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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
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Birth Date8-27-1983
Height6' 2"
Weight205 lbs
Age29 years, 8 months, 24 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
0.52009
-0.22010
2011
2012
-0.22013
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Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
2007 KCA 23 7 5 34.0 26.3 7.7 1 2 0 0 1 0 143 37 20 20 5 65 16 16 0 17 5.29 5.63 7.05 -2.4 -0.2
2008 ARI 24 10 0 14.0 0.0 14.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 59 16 5 5 3 28 4 3 1 11 3.21 5.39 5.18 0.3 0.0
2009 ARI 25 16 13 77.3 73.3 4.0 4 6 0 0 5 2 342 94 57 55 12 149 29 29 3 64 6.40 4.66 5.08 6.0 0.5
2010 ARI 26 3 3 13.0 13.0 0.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 72 26 17 16 4 42 5 5 2 11 11.08 7.03 7.07 -1.8 -0.2
Career3621138.3112.725.76110062616173999624284545361036.255.205.762.00.0

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
2004 IDA Rk 8 5 34.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .392 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 BUR A 11 11 60.3 4.07 113 .287 .264 .341 .396 .270 .329 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 HDS A+ 17 17 94.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.625 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 HDS A+ 16 16 90.1 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .337 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 WIC AA 13 13 75.2 5.43 76 .257 .273 .346 .430 .279 .300 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 KCA MLB 7 5 34.0 7.05 61 .278 .279 .349 .451 .276 .305 104 -2.4 -0.2 -2.4 -0.2
2007 WIC AA 4 3 19.3 6.27 74 .264 .269 .353 .418 .273 .258 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 OMA AAA 27 15 104.7 4.78 94 .253 .287 .357 .455 .277 .309 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 ARI MLB 10 0 14.0 5.18 89 .275 .282 .350 .429 .270 .325 101 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0
2008 TUC AAA 21 20 116.3 5.79 90 .269 .285 .362 .465 .275 .324 109 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 ARI MLB 16 13 77.3 5.08 89 .285 .272 .342 .422 .271 .350 101 4.3 0.4 6.0 0.5
2009 RNO AAA 18 16 103.0 4.47 112 .236 .280 .349 .437 .274 .298 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 ARI MLB 3 3 13.0 7.07 41 .391 .257 .326 .441 .271 .440 101 -2.6 -0.3 -1.8 -0.2
2010 RNO AAA 7 7 43.3 4.98 102 .231 .277 .357 .429 .273 .290 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 TOL AAA 8 8 37.3 7.34 36 .349 .268 .338 .417 .258 .366 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 CSP AAA 23 21 109.0 4.93 125 .263 .307 .372 .475 .283 .343 117 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 PME AA 10 10 56.3 4.55 102 .203 .268 .334 .414 .258 .289 79 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 PAW AAA 17 17 96.7 6.78 47 .255 .263 .334 .400 .249 .254 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 SLC AAA 8 8 47.3 5.66 92 .259 .298 .368 .454 .281 .321 105 5.9 0.6 5.9 0.6
CareerMLB21138.35.7677.295.273.342.432.272.347101-0.4-0.02.00.0

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
2004 IDA Rk 2 2 0 8 5 34.3 44 8 37 4 0% .392 11.5 2.1 1.0 9.7 1.52 3.94 0.0 0.0
2005 BUR A 3 7 0 11 11 60.3 66 17 60 9 50% .329 9.9 2.5 1.3 9.0 1.38 3.88 0.0 0.0
2005 HDS A+ 5 6 0 17 17 94.0 105 46 92 10 0% -.625 10.1 4.4 1.0 8.8 1.61 5.36 0.0 0.0
2006 WIC AA 5 3 0 13 13 75.2 78 39 63 7 57% .300 9.3 4.7 0.8 7.5 1.56 4.67 0.0 0.0
2006 HDS A+ 7 1 0 16 16 90.1 92 47 85 6 0% .337 9.2 4.7 0.6 8.5 1.54 3.90 0.0 0.0
2007 OMA AAA 9 7 0 27 15 104.7 108 26 83 11 49% .309 9.3 2.2 0.9 7.1 1.28 3.78 0.0 0.0
2007 WIC AA 1 3 0 4 3 19.3 20 6 13 4 53% .258 9.3 2.8 1.9 6.1 1.35 4.66 0.0 0.0
2007 KCA MLB 1 2 0 7 5 34.0 37 16 17 5 42% .305 9.8 4.2 1.3 4.5 1.56 5.29 -2.4 -0.2
2008 TUC AAA 5 10 0 21 20 116.3 136 43 69 9 47% .324 10.5 3.3 0.7 5.3 1.54 4.95 0.0 0.0
2008 ARI MLB 1 0 0 10 0 14.0 16 4 11 3 40% .325 10.3 2.6 1.9 7.1 1.43 3.21 0.3 0.0
2009 RNO AAA 9 3 0 18 16 103.0 91 45 96 5 51% .298 8.0 3.9 0.4 8.4 1.32 3.32 0.0 0.0
2009 ARI MLB 4 6 0 16 13 77.3 94 29 64 12 50% .350 10.9 3.4 1.4 7.4 1.59 6.40 6.0 0.5
2010 RNO AAA 3 1 0 7 7 43.3 40 17 27 2 56% .290 8.3 3.5 0.4 5.6 1.32 3.53 0.0 0.0
2010 TOL AAA 3 5 0 8 8 37.3 60 16 21 8 47% .366 14.5 3.9 1.9 5.1 2.04 9.41 0.0 0.0
2010 ARI MLB 0 3 0 3 3 13.0 26 5 11 4 46% .440 18.0 3.5 2.8 7.6 2.38 11.08 -1.8 -0.2
2011 CSP AAA 4 8 0 23 21 109.0 136 52 80 12 45% .343 11.2 4.3 1.0 6.6 1.72 6.03 0.0 0.0
2012 PAW AAA 8 6 0 17 17 96.7 87 36 59 12 40% .254 8.1 3.4 1.1 5.5 1.27 3.91 0.0 0.0
2012 PME AA 4 3 0 10 10 56.3 51 17 51 6 54% .289 8.1 2.7 1.0 8.1 1.21 3.20 0.0 0.0
2013 SLC AAA 4 2 0 8 8 47.3 48 25 40 3 43% .321 9.1 4.8 0.6 7.6 1.54 4.56 5.9 0.6

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-08-22 2011-09-06 Minors 15 0 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
2011-05-02 2011-05-22 Minors 20 0 Right Elbow Inflammation -
2010-07-16 2010-09-07 Minors 53 0 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 ANA $
2012 BOS $
2011 COL $
2010 ARI $
2009 ARI $403,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$403,000
1 yrTotal$403,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 26 d1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 11/13/12 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Angels 5/16/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Boston as a free agent 2/29/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/20/10 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by Arizona 3/11/10. Acquired by Detroit in trade from Arizona 6/1/10 (Dontrelle Willis deal) (Tigers to pay all of Willis' 2010 salary except a pro-rated portion of the $400,000 Major League minimum). Released by Detroit 7/25/10.
  • 1 year/$0.403M (2009). Re-signed by Arizona 3/3/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Acquired by Arizona in trade from KC 12/14/07. Signed by Arizona 3/9/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Contract purchased by Kansas City 8/24/07.
  • Drafted by Kansas City 2004 (2-55) (South Carolina). Signed 6/04, $0.635M signing bonus.

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BP Articles

Billy Buckner is referenced in the following articles.

