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Jim Bucher

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: March 24, 1911 in Manassas, VA us

Died: October 21, 2004 in Elizabethtown, PA

Buried: Gravel Hill Church Cemetery, Palmyra, PA

Debut: April 18, 1934 (Age 23-025d, 7,699th in major league history)
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1945 (Age 34-189d)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: James Quinter Bucher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

1792

474

.265

242

RBI

193

OBP

.302

SLG

.351

OPS

.653

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	37-43 / in Starts: 34-28
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	18 games
Most Games w/o HR	47 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	1 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 302 PAs	31
Actual Runners on Base	120 (59-42-19) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 302 PAs	31
Avg. Runners on Base	197 (101-64-31)

Most Driven In
S Newsome	3
B Johnson	3
Self	3
E Lake	2
J Cronin	2
H Wagner	2
B Doerr	1
T McBride	1

Most Driven In By
P Fox	5
G Metkovich	5
B Johnson	4
Self	3
L Finney	2
B Doerr	1
J Tabor	1
M Ryba	1

1944 Batting Game Log

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1944 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	423	37 (36)	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0					6						3B
2	424	38	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2						3B
3	425	39	May 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	2	.73	0.012	1.19	0.01%	0.34	3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	426	40	Jun 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.154	.267	.154	.421	2						3B
5	427	41	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.176	.263	.176	.440	1						3B
6	428	42	Jun 3	BOS	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	6	5	1	2	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.320	.364	.684	1	.88	0.200	1.46	0.20%	4.65	3B
7	429	43	Jun 4 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	.308	.379	.423	.802	1	1.98	0.044	4.36	0.06%	0.42	3B
8	430	44	Jun 4 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.267	.353	.367	.720	1						3B
9	431	45	Jun 7	BOS		NYY	W,8-1	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.265	.342	.382	.724	1	.57	0.004	1.18	0.01%	-0.47	3B
10	432	46	Jun 8	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.349	.410	.759	1	.74	0.013	1.71	0.02%	-0.35	3B
11	433	47	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	1	.279	.340	.395	.736	1						3B
12	434	48	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.298	.353	.468	.821	1						3B
13	435	49	Jun 13	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.275	.339	.431	.771	1						3B
14	436	50	Jun 14 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.333	.407	.741	1	.87	-0.029	2.99	-0.06%	-0.20	3B
15	437	51	Jun 14 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-0	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.323	.379	.702	1	.43	0.007	1.48	0.01%	-0.18	3B
16	438	52	Jun 15	BOS		PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.242	.319	.371	.690	1	.72	0.031	2.59	0.07%	0.16	3B
17	439	53	Jun 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.231	.315	.354	.669	1						3B
18	440	54	Jun 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	5	5	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.243	.321	.400	.721	1	.71	0.013	2.66	0.03%	0.71	3B
19	441	55	Jun 18 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	6	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	1	0	.267	.345	.427	.772	1						3B
20	442	57 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG(11)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.247	.322	.395	.717	1						3B
21	443	58	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.309	.376	.685	1	.98	-0.099	3.75	-0.23%	-0.76	3B
22	444	61 (2)	Jun 22 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.316	.384	.700	9	1.38	0.072	5.26	0.17%	0.37	PH
23	445	67 (5)	Jun 30	BOS		CHW	W,11-0	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	1	.264	.330	.396	.726	1						3B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	446	68	Jul 1	BOS		SLB	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.327	.389	.716	1	.41	-0.039	2.01	-0.12%	0.08	3B
25	447	69	Jul 2 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,1-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.394	.727	1	.96	0.014	4.20	0.04%	-0.37	3B
26	448	70	Jul 2 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.336	.382	.719	1	.89	-0.008	4.24	-0.02%	-0.09	3B
27	449	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.271	.339	.393	.732	1						3B
28	450	72	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.277	.341	.393	.734	1						3B
29	451	73	Jul 5	BOS		DET	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.276	.339	.388	.727	1						3B
30	452	74	Jul 6	BOS		DET	W,13-3	CG	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.331	.377	.708	1	.39	0.048	1.42	0.11%	-0.45	3B
31	453	75	Jul 7	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.336	.381	.717	1	1.58	0.124	5.85	0.28%	0.72	3B
32	454	76	Jul 8	BOS		CLE	W,11-7	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.282	.338	.382	.720	2	.43	0.121	1.57	0.26%	1.71	3B
33	455	77	Jul 9 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.340	.390	.730	2	.77	-0.048	3.03	-0.11%	0.51	3B
34	456	78	Jul 9 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.288	.344	.396	.740	1						3B
35	457	79	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.342	.392	.734	2	.98	-0.004	4.39	-0.01%	0.14	3B
36	458	80	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.344	.388	.732	2	.82	0.056	3.02	0.12%	0.55	3B
37	459	81	Jul 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.280	.337	.380	.717	2	1.45	-0.140	6.24	-0.36%	-1.34	3B
