Jim Bucher

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Full Name: James Quinter Bucher	Primary Position: 3B,2B,OF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170	First Game: April 18, 1934
Birthdate: March 24, 1911	Final Game: September 29, 1945
Birthplace: Manassas, Virginia	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: October 21, 2004
Deathplace: Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Jim Bucher (James Quinter Bucher) was born on March 24, 1911 in Manassas, Virginia. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1934 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1935, his rookie year, he hit .302 with 7 home runs and 58 RBI. Bucher played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Jim Bucher's best season was 1935, when he hit for a .302 average and knocked in 58 runs.

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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
1934	BRO	N	47	84	12	19	0	8	.226	.261	.333	5	2	4	7	0	1	1	0	1
1935	BRO	N	123	473	72	143	7	58	.302	.317	.397	22	1	10	33	0	4	4	0	9
1936	BRO	N	110	370	49	93	2	41	.251	.306	.343	12	8	29	27	0	4	5	0	6
1937	BRO	N	125	380	44	96	4	37	.253	.295	.324	11	2	20	18	3	8	5	0	6
1938	STL	N	17	57	7	13	0	7	.228	.254	.316	3	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	2
1944	BOS	A	80	277	39	76	4	31	.274	.326	.365	9	2	19	13	2	4	3	0	6
1945	BOS	A	52	151	19	34	0	11	.225	.264	.291	4	3	7	13	1	2	1	0	2
Total	NL		422	1364	184	364	13	151	.267	.302	.355	53	14	65	87	3	19	15	0	24
Total	AL		132	428	58	110	4	42	.257	.304	.339	13	5	26	26	3	6	4	0	8
Total			554	1792	242	474	17	193	.265	.302	.351	66	19	91	113	6	25	19	0	32

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1934	BRO	N	3B	6	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1934	BRO	N	2B	20	0	0	37	43	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1935	BRO	N	OF	37	0	0	61	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.928
1935	BRO	N	2B	41	0	0	90	121	11	24	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1935	BRO	N	3B	39	0	0	43	64	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1936	BRO	N	OF	30	0	0	64	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1936	BRO	N	3B	39	0	0	32	69	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	.910
1936	BRO	N	2B	32	0	0	49	68	7	11	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1937	BRO	N	OF	6	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1937	BRO	N	2B	49	0	0	128	122	13	29	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1937	BRO	N	3B	43	0	0	37	70	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	.915
1938	STL	N	2B	14	0	0	32	31	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1938	STL	N	3B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1944	BOS	A	3B	44	0	0	48	89	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1944	BOS	A	2B	21	0	0	51	49	5	15	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1945	BOS	A	2B	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1945	BOS	A	3B	32	0	0	26	68	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	.940
Total			3B	204	0	0	188	365	36	32	0	0	0	0	0	.939
Total			OF	73	0	0	133	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.951
Total			2B	179	0	0	388	435	46	98	0	0	0	0	0	.947

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Brooklyn Dodgers from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 2, 1933).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Johnny Cooney, Joe Stripp and Roy Henshaw to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Leo Durocher (October 4, 1937).

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