John Vukovich

Full Name: John Christopher Vukovich	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/187	First Game: September 11, 1970
Birthdate: July 31, 1947	Final Game: August 23, 1981
Birthplace: Sacramento, California	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: March 8, 2007
Deathplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

John Vukovich (John Christopher Vukovich) was born on July 31, 1947 in Sacramento, California. He made his Major League debut on September 11, 1970 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1971, his rookie year, he hit .166 with 0 home runs and 14 RBI. Vukovich played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 9 year career.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1970	PHI	N	3	8	1	1	0	0	.125	.222	.125	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	PHI	N	74	217	11	36	0	14	.166	.211	.189	5	0	12	34	1	1	2	1	4
1973	MIL	A	55	128	10	16	2	9	.125	.182	.195	3	0	9	40	0	4	0	0	1
1974	MIL	A	38	80	5	15	3	11	.188	.193	.313	1	0	1	16	0	2	2	0	2
1975	CIN	N	31	38	4	8	0	2	.211	.286	.289	3	0	4	5	0	4	0	1	0
1976	PHI	N	4	8	2	1	1	2	.125	.125	.500	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1977	PHI	N	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1979	PHI	N	10	15	0	3	0	1	.200	.200	.267	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1980	PHI	N	49	62	4	10	0	5	.161	.197	.210	1	1	2	7	1	0	0	1	2
1981	PHI	N	11	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		184	351	22	59	1	24	.168	.213	.211	10	1	19	53	2	6	2	3	6
Total	AL		93	208	15	31	5	20	.149	.186	.240	4	0	10	56	0	6	2	0	3
Total			277	559	37	90	6	44	.161	.203	.222	14	1	29	109	2	12	4	3	9

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1970	PHI	N	SS	2	2	15	3	4	2	1	.778
1970	PHI	N	3B	1	1	8	1	4	0	0	1.000
1971	PHI	N	3B	74	62	559	58	137	9	8	.956
1973	MIL	A	3B	40	34	306.2	28	63	5	3	.948
1973	MIL	A	1B	13	3	56.2	56	3	0	2	1.000
1973	MIL	A	SS	1	0	5	2	2	0	2	1.000
1974	MIL	A	3B	12	7	72.1	8	20	1	0	.966
1974	MIL	A	1B	4	0	9	10	0	0	0	1.000
1974	MIL	A	SS	12	11	93.2	17	35	3	6	.945
1974	MIL	A	2B	11	6	57	11	13	1	4	.960
1975	CIN	N	3B	31	14	144	12	37	4	4	.925
1976	PHI	N	1B	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	1.000
1976	PHI	N	3B	4	1	17	1	2	0	0	1.000
1979	PHI	N	2B	3	2	18	2	4	0	0	1.000
1979	PHI	N	3B	7	1	23	0	9	0	1	1.000
1980	PHI	N	SS	4	0	6	1	1	0	0	1.000
1980	PHI	N	3B	34	12	155	14	32	2	0	.958
1980	PHI	N	1B	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	PHI	N	2B	9	0	13	3	2	0	0	1.000
1981	PHI	N	1B	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	1.000
1981	PHI	N	2B	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1.000
1981	PHI	N	3B	9	0	16	0	4	1	0	.800
Total			2B	24	8	91	17	19	1	4	.973
Total			3B	212	132	1301	122	308	22	16	.951
Total			1B	20	3	72	74	3	0	2	1.000
Total			SS	19	13	119.2	23	42	5	9	.929

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (10th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (January 29, 1966 - signed May 20, 1966).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Don Money and Bill Champion to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Jim Lonborg, Ken Sanders, Ken Brett and Earl Stephenson (October 31, 1972).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Pat Osburn (October 22, 1974).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Dave Schneck (August 5, 1975).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (August 24, 1981).