Bucky Brandon

Full Name: Darrell G Brandon	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200	First Game: April 19, 1966
Birthdate: July 8, 1940	Final Game: September 30, 1973
Birthplace: Nacogdoches, Texas	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on July 8, 1940 in Nacogdoches, Texas, Bucky Brandon (Darrell G Brandon) played for the Boston Red Sox, Seattle Pilots, Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 7 year career. Brandon broke into the bigs on April 19, 1966 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.31 ERA in 157.2 innings pitched in 1966, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bucky Brandon's best season was 1966, when he posted a 3.31 ERA and struck out 101 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1966	BOS	A	40	17	8	8	3.31	101	70	58	5	2	2	157.2	129	13	70	3	5	4
1967	BOS	A	39	19	5	11	4.17	96	86	73	2	0	3	157.2	147	21	59	7	9	7
1968	BOS	A	8	0	0	0	6.39	10	11	9	0	0	0	12.2	19	1	9	0	0	1
1969	SEA	A	8	1	0	1	8.40	10	15	14	0	0	0	15	15	4	16	1	3	2
1969	MIN	A	3	0	0	0	2.70	1	3	1	0	0	0	3.1	5	1	3	2	0	0
1969	TOT	A	11	1	0	1	7.36	11	18	15	0	0	0	18.1	20	5	19	3	3	2
1971	PHI	N	52	0	6	6	3.90	44	42	36	0	0	4	83	81	5	47	9	2	0
1972	PHI	N	42	6	7	7	3.45	67	49	40	0	0	2	104.1	106	9	46	8	3	6
1973	PHI	N	36	0	2	4	5.43	25	35	34	0	0	2	56.1	54	5	25	7	5	3
Total	NL		130	6	15	17	4.06	136	126	110	0	0	8	243.2	241	19	118	24	10	9
Total	AL		98	37	13	20	4.03	218	185	155	7	2	5	346.1	315	40	157	13	17	14
Total			228	43	28	37	4.04	354	311	265	7	2	13	590	556	59	275	37	27	23

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1966	BOS	A	P	40	17	157.2	13	26	1	0	2	14	6	.975
1967	BOS	A	P	39	19	157.2	11	23	2	2	1	7	8	.944
1968	BOS	A	P	8	0	12.2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.000
1969	SEA	A	P	8	1	15	0	3	1	0	1	3	1	.750
1969	MIN	A	P	3	0	3.1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000
1969	TOT	A	P	11	1	18.1	0	3	2	0	2	3	1	.600
1971	PHI	N	P	52	0	83	6	10	0	0	4	6	4	1.000
1972	PHI	N	P	42	6	104.1	6	7	1	0	3	8	5	.929
1973	PHI	N	P	36	0	56.1	5	8	1	1	2	4	1	.929
Total			P	228	43	590	41	79	7	3	15	43	26	.945

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1966	BOS	A	41	44	4	8	2	.182	.245	.273	2	1	2	21	2	6	1
1967	BOS	A	39	43	4	8	1	.186	.205	.256	3	0	1	16	0	5	0
1968	BOS	A	8	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	SEA	A	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	MIN	A	3	1	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1969	TOT	A	11	1	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1971	PHI	N	52	13	0	2	0	.154	.154	.154	0	0	0	7	0	2	0
1972	PHI	N	42	15	0	1	0	.067	.067	.067	0	0	0	8	0	4	1
1973	PHI	N	36	5	1	1	0	.200	.333	.200	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		130	33	1	4	0	.121	.147	.121	0	0	1	16	0	6	1
Total	AL		99	89	8	16	3	.180	.229	.258	5	1	4	37	2	11	1
Total			229	122	9	20	3	.164	.208	.221	5	1	5	53	2	17	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1959).
Traded by Houston Astros to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jack Lamabe (September 14, 1965).
Selected by Seattle Pilots from Boston Red Sox (44th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
Sold by Seattle Pilots to Minnesota Twins (July 8, 1969).
Released by Minnesota Twins (April 6, 1970).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (April 6, 1970).
Sold by Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Phillies (January 13, 1971).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (December 14, 1973).

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