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| Player Report for #76 Clifford Buchanan | | Wednesday, October 5th, 1977 | 
| AB | 384 | | HR | 12 | | RBI | 53 | | AVG | .242 | | OPS | .717 |
| | Name: | Clifford Buchanan | Contract: | Major League Contract | | Nickname: | | Salary: | $1,900,000 | | Birthday: | 03-26-1943 | Signed Through: | 1978 Season | | Age: | 34 | Years of Major League Service: | 8 Years, 27 Days | | Born in: | Boca Raton (Florida) | Major League Service Days this Year: | 183 Days | | Nationality: | American | | | | Height: | 6' 0" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 11 Years, None | | Weight: | 165 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 13 Years | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Not eligible, free agent after contract expires! | | Position: | 2B | Minor League Option Years: | Out of option years | | Bats: | Right | | | | Throws: | Right | Contract Extension | - | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | - | | Morale: | Angry | Local Popularity (National) | Unknown (Unknown) |
| | | Batting Ratings (OSA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | | | Versus LHP | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 | | | Versus RHP | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | Talent | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 7 | | Second Base 5 | | Stealing Ability: | 5 | | Third Base 3 | | Baserunning Instincts: | 5 | | Shortstop 4 | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 7 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 3 | | | | Hitter Type: | Normal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 09-29-1977 | HFX | Win, 12-4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-28-1977 | HFX | Loss, 4-5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-27-1977 | HFX | Loss, 3-7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-26-1977 | NYE | Loss, 5-8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-25-1977 | NYE | Win, 6-5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-24-1977 | NYE | Win, 7-6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-23-1977 | NYE | Loss, 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-22-1977 | @ BOW | Loss, 5-16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-21-1977 | @ BOW | Win, 8-7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-16-1977 | @ LAT | Win, 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Backyard Baseball League 1977 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 139 | 384 | 93 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 56 | 14 | 87 | .242 | .280 | .438 | .717 | .662 | .195 | 4.8 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 88 | 411 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 168 | 41 | 19 | 7 | 73.1 | 44.1 | 3.86 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 130 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .254 | .287 | .446 | .733 | | Versus Right | | 254 | 60 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 10 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .236 | .276 | .433 | .709 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Last Week | | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .300 | .364 | .550 | .914 | | April | | 98 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .255 | .318 | .490 | .808 | | May | | 61 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .361 | .590 | | June | | 46 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .326 | .326 | .565 | .891 | | July | | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .179 | .289 | .469 | | August | | 53 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .226 | .293 | .377 | .670 | | September | | 88 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .239 | .280 | .466 | .745 | | Spring Training | | 35 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .286 | .297 | .371 | .669 | | Last Year | | 310 | 85 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 51 | 48 | 11 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .274 | .302 | .494 | .795 | | 2 Years Ago | | 493 | 137 | 27 | 15 | 19 | 91 | 63 | 13 | 136 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .278 | .302 | .509 | .811 | | Career | | 3413 | 884 | 171 | 66 | 98 | 526 | 459 | 121 | 782 | 39 | 11 | 30 | .259 | .287 | .434 | .721 | | Home | | 189 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .280 | .317 | .503 | .819 | | Road | | 195 | 40 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .205 | .244 | .374 | .618 | | Grass | | 384 | 93 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 56 | 14 | 87 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .242 | .280 | .438 | .717 | | Day | | 79 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .203 | .232 | .354 | .586 | | Night | | 305 | 77 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 46 | 12 | 72 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .252 | .292 | .459 | .751 | | Pinch Hitting | | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .263 | .371 | .635 | | Close/Late | | 113 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .230 | .275 | .354 | .629 | | Inning 1-3 | | 98 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .316 | .356 | .612 | .968 | | Inning 4-6 | | 126 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .238 | .278 | .444 | .723 | | Inning 7-9 | | 150 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .200 | .231 | .333 | .564 | | Extra Innings | | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | | 0 Outs | | 136 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .257 | .279 | .493 | .771 | | 1 Outs | | 120 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .217 | .271 | .433 | .705 | | 2 Outs | | 128 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .289 | .383 | .672 | | Scoring Position | | 90 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .267 | .333 | .456 | .789 | | Bases Empty | | 216 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .252 | .403 | .655 | | Runner on 1st | | 78 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .244 | .289 | .513 | .802 | | Runner on 2nd | | 32 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .313 | .353 | .438 | .790 | | Runner on 3rd | | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .318 | .714 | 1.032 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .364 | .333 | .697 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | | Bases Loaded | | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 | | Two Strikes | | 159 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .145 | .190 | .277 | .467 | | First Pitch | | 62 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .581 | .855 | | Count 0-1 | | 33 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 | .303 | .455 | .758 | | Count 0-2 | | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .189 | .231 | .351 | .582 | | Count 1-0 | | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .310 | .552 | | Count 1-1 | | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .600 | .900 | | Count 1-2 | | 51 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .039 | .058 | .078 | .136 | | Count 2-0 | | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .556 | .556 | .889 | 1.444 | | Count 2-1 | | 42 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .381 | .409 | .643 | 1.052 | | Count 2-2 | | 48 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .146 | .163 | .313 | .476 | | Count 3-0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | | Count 3-1 | | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | | Full Count | | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .429 | .522 | .950 | | Behind in Count | | 121 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .157 | .177 | .264 | .442 | | Ahead in Count | | 90 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .344 | .416 | .544 | .960 |
| | Career Minor League Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP |
| | Career Postseason Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 1974 St. Louis - BBL | 31 | 10 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .154 | .171 | .231 | .402 | 0.0 | | 1975 St. Louis - BBL | 32 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .152 | .176 | .212 | .389 | 0.0 | | Total BBL | | 19 | 72 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .153 | .173 | .222 | .396 | 0.0 |
| | Player History | | 05-18-1964 | Drafted in 5th round, 99th overall pick, by Ridge in 1964. | | 08-21-1965 | Injured on 8/21/1965 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks. | | 05-01-1969 | Injured on 5/1/1969 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week. | | 09-11-1969 | Had first career hit (double) on 9/11/1969, off Micheal Studdard (SUP). | | 04-09-1970 | Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1970, off Michael Helton (BLX). | | 01-26-1973 | Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration. | | 05-08-1973 | Drove in 6 runs against South Beach on 5/8/1973. | | 01-01-1977 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (9); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 3 (5). | | 05-06-1977 | Injured (strained back muscle), day-to-day for 4 days. | | 09-16-1977 | Suspended 4 games after ejection following arguing a strike call. | | Leader Boards Appearances | | | | Year | 3B | Rank | | 1974 | 15 | 1 | | 1975 | 15 | 1 | | 1977 | 10 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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