12/17/12

Projected New Met - C - John Buck


John Buck


Buck agreed to a three-year contract with the Florida Marlins worth $18 million on November 15, 2010

Toronto Blue Jays

On December 16, 2009, Buck signed a one year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays worth 2 million dollars. On April 29, 2010. Buck hit 3 home-runs in a single game against the Oakland Athletics. Buck's performance in this game made him a fan favorite. On July 4, 2010, Buck was elected to the 2010 American League All-Star team along with fellow Blue Jays Vernon Wells and Jose Bautista. In his first All-Star Game he went 1–2 with a Double.

Florida/Miami Marlins

Buck agreed to a three-year contract with the Florida Marlins worth $18 million on November 15, 2010.[1] The deal was confirmed on November 17, 2010.[2] In his first game with the Marlins, he hit a grand slam off of New York Mets pitcher Mike Pelfrey.[8]
In 2011, he had the lowest percentage of runners caught stealing of all major league catchers, at .170.[9]
In 2012, Buck hit .192/.297/.347 with 12 HR and 41 RBI in 106 games while throwing out 27% of runners.[citation needed]

Return to Toronto

On November 19, 2012, Buck was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays along with Josh Johnson, José Reyes, Mark Buehrle, and Emilio Bonifacio, in exchange for Jeff Mathis, Adeiny Hechavarria, Henderson Álvarez, Yunel Escobar, Jake Marisnick, Anthony DeSclafani and Justin Nicolino




Year Team Lg Level Unif Org Age Pos Rk G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP IBB SH SF DP AVG OBP SLG OPS GS GS% TB PA outs RC RC/G babip
1998 GCL Astros GCL Rk - hou 17 c - 36 126 24 36 9 0 3 15 2 2 13 22 2 0 1 0 0 .286 .362 .429 790 - - 54 142 93 22 6.3 .327
1999 Auburn NYPL A- hou 18 c 83 63 233 36 57 17 0 3 29 7 1 25 48 5 1 1 2 7 .245 .328 .356 685 - - 83 266 187 29 4.2 .293
Michigan Midw A - hou 18 c - 4 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .250 .200 450 - - 2 12 9 0 1.3 .143
2000 Michigan Midw A - hou 19 c 24 109 390 57 110 33 0 10 71 2 4 55 81 5 6 0 5 8 .282 .374 .444 817 - - 173 455 297 69 6.3 .329
2001 Lexington SAL A 14 hou 20 c 18 122 443 72 122 24 1 22 73 4 9 37 84 12 0 2 4 8 .275 .345 .483 828 - - 214 498 344 76 6.0 .293
2002 Round Rock Tex AA hou 21 c 23 120 448 48 118 29 3 12 89 2 3 31 93 6 1 0 9 11 .263 .314 .422 736 - - 189 494 353 62 4.7 .301
2003 New Orleans PCL AAA - hou 22 c - 78 274 32 70 18 2 2 39 1 0 14 53 4 0 1 0 11 .255 .301 .358 659 - - 98 293 216 28 3.5 .311
2004 New Orleans PCL AAA 14 hou 23 c - 65 227 31 68 11 0 12 35 0 1 21 39 4 2 1 1 13 .300 .368 .507 874 - - 115 254 175 41 6.3 .316
KC Royals AL MLB 2 kc 23 c - 71 238 36 56 9 0 12 30 1 1 15 79 0 0 4 1 6 .235 .280 .424 704 69 97 101 258 194 25 3.4 .297
2005 KC Royals AL MLB 2 kc 24 c - 118 401 40 97 21 1 12 47 2 2 23 94 3 2 1 2 9 .242 .287 .389 676 112 95 156 430 318 43 3.6 .286
2006 KC Royals AL MLB 14 kc 25 c - 114 371 37 91 21 1 11 50 0 2 26 84 7 2 4 1 7 .245 .306 .396 702 107 94 147 409 294 45 4.1 .289
2007 KC Royals AL MLB 14 kc 26 c 88 113 347 41 77 18 0 18 48 0 1 36 92 10 0 0 6 11 .222 .308 .429 738 105 93 149 399 288 46 4.3 .243
2008 KC Royals AL MLB 14 kc 27 c - 109 370 48 83 23 1 9 48 0 3 38 96 6 2 0 4 12 .224 .304 .365 669 105 96 135 418 306 38 3.4 .275
2009 Omaha PCL AAA kc 28 c - 7 27 3 7 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 .259 .259 .519 778 - - 14 27 21 3 4.4 .278
KC Royals AL MLB 14 kc 28 c - 59 186 16 46 12 4 8 36 1 1 13 55 1 0 1 1 2 .247 .299 .484 782 48 81 90 202 145 28 5.2 .306
2010 New Hampshire East AA - tor 29 c - 3 11 2 3 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .333 .818 1152 - - 9 12 8 3 10.6 .167
Toronto AL MLB 14 tor 29 c 87 118 409 53 115 25 0 20 66 0 0 16 111 6 1 0 6 6 .281 .314 .489 802 108 92 200 437 306 63 5.6 .335
2011 Florida NL MLB 14 fla 30 c - 140 466 41 106 15 1 16 57 0 1 54 115 7 7 2 1 11 .227 .316 .367 683 129 92 171 530 375 52 3.7 .268
2012 Miami NL MLB 14 mia 31 - 106 343 29 66 15 1 12 41 0 0 49 103 3 5 1 2 8 .192 .297 .347 644 - - 119 398 288 33 3.1 .235



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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Its worth noting that I believe the Blue Jays are going to cover $4MM of his $6MM contract.

Mack Ade said...

yeah, and this is a great one-year backup... solid power bat off the bench good for 10-HRs