Bucky Dent

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bucky Dent
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 25, 1951(1951-11-25)
Age	73
Birthplace	Savannah
Country	United States
Birth City	Georgia
Horoscope	Scorpio

Bucky Dent Biography

Bucky Dent is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on November 25, 1951 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. American Major League Baseball player, who was the starting shortstop for New York Yankees in two World Series. Most well-known for his home run against the Boston Red Sox in 1978’s American League East tiebreaker.

Both he and He and Robinson Cano both won World Series with the Yankees. won the World Series with Yankees.

Dent grew up in Sylvania, Georgia, and Hialeah, Florida, graduating from Hialeah High School. The sixth overall pick in the 1970 MLB draft out of high school, by the age of 21 he was playing shortstop for the Chicago White Sox, wearing uniform number 30. The pressure of succeeding Luis Aparicio at the position was problematic, and the White Sox traded him to the Yankees in early April 1977 for Oscar Gamble, LaMarr Hoyt, a minor leaguer, and $200,000. The Yankees gave him uniform number 20 and they went on to win the World Series that year.

In 1978, Dent is widely remembered for hitting a three-run home run that gave the Yankees a 3–2 lead in the AL East division tie-breaker game against the Boston Red Sox. This was all the more remarkable because Dent was not a power hitter; his seventh-inning home run was one of only 40 he hit in his entire 12-year career. Further, Dent occupied the ninth spot in the batting order, not generally considered a power slot, and did it with a bat borrowed from center fielder Mickey Rivers. The Yankees went on to win the game 5–4 for the division title; Boston was left out of the playoffs, after squandering one of the largest July leads in major league history. A generation of Red Sox fans have since referred to him as “Bucky Fucking Dent.”

Marianne, his wife, has four children with him.

Bucky Dent Net Worth

Bucky Dent is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bucky Dent 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was the sixth selection in the 1970 major-league draft. His career began with the Chicago White Sox.

In 1978, he was named the World Series MVP.

Russell Earl “Bucky” Dent (born Russell Earl O’Dey; November 25, 1951) is an American former Major League Baseball player and manager. He earned two World Series rings as the starting shortstop for the New York Yankees in 1977 and 1978, both over the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games, and he was voted the World Series Most Valuable Player Award in 1978. Dent is most famous for his home run in a tie-breaker game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park at the end of the 1978 regular season.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Bucky Dent height 5 ft 11 in Bucky weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Bucky Dent Dating?

According to our records, Bucky Dent married to Marianne Seywent. As of December 1, 2023, Bucky Dent’s is not dating anyone.

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From 1991 to 1994, Dent served on the coaching staff of the St. Louis Cardinals under manager Joe Torre, moving to the coaching staff of the Texas Rangers from 1995 to 2001.

Facts & Trivia

Bucky Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bucky Dent celebrates birthday on November 25 of every year.

In 2003, when the Green Monster seats were added to Fenway Park, Dent attended the first game and sat in a Green Monster seat that was very near to where his 1978 home run landed. No animosity was displayed towards him by Red Sox fans at that game, who were all cordial to him.

How did Bucky Dent get his nickname?

Dent’s name — without the emphatic vulgarity — sounds like it’s out of a Frank Merriwell novel. The moniker comes from New England’s void of hope carved when Dent went yard on a 1-1 Mike Torrez fastball in a one-game playoff to seal the 1978 American League East championship. “Bucky effing Dent!

What nationality is Bucky Dent?

American

What do they call Bucky Dent in Boston?

On Oct. 2, 1978, Bucky Dent crushed the hopes of Boston Red Sox fans everywhere, forever earning the moniker Bucky ( “Bleeping” ) Dent. Dent, who had four homers all season entering this classic tiebreaking Game No.

Who played with Bucky Dent?

Catfish Hunter$640,000.00
Thurman Munson| $250,000.00
Ken Holtzman| $165,000.00
Bucky Dent| $135,000.00
Chris Chambliss| $134,000.00

Who did Bucky Dent marry?

Marianne Seywent