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Hank Greenberg League
5-26-2073
Luke Buchanan Second Base
Retired (1983, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .259 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .685 Status Deceased (2033) Option Years 0  
H 1895 Age at Death 88 Date of Birth 07-21-1945
HR 85 Drafted Round 3, Pick 36
(1965)
Majors Svc Time 16 years
(76 games)
RBI 830
SB 210
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R D+ Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR
Speed B- Bunt Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1966 CHN
28
35
4
9
3
0
1
3
1
6 0 0
1
0 0
.706
.278
.429
.171
.257
1967 CHN
89
232
29
71
8
4
1
27
26
38 3 0
8
7 4
.771
.383
.388
.082
.306
1968 CHN
96
278
28
67
9
2
3
33
26
58 3 1
10
1 9
.632
.312
.320
.079
.241
1969 CHN
100
289
29
65
10
1
2
40
28
48 1 1
7
2 4
.582
.295
.287
.062
.225
1970 CHN
82
160
20
40
4
2
4
27
21
35 2 4
5
2 4
.712
.337
.375
.125
.250
1971 CHN
99
217
26
51
5
0
2
27
27
28 2 2
5
0 4
.608
.323
.286
.051
.235
1972 CHN
144
409
36
94
18
5
2
32
39
70 1 2
12
4 11
.610
.297
.313
.083
.230
1973 CHN
154
533
65
121
15
3
2
49
57
82 3 3
10
7 8
.581
.304
.278
.051
.227
1974 CHN
162
630
97
178
25
8
17
98
73
90 2 5
25
5 11
.785
.356
.429
.146
.283
1975 CHN
158
629
89
162
35
4
10
55
71
104 4 4
24
3 6
.708
.335
.374
.116
.258
1976 CHN
158
633
104
165
16
7
14
73
83
104 4 3
19
9 13
.723
.349
.374
.114
.261
1977 CHN
105
346
55
93
12
2
2
30
46
50 1 0
18
6 2
.689
.356
.332
.064
.269
1978 CHN
147
512
61
140
23
3
9
56
53
79 2 3
12
9 6
.725
.342
.383
.109
.273
1979 CHN
158
605
69
183
24
7
7
74
60
95 4 4
26
3 8
.767
.367
.400
.098
.302
1980 CHN
157
554
67
141
31
4
1
61
69
95 6 1
15
8 10
.673
.343
.330
.076
.255
1981 CHN
156
589
55
148
24
8
2
66
60
89 6 1
9
5 9
.656
.326
.329
.078
.251
1982 CHN
155
570
63
145
26
2
6
71
55
97 1 3
4
8 5
.658
.320
.339
.084
.254
1983 CHN
29
104
9
22
3
0
0
8
13
16 1 1
0
0 1
.543
.303
.240
.029
.212
Total
2177
7325
906
1895
291
62
85
830
808
1184 46 38
210
79 115
.685
.335
.350
.091
.259
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1983-11-01Luke Buchanan has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1983-06-10The Chicago Cubs have waived Luke Buchanan.
1983-05-05The Chicago Cubs have promoted Ike Perdue to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Ray Pearce to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have designated Luke Buchanan for assignment.
1977-05-25Luke Buchanan of the Chicago Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1968-04-08The Chicago Cubs have promoted Luke Buchanan to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Virgil Gill to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Soup Gerhardt to the major league team.
1968-04-04The Chicago Cubs have demoted Luke Buchanan to the minor leagues.
1966-06-20The Chicago Cubs have promoted Luke Buchanan to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have designated Jim Segelke for assignment.