Though his career may be unfairly remembered for one infamous error, Bill Buckner was an excellent ballplayer who spent 22 seasons with five teams. He won the NL batting title with the Cubs in 1980, posting a career-high .324 average and retired a .289 hitter with 2,715 hits, 498 doubles, 174 home runs and 1,208 RBI in 2,517 major league games.
Perhaps most remarkable of all, especially given the way the game has changed, Buckner never struck out three times in any of those games. In fact, he went down on strikes only 453 times with 450 walks in
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Bill Buckner, a great ballplayer and beloved member of the Cubs family,” Tom Ricketts said Monday in a release.