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Scott
Bucher		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 18, 1949 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Hitter Award 1979   
Slick Fielder Award 1974    1975   
All-Star Selections 1975    1978    1981   
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 24 VAN JL $ 1,438,000 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 5
1974 25 VAN JL $ 1,438,000 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 5 5
1975 26 VAN JL $ 1,438,000 5 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 4 7 6 6
1976 27 VAN JL $ 5,007,857 5 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 4 8 8 8
1977 28 VAN JL $ 9,000,000 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 9 8 8
1978 29 VAN JL $ 9,000,000 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 4 9 8 8
1979 30 VAN JL $ 9,000,000 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 9 8 8
1980 31 VAN JL $ 9,000,000 5 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,438,000 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 9 8 8
                                             
  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 32 DM FL $ 9,000,000   15 15 14 9 11 10 13 15 14 9 10 10 19 17 18
1982 33 DM FL $ 9,000,000   13 13 12 8 10 9 13 15 14 9 10 10 18 16 17
1983 34 VAL JL $ 5,500,000   13 13 12 8 10 9 13 15 14 9 10 10 17 16 16
1984 35 LOU JL     12 12 11 8 10 9 11 14 13 7 9 8 16 15 15
OOTP6 Min Ratings     12 12 11 8 10 9 11 14 13 7 9 8 16 15 15
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   15 15 14 9 11 10 13 15 14 9 10 10 19 17 18
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 24 VAN JL 143 463 80 116 22 3 15 61 29 8 37 78 .251 .320 .408 .729 64.3 10.5
1974 25 VAN JL 150 518 76 129 21 4 19 51 32 16 50 85 .249 .322 .415 .737 71.7 11.7
1975 26 VAN JL 156 608 106 197 21 11 22 85 48 23 49 73 .324 .383 .503 .886 110.6 28.0
1976 27 VAN JL 156 609 78 163 34 9 15 74 61 21 45 54 .268 .324 .427 .751 85.0 17.5
1977 28 VAN JL 156 591 107 164 29 9 20 80 73 30 70 34 .277 .361 .459 .819 101.5 20.9
1978 29 VAN JL 153 610 107 200 29 11 21 89 69 29 50 43 .328 .384 .515 .898 114.1 25.4
1979 30 VAN JL 157 601 108 187 33 12 26 93 64 28 44 44 .311 .362 .536 .897 110.5 21.7
1980 31 VAN JL 120 477 63 123 24 4 12 57 26 14 35 40 .258 .316 .400 .717 61.1 8.8
1981 32 VAN JL 78 299 61 100 15 7 7 40 32 12 29 21 .334 .400 .502 .902 57.9 13.3
  DM FL 79 302 54 93 22 9 6 42 33 13 21 22 .308 .360 .500 .860 52.6 10.3
  TOT   157 601 115 193 37 16 13 82 65 25 50 43 .321 .380 .501 .881 110.5 23.6
1982 33 DM FL 90 227 29 64 11 7 3 33 22 15 25 23 .282 .366 .432 .798 35.7 6.5
1983 34 VAL JL 157 516 65 131 24 8 8 59 60 23 33 62 .254 .302 .378 .680 60.3 7.4
1984 35 VAL JL 100 308 36 83 19 3 4 50 25 14 14 39 .269 .314 .390 .704 37.0 5.0
  LOU JL 22 49 6 16 3 1 2 5 4 2 4 8 .327 .389 .551 .940 9.5 1.9
  TOT   122 357 42 99 22 4 6 55 29 16 18 47 .277 .325 .412 .736 46.5 6.9
    AAA   4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1  
12 Years Sim 1717 6178 976 1766 307 98 180 819 578 248 506 626 .286 .347 .455 .802 971.7 188.9
1 Years AAA 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1  
162 Game Average 582 92 166 28 9 16 77 54 23 47 59 .286 .347 .455 .802 91.7  
Career Highs 157 610 115 200 37 16 26 93 73 30 70 85 .328 .384 .536 .898 114.1  
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   4302 716 1271 226 65 133 621 417 175 394 493 .295 .361 .471 .832 707.4
vs LH   1876 260 495 81 33 47 198 161 73 112 133 .264 .314 .417 .732 238.4
Home 863 3043 459 862 167 58 74 389 284 102 231 303 .283 .341 .449 .790 456.3
Away 854 3135 517 904 140 40 106 430 294 146 275 323 .288 .354 .460 .814 489.6
RISP   1376 0 436 75 28 41 609 0 0 168 134 .317 .389 .501 .890 255.0
Pinch Hitting   115 15 30 4 0 2 12 4 2 10 18 .261 .320 .348 .668 13.1
Close/Late   690 116 218 36 11 17 93 0 0 82 72 .316 .402 .474 .876 121.4
Mar/Apr 296 1065 169 302 56 20 38 133 102 38 73 107 .284 .332 .481 .813 167.6
May 272 966 157 264 39 16 20 119 102 38 82 105 .273 .333 .409 .742 134.7
June 256 913 138 249 32 10 31 132 80 32 69 94 .273 .337 .432 .769 130.0
July 301 1083 171 317 69 15 37 149 95 41 95 95 .293 .362 .487 .849 179.3
August 302 1085 182 313 61 14 30 148 104 45 110 115 .288 .359 .453 .813 173.3
Sep/Oct 290 1066 159 321 50 23 24 138 95 54 77 110 .301 .355 .459 .814 161.0
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   DWS
1973 24 VAN JL CF 130 96 947.3 271 5 1 1 .996 2.62   2.7
    RF 4 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
1974 25 VAN JL CF 141 123 1122.0 379 9 1 5 .997 3.11   4.6
    RF 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 26 VAN JL CF 153 145 1314.0 459 6 3 2 .994 3.18   5.1
