Baseball Projection Banner
Batting Leaders Pitching Leaders Fielding Leaders

Russell Earl Dent

First name: Bucky

Last name: Dent

Birthdate: 1951-11-25

Bats: R   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 113275

Retro ID: dentb001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1973CHA1.70.62.30.31.01.43
1974CHA7.02.89.72.04.94.915
1975CHA8.22.911.22.15.45.816
1976CHA7.92.810.8-0.23.07.89
1977NYA6.82.79.52.24.94.515
1978NYA5.32.17.42.85.02.415
1979NYA6.22.58.71.94.54.313
1980NYA6.82.69.43.46.23.219
1981NYA3.31.34.61.32.62.08
1982NYA2.20.93.1-0.70.22.81
1982TEX2.10.82.90.61.51.54
1983TEX5.82.38.0-0.51.86.25
1984KCA0.10.10.2-0.10.00.20
Career63.424.487.815.141.047.0123

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1973CHA132-5-601110100-39.1-0.30.10.0-0.25
1974CHA552-5-73-2001600-59.3-0.50.6-0.10.022
1975CHA662-14-160-1028700-79.2-0.80.7-0.1-0.230
1976CHA627-15-151-20-1-10700-279.1-3.00.7-0.1-2.412
1977NYA540-13-12-3-11111600-39.7-0.30.6-0.10.232
1978NYA415-14-13230-11650078.90.80.50.01.332
1979NYA490-25-23120-217600-59.5-0.50.60.00.136
1980NYA553-7-6-1-31-11860089.70.80.60.11.538
1981NYA258-100-410330008.20.00.30.00.313
1982NYA173-19-1811011200-149.5-1.50.20.0-1.38
1982TEX164-7-601003200-29.1-0.20.20.00.09
1983TEX450-22-20-1-32-20500-248.6-2.80.50.1-2.217
1984KCA10000000-1000-19.2-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career5,026-147-1423-86-2675600-76--8.45.6-0.2-3.0254

Defense

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1973 CHA 2B 26 5 -1.0 -1 -1 0 0 0.1 0.1 0 -1
1973 CHA 3B 9 1 0.0 0 0 -1 -1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1973 CHA SS 967 199 1.0 1 1 2 4 -0.2 0.7 0 1
1974 CHA SS 4226 814 -3.0 -1 -1 -6 -8 0.9 1.0 2 1
1975 CHA SS 4513 880 8.0 10 7 16 6 3.3 -2.1 1 8
1976 CHA SS 4363 769 -13.0 -13 -9 -42 -38 -1.1 0.2 -1 -10
1977 NYA SS 4153 717 14.0 13 9 1 -8 1.3 0.9 2 11
1978 NYA SS 3075 527 22.0 22 16 12 17 0.6 -0.9 0 16
1979 NYA SS 3804 725 17.0 17 12 36 56 2.4 2.8 5 17
1980 NYA SS 3885 746 26.0 26 19 41 44 -0.5 -0.2 -1 18
1981 NYA SS 1875 349 1.0 1 1 -2 0 1.8 -0.3 2 3
1982 NYA SS 1342 253 1.0 1 1 0 6 0.6 -1.0 0 1
1982 TEX SS 1282 224 1.0 1 1 -1 10 1.3 0.2 2 3
1983 TEX SS 3421 564 2.0 2 1 -24 3 0.3 -1.0 -1 0
1984 KCA 3B 31 4 0.0 0 0 0 -1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1984 KCA SS 88 10 -1.0 -1 -1 -6 -4 0.0 0.0 0 -1
2B 26 5 -1.0 -1 -1 0 0 0.1 0.1 0 -1
3B 40 5 0.0 0 0 -1 -2 0.0 0.0 0 0
SS 36994 6777 76.0 79 57 27 88 10.7 0.3 11 68

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1977NYA0.50.20.70.00.10.50
1978NYA0.50.20.70.30.40.21
1980NYA0.20.00.2-0.2-0.20.4-1
Career1.20.41.60.10.31.10

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1977NYA37-1-10000-1000-29.5-0.20.00.0-0.21
1978NYA40-1-111000000110.00.10.00.00.11
1980NYA12-2-200000000-27.8-0.30.00.0-0.30
Career89-4-41100-1000-3--0.40.00.0-0.42

Glossary

Click to expand glossary
Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by
Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".