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**Travis Buck**
Travis Buck
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	Oakland Athletics — No. 6
	Right fielder
	Born: November 18, 1983 (age 26); Richland, Washington
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	April 2, 2007 for the Oakland Athletics
Career statistics; (