James
Buck
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: ' ''
Weight:
 
Born: October 17, 1974 in Venezuela
 
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
2001 26 ALB VL $ 696,000 4 3 3 7 7 7 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
2002 27 ALB VL $ 696,000 4 3 3 7 7 7 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 4
2003 28 ALB VL $ 100,001 3 3 3 7 7 7 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
2004 29 DES GL $ 100,000 3 3 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
2005 30 DES GL $ 100,000 4 3 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
2006 31 DES GL $ 100,000 3 3 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
2007 32 DES GL $ 100,000 4 3 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
2008 33 DES GL $ 100,000 4 3 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
2009 34 DES GL $ 100,000 4 3 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 5
2010 35 DES GL $ 100,000 4 3 3 7 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 5 5
Min Ratings $ 100,000 3 3 3 7 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4
Max Ratings $ 696,000 4 3 3 7 7 7 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 26 ALB VL 36 102 13 24 7 0 1 8 2 5 6 19 .235 .282 .333 .615 8.1 0.2
    AAA   63 216 35 74 16 1 7 31 4 4 16 34 .343 .388 .523 .911 38.9  
2002 27 AAA   102 344 49 94 22 1 7 46 10 7 43 57 .273 .354 .404 .758 49.1  
2003 28 AAA   158 515 59 124 35 2 9 59 9 12 47 76 .241 .304 .369 .673 55.5  
2004 29 AAA   148 503 55 145 29 0 8 52 10 5 41 87 .288 .342 .394 .736 66.2  
2005 30 DES GL 9 30 3 6 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .200 .273 .367 .639 2.9 0.1
    AAA   83 271 32 70 30 0 2 23 8 4 17 39 .258 .302 .391 .693 30.1  
2006 31 DES GL 7 27 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .222 .276 .222 .498 1.8 0.0
    AAA   116 343 42 75 32 0 2 29 4 3 21 67 .219 .264 .329 .593 27.6  
2007 32 DES GL 52 175 16 47 21 0 1 22 1 0 8 18 .269 .299 .406 .705 19.2 1.4
2008 33 DES GL 14 57 13 15 8 0 0 3 0 0 4 9 .263 .311 .404 .715 5.7 0.0
    AAA   94 338 38 89 39 0 5 42 5 4 14 61 .263 .293 .423 .716 38.3  
2009 34 DES GL 27 54 7 16 4 0 0 7 0 1 3 6 .296 .367 .370 .737 7.2 1.1
2010 35 DES GL 19 55 8 22 11 0 0 5 1 2 5 9 .400 .452 .600 1.052 12.0 2.3
7 Years Sim 164 500 64 136 56 0 2 51 4 8 30 67 .272 .319 .396 .715 56.9 5.2
7 Years AAA 764 2530 310 671 203 4 40 282 50 39 199 421 .265 .323 .396 .719 305.6  
162 Game Average 493 63 134 55 0 1 50 3 7 29 66 .272 .319 .396 .715 56.2  
Career Highs 52 175 16 47 21 0 1 22 2 5 8 19 .400 .452 .600 1.052 19.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   255 30 66 28 0 2 26 2 5 15 36 .259 .309 .392 .701 26.8
vs LH   245 34 70 28 0 0 25 2 3 15 31 .286 .330 .400 .730 28.9
Home 88 276 30 69 30 0 0 18 1 5 14 34 .250 .289 .359 .648 24.6
Away 76 224 34 67 26 0 2 33 3 3 16 33 .299 .355 .442 .797 31.0
RISP   129 0 33 16 0 0 46 0 0 7 22 .256 .298 .380 .678 13.2
Pinch Hitting   9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .222 .522 0.7
Close/Late   58 9 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 .207 .270 .224 .494 3.2
Mar/Apr 16 43 6 16 6 0 0 8 0 0 2 3 .372 .400 .512 .912 7.4
May 17 58 9 18 6 0 1 5 1 2 4 9 .310 .365 .466 .831 8.3
June 30 89 7 19 6 0 0 3 0 2 6 14 .213 .278 .281 .559 5.5
July 31 88 13 22 9 0 1 14 2 1 5 13 .250 .287 .386 .674 9.3
August 17 57 4 15 4 0 0 6 1 0 3 5 .263 .306 .333 .640 5.5
Sep/Oct 51 165 25 46 25 0 0 15 0 3 10 23 .279 .326 .430 .756 19.5
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 26 ALB VL C 30 29 230.7 162 15 4 1 .978 6.91 28 9 .321 2 1.2
    SS 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2005 30 DES GL C 6 6 52.0 33 4 0 1 1.000 6.40 10 4 .400 0 0.3
2006 31 DES GL C 7 7 58.0 36 1 0 0 1.000 5.74 3 1 .333 3 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2007 32 DES GL C 49 45 397.3 215 15 3 1 .987 5.21 53 11 .208 6 0.5
2008 33 DES GL C 13 12 107.0 65 8 1 2 .986 6.14 14 6 .429 1 0.6
2009 34 DES GL 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 25 16 150.0 71 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 11 3 .273 0 0.9
2010 35 DES GL C 17 16 147.0 97 1 1 0 .990 6.00 7 1 .143 1 0.5
  C 147 131 1142.0 679 48 9 6 .988 5.73 126 35 .278 13 4.1
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   150 131 1146.3 679 48 9 6 .988 5.71 126 35 .278 13 4.1
Career Highs   49 45 397.3 215 15 4 2 1.000 6.90 53 11 .429 6  
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