Jim Bucher

Infobox MLB retired
name=Jim Bucher
position=Third Baseman


bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=March 11, 1911
deathdate=death date and age|2004|10|21|1911|3|11
debutdate= April 18
debutyear= 1934
debutteam= Brooklyn Dodgers
finaldate=September 29
finalyear=1945
finalteam=Boston Red Sox
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.265
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=17
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=193
teams=
* Brooklyn Dodgers (1934-1937)
* St. Louis Cardinals (1938)
* Boston Red Sox (1944-1945)
highlights=

James Quinter Bucher (March 24, 1911 - October 21, 2004) was an infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1934-1937), St. Louis Cardinals (1938) and Boston Red Sox (1944-1945). A native of Manassas, Virginia, Bucher batted left handed and threw right handed. He debuted on April 18, 1943 and played his final game on September 29, by|1945.

Bucher was a defensively versatile player with decent abilitiies at third base, second, and any of the three outfield positions. His most productive season came with the 1935 Dodgers, when he posted career-highs in batting average (.302), home runs (7), RBI (58), runs (72), hits (143), doubles (22), and games played (123). In 1937 he was sent to the Cardinals along with Johnny Cooney in the same trade that brought Leo Durocher to Brooklyn. He ended his majors career with the Boston Red Sox.

In a seven-season career, Bucher was a .265 hitter with 17 home runs and 193 RBI in 554 games.

Bucher died in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, at age 93.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bucheji01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pbuchj101.htm Retrosheet]