Buck Jordan

Full Name: Baxter Byerly Jordan	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170	First Game: September 15, 1927
Birthdate: January 16, 1907	Final Game: October 2, 1938
Birthplace: Cooleemee, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: March 18, 1993
Deathplace: Salisbury, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Buck Jordan (Baxter Byerly Jordan) was born on January 16, 1907 in Cooleemee, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on September 15, 1927 for the New York Giants. In 1932, his rookie year, he hit .321 with 2 home runs and 29 RBI. Jordan played for the New York Giants, Washington Senators, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 9 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Buck Jordan's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1936, when he hit for a .323 average and knocked in 66 runs. However, others believe that it was 1933, when he hit for a .286 average.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1927	NY	N	5	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
1929	NY	N	2	2	1	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1931	WAS	A	9	18	3	4	0	1	.222	.263	.333	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
1932	BOS	N	49	212	27	68	2	29	.321	.333	.434	12	3	4	5	0	3	1	0
1933	BOS	N	152	588	77	168	4	46	.286	.327	.386	29	9	34	22	2	19	4	14
1934	BOS	N	124	489	68	152	2	58	.311	.358	.413	26	9	35	19	1	10	3	10
1935	BOS	N	130	470	62	131	5	35	.279	.307	.383	24	5	19	17	0	2	3	10
1936	BOS	N	138	555	81	179	3	66	.323	.375	.405	27	5	45	22	2	8	2	20
1937	CIN	N	98	316	45	89	1	28	.282	.334	.354	14	3	25	14	0	4	6	6
1937	BOS	N	8	8	1	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1937	TOT	N	106	324	46	91	1	28	.281	.332	.352	14	3	25	14	0	4	6	7
1938	PHI	N	87	310	31	93	0	18	.300	.336	.365	18	1	17	4	0	3	1	7
1938	CIN	N	9	7	0	2	0	0	.286	.444	.286	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1938	TOT	N	96	317	31	95	0	18	.300	.339	.363	18	1	19	4	0	3	1	7
Total	NL		802	2962	393	886	17	280	.299	.341	.391	151	35	181	106	5	49	20	68
Total	AL		9	18	3	4	0	1	.222	.263	.333	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
Total			811	2980	396	890	17	281	.299	.340	.391	153	35	182	109	5	49	20	68

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1929	NY	N	1B	1	1	0	0	1	1.000
1931	WAS	A	1B	7	45	0	1	3	.978
1932	BOS	N	1B	49	514	31	5	48	.991
1933	BOS	N	1B	150	1513	88	14	117	.991
1934	BOS	N	1B	117	1165	66	14	85	.989
1935	BOS	N	1B	95	857	66	16	59	.983
1935	BOS	N	3B	8	13	13	1	1	.963
1935	BOS	N	OF	2	6	0	0	0	1.000
1936	BOS	N	1B	136	1307	96	10	137	.993
1937	CIN	N	1B	76	669	46	8	55	.989
1938	PHI	N	1B	17	134	12	0	11	1.000
1938	PHI	N	3B	58	42	103	4	13	.973
Total			OF	2	6	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	648	6205	405	68	516	.990
Total			3B	66	55	116	5	14	.972

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Washington Senators from Newark (International) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 30, 1930).
Traded by Washington Senators with Pinky Hargrave to Baltimore (International) in exchange for Johnny Gill (August, 1931).
Traded by Baltimore (International) to Boston Braves in exchange for Bill Akers, Bruce Cunningham and Bill McAfee (August 5, 1932).
Sold by Boston Bees to Cincinnati Reds (May 12, 1937).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Justin Stein (June 10, 1938).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Syracuse (International) (March 29, 1939).

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