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This article requires BP Premium accessDaily Roundup: Around the League: May 17th, 2013Clint Chisam2013-05-17
Western Front: A Haphazard History of Halos at the Hot CornerGeoff Young2012-01-17
This article requires BP Premium accessDivide and Conquer, NL West: You Can Build with Wood, but You Can't Rebuild with MillwoodGeoff Young2011-08-16
This article requires BP Premium accessBP Unfiltered: BP: LABR ChampionsClay Davenport2010-10-05
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Hail, hail, the Gang's AL HereChristina Kahrl2010-07-26
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Shuffling SeniorsChristina Kahrl2010-07-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Double DealingChristina Kahrl2010-06-02
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Beat: D-Train Rolls OnCraig Brown2010-06-02
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Senior CircuitryChristina Kahrl2010-05-20
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: NL RoundupChristina Kahrl2010-05-02
This article requires BP Premium accessOn the Beat: Wednesday UpdateJohn Perrotto2010-04-07
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Turn of the Screw, NLChristina Kahrl2010-04-04
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Starting PitchersBill Baer2010-03-26
Fantasy Beat: Depth Chart/PFM UpdateClay Davenport2010-03-17
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessTeam Health Reports: Arizona Diamondbacks Will Carroll2010-03-17
This article requires BP Premium accessExpanded Horizons: Don't Count Out The DiamondbacksTommy Bennett2010-03-16
On the Beat: Weekend UpdateJohn Perrotto2010-03-14
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Focus: NL Starting PitchersMarc Normandin2010-03-09
This article requires BP Premium accessCamp Battles: NL WestChristina Kahrl2010-03-01
This article requires BP Premium accessOn the Beat: Mid-Week UpdateJohn Perrotto2010-02-17
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Final AnswersChristina Kahrl2009-09-01
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: The Better HalfJoe Sheehan2009-07-17
This article requires BP Premium accessYou Could Look It Up: Royal PainsSteven Goldman2009-07-14
This article requires BP Premium accessOn the Beat: Mid-Season SnapshotJohn Perrotto2009-07-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL West RoundupChristina Kahrl2009-07-02
Prospectus Hit List: The RisingJay Jaffe2009-06-05
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL Roster RoundupChristina Kahrl2009-04-16
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Senior Circuit ShufflingChristina Kahrl2009-04-02
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Bankers DozenChristina Kahrl2008-09-03
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Weekend Moves OmnibusChristina Kahrl2008-07-21
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: State of the Systems, NL WestKevin Goldstein2008-04-01
Spring Training Preview: NL WestJoe Sheehan2008-02-12
Spring Training Preview: AL CentralJoe Sheehan2008-02-06
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: Diamondbacks Top 11 ProspectsKevin Goldstein2008-01-11
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: AL Top 11 Prospects UpdateKevin Goldstein2008-01-10
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction of the Day: Making Waves in the WestsChristina Kahrl2007-12-27
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction of the Day: AL CentralChristina Kahrl2007-12-19
Playoff Prospectus: Game One Report, Yankees versus IndiansJohn Perrotto2007-10-05
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: All-Around Catch-Up EditionChristina Kahrl2007-08-26
This article requires BP Premium accessLies, Damned Lies: PECOTA Takes On Right-handed Pitching ProspectsNate Silver2007-04-20
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: Double-A PreviewKevin Goldstein2007-04-06
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 13-18, 2007Christina Kahrl2007-03-19
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: Division Roundup, AL Central, 7/11/06Kevin Goldstein2006-07-11
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: Midpoint American League ReportKevin Goldstein2006-06-22
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-06-24 13:00:00Hi Steve, I am sure I'm late in asking this but what is this Baseball Prospectus project concerning the 1980s?
(Justin from Brno (Czech Republic))
American expat or native Czech who just happens to like baseball? I want to know... The BP 1980s book now has an official title: I Don't Believe What I Just Saw! Subtitle: Baseball Prospectus' Guide to the Bash Brothers, Donnie Baseball, Billyball, Billy Buckner, Doc, Rock, Whitey and Everything Else that Made the 1980s Unforgettable. As I've reported in previous chats, we'll have extensive player comments and special stats for all of the key players of the period (plus retro-PECOTAs), new interviews, and history and analysis of key events and personalities. We're working like mad on it just now with the aim of having copies in your hands next spring. (Steven Goldman)
2008-06-24 13:00:00Subtitle: "Baseball Prospectus' Guide to the Bash Brothers, Donnie Baseball, Billyball, Billy Buckner, Doc, Rock, Whitey and Everything Else that Made the 1980s Unforgettable" Wow. Is the goal to save money by obliterating the cover art? Seriously, you might want to shorten that one.
(david from jp, ma)
How do you know that it won't be a really big cover? More seriously, we don't pick the titles, we only get to kibbitz. If the publisher had wanted to call it, "Baseball Prospectus's Guide to Nipples, Belly-Button Lint, Polydactyl Cats, and Notable Examples of Soiled Underwear in the History of the Cosmos," that's what we'd be signing in bookstores next year. It's a reality we have to deal with. (Steven Goldman)
2008-01-31 13:00:00You had Brooks Brown, Juan Gutierrez, and Billy Buckner ranked 4th,5th, 6th for the D backs as 3 Star prospects. How far away are any of these guys from cracking the top 100? Are there any "3 star" prospects in the top 100?
(shoewizard from Scottsdale AZ)
The list for consideration was about 130-140 long -- and none of those three were on it. There are a handful of 3 star guys at the end. Basically, I wanted five-star to represent Top 50 candidates, and four-star to represent Top 100 candidates, but it didn't really turn out that way because the talent is down. (Kevin Goldstein)


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