Bucky Dent

Bucky Dent
Bucky Dent
	Dent in 2010
	Shortstop / Manager
	Born: November 25, 1951; Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	June 1, 1973, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
	September 11, 1984, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
Batting average	.247
Home runs	40
Runs batted in	423
Managerial record	36–53
Winning %	.404
Teams
	As player Chicago White Sox (1973–1976); New York Yankees (1977–1982); Texas Rangers (1982–1983); Kansas City Royals (1984); As manager New York Yankees (1989–1990); As coach St. Louis Cardinals (1991–1994); Texas Rangers (1995–2001); Cincinnati Reds (2006–2007);
Career highlights and awards
	3× All-Star (1975, 1980, 1981); 2× World Series champion (1977, 1978); World Series MVP (1978);

Russell Earl "Bucky" Dent (né O'Dey; November 25, 1951) is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals from 1973 to 1984. He managed the Yankees in 1989 and 1990.

Dent earned two World Series rings as the starting shortstop for the Yankees in 1977 and 1978, both over the Los Angeles Dodgers and 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.

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