Bucky Dent Baseball player

Russell Earl "Bucky" Dent (born Russell Earl O'Dey; November 25, 1951), is a former American 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, and was voted the World Series MVP in 1978. Dent is most famous for his home run in a tie-breaker game against the Boston Red Sox at the end of the 1978 season.

Personal facts

Bucky Dent
Alias (AKA)Dent Russell Earl; O'Dey Russell Earl
Birth dateNovember 25, 1951
Birth place
Savannah Georgia

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Baseball player

Career startJune 01, 1973
Career endSeptember 11, 1984
batting sideRight
former teams
Chicago White Sox
Kansas City Royals
position
Shortstop
teams
Chicago White Sox
Kansas City Royals
Texas Rangers (baseball)
New York Yankees
throwing sideRight

Bucky Dent on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.buckydentbaseballschool.com