Bill Buckner vs Johnny Ray

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Bill Buckner and Johnny Ray compared on their MLB careers: Bill Buckner played 22 seasons, 1969 to 1990, Johnny Ray 10 seasons, 1981 to 1990. Bill Buckner has .289 batting average to Johnny Ray's .290.

Who has the better career numbers?

Bill Buckner and Johnny Ray career totals
2,517GP1,353
9,397AB5,188
1,077R604
2,715H1,502
174HR53
1,208RBI594
183SB80
0.3AVG0.3
0.3OBP0.3
0.4SLG0.4
0.7OPS0.7

Where each stands all time

Bill Buckner and Johnny Ray all-time places
65th (2,715)Hits—
137th (1,208)RBI—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Bill Buckner: 0 championships; none on file
  • Johnny Ray: 0 championships; NL Silver Slugger

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Bill Buckner and Johnny Ray season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1969.000001981.24506
2nd1970.191041982.281763
3rd1971.2775411983.283553
4th1972.3195371984.312667
5th1973.2758461985.274770
6th1974.3147581986.301778
7th1975.2436311987.289569
8th1976.3017601988.306683
9th1977.28411601989.289562
10th1978.3235741990.277543
11th1979.2841466————
12th1980.3241068————
13th1981.3111075————
14th1982.30615105————
15th1983.2801666————
16th1984.2721169————
17th1985.29916110————
18th1986.26718102————
19th1987.286574————
20th1988.249343————
21st1989.216116————
22nd1990.18613————

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI