#95 Johnny Bucha, Catcher, 31 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Thursday, 10/5/1956 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Johnny Bucha
1/22/1925 31 USA,PA,ALLENTOWN 5"11 190
Catcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 0 / 6 (Unknown) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Very inconsistent Suffers Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1956 (Automatic) 5 Year(s), 1 Days (861 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 37 Days (1585 total Days) 9 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Versus LHP | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Talent | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings C : 6 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 4 Infield Arm : 4 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
8/16 | PIT | W 5-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #6 | PoG | |
8/22 | @CHN | W 10-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
8/24 | @PHI | L 1-8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
8/26 | @PHI | L 8-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
8/27 | @PHI | L 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/3 | MIL | W 11-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/5 | @CHN | W 11-4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/11 | CIN | W 6-5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/17 | @BRO | L 5-14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/24 | PHI | L 4-7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 44 | 118 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 13 | .212 | .316 | .305 | .621 | .545 | .093 |
Projected | 46 | 124 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 14 | .212 | .316 | .305 | .621 | .545 | .093 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 31 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 11.2 | 3.0 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 39 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .205 | .289 | .359 | .648 |
vs. RHP | 79 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .326 | .278 | .605 |
Close/Late | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .167 | .273 | .439 |
Scoring Position | 25 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .320 | .452 | .400 | .852 |
Pinch Hitting | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .875 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 16 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | .217 | .357 | .304 | .661 |
Road | 28 | 72 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | .208 | .280 | .306 | .586 |
March/April | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .235 | .316 | .235 | .551 |
May | 10 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | .133 | .289 | .300 | .589 |
June | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .250 | .368 | .313 | .681 |
July | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .417 | .500 | .583 | 1.083 |
August | 12 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .107 | .161 | .214 | .376 |
Sept/Oct | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .412 | .333 | .745 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1948 | 162 | 500 | 91 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 41 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 3 | 3 | .182 | .263 | .242 | .505 | SLN |
1953 | 40 | 127 | 36 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .283 | .324 | .488 | .812 | SLN |
1954 | 57 | 152 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .280 | .349 | .628 | SLN |
1955 | 41 | 142 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .197 | .268 | .275 | .542 | SLN |
1956 | 44 | 118 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .316 | .305 | .621 | SLN |
Total | 344 | 1039 | 212 | 67 | 1 | 10 | 107 | 120 | 110 | 1 | 6 | 118 | 3 | 3 | .204 | .279 | .299 | .579 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1950, AA | 138 | 495 | 100 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 46 | 95 | 48 | 2 | 0 | .202 | .328 | .289 | .617 |
1951, AA | 138 | 489 | 135 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 65 | 77 | 129 | 45 | 4 | 1 | .276 | .422 | .429 | .852 |
1952, AA | 138 | 487 | 113 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 53 | 71 | 128 | 44 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .387 | .359 | .747 |
1953, AA | 7 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .320 | .452 | .480 | .932 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Catcher | 36 | 31 | 139 | 16 | 0 | 155 | 0 | 1.000 | 264.1 | 5.28 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 23.8 |
Rightfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
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Injuries Injured on 4/8/1950 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 5 weeks... Injured on 9/6/1955 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week...
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