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John Buck - Kansas City Royals
Birthdate:7/7/1980 Bats/Throws:R/R Height/Weight:6-3/230 Position:C  
1/14/2009 - Catching the Blues in KC by Marc Hulet (RotoGraphs) 2

Standard
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SeasonTeamGABPAH1B2B3BHRRRBIBBIBBSOHBPSFSHGDPSBCSAVG
Total
- - -
584
1913
2116
450
269
104
7
70
218
259
151
6
500
27
15
10
48
4
10
.235
2004Royals7123825856359012363015079014611.235
2005Royals118401430976321112404723294321922.242
2006Royals114371409915821111375026284714802.245
2007Royals11334739977411801841483609210601101.222
2008Royals109370418835023194848382966401203.224
2009Royals (AAA)727277410234007000100.259
2009Royals5918620246221248163613055111211.247
2010Bill James106355 824821112395028 95    11.231

Advanced
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SeasonTeamBB%K%BB/KOBPSLGOPSISOSpdBABIPwRCwRAAwOBA
Total
- - -
7.3 %
26.1 %
0.30
.298
.407
.705
.171
2.5
.283
214.1
-44.7
.304
2004Royals5.9 %33.2 %0.19.280.424.704.1892.9.29925.6-6.4.301
    2004Average8.8 %19.0 %0.51.335.428.763.1624.9.30062.20.0.330
2005Royals5.4 %23.4 %0.24.287.389.676.1472.5.28839.2-12.3.291
    2005Average8.4 %18.4 %0.50.330.419.749.1544.9.29860.20.0.326
2006Royals6.5 %22.6 %0.31.306.396.702.1512.0.29041.1-10.2.302
    2006Average8.7 %18.9 %0.50.337.432.768.1635.0.30563.00.0.332
2007Royals9.4 %26.5 %0.39.308.429.738.2071.3.24945.4-4.0.319
    2007Average8.7 %19.2 %0.50.336.423.758.1555.2.30662.10.0.331
2008Royals9.3 %25.9 %0.40.304.365.669.1412.7.27937.9-12.4.292
    2008Average8.9 %19.7 %0.50.333.416.749.1525.1.30360.40.0.328
2009Royals (AAA)0.0 %25.9 %0.00.259.519.778.2590.8.2783.2-0.2.330
2009Royals6.5 %29.6 %0.24.299.484.782.2373.9.30924.80.6.332
    2009Average9.1 %20.3 %0.49.333.418.751.1555.0.30260.20.0.329
2010Bill James7.3 %26.8 %0.29.295.397.692.1662.6.28236.4-9.5.299

Batted Ball
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SeasonTeamGB/FBLD%GB%FB%IFFB%HR/FBIFH%BUH%
Total
- - -
1.07
17.0 %
42.8 %
40.2 %
12.2 %
12.2 %
5.1 %
16.7 %
2004Royals1.1516.4 %44.7 %39.0 %14.5 %19.4 %9.9 %20.0 %
2005Royals1.0617.9 %42.2 %39.9 %9.8 %9.8 %4.6 %0.0 %
2006Royals1.3119.8 %45.5 %34.7 %15.0 %11.0 %4.6 %25.0 %
2007Royals0.9713.4 %42.5 %44.1 %11.3 %15.7 %3.6 %0.0 %
2008Royals1.0416.2 %42.8 %41.0 %10.5 %7.9 %5.0 %0.0 %
2009Royals0.8318.2 %37.1 %44.7 %15.3 %13.6 %4.1 %0.0 %

More Batted Ball
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SeasonTeamGBFBLDIFFBIFHBUBUHBallsStrikesPitches
Total
- - -
611
573
242
70
31
12
2
2787
4937
7724
2004Royals7162269751331625956
2005Royals13012355126205179951512
2006Royals13110057156415119161427
2007Royals11111535134005649381502
2008Royals11911445126006079791586
2009Royals4959249210257484741

Win Probability
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SeasonTeamWPA-WPA+WPARE24REWpLIphLIPHWPA/LIClutch
Total
- - -
-7.21
-40.19
32.98
-56.65
-5.43
0.97
1.42
16
-6.11
-1.35
2004Royals-0.52-4.534.01-4.86-0.490.90 0-0.53-0.05
2005Royals-2.93-9.126.19-20.25-1.921.012.771-1.58-1.33
2006Royals-1.01-7.186.16-12.37-1.160.930.284-1.540.45
2007Royals-0.98-7.386.40-8.23-0.820.941.953-0.54-0.51
2008Royals-1.42-7.836.40-11.67-1.130.992.612-1.680.25
2009Royals-0.34-4.153.820.730.091.051.316-0.24-0.08

Pitch Type
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SeasonTeamFBSLCTCBCHSFKNXXPO
Total
- - -
60.8% (91.1)
18.7% (83.2)
3.1% (86.1)
7.8% (76.5)
7.7% (80.7)
1.4% (84.1)
0.5% (67.2)
5.0%
0.1%
2004Royals63.8% (90.8)15.9% (83.3)1.4% (84.7)9.7% (77.2)7.6% (81.4)1.7% (82.0) 11.3%0.1%
2005Royals62.1% (91.3)21.0% (83.2)1.8% (85.1)5.1% (76.0)7.0% (80.1)2.2% (84.3)0.9% (68.3)7.8%0.2%
2006Royals60.5% (90.8)17.1% (83.3)3.8% (85.7)8.2% (76.3)9.1% (79.7)1.0% (83.5)0.3% (68.0)4.8% 
2007Royals57.2% (91.2)21.2% (83.0)3.4% (86.1)8.6% (76.5)7.6% (81.8)1.4% (84.0)0.6% (66.6)1.1%0.1%
2008Royals61.5% (90.8)17.5% (83.4)4.4% (86.4)7.2% (76.0)8.3% (80.5)0.3% (82.6)0.6% (65.4)2.4%0.1%
2009Royals61.7% (91.8)18.2% (83.1)2.4% (87.4)9.8% (77.1)5.7% (81.0)2.1% (85.9)0.1% (75.0)4.9% 

Pitch Type Values
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SeasonTeamwFBwSLwCTwCBwCHwSFwKNwFB/CwSL/CwCT/CwCB/CwCH/CwSF/CwKN/C
Total
- - -
-7.7
-9.9
-1.4
-12.6
-0.4
-5.2
-0.8
-0.17
-0.72
-0.61
-2.20
-0.07
-5.22
-2.22
2004Royals-2.4-0.3-1.2-0.53.0-1.5
 
-0.44-0.20-9.75-0.634.71-10.88 
2005Royals-5.1-2.52.0-3.5-1.5-2.0
-0.8
-0.59-0.878.15-4.86-1.58-6.55-7.06
2006Royals-3.2-3.12.0-0.3-3.3-1.1
0.2
-0.39-1.343.88-0.25-2.72-7.555.74
2007Royals7.5-5.7-2.9-2.72.0-0.4
0.3
0.89-1.82-5.77-2.101.81-2.013.43
2008Royals-3.9-2.5-1.7-2.8-2.00.5
-0.5
-0.41-0.91-2.56-2.49-1.589.02-5.25
2009Royals-0.64.20.4-2.91.5-0.6
0.0
-0.143.292.52-4.213.65-4.303.48

Plate Discipline
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SeasonTeamO-Swing%Z-Swing%Swing%O-Contact%Z-Contact%Contact%Zone%F-Strike%
Total *
- - -
26.0 %
73.9 %
51.1 %
51.1 %
83.1 %
75.3 %
52.3 %
63.5 %
2004Royals21.0 %77.6 %52.9 %51.3 %79.1 %74.3 %56.4 %60.9 %
    2004Average16.6 %69.6 %45.8 %53.7 %85.1 %80.0 %55.1 %58.4 %
2005Royals24.7 %73.2 %51.7 %45.1 %88.0 %78.9 %55.6 %64.0 %
    2005Average20.3 %68.0 %46.0 %51.8 %88.3 %80.8 %53.8 %59.1 %
2006Royals25.7 %74.8 %51.6 %48.2 %88.0 %78.7 %52.9 %64.6 %
    2006Average23.5 %66.6 %46.1 %57.4 %88.5 %81.0 %52.6 %58.8 %
2007Royals28.3 %72.1 %49.3 %52.1 %81.3 %72.6 %48.0 %61.2 %
    2007Average25.0 %66.6 %45.9 %60.8 %88.2 %80.8 %50.3 %58.7 %
2008Royals25.0 %72.2 %49.2 %57.5 %81.1 %75.2 %51.2 %63.9 %
    2008Average25.4 %65.4 %45.9 %61.7 %87.8 %80.8 %51.1 %58.6 %
2009Royals31.6 %76.1 %54.6 %50.9 %76.0 %69.0 %51.5 %67.3 %
    2009Average25.1 %65.9 %45.2 %61.8 %87.8 %80.5 %49.3 %58.2 %

Fielding
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SeasonTeamPosGGSInnPOAEDPFPRF/GRF/9DGexOArmDPRRngRErrRUZRUZR/150
Total
- - -
C
562
536
4723.1
3387
174
36
26
.990
6.3
0.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2004RoyalsC6866575.03761434.9925.7
6.1
        
2005RoyalsC117112976.26385734.9965.9
6.4
        
2006RoyalsC112107930.16163666.9915.8
6.3
        
2007RoyalsC112104924.16972986.9896.5
7.1
        
2008RoyalsC107106950.17512486.9907.2
7.3
        
2009RoyalsC4641366.23091480.9767.0
7.9
        

Value
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SeasonTeamBattingFieldingReplacementPositionalRARWARDollarsSalary
Total
- - -
-47.2
 
70.5
42.4
65.8
6.5
$25.6
$3.3
2004Royals-7.9 8.64.95.60.5$1.7 
2005Royals-13.5 14.39.110.01.0$3.4$0.3
2006Royals-10.0 13.68.812.41.2$4.4$0.3
2007Royals-3.8 13.38.718.21.8$7.3$0.4
2008Royals-12.2 13.98.410.11.0$4.5$2.2
2009Royals0.2 6.72.49.40.9$4.2 

Thursday, April 30, 2009
News: Buck legged out two triples and a double with five RBI to pace Kansas City to an 8-6 win Thursday afternoon.
Analysis: Yes, that was two triples for the catcher. Buck will burst out for big games, then hit lulls. He now has 15 RBI for the year, with 12 coming in three games, including two five-RBI days.
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