    LF 1 1 9.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 27 VAN JL CF 153 146 1328.3 392 14 3 3 .993 2.75   6.1
1977 28 VAN JL CF 148 146 1335.3 389 4 0 0 1.000 2.65   6.3
    RF 6 0 12.0 4 0 1 0 .800 3.00    
1978 29 VAN JL CF 148 146 1309.7 367 8 2 1 .995 2.58   7.1
    RF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 30 VAN JL CF 149 144 1292.0 341 7 4 4 .989 2.42   4.2
    RF 5 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1980 31 VAN JL CF 119 115 1015.3 304 10 1 3 .997 2.78   1.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 32 VAN JL CF 74 72 651.1 187 8 0 1 1.000 2.70   0.7
    RF 3 0 4.2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.29   0.0
  DM FL CF 75 73 643.3 185 8 0 1 1.000 2.70   4.0
    RF 3 0 4.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.0
  TOT   CF 149 145 1294.4 372 16 0 2 1.000 2.70   4.6
      RF 6 0 8.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.25   0.0
1982 33 DM FL CF 76 62 540.3 164 6 0 2 1.000 2.83   2.0
    RF 6 2 22.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1983 34 VAL JL CF 157 154 1276.3 325 13 1 4 .997 2.38   5.6
    RF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1984 35 VAL JL CF 93 90 788.5 232 5 4 0 .983 2.71   2.4
    RF 1 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LOU JL CF 21 20 127.5 38 1 1 0 .975 2.75   0.3
    RF 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1637 1532 13691.0 4033 104 21 27 .995 2.72   52.4
  RF 39 2 78.6 24 0 1 0 .960 2.75   0.0
  LF 1 1 9.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00    
Career Totals   1677 1535 13778.7 4061 105 22 27 .995 2.72   52.4
Career Highs   161 154 1347.3 463 16 5 5 1.000 3.19    
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 28 VAN JL 3 12 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .333 .583
1978 29 VAN JL 4 17 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 .235 .278 .235 .513
1981 32 DM FL 12 50 3 15 7 1 0 5 2 3 1 4 .300 .314 .480 .794
1983 34 VAL JL 5 12 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .308 .333 .641
Career Post-Season Batting 24 91 5 25 9 1 0 10 5 4 1 6 .275 .298 .396 .693
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1975-4-.324
1978-3-.328
1979-6-.311
 On-Base Pct
1975-9-.383
 Slugging Pct
1975-9-.503
1978-4-.515
1979-2-.536
 OPS
1975-10-.886
1978-4-.898
1979-2-.897
 XR
1975-4-110.6
1977-6-101.5
1978-2-114.1
1979-1-110.5
 Games
1975-8-156
1976-9-156
1977-7-156
1979-3-157
1983-4-157
At-Bats
1975-5-608
1976-3-609
1978-3-610
1979-10-601
 Runs
1975-3-106
1977-3-107
1978-5-107
1979-1-108
 Hits
1975-3-197
1978-3-200
1979-3-187
 Total Bases
1975-6-306
1977-10-271
1978-1-314
1979-1-322
 Singles
1975-4-143
1978-7-139
 Doubles
1976-6-34
Triples
1975-6-11
1976-8-9
1977-8-9
1978-5-11
1979-4-12
CAR-31-98
 Homeruns
1979-7-26
 RBIs
1979-5-93
 Stolen Bases
1973-10-29
1974-8-32
1975-3-48
1976-3-61
1977-3-73
1978-1-69
1979-2-64
1983-4-60
CAR-16-578
 Caught Stealing
1974-5-16
1975-4-23
1976-2-21
1977-2-30
1978-1-29
1979-1-28
1980-8-14
1983-6-23
CAR-12-248
 Walks
1977-10-70
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 84    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Joey Beggiani (937)
  2. Joe Hardy (918)
  3. Norman Grindstaff (913)
  4. Sam Hell (911)
  5. Damian Renius (880)
  6. Devin Careter (875)
  7. Leroy Jeffcoat (871)
  8. Marquis Futon (863)
  9. John F. Kennedy, Jr. (861)
  10. Pepe Mangual (858)
History
Drafted in 6th round, 128th overall pick, by Vancouver in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1973, off Jerome Winter (CAL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/19/1973, off Jeffrey Fletcher (CHI)
Won Slick Fielder Award at Centerfield in 1974.Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won Slick Fielder Award at Centerfield in 1975.Won Player of the Week award on 5/7/1977, hitting .440 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 9/22/1979
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1979, hitting .418 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Won Super Slugger Award in 1979, hitting .311 with 26 HR, 93 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1979, hitting .418 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Won Super Slugger Award in 1979, hitting .311 with 26 HR, 93 RBI
Injured on 5/19/1980 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/30/1981, hitting .483 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Vancouver to Des Moines on 7/2/1981 (Going to DM: CF Scott Bucher. Going to VAN: P Alfonzo Casella, CF Lamar Jimenez, P Miguel Benites, CF Ozzie Rowe)
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
 
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