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Bill Buckner

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Baseball Player

The Resume

    (December 14, 1949-May 27, 2019)
    Played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1969-1976), Chicago Cubs (1977-1984), Boston Red Sox (1984-1987, 1990), California Angels (1987-1988) and Kansas City Royals (1988-1989)
    1981 National League All Star
    1980 National League Batting Champion
    Holds the major league record for most assists in a season by a first baseman (184 in 1985)
    2715 career hits
    .289 career batting average

Why he might be annoying:

    He is best remembered for letting a ground ball (hit by Mookie Wilson) go through his legs which enabled the New York Mets to beat his Boston Red Sox in game six of the 1986 World Series.
    The Red Sox went on to lose that World Series, and the 'Curse of the Bambino' continued (the term used to describe the fact that the Red Sox haven't won a World Series since they traded away Babe Ruth).
    He probably shouldn't have played in that game, since he had very bad knees.
    He and his family received so many threats from Red Sox fans, that they eventually moved out of New England to Idaho.

Why he might not be annoying:

    The Red Sox' loss in game six of the 1986 World Series wasn't entirely his fault, as the Red Sox already blew a two-run, two-out, bases-empty bottom of the tenth lead in that game.
    Also, had he fielded that ball, the game would have simply gone on to the eleventh inning.
    As of 2002, he is 50th on the all time hit list, having more career hits than Hall of Famers Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx, Reggie Jackson, Ernie Banks and Carlton Fisk.
    Despite usually getting a bad rap from Red Sox fans, he was greeted with a standing ovation at Fenway Park in his first home game as a Red Sox player in 1990, after spending a few years with the California (Anaheim) Angels and the Kansas City Royals.
    He is left-handed.

Credit: Whiff Boy


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 112 Votes: 51.79% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 14 Votes: 7.14% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 31.58% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 38 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 48 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 131 Votes: 45.04% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 222 Votes: 43.24% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 293 Votes: 44.03% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 333 Votes: 52.55% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 638 Votes: 54.23% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 496 Votes: 56.65% Annoying