Cy Buker
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Cyril Owen Buker (February 5, 1918 – October 11, 2011) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. The 26-year-old rookie right-hander stood Script error: No such module "convert". and weighed Script error: No such module "convert"..
Buker is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. He made his major league debut in relief on May 17, 1945, against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Ebbets Field. His first major league win came in his first start, on June 21, 1945, as the Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 9–2 at Shibe Park.[1] Andy Karl was the losing pitcher.[1]
His season and career totals for 42 games include a 7–2 record, four games started, 22 games finished, five saves, and an ERA of 3.30 in 87<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄3 innings pitched. Besides pitching well, Buker could swing the bat. He was 3-for-16 (.188) with a walk and two runs batted in.
Following his Brooklyn days, Buker eventually returned to his hometown of Greenwood, Wisconsin where he began a successful coaching career, eventually being named to the Wisconsin Football and Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. His son, Tom, would later coach at the school, leading it to class C titles in boys' basketball and baseball in 1988.[2]
Buker died on October 11, 2011, in Greenwood, Wisconsin.[3]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ 'Milwaukee Sentinel,' "Greenwood Coach Not Charge", November 8, 1988, pg. 9
- ↑ Cy Buker ObituaryScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
Script error: No such module "Portal".
- Career statistics from Script error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Pages with script errors
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from Wisconsin
- Brooklyn Dodgers players
- 1918 births
- 2011 deaths
- People from Greenwood, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Badgers baseball players
- Clinton Giants players
- Wausau Timberjacks players
- Wisconsin Rapids White Sox players
- St. Paul Saints (AA) players
- Montreal Royals players
- Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
- Kansas City Blues (baseball) players
- Little Rock Travelers players
- Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
- Lincoln A's players
- Sioux City Soos players
- 20th-century American sportsmen