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Bill Buckner played 22 major-league seasons (1969-1990) as a 1B (1,555), OF (644). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 23 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 20 | LAN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1970 | 21 | LAN | 28 | 68 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .191 | .490 | 36 |
| 1971 | 22 | LAN | 108 | 358 | 37 | 99 | 5 | 41 | 4 | 11 | 18 | .277 | .672 | 97 |
| 1972 | 23 | LAN | 105 | 383 | 47 | 122 | 5 | 37 | 10 | 17 | 13 | .319 | .758 | 123 |
| 1973 | 24 | LAN | 140 | 575 | 68 | 158 | 8 | 46 | 12 | 17 | 34 | .275 | .648 | 86 |
| 1974 | 25 | LAN | 145 | 580 | 83 | 182 | 7 | 58 | 31 | 30 | 24 | .314 | .763 | 120 |
| 1975 | 26 | LAN | 92 | 288 | 30 | 70 | 6 | 31 | 8 | 17 | 15 | .243 | .644 | 84 |
| 1976 | 27 | LAN | 154 | 642 | 76 | 193 | 7 | 60 | 28 | 26 | 26 | .301 | .716 | 110 |
| 1977 | 28 | CHN | 122 | 426 | 40 | 121 | 11 | 60 | 7 | 21 | 23 | .284 | .739 | 103 |
| 1978 | 29 | CHN | 117 | 446 | 47 | 144 | 5 | 74 | 7 | 18 | 17 | .323 | .765 | 121 |
| 1979 | 30 | CHN | 149 | 591 | 72 | 168 | 14 | 66 | 9 | 30 | 28 | .284 | .756 | 112 |
| 1980 | 31 | CHN | 145 | 578 | 69 | 187 | 10 | 68 | 1 | 30 | 18 | .324 | .810 | 132 |
| 1981 | 32 | CHN | 106 | 421 | 45 | 131 | 10 | 75 | 5 | 26 | 16 | .311 | .829 | 141 |
| 1982 | 33 | CHN | 161 | 657 | 93 | 201 | 15 | 105 | 15 | 36 | 26 | .306 | .783 | 125 |
| 1983 | 34 | CHN | 153 | 626 | 79 | 175 | 16 | 66 | 12 | 25 | 30 | .280 | .746 | 112 |
| 1984 | 35 | BOS | 114 | 439 | 51 | 122 | 11 | 67 | 2 | 24 | 38 | .278 | .731 | 101 |
| 1984 | 35 | CHN | 21 | 43 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .209 | .448 | 32 |
| 1985 | 36 | BOS | 162 | 673 | 89 | 201 | 16 | 110 | 18 | 30 | 36 | .299 | .773 | 110 |
| 1986 | 37 | BOS | 153 | 629 | 73 | 168 | 18 | 102 | 6 | 40 | 25 | .267 | .733 | 98 |
| 1987 | 38 | BOS|CAL | 132 | 469 | 39 | 134 | 5 | 74 | 2 | 22 | 26 | .286 | .678 | 80 |
| 1988 | 39 | CAL|KCA | 108 | 285 | 19 | 71 | 3 | 43 | 5 | 17 | 19 | .249 | .616 | 73 |
| 1989 | 40 | KCA | 79 | 176 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .216 | .507 | 43 |
| 1990 | 41 | BOS | 22 | 43 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .186 | .490 | 37 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | OF | 20 | 16 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | OF | 86 | 77 | 165 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1B | 11 | 7 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 1972 | OF | 61 | 57 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1B | 35 | 31 | 311 | 21 | 3 | 28 |
| 1973 | 1B | 93 | 87 | 888 | 50 | 2 | 93 |
| 1973 | OF | 48 | 44 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | OF | 137 | 129 | 235 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1B | 6 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1975 | OF | 72 | 67 | 138 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976 | OF | 153 | 153 | 315 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1B | 99 | 98 | 966 | 58 | 10 | 75 |
| 1978 | 1B | 105 | 104 | 1075 | 83 | 6 | 85 |
| 1979 | 1B | 140 | 140 | 1258 | 124 | 7 | 118 |
| 1980 | 1B | 94 | 89 | 826 | 73 | 6 | 67 |
| 1980 | OF | 50 | 49 | 90 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1981 | 1B | 105 | 105 | 996 | 81 | 17 | 92 |
| 1982 | 1B | 161 | 161 | 1547 | 159 | 12 | 89 |
| 1983 | 1B | 144 | 136 | 1366 | 161 | 13 | 132 |
| 1983 | OF | 15 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1B | 120 | 118 | 1040 | 101 | 15 | 80 |
| 1984 | OF | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1B | 162 | 162 | 1384 | 184 | 12 | 140 |
| 1986 | 1B | 138 | 138 | 1067 | 157 | 14 | 104 |
| 1987 | 1B | 79 | 78 | 640 | 60 | 6 | 54 |
| 1988 | 1B | 22 | 18 | 161 | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| 1989 | 1B | 24 | 20 | 181 | 13 | 3 | 19 |
| 1990 | 1B | 15 | 8 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1982, 1981, 1980, 1978, 1974.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 25 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 11 / 336 | 0 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 35 / 336 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 38 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.