-6.8
1977-6-7.0
1978-5-7.3
1979-4-6.8
CAR-29-7.8
 OAVG
1976-5-.210
1977-6-.212
1978-5-.222
1979-5-.208
CAR-34-.232
 OOBP
1977-10-.280
 OSLG
1979-2-.309
 OOPS
1979-6-.589
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 47    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  1. Mickey Ford (959)
  2. Floyd Futon (936)
  3. David Lillis (932)
  4. Hector Salazar (929)
  5. Zachary Sumner (925)
  6. Raymond Woodruff (923)
  7. Junior Gomez (922)
  8. Francis Szabo (920)
  9. Chuck Delong (917)
  10. Ace Holder (914)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Kurt Stallwith (996)
  2. Avagadro Pompeii (994)
  3. Marcellus Conley (994)
  4. David Lillis (993)
  5. Jacob Butler (993)
  6. Jim McGraw (992)
  7. Albert Camarena (992)
  8. Mark Fidrych (991)
  9. Tex Avery (991)
  10. Harvey Vitiello (990)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 114th overall pick, by Marquette in 1973
Had first career hit on 5/1/1973, off Kip Beichman (CHA)
Earned first career win on 5/1/1973
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Injured on 4/29/1974 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 4/3/1975 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 6/4/1975, off Boris Garcia (VAN)
Signed as a free agent by Calgary on 2/21/1976 to a 5-year deal worth $9,750,001 per year
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Landis Memorial Series with Birmingham in 1977
Injured on 8/28/1978 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Birmingham to Omaha on 4/11/1980 (Going to BIR: SS E. Miller, P W. Brandow. Going to OMA: P P. Bucher, CF L. Bostock)
Injured on 4/15/1980 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/14/1981, winning 2 games with a 0.60 ERA
 
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