38	460	82	Jul 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-9	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.335	.377	.713	8	1.63	-0.037	6.82	-0.09%	-0.35	PH
39	461	85 (2)	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.283	.339	.382	.721	8						PH
40	462	87 (1)	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.343	.386	.729	8	1.96	0.075	5.72	0.13%	0.37	PH
41	463	88	Jul 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.287	.341	.382	.723	6	.68	-0.043	2.53	-0.10%	-1.03	3B
42	464	90 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.339	.379	.718	6	.80	-0.071	4.32	-0.23%	-0.57	3B
43	465	91	Jul 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.337	.377	.714	9	3.18	-0.072	15.82	-0.21%	-0.47	PH
44	466	96 (4)	Jul 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	4-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.339	.378	.717	6	1.14	0.031	5.12	0.08%	0.28	3B
45	467	97	Jul 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.287	.339	.383	.722	6						3B
46	468	98	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.284	.339	.379	.717	6						3B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	469	99	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.340	.385	.725	6	1.35	-0.080	5.74	-0.20%	-0.66	3B
48	470	100	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.339	.383	.721	9	1.48	-0.036	4.91	-0.07%	-0.21	PH
49	471	104 (3)	Aug 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.284	.337	.381	.718	9	1.92	0.076	5.72	0.14%	0.50	PH
50	472	109 (4)	Aug 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.335	.379	.714	8	3.32	-0.082	13.79	-0.20%	-0.21	PH
51	473	113 (3)	Aug 16	BOS		DET	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.333	.376	.710	9	1.68	-0.042	3.84	-0.06%	-0.21	PH
52	474	120 (6)	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.332	.374	.706	9	1.61	-0.040	5.97	-0.09%	-0.21	PH
53	475	123 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.330	.372	.702	7	2.19	0.164	4.84	0.22%	0.45	2B
54	476	124	Aug 26	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.328	.369	.697	1	.61	-0.021	1.20	-0.03%	-0.31	2B
55	477	125	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.276	.325	.365	.690	1	.54	0.010	.98	0.01%	-0.03	2B
56	478	126	Aug 27 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.318	.355	.673	1	.79	-0.097	1.71	-0.13%	-1.45	2B
57	479	127	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.310	.347	.657	1	.68	-0.078	2.03	-0.14%	-1.27	2B
58	480	128	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.317	.353	.669	1	.46	-0.030	1.76	-0.07%	-0.35	2B
59	481	129	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-11	GS-7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.267	.316	.348	.663	1	.72	-0.042	3.24	-0.12%	-1.17	2B
60	482	130	Aug 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.317	.377	.694	1	.72	0.093	2.21	0.17%	2.21	2B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
61	483	133 (2)	Sep 3	BOS		PHA	L,1-5	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.320	.389	.709	9	.13	0.012	.61	0.03%	0.25	PH
62	484	134	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-7	CG	6	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.325	.389	.714	2	1.00	0.273	3.47	0.57%	1.35	2B
63	485	136 (1)	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,6-7	CG(12)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	.270	.318	.381	.699	6	3.06	-0.672	8.43	-1.11%	-2.53	2B
64	486	137	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	W,7-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.321	.383	.704	6	.61	0.053	1.13	0.06%	0.86	2B
65	487	138	Sep 10 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.274	.320	.380	.700	6	.84	-0.106	2.20	-0.17%	-1.04	2B
66	488	139	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.323	.380	.703	6	1.72	0.042	6.44	0.09%	0.59	2B
67	489	141 (1)	Sep 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.328	.377	.705	6	.92	-0.031	.96	-0.02%	0.39	2B
68	490	142	Sep 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.276	.331	.379	.709	6						2B
69	491	143	Sep 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.330	.377	.707	9	1.02	-0.022	.97	-0.01%	-0.33	PH
70	492	145 (1)	Sep 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.328	.376	.704	9						PH
71	493	146	Sep 22 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.327	.374	.701	9	.37	-0.011	.03	0.00%	-0.22	PH
72	494	147	Sep 22 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	0-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.277	.331	.378	.708	5						3B
73	495	148	Sep 23	BOS	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.273	.326	.372	.698	5	.37	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-1.73	3B
74	496	150 (1)	Sep 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.322	.367	.690	6	1.04	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.56	2B
75	497	151	Sep 26	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.325	.369	.694	6	1.34	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.21	2B
76	498	152	Sep 27	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.270	.324	.365	.689	6						2B
77	499	153	Sep 29	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.323	.363	.686	8	1.33	0.122	.00	0.00%	0.88	2B
78	500	154	Sep 30	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.324	.364	.688	6	.24	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.51	2B
79	501	155	Oct 1 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.272	.323	.362	.686	5						2B
80	502	156	Oct 1 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.274	.326	.365	.690	9						PH
							37-43		302	277	39	76	9	2	4	31	19	1	13	2	4		2	7	3	3	.274	.326	.365	.690		.97	-0.474	2.88	-1.08%	-0.37

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