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Albert Pujols League
7-2-2131
Mike Buckels Second Base
Retired (1967, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .290 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .796 Status Deceased (2002) Option Years 0  
H 2106 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 07-22-1930
HR 103 Drafted Round 1, Pick 6
(1951)
Majors Svc Time 15 years
(115 games)
RBI 751
SB 305
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed B+ Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS C+ (51.6%) Range B+ WS Rings 1
1B --- LF A- (76.1%) Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 8
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1952 LF PIT 67 66 571.2 134 132 0 2 0 +1 2.08 .985
SS PIT 7 7 60.2 29 8 19 2 1 -3 4.01 .931
3B PIT 7 6 56.0 21 3 17 1 1 -1 3.21 .952
RF PIT 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1953 LF PIT 97 95 859.2 219 216 0 3 0 -1 2.26 .986
SS PIT 22 22 188.0 92 23 63 6 13 -6 4.12 .935
3B PIT 3 3 31.1 10 0 10 0 1 0 2.87 1.000
1954 LF PIT 73 69 633.2 146 144 1 1 1 -7 2.06 .993
2B PIT 36 36 295.2 172 72 95 5 24 -6 5.08 .971
SS PIT 10 10 84.0 43 16 25 2 3 -6 4.39 .953
3B PIT 6 6 51.2 15 0 13 2 0 -2 2.26 .867
CF PIT 3 3 24.0 7 7 0 0 0 -1 2.62 1.000
1B PIT 2 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 1 0 9.00 1.000
1955 2B PIT 56 56 467.2 299 126 163 10 43 -9 5.56 .967
LF PIT 34 34 295.1 69 67 0 2 0 0 2.04 .971
3B PIT 17 17 137.0 32 7 23 2 2 0 1.97 .938
1B PIT 2 2 17.0 21 20 0 1 4 0 10.59 .952
SS PIT 2 2 17.0 9 5 4 0 0 0 4.76 1.000
CF PIT 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1956 2B PIT 112 112 949.0 569 243 318 8 76 -9 5.32 .986
LF PIT 13 13 114.0 22 22 0 0 0 0 1.74 1.000
CF PIT 3 3 27.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 2.67 1.000
3B PIT 2 2 17.0 2 0 2 0 1 -3 1.06 1.000
1957 2B PIT 105 104 938.2 568 220 341 7 64 +12 5.38 .988
LF PIT 22 22 195.0 50 49 0 1 0 -1 2.26 .980
SS PIT 1 1 8.0 5 2 3 0 1 0 5.62 1.000
1958 2B PIT 129 129 1151.0 698 281 398 19 75 +19 5.31 .973
1959 2B PIT 104 102 912.0 552 229 314 9 75 -1 5.36 .984
LF PIT 13 13 114.1 35 35 0 0 0 +1 2.76 1.000
CF PIT 13 13 112.0 29 29 0 0 0 0 2.33 1.000
1960 2B PIT 130 129 1155.2 680 291 378 11 96 -8 5.21 .984
1961 2B PIT 120 118 1067.0 687 284 390 13 74 +14 5.69 .981
RF PIT 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.90 1.000
1962 2B PIT 63 63 568.2 328 131 191 6 44 +8 5.10 .982
LF PIT 50 50 424.2 116 116 0 0 0 -3 2.46 1.000
CF PIT 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1963 2B PIT 127 126 1125.2 706 299 391 16 89 +7 5.52 .977
LF PIT 3 3 31.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.03 1.000
1964 2B PIT 114 113 1012.0 580 231 339 10 74 +9 5.07 .983
LF PIT 12 12 106.2 26 26 0 0 0 0 2.19 1.000
3B PIT 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1965 2B PIT-BOS 88 83 753.2 403 146 249 8 55 -6 4.72 .980
SS PIT-BOS 6 6 53.0 28 12 15 1 4 -2 4.58 .964
RF PIT-BOS 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1966 2B BOS 20 16 154.1 85 40 45 0 15 -3 4.96 1.000
SS BOS 16 16 140.1 85 24 58 3 12 -6 5.26 .965
RF BOS 2 2 19.0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 0.95 1.000
CF BOS 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 2.00 1.000
1967 SS BOS 14 14 123.0 63 23 37 3 5 -1 4.39 .952
2B BOS 3 3 27.0 19 10 9 0 2 0 6.33 1.000
Pos Total 2B 1207 1190 10578.0 6346 2603 3621 122 806 +27 5.30 .981
LF 384 377 3346.0 824 814 1 9 1 -10 2.19 .989
SS 78 78 674.0 354 113 224 17 39 -24 4.50 .952
3B 36 35 302.0 83 10 68 5 5 -6 2.32 .940
CF 22 22 189.0 49 49 0 0 0 -2 2.33 1.000
RF 5 5 47.0 8 8 0 0 0 -1 1.53 1.000
1B 4 2 19.0 23 22 0 1 5 0 10.42 .957
Total 1736 1709 15155.0 7687 3619 3914 154 856 -16 4.47 .980
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Mike Buckels has retired from the Boston Red Sox
1965-08-05A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Maulers and the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox receive David Reardon, Estel Johnson, Mike Buckels, Harry Snyder, Tom Keeler, Bill Gibralter (Optioned), Lloyd Tatum (Optioned), Brad Polcovich from the Pittsburgh Maulers in exchange for Ole Picciolo, Grady Anderson, Scott Leek, Joe Nelson, Dennis Gonzales, Draft Pick 1968 Round 1 BOS (Steve Miceli).
1963-10-05Mike Buckels of the Pittsburgh Maulers is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1962-07-09Mike Buckels of the Pittsburgh Maulers is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1955-09-11Mike Buckels of the Pittsburgh Maulers is injured and is expected to be out 49 days.
1955-06-01The Pittsburgh Maulers have removed Mike Buckels from the trade block.
1955-04-08The Pittsburgh Maulers have placed Mike Buckels on the trade block.
1952-05-16The Pittsburgh Maulers have promoted Mike Buckels to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Maulers have promoted Doug Kiely to the major league team.