Bill Buckner Trades and Transactions

The Bill Buckner trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Bill Buckner has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Bill Buckner Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#292)

Bill Buckner Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#292)
 

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Birth Name:   William Joseph Buckner
Nickname:   Billy Bucks
Born On:   12-14-1949  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Vallejo, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Napa High School (Napa, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   09-21-1969 (Age 19)
Last Game:   05-30-1990
Draft:   1968 : 2nd Round (25th)
Bill Buckner

Trades & Transactions

06-07-1968: Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round — free-agent draft.
01-11-1977: Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers (with Ivan DeJesus) to Chicago Cubs for Rick Monday and Mike Garman.
05-25-1984: Traded by Chicago Cubs to Boston Red Sox for Dennis Eckersley and Mike Brumley.
07-23-1987: Released by Boston Red Sox.
07-28-1987: Signed by California Angels.
05-09-1988: Released by California Angels.
05-13-1988: Signed by Kansas City Royals.
11-04-1988: Granted free agency.
12-06-1988: Signed by Kansas City Royals.
11-13-1989: Granted free agency.
02-15-1990: Signed by Boston Red Sox.
06-05-1990: Released by Boston Red Sox.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Bill Buckner trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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