Alexander
Buckland
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: October 16, 1943 in Usa
 
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 29 LOU JL $ 2,000,000   4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1974 30 LOU JL $ 2,000,000   4 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1975 31 LOU JL $ 2,000,000   4 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6
1976 32 VAN JL $ 1,000,000   3 4 5 4 5 6 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,000,000   3 4 5 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   4 5 5 5 5 6 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
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 29 LOU JL $ 2,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1974 30 LOU JL $ 2,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1975 31 LOU JL $ 2,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1976 32 VAN JL $ 1,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 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 29 LOU JL 10 12 .455 33 33 2 1 0 204.0 223 116 29 66 151 5.12 .276 .333 .454 .786 6.2
1974 30 LOU JL 7 10 .412 24 21 6 0 0 146.0 142 73 16 53 98 4.50 .257 .321 .415 .736 6.2
1975 31 LOU JL 8 9 .471 30 21 3 0 0 164.7 190 87 15 57 137 4.76 .294 .353 .437 .790 4.8
1976 32 VAN JL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 9.3 17 14 3 10 8 13.50 .378 .482 .644 1.127 0.0
  LOU JL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.7 3 0 0 0 7 0.00 .130 .130 .174 .304 1.0
  TOT   0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 16.0 20 14 3 10 15 7.88 .294 .380 .485 .865 1.0
    AAA   3 3 .500 25 8 0 0 1 67.7 63 21 4 18 82 2.79 .246 .296 .336 .632  
4 Years Sim 25 31 .446 98 75 11 1 0 530.7 575 290 63 186 401 4.92 .277 .337 .439 .777 18.2
1 Years AAA 3 3 .500 25 8 0 0 1 67.7 63 21 4 18 82 2.79 .246 .296 .336 .632  
Season Average 6 7 .462 24 18 2 0 0 132.7 143 72 15 46 100 4.92 .277 .337 .439 .777  
Career Highs 10 12 .471 33 33 6 1 0 204.0 223 116 29 66 151 7.88 .294 .380 .485 .865  
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   314 159 28 105 226   .267 .327 .415 .743
vs LH   261 131 35 81 175   .290 .348 .471 .819
Home 10 18 .357 52 41 4 0 0 280.7 323 170 34 120 221 5.45 .289 .358 .461 .819
Away 15 13 .536 46 34 7 1 0 250.0 252 120 29 66 180 4.32 .263 .310 .415 .725
Mar/Apr 3 4 .429 12 8 1 0 0 63.0 60 24 10 18 60 3.43 .247 .299 .416 .714
May 5 3 .625 12 9 3 1 0 73.7 68 27 4 32 41 3.30 .254 .333 .369 .703
June 5 4 .556 18 16 3 0 0 112.7 122 60 16 24 84 4.79 .275 .312 .453 .765
July 3 6 .333 17 13 1 0 0 81.0 100 54 11 25 60 6.00 .308 .357 .495 .853
August 6 8 .429 19 17 3 0 0 112.3 133 75 10 57 83 6.01 .300 .379 .446 .825
Sep/Oct 3 6 .333 20 12 0 0 0 88.0 92 50 12 30 73 5.11 .261 .319 .432 .751
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 29 LOU JL 33 70 5 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 17 .143 .178 .143 .321 -0.6 0.0
1974 30 LOU JL 24 49 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 17 .082 .164 .102 .266 0.2 0.0
1975 31 LOU JL 30 53 8 7 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 25 .132 .179 .245 .424 1.9 0.0
1976 32 VAN JL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  LOU JL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
4 Years Sim 98 174 17 21 4 0 1 9 0 0 11 60 .121 .172 .161 .333 1.3 0.0
162 Game Average 287 28 34 6 0 1 14 0 0 18 99 .121 .172 .161 .333 2.2  
Career Highs 33 70 8 10 3 0 1 5 0 0 5 25 .143 .179 .245 .424 1.9  
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   114 13 15 4 0 1 9 0 0 7 40 .132 .180 .193 .373 2.2
vs LH   60 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20 .100 .156 .100 .256 -0.8
Home 52 87 5 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 37 .103 .141 .126 .268 -1.2
Away 40 87 12 12 2 0 1 6 0 0 7 23 .138 .202 .195 .398 2.6
RISP   42 0 6 1 0 1 9 0 0 1 18 .143 .159 .238 .397 1.0
Close/Late   14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .214 .313 .214 .527 1.1
Mar/Apr 8 20 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .150 .250 -0.5
May 9 24 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 .083 .185 .125 .310 0.1
June 18 36 5 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 8 .139 .200 .139 .339 0.5
July 17 25 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .160 .192 .200 .392 0.5
August 18 42 4 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 16 .143 .182 .238 .420 1.4
Sep/Oct 20 27 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .074 .138 .074 .212 -0.7
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 29 LOU JL P 33 33 204.0 11 31 2 1 .955 1.85    
1974 30 LOU JL P 24 21 146.0 8 23 3 4 .912 1.91    
1975 31 LOU JL P 30 21 164.7 12 22 4 1 .895 1.86    
1976 32 VAN JL P 6 0 9.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.86    
  LOU JL P 5 0 6.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.70    
Career Totals   98 75 530.7 34 79 9 6 .926 1.92    
Career Highs   33 33 204.0 12 31 4 4 1.000 3.38    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Complete Games
1973-10-2
Shutouts
1973-1-1
Hits Allowed
1973-8-223
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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History
Drafted in 27th round, 628th overall pick, by Washington in 1973
Earned first career win on 4/10/1973
Had first career hit on 4/21/1973, off Craig Renner (OMA)
Traded from Washington to Louisville on 7/21/1973 (Going to WAS: P J. Riles, 2B L. Gullo, C E. Sykes. Going to LOU: C R. Baker, P A. Buckland, P M. Hick)
Hit first career homerun on 8/16/1975, off Jamaal Jumboni (WAS)
Traded from Louisville to Vancouver on 5/11/1976 (Going to VAN: P A. Buckland. Going to LOU: P J. Mooney, 2B C. Gardenhire, P I. Grimmett)
Injured on 6/17/1976 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Released by Vancouver on 2/15/1977