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William Joseph Buckner (December 14, 1949 – May 27, 2019) was an American first baseman and left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for five teams from 1969 through 1990, most notably the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Boston Red Sox.
Some Cub fans believe the Gatorade spilled on Durham's glove amounted to a curse, similar to the goat and Bartman curses of Cub lore. The play would also turn out to be very similar, in style and effect, to Bill Buckner's much-discussed error in the 1986 World Series.
Bill Buckner played for 5 teams; the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, California Angels and Kansas City Royals. How many World Series has Bill Buckner won? Bill Buckner never won a World Series.
The baseball world mourned the loss of Bill Buckner, an All-Star first baseman who amassed more than 2,700 hits and won a batting title in his 22-year career, after he died Monday at the age of 69 following a battle with Lewy body dementia.
Buckner made his big league debut with the Dodgers at 19 in 1969 and became a batting champ with the Cubs. He had a career .289 average and totaled over 100 RBIs in three seasons, twice with...
Bill Buckner, a star hitter who became known for making one of the most infamous plays in major league history, died at age 69 after battling Lewy body dementia, his family said in a statement.
Bill Buckner passed away in 2019; here’s the obituary I posted at the time, which has some of his career numbers and highlights. And it was 37 years ago today that he was traded to Boston.