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| Name | Team | Age |
| Buck Truman | Retired (2002, Age 44) | Died (2047, Age 89) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 1, Pick 1 (1976) |
LF | L/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Murray Maddux League | 0 | 21 years (108 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 5/29/1958 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 8 | 13 | 18 |
| Alt Pos (LF) | Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (98.7 %) | (98.5 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1976 | Minors | 53.00 | 7 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 7 / 7 | 7 / 10 | 1 / 3 | 3 / 3 | 14 / 14 | 43 / 53 | |||
| 1976 | Pos (C) | 162.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 3 / 162 | |||
| 1977 | Minors | 58.00 | 4 / 8 | 2 / 3 | 6 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 5 / 12 | 9 / 9 | 10 / 10 | 41 / 58 | |||
| 1977 | Pos (C) | 162.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 162 | |||
| 1978 | Minors | 57.00 | 3 / 6 | 5 / 10 | 4 / 6 | 9 / 11 | 2 / 8 | 8 / 8 | 8 / 8 | 39 / 57 | |||
| 1979 | Minors | 50.00 | 4 / 6 | 0 / 4 | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 4 / 4 | 6 / 9 | 27 / 50 | |||
| 1979 | Pos (CF) | 114.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 20 / 114 | |||
| 1979 | Pos (LF) | 33.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 20 / 33 | |||
| 1980 | Minors | 57.00 | 2 / 7 | 4 / 9 | 3 / 10 | 3 / 8 | 2 / 9 | 3 / 6 | 2 / 8 | 19 / 57 | |||
| 1980 | Majors | 5.07 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 3 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 3 / 5 |
| 1981 | Minors | 30.00 | 3 / 6 | 3 / 6 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 4 | 10 / 30 | |||
| 1981 | Majors | 23.54 | 61 | 45 | 0 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 4 | 2 / 4 | 2 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 1 | 4 / 5 | 13 / 23 |
| 1981 | Pos (2B) | 76.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 7 / 76 | |||
| 1981 | Pos (3B) | 5.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 5 | |||
| 1982 | Majors | 61.08 | 162 | 115 | 0 | 2 / 6 | 5 / 10 | 2 / 7 | 6 / 11 | 1 / 7 | 3 / 6 | 10 / 14 | 29 / 61 |
| 1983 | Majors | 65.45 | 162 | 128 | 0 | 1 / 9 | 2 / 9 | 2 / 8 | 3 / 14 | 1 / 7 | 8 / 14 | 1 / 4 | 18 / 65 |
| 1984 | Majors | 68.99 | 162 | 135 | 0 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 11 | 4 / 15 | 1 / 5 | 1 / 7 | 3 / 9 | 4 / 14 | 13 / 68 |
| 1985 | Majors | 69.31 | 162 | 143 | 0 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 12 | 2 / 6 | 1 / 5 | 1 / 7 | 5 / 17 | 0 / 11 | 9 / 69 |
| 1986 | Majors | 65.12 | 162 | 139 | 0 | 1 / 8 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 10 | 1 / 10 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 9 | 3 / 65 |
| 1987 | Majors | 64.51 | 162 | 138 | 0 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 2 / 8 | 2 / 12 | 2 / 6 | 6 / 64 |
| 1988 | Majors | 56.22 | 139 | 124 | 23 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 9 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 8 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 4 | 3 / 16 | 5 / 56 |
| 1989 | Majors | 64.11 | 162 | 143 | 0 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 8 | 1 / 64 |
| 1990 | Majors | 65.88 | 162 | 147 | 0 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 65 |
| 1991 | Majors | 65.19 | 162 | 147 | 0 | 1 / 15 | 1 / 14 | 5 / 12 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 7 | 1 / 7 | 1 / 7 | 10 / 65 |
| 1992 | Majors | 65.25 | 162 | 149 | 0 | -2 / 9 | -6 / 8 | 0 / 9 | -5 / 11 | -2 / 15 | -2 / 8 | 0 / 5 | -17 / 65 |
| 1993 | Majors | 47.87 | 120 | 89 | 36 | 2 / 7 | -6 / 5 | -3 / 7 | -2 / 5 | -5 / 7 | -4 / 4 | 0 / 12 | -18 / 47 |
| 1994 | Majors | 56.09 | 150 | 110 | 12 | -3 / 10 | 0 / 4 | -1 / 12 | -1 / 6 | -3 / 4 | 1 / 14 | -2 / 6 | -9 / 56 |
| 1995 | Majors | 59.10 | 162 | 107 | 0 | 3 / 9 | 1 / 8 | -4 / 8 | 2 / 11 | -4 / 8 | 1 / 9 | -2 / 6 | -3 / 59 |
| 1996 | Majors | 62.69 | 162 | 116 | 0 | -1 / 4 | 1 / 14 | 1 / 10 | 0 / 10 | 2 / 11 | -1 / 7 | -2 / 6 | 0 / 62 |
| 1997 | Majors | 53.76 | 162 | 86 | 0 | 2 / 8 | -2 / 11 | 0 / 6 | -1 / 7 | -5 / 7 | -2 / 8 | 1 / 6 | -7 / 53 |
| 1998 | Majors | 44.34 | 162 | 49 | 0 | -1 / 6 | -2 / 8 | -2 / 13 | -2 / 4 | -1 / 2 | -1 / 4 | -3 / 7 | -12 / 44 |
| 1999 | Majors | 54.47 | 156 | 96 | 0 | -3 / 9 | -3 / 7 | -1 / 11 | -1 / 10 | -8 / 9 | 0 / 6 | -2 / 2 | -18 / 54 |
| 2000 | Majors | 46.63 | 162 | 59 | 0 | 1 / 9 | -3 / 10 | 0 / 7 | -6 / 5 | -1 / 2 | -2 / 6 | -2 / 7 | -13 / 46 |
| 2001 | Minors | 5.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 5 | |||
| 2001 | Majors | 42.01 | 128 | 62 | 0 | 0 / 6 | -6 / 11 | -3 / 5 | 0 / 7 | -6 / 2 | -1 / 7 | -1 / 4 | -17 / 42 |
| 2002 | Majors | 23.18 | 156 | 3 | 0 | -5 / 1 | -8 / 2 | -5 / 5 | -4 / 8 | -6 / 1 | 0 / 3 | -2 / 3 | -30 / 23 |
| Total | 3353 | 2341 | 71 | 22 / 214 | -5 / 246 | 27 / 226 | 25 / 220 | -17 / 200 | 39 / 205 | 54 / 220 | 196 / 2083 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 2002-11-01 | Buck Truman has retired from the Houston Colt .45s |
| 2002-04-08 | The Houston Colt .45s have acquired Buck Truman from the waiver wire. |
| 2002-03-25 | The Washington G-Men have designated Buck Truman for assignment. The Washington G-Men have designated Bill Getz for assignment. |
| 2001-11-01 | Buck Truman now holds the league record for career runs. |
| 2001-11-01 | Buck Truman now holds the league record for career games played. |
| 2001-06-18 | The Washington G-Men have promoted Buck Truman to the major league team. |
| 2001-06-01 | The Washington G-Men have designated Buck Truman for assignment. |
| 2001-04-22 | The Washington G-Men have promoted Buck Truman to the major league team. The Washington G-Men have designated Dennis Taylor for assignment. |
| 2001-03-25 | The Washington G-Men have designated Rusty Smith for assignment. The Washington G-Men have designated Rudy McClellan for assignment. The Washington G-Men have designated Buck Truman for assignment. The Washington G-Men have designated Lou Cardinal for assignment. The Washington G-Men have designated Dick Hodgin for assignment. |
| 2000-04-28 | Buck Truman collected his 3000th career hit. |
| 1999-04-08 | The Washington G-Men have acquired Buck Truman from the waiver wire. |
| 1999-04-01 | The Chicago Cubbies have designated Buck Truman for assignment. |
| 1995-10-22 | Buck Truman of the Chicago Cubbies is injured and is expected to be out 39 days. |
| 1994-06-08 | Buck Truman of the Chicago Cubbies is injured and is expected to be out 13 days. |
| 1993-11-01 | Buck Truman now holds the league record for career on-base percentage. |
| 1993-11-01 | Buck Truman now holds the league record for career batting average. |
| 1993-04-06 | Buck Truman of the Chicago Cubbies is injured and is expected to be out 41 days. |
| 1992-08-23 | Trade #1635067 has been completed between the Brooklyn Batmen and the Chicago Cubbies. The Chicago Cubbies receive R. C. Morris, Buck Truman from the Brooklyn Batmen in exchange for Johnny Osteen, Oscar Hardtke, Joe Blyzka, John Shiver. |
| 1991-03-25 | The Brooklyn Batmen have placed Buck Truman on the trade block. |
| 1990-11-01 | Buck Truman now holds the league record for career batting average. |
| 1988-06-25 | Buck Truman of the Brooklyn Batmen is injured and is expected to be out 27 days. |
| 1981-07-31 | The Brooklyn Batmen have promoted Buck Truman to the major league team. The Brooklyn Batmen have designated Bill Benes for assignment. |
| 1981-05-05 | The Brooklyn Batmen have promoted Stormy Daniels to the major league team. The Brooklyn Batmen have sent Buck Truman to the minors. |
| 1981-04-29 | The Brooklyn Batmen have promoted Buck Truman to the major league team. The Brooklyn Batmen have designated Ed Linton for assignment. |
| 1980-10-03 | The Brooklyn Batmen have promoted Bill Braun to the major league team. The Brooklyn Batmen have sent Buck Truman to the minors. |
| 1980-09-23 | The Brooklyn Batmen have promoted Buck Truman to the major league team. |
| 1980-07-15 | The Brooklyn Batmen have sent Buck Truman to the minors. |
| 1980-07-09 | The Brooklyn Batmen have promoted Buck Truman to the major league team. |
| 1978-04-06 | The Brooklyn Batmen have renamed Dick Smythe to Buck Truman. |
| 1977-10-23 | Trade #1571485 has been completed between the Brooklyn Batmen and the Boston Minute Men. The Boston Minute Men receive Draft Pick 1978 Round 1 WAS (Raul Torres) from the Brooklyn Batmen in exchange for Dick Smythe. |