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Share your memories of Jerry Buchek
HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY:
jim barone
August 11, 2001
jerry buchek was the first baseball player that I can remember having the same birthday as myself, may 9th. so he instantly became a met favorite of mine..
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Charlie O'Reilly
April 17, 2002
In the first Met game I ever attended, July 9, 1967 (it was also my first MLB game, just before my 6th birthday), Jerry Buchek pinch-hit for Bud Harrelson (4-for-4) in the 9th inning and homered to tie the score against the Braves. The Mets went on to win on a bases-loaded walk to Ron Swoboda later in the inning.
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Mark
October 10, 2002
I used to love the way the stadium announcer would say Jerry Buchek!
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FRED of Nyack
March 18, 2003
I remember the game where he pinch hit for Bud Harrelson and homered. He had pretty good power but had a terrible hitch in his swing and stuck out quite a bit. I also think he usually had a chaw in his mouth.
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Mook
December 19, 2003
Solid ballplayer. Held Met second base HR mark until Kent, I think. A better ballplayer than Roberto Alomar, probably would have put up similar numbers if he played in the little league parks Robbie played in.
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FeatFan
January 4, 2004
Buchek was a slow footed middle infielder with a little pop in the bat and versatility with the glove. Actually drilled a bunch of mid-season homers in 67 to get a little attention. Another run of the mill stopgap second baseman. Lost job in '68 to Austin native Kenny Boswell.
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Feat Fan
July 8, 2005
One of those scrappy mid 60's middle infielders like Vern Fuller, Bob Johnson, Phil Gagliano that I favored. Buchek had some range at 2b, could fill in at ss and 3b and held the NYM record for most home runs by a 2 bagger in a single season (14) for many years. As a matter of fact, who broke it? We went to a late 67 season game and watched Tug fan 10 in a rare start vrs the Stros. Buchek raps a pair out of the yard. Buchek ss 4 2 2 6 So who does hold the NYM record for most HR's by a 2b? Guessing Jeff Kent in the early 90's.
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VIBaseball
July 17, 2005
I traced the home run record for a Mets 2B in a single-season with baseball-reference.com.Tim Teufel tied Buchek with 14 in just 97 games in 1987. I bet a couple were pinch hits. Gregg Jefferies had 15 in 1990, but it's likely that a few of those came when he was playing 3B. Kent had 21 in 1993; even if a couple came at 3B, he'd have established a new mark. But Edgardo Alfonzo, with 27 in 1999 and 25 in 2000, is the current holder.
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Ray C
July 21, 2005
I was 8 and 9 years old when Buchek played for the Mets. At that time, any guy who hit double digit HR's was a superstar to a young Met fan!
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Putbeds 1986
February 4, 2006
On HBO's When It Was A Game 3, which focused on the 1960's. Howie Rose's voice appears when talking about Bat Day at Shea in the 60's and he got a bat with Jerry's name on it and how he remarked that for the rest of the day that he was Jerry Buchek. By the way, all 3 specials are great and if any of them pop up on HBO, watch them if you haven't seen them yet.
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