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{{short description|American baseball manager}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Al Buckenberger
|position=[[Manager (baseball)|Manager]]
|image= Al Buckenberger 1914 Syracuse Herald.jpg
|bats=Unknown
|throws=Unknown
|birth_date={{Birth date|1861|1|31}}
|birth_place=[[Detroit, Michigan]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1917|7|1|1861|1|31}}
|death_place=[[Syracuse, New York]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= April 18 
|debutyear= 1889
|debutteam= Columbus Solons
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate= April 8
|finalyear= 1904
|finalteam= Boston Beaneaters
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Games managed
|stat1value=1,043
|stat2label=Win–loss record
|stat2value=488–539–16 
|stat3label=Winning %
|stat3value=.475
|teams=
* [[Columbus Solons]] ({{Baseball year|1889}}&ndash;{{Baseball year|1890}})
* [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{Baseball year|1892}}&ndash;{{Baseball year|1894}})
* [[St. Louis Browns (NL)|St. Louis Browns]] ({{Baseball year|1895}})
* [[Boston Beaneaters]] ({{Baseball year|1902}}&ndash;{{Baseball year|1904}})
}}
'''Albert C. Buckenberger''' (January 31, 1861 – July 1, 1917) was an American [[manager (baseball)|manager]] in [[Major League Baseball]].

==Early life==
Buckenberger was born in [[Detroit, Michigan]], and began his career as an [[infielder]], and then manager for minor league teams in the Midwest.

==Major career==
In 1889 he became manager of the ''[[Columbus Solons]]'' of the [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]] for two seasons.

After a year at the minor league [[Sioux City, Iowa]] ''Cornhuskers'' he joined the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] ''[[Pittsburgh Pirates]]'' from 1892 to 1894, and then the ''[[St. Louis Browns]]'' for a year. He managed the ''[[Toronto Maple Leafs (International League)|Toronto Maple Leafs]]'', and the ''[[Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball)|Syracuse Stars]]'' of the [[Eastern League (1884)|Eastern League]] for a year each, taking Syracuse to a first place finish in 1897. He then managed the Eastern League ''[[Rochester Bronchos]]'' from 1899 to 1901, finishing first-second-first.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Following this he rejoined the National League as manager of the ''[[Boston Beaneaters]]'' from 1902 to 1904.  He returned to Rochester between 1905 and 1908.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Al Buckenberger also served as club president at Pittsburgh. His biggest successes were finishing second in the American Association in 1890 and finishing second in the National League at Pittsburgh in 1893.

==Later life==
After his major league days he was part of a group, together with [[Francis Richter]], editor of [[Sporting Life (American newspaper)|Sporting Life]], and fellow manager [[Billy Barnie]] that tried and failed to resurrect the American Association.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Edmonds |first1=Edmond P. |title=Arthur Soden 's Legacy: The Origins and Early History of Baseball's Reserve System |journal=Albany Government Law Review |date=2012 |volume=5 |pages=39–89 |url=https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1425&context=law_faculty_scholarship |access-date=June 28, 2020}}</ref>

Buckenberger died at age 56 in [[Syracuse, New York]].

==Managerial record==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Games!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
![[1889 Columbus Solons season|COL]]||[[1889 in baseball|1889]]
||140||60||78|| {{winpct|60|78}} || 6th in AA || – || – || – ||
|-
![[1890 Columbus Solons season|COL]]||[[1890 in baseball|1890]]
||80||41||39|| {{winpct|41|39}} || Replaced || – || – || – ||
|-
! colspan="2"|COL total || 220 || 99 || 119 || {{winpct|99|119}} || || - || - || - ||
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1892 Pittsburgh Pirates season|PIT]]|| rowspan="2"| [[1892 in baseball|1892]]
||29||15||14||{{Winning percentage|15|14}}|| 6th in NL || rowspan="2"| – || rowspan="2"| – || rowspan="2"| – || rowspan="2"| –
|-
||66||38||27||{{Winning percentage|38|27}}|| 4th in NL
|-
![[1893 Pittsburgh Pirates season|PIT]]||[[1893 in baseball|1893]]
||131||81||48|| {{winpct|81|48}} || 2nd in NL|| – || – || – ||
|-
![[1894 Pittsburgh Pirates season|PIT]]||[[1894 in baseball|1894]]
||110||53||55|| {{winpct|53|55}} || 7th in NL|| – || – || – ||
|-
! colspan="2"|PIT total || 336 || 187||144 || {{winpct|187|144}} || || - || - || - ||
|-
![[1895 St. Louis Browns season|STL]]||[[1895 in baseball|1895]]
||50||16||34|| {{winpct|16|34}} || Replaced|| – || – || – ||
|-
![[1902 Boston Beaneaters season|BOS]]||[[1902 in baseball|1902]]
||142||73||64|| {{winpct|73|64}} || 3rd in NL|| – || – || – ||
|-
![[1903 Boston Beaneaters season|BOS]]||[[1903 in baseball|1903]]
||140||58||80 ||{{winpct|58|80}} || 6th in NL || – || – || – ||
|-
![[1904 Boston Beaneaters season|BOS]]||[[1904 in baseball|1904]]
||155||55||98|| {{winpct|55|98}} || 7th in NL|| – || – || – ||
|-
! colspan="2"|BOS total || 437 || 186||242|| {{winpct|186|242}} || || - || - || - ||
|-
! colspan="2"|Total<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Buckenberger |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/buckeal99.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref> || 1,043 {{efn|Buckenberger also managed in sixteen games that ended in a tie}} || 488 ||539 || {{winpct|488|539}} || || - || -|| - || 
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/buckeal99.shtml Baseball-Reference.com] – career managing record
* [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54323934/al-buckenberger-obituary/ Al Buckenberger obituary]

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