Billy Buckner » Statistics » Pitching

Billy Buckner

Birthdate: 8/27/1983 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-2/205 Position: P
Contract: Add New Contract

5/16/2013: Buckner had his contract purchased by the Angels on Thursday.

5/10/2013 - Your Friday Grill & Bill by Robert J. Baumann (NotGraphs)

2
6/2/2010 - D-Train to D-Backs; Eveland to Bucs by David Golebiewski (RotoGraphs)

1
2/10/2010 - Billy Buckner: Sleeper? by David Golebiewski (RotoGraphs)

2
1/28/2010 - All-Joy Team: Leaderboards and You by Carson Cistulli (FanGraphs)

13
1/6/2010 - Fan Projection Targets - 01/06/10 by Carson Cistulli (FanGraphs)

Dashboard Customize

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2006	Royals (A+)	7	1	0	16	16	90.0	8.50	4.70	0.60	.337	73.6 %			3.90	3.88
2006	Royals (AA)	5	3	0	13	13	75.2	7.49	4.64	0.83	.309	73.1 %			4.64	4.48
2007	Royals (AA)	1	3	0	4	3	19.1	6.05	2.79	1.86	.258	78.4 %			4.66	5.48
2007	Royals (AAA)	9	7	0	27	15	104.2	7.14	2.24	0.95	.309	72.8 %			3.78	3.87
2007	Royals	1	2	0	7	5	34.0	4.50	4.24	1.32	.305	71.7 %	40.4 %	13.9 %	5.29	5.56	4.98	0.0
2008	Diamondbacks (AAA)	5	10	0	21	20	116.1	5.34	3.33	0.70	.324	64.0 %			4.95	4.23
2008	Diamondbacks	1	0	0	10	0	14.0	7.07	2.57	1.93	.325	95.2 %	41.9 %	21.4 %	3.21	5.42	3.95	-0.1
2009	Diamondbacks (AAA)	9	3	0	18	16	103.0	8.39	3.93	0.44	.298	73.9 %			3.32	3.31
2009	Diamondbacks	4	6	0	16	13	77.1	7.45	3.38	1.40	.350	63.2 %	48.8 %	16.7 %	6.40	4.70	3.91	0.6
2010	Diamondbacks (AAA)	3	1	0	7	7	43.1	5.61	3.53	0.42	.290	73.1 %			3.53	4.15
2010	Tigers (AAA)	3	5	0	8	8	37.1	5.06	3.86	1.93	.366	50.9 %			9.40	6.31
2010	Diamondbacks	0	3	0	3	3	13.0	7.62	3.46	2.77	.440	58.4 %	48.1 %	21.1 %	11.08	7.00	4.79	-0.2
2011	Rockies (AAA)	4	8	0	23	21	109.0	6.61	4.29	0.99	.347	58.4 %			6.03	4.79
2012	Red Sox (AA)	4	3	0	10	10	56.1	8.15	2.72	0.96	.287	81.8 %			3.20	3.89
2012	Red Sox (AAA)	8	6	0	17	17	96.2	5.49	3.35	1.12	.254	72.7 %			3.91	4.96
2013	Steamer	1	2	0	30	0	30.0	5.46	3.86	1.00	.303	67.2 %			4.99	4.79		-0.1
2013	Oliver	6	8				124.0	5.02	3.63	1.02	.298	68.1 %			4.87	4.84
2013	ZiPS	6	10		22	22	119.3	4.60	4.00	1.36	.302	67.4 %			5.58	5.54		-0.6
2013	Angels (AAA)	4	2	0	8	8	47.1	7.61	4.75	0.57	.321	68.8 %			4.56	3.98
Total	- - -	6	11	0	36	21	138.1	6.70	3.51	1.56	.347	67.2 %	46.0 %	17.0 %	6.25	5.20	4.26	0.4

News

3/25 - Five questions: Arizona Diamondbacks by Jim McLennan

5/2 - Thursday Pebble Report: Tom Murphy and Rosell Herrera Blast » by Purple Row
4/28 - Castaways, Week 4: You Don't Even Want to See the AAA All-St» by Halos Heaven
2/27 - Diamondbacks Spring Training Stats: The Most Meaningless by AZ Snakepit

11/16 - Minor Moves: Wagner, Angels, Rhymes, Wood by Mark Polishuk
3/3 - Minor Moves: Red Sox, Cubs, Rockies, Nationals by Nick Collias
12/20 - Rockies Sign Billy Buckner by Tim Dierkes

Standard

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2006	Royals (A+)	7	1	3.90	16	16	0	0	0			90.0	397	92	44	39	6	47	0	4	7	0	85
2006	Royals (AA)	5	3	4.64	13	13	0	0	0			75.2	344	78	40	39	7	39	0	5	9	0	63
2007	Royals (AA)	1	3	4.66	4	3	0	0	0			19.1	85	20	10	10	4	6	0	0	1	1	13
2007	Royals (AAA)	9	7	3.78	27	15	0	0	0			104.2	439	108	49	44	11	26	1	5	3	0	83
2007	Royals	1	2	5.29	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	34.0	143	37	20	20	5	16	0	0	0	0	17
2008	Diamondbacks (AAA)	5	10	4.95	21	20	0	0	0			116.1	517	136	74	64	9	43	1	4	7	0	69
2008	Diamondbacks	1	0	3.21	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	59	16	5	5	3	4	1	1	2	0	11
2009	Diamondbacks (AAA)	9	3	3.32	18	16	1	1	0			103.0	436	91	41	38	5	45	1	1	13	0	96
2009	Diamondbacks	4	6	6.40	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	77.1	342	94	57	55	12	29	0	3	6	0	64
2010	Diamondbacks (AAA)	3	1	3.53	7	7	0	0	0			43.1	183	40	19	17	2	17	0	6	7	0	27
2010	Tigers (AAA)	3	5	9.40	8	8	1	0	0			37.1	189	60	44	39	8	16	0	2	3	0	21
2010	Diamondbacks	0	3	11.08	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	72	26	17	16	4	5	0	2	1	0	11
2011	Rockies (AAA)	4	8	6.03	23	21	0	0	0			109.0	508	136	91	73	12	52	0	7	12	0	80
2012	Red Sox (AA)	4	3	3.20	10	10	1	0	0			56.1	235	51	20	20	6	17	0	4	4	1	51
2012	Red Sox (AAA)	8	6	3.91	17	17	1	1	0			96.2	410	87	48	42	12	36	1	8	3	0	59
2013	Steamer	1	2	4.99	30	0			0			30.0	135	32	18	17	3	13		2			18
2013	Oliver	6	8	4.87						1		124.0	556	137	73	67	14	50	0	10			69
2013	ZiPS	6	10	5.58	22	22						119.3		137	79	74	18	53	1	7	11	0	61
2013	Angels (AAA)	4	2	4.56	8	8	0	0	0			47.1	209	48	26	24	3	25	0	1	3	1	40
Total	- - -	6	11	6.25	36	21	0	0	0	0	0	138.1	616	173	99	96	24	54	1	6	9	0	103

Advanced

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2006	Royals (A+)	8.50	4.70	1.81	0.60	21.4 %	11.8 %	.266	1.54	.337	73.6 %			3.88
2006	Royals (AA)	7.49	4.64	1.62	0.83	18.3 %	11.3 %	.260	1.55	.309	73.1 %			4.48
2007	Royals (AA)	6.05	2.79	2.17	1.86	15.3 %	7.1 %	.253	1.34	.258	78.4 %			5.48
2007	Royals (AAA)	7.14	2.24	3.19	0.95	18.9 %	5.9 %	.265	1.28	.309	72.8 %			3.87
2007	Royals	4.50	4.24	1.06	1.32	11.9 %	11.2 %	.291	1.56	.305	71.7 %	115	123	5.56
2007	Average	6.67	3.33	2.00	1.03	17.1 %	8.5 %	.263	1.41	.299	70.7 %			4.43
2008	Diamondbacks (AAA)	5.34	3.33	1.60	0.70	13.4 %	8.3 %	.289	1.54	.324	64.0 %			4.23
2008	Diamondbacks	7.07	2.57	2.75	1.93	18.6 %	6.8 %	.296	1.43	.325	95.2 %	71	119	5.42
2008	Average	6.83	3.39	2.01	1.01	17.5 %	8.7 %	.259	1.39	.296	71.4 %			4.39
2009	Diamondbacks (AAA)	8.39	3.93	2.13	0.44	22.0 %	10.3 %	.233	1.32	.298	73.9 %			3.31
2009	Diamondbacks	7.45	3.38	2.21	1.40	18.7 %	8.5 %	.303	1.59	.350	63.2 %	145	105	4.70
2009	Average	6.99	3.46	2.02	1.05	18.0 %	8.9 %	.258	1.39	.295	71.9 %			4.42
2010	Diamondbacks (AAA)	5.61	3.53	1.59	0.42	14.8 %	9.3 %	.250	1.32	.290	73.1 %			4.15
2010	Tigers (AAA)	5.06	3.86	1.31	1.93	11.1 %	8.5 %	.351	2.04	.366	50.9 %			6.31
2010	Diamondbacks	7.62	3.46	2.20	2.77	15.3 %	6.9 %	.400	2.38	.440	58.4 %	260	165	7.00
2010	Average	7.13	3.28	2.17	0.96	18.5 %	8.5 %	.253	1.35	.293	72.2 %			4.20
2011	Rockies (AAA)	6.61	4.29	1.54	0.99	15.8 %	10.2 %	.303	1.72	.347	58.4 %			4.79
2012	Red Sox (AA)	8.15	2.72	3.00	0.96	21.7 %	7.2 %	.238	1.21	.287	81.8 %			3.89
2012	Red Sox (AAA)	5.49	3.35	1.64	1.12	14.4 %	8.8 %	.238	1.27	.254	72.7 %			4.96
2013	Steamer	5.46	3.86	1.41	1.00			.276	1.50	.303	67.2 %			4.79
2013	Oliver	5.02	3.63	1.38	1.02	12.4 %	9.0 %	.276	1.51	.298	68.1 %			4.84
2013	ZiPS	4.60	4.00	1.15	1.36			.289	1.59	.302	67.4 %			5.54
2013	Angels (AAA)	7.61	4.75	1.60	0.57	19.1 %	12.0 %	.262	1.54	.321	68.8 %			3.98
Total	- - -	6.70	3.51	1.91	1.56	16.7 %	8.8 %	.311	1.64	.347	67.2 %	141	117	5.20

Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2007	Royals	1.22	26.6 %	40.4 %	33.0 %	13.9 %	13.9 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	6.97	5.48	112	4.98
2008	Diamondbacks	1.29	25.6 %	41.9 %	32.6 %	14.3 %	21.4 %	5.6 %	0.0 %	6.75	3.63	91	3.95
2009	Diamondbacks	1.63	21.3 %	48.8 %	30.0 %	5.6 %	16.7 %	6.8 %	33.3 %	5.51	4.04	92	3.91
2010	Diamondbacks	1.37	16.7 %	48.1 %	35.2 %	5.3 %	21.1 %	15.4 %	0.0 %	6.51	4.26	120	4.79
Total	- - -	1.45	22.4 %	46.0 %	31.6 %	8.5 %	17.0 %	6.3 %	28.6 %	6.07	4.35	99	4.26

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2007	Royals	44	36	29	5	0	1	0	18	214	318	532
2008	Diamondbacks	18	14	11	2	1	0	0	5	99	136	235
2009	Diamondbacks	117	72	51	4	8	6	2	41	498	806	1304
2010	Diamondbacks	26	19	9	1	4	0	0	3	89	159	248
Total	- - -	205	141	100	12	13	7	2	67	900	1419	2319

Win Probability

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2007	Royals	-0.35	-1.98	1.64	-0.20	0.00	0.64	0.63	0.69	1.06	6	-0.30	-0.24	0	0
2008	Diamondbacks	0.04	-0.32	0.36	-0.37	-0.05	0.28	0.35	0.41	0.17	5	-0.31	0.45	1	1
2009	Diamondbacks	-0.81	-7.02	6.22	-13.49	-1.23	1.03	0.98	0.84	1.29	16	-1.45	0.66	1	1
2010	Diamondbacks	-0.79	-1.76	0.97	-10.51	-1.10	1.04	0.83	0.87	0.31	3	-0.91	0.15	0	0
Total	- - -	-1.91	-11.08	9.18	-24.57	-2.38	0.87	0.81	0.69	0.96	30	-2.96	0.77	2	2

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CT%	CB%	CH%	XX%
2007	Royals	63.9% (90.3)			19.5% (79.5)	16.5% (82.2)	0.8%
2008	Diamondbacks	64.2% (90.5)	4.2% (81.1)		22.2% (79.5)	9.4% (82.8)	8.1%
2009	Diamondbacks	55.4% (88.8)	0.1% (80.0)	5.0% (83.6)	23.9% (79.6)	15.6% (82.2)	1.2%
2010	Diamondbacks	52.6% (88.1)		8.1% (84.1)	22.3% (78.2)	17.0% (82.0)	0.4%
Total	- - -	57.9% (89.3)	0.4% (81.0)	3.7% (83.7)	22.6% (79.4)	15.4% (82.2)	1.7%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FC%	SI%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2007	Royals	65.0 %				1.9 %	17.2 %	15.8 %
2008	Diamondbacks	60.9 %			1.3 %	4.7 %	23.8 %	7.7 %
2009	Diamondbacks	43.4 %	4.9 %			9.2 %	18.7 %	23.8 %
2010	Diamondbacks	27.0 %	25.4 %	8.1 %		4.8 %	17.3 %	17.3 %
Total	- - -	47.6 %	5.7 %	0.9 %	0.1 %	6.8 %	18.8 %	19.8 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFC	vSI	vSL	vCU	vCH
2007	Royals	90.0				81.1	79.2	81.7
2008	Diamondbacks	90.3			90.6	81.5	79.6	82.9
2009	Diamondbacks	89.2	89.2			81.8	79.4	83.3
2010	Diamondbacks	88.4	87.7	84.0		79.1	77.9	82.0
Total	- - -	89.5	88.4	84.0	90.6	81.5	79.2	82.9

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
2007	Royals	-8.3			0.6	5.8	-2.45			0.61	6.68
2008	Diamondbacks	-3.0	0.7		2.8	-1.1	-2.22	7.39		5.90	-5.49
2009	Diamondbacks	-7.4	0.0	0.9	1.8	-5.7	-1.03	-4.93	1.44	0.57	-2.86
2010	Diamondbacks	-9.2		-0.7	-2.1	1.2	-7.05		-3.50	-3.83	2.90
Total	- - -	-27.8	0.6	0.2	3.1	0.2	-2.11	6.16	0.26	0.60	0.05

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFC	wSI	wSL	wCU	wCH
2007	Royals	-9.6				0.0	0.9	4.0
2008	Diamondbacks	-3.0			-0.3	0.3	3.5	-1.0
2009	Diamondbacks	-8.9	0.2			1.3	0.5	-5.2
2010	Diamondbacks	-4.8	-4.3	-0.4		0.0	-2.0	1.1
Total	- - -	-26.2	-4.1	-0.4	-0.3	1.6	3.0	-1.1

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFC/C	wSI/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2007	Royals	-3.42				-0.04	1.26	5.93
2008	Diamondbacks	-2.11			-10.54	3.12	6.29	-5.56
2009	Diamondbacks	-1.57	0.36			1.08	0.20	-1.69
2010	Diamondbacks	-7.12	-6.87	-1.96		-0.03	-4.59	2.61
Total	- - -	-2.49	-3.26	-1.96	-10.54	1.08	0.71	-0.24

Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2007	Royals	27.3 %	64.6 %	44.3 %	65.4 %	91.0 %	82.4 %	45.6 %	53.2 %	7.7 %
2007	Average	25.0 %	66.6 %	45.9 %	60.8 %	88.2 %	80.8 %	50.3 %	58.7 %	8.6 %
2008	Diamondbacks	20.6 %	57.3 %	38.6 %	63.6 %	79.7 %	75.3 %	49.1 %	52.5 %	8.5 %
2008	Average	25.4 %	65.4 %	45.9 %	61.7 %	87.9 %	80.8 %	51.1 %	58.6 %	8.6 %
2009	Diamondbacks	30.7 %	66.4 %	47.0 %	54.0 %	88.9 %	76.5 %	45.6 %	58.2 %	10.7 %
2009	Average	25.1 %	66.0 %	45.3 %	61.7 %	87.8 %	80.5 %	49.3 %	58.2 %	8.6 %
2010	Diamondbacks	28.0 %	65.8 %	46.3 %	68.6 %	90.9 %	83.9 %	48.4 %	55.6 %	7.3 %
2010	Average	29.3 %	64.4 %	45.6 %	66.5 %	88.1 %	80.7 %	46.5 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
Total	- - -	28.7 %	65.0 %	45.5 %	58.6 %	88.8 %	78.5 %	46.2 %	56.2 %	9.4 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2007	Royals	29.5 %	59.6 %	43.7 %	68.7 %	90.1 %	82.5 %	47.2 %	18.6
2007	Average	28.9 %	62.3 %	45.4 %	66.4 %	87.6 %	80.8 %	49.6 %	21.5
2008	Diamondbacks	21.5 %	54.6 %	37.2 %	61.5 %	83.3 %	76.7 %	47.6 %	19.0
2008	Average	28.0 %	62.5 %	45.3 %	65.9 %	88.0 %	81.2 %	50.3 %	21.6
2009	Diamondbacks	32.2 %	64.1 %	46.5 %	59.3 %	88.5 %	77.3 %	44.8 %	19.5
2009	Average	27.9 %	61.4 %	44.8 %	65.5 %	88.0 %	81.0 %	50.4 %	21.4
2010	Diamondbacks	28.0 %	63.4 %	45.6 %	65.7 %	91.0 %	83.2 %	49.6 %	21.6
2010	Average	28.4 %	61.3 %	44.9 %	64.6 %	87.9 %	80.6 %	50.4 %	21.5
Total	- - -	30.2 %	62.1 %	44.9 %	61.8 %	88.6 %	78.9 %	46.1 %	19.5

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TE	DP	DPS	DPF	SB	FP
2007	Royals	P	7	5	34.0	1	3	0	0	2	1	1	1	1.000
2008	Diamondbacks	P	10	0	14.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2009	Diamondbacks	P	16	13	77.1	5	7	1	1	1	1	0	4	.923
2010	Diamondbacks	P	3	3	13.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
Total	- - -	P	36	21	138.1	9	11	1	1	3	2	1	6	.952

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rPM	DRS
2007	Royals	P	34.0	0	-1	-1
2008	Diamondbacks	P	14.0	0	0	0
2009	Diamondbacks	P	77.1	1	-2	-1
2010	Diamondbacks	P	13.0	0	-2	-2
Total	- - -	P	138.1	1	-5	-4

Value

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2007	Royals	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.0	$0.2
2008	Diamondbacks	0.2	-0.1	0.4	0.3	-0.7	-0.1	($0.3)
2009	Diamondbacks	-0.5	-1.0	-0.2	-1.2	5.9	0.6	$2.8
2010	Diamondbacks	-0.7	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	-2.1	-0.2	($0.8)
Total	- - -	-0.9	-1.6	0.3	-1.3	3.5	0.4	$1.9

Contracts

Add New Contract

AL East Blue Jays Orioles Rays Red Sox Yankees	AL Central Indians Royals Tigers Twins White Sox	AL West Angels Astros Athletics Mariners Rangers
NL East Braves Marlins Mets Nationals Phillies	NL Central Brewers Cardinals Cubs Pirates Reds	NL West D-backs Dodgers Giants Padres Rockies