Jerry Buchek

Full Name: Gerald Peter Buchek	Primary Position: 2B,SS,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/185	First Game: June 30, 1961
Birthdate: May 9, 1942	Final Game: September 28, 1968
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Jerry Buchek (Gerald Peter Buchek) was born on May 9, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on June 30, 1961 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1965, his rookie year, he hit .247 with 3 home runs and 21 RBI. Buchek played for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets over the course of his 7 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1961	STL	N	31	90	6	12	0	9	.133	.151	.156	2	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	6
1963	STL	N	3	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1964	STL	N	35	30	7	6	0	1	.200	.273	.333	0	2	3	11	0	0	0	0	0
1965	STL	N	55	166	17	41	3	21	.247	.300	.386	8	3	13	46	0	1	1	2	4
1966	STL	N	100	284	23	67	4	25	.236	.288	.342	10	4	23	71	0	1	0	4	9
1967	NY	N	124	411	35	97	14	41	.236	.283	.375	11	2	26	101	2	3	3	5	10
1968	NY	N	73	192	8	35	1	11	.182	.234	.219	4	0	10	53	3	2	1	5	8
Total			421	1177	96	259	22	108	.220	.269	.325	35	11	75	312	7	7	5	16	37

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1961	STL	N	SS	31	30	230	42	62	10	20	.912
1963	STL	N	SS	1	0	5	1	1	0	1	1.000
1964	STL	N	SS	20	1	44	8	18	2	2	.929
1964	STL	N	2B	9	3	41.1	16	17	3	3	.917
1964	STL	N	3B	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1965	STL	N	2B	33	31	259	65	91	1	22	.994
1965	STL	N	SS	18	16	144	27	63	4	16	.957
1965	STL	N	3B	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1.000
1966	STL	N	2B	49	38	324.2	79	107	5	30	.974
1966	STL	N	SS	48	38	338.1	69	113	13	22	.933
1966	STL	N	3B	4	4	36	3	8	1	0	.917
1967	NY	N	2B	95	92	795.2	203	255	11	54	.977
1967	NY	N	3B	17	14	118.2	17	29	0	3	1.000
1967	NY	N	SS	9	5	51	6	16	1	2	.957
1968	NY	N	3B	37	35	305.1	30	70	7	7	.935
1968	NY	N	LF	9	8	64.1	8	1	0	0	1.000
1968	NY	N	2B	12	8	72.2	19	20	0	4	1.000
1968	NY	N	OF	9	8	64.1	8	1	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	9	8	64.1	8	1	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	198	172	1493.1	382	490	20	113	.978
Total			OF	9	8	64.1	8	1	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	60	53	465	51	107	8	10	.952
Total			SS	127	90	812.1	153	273	30	63	.934

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1959).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Art Mahaffey and Tony Martinez to New York Mets in exchange for Eddie Bressoud, Danny Napoleon and cash (April 1, 1967).
Traded by New York Mets to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jim Cosman (December, 1968).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Jim Hutto to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bill White (April 3, 1969).

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Jerry Buchek scored the last run at Sportsmans Park and the first run at Busch Stadium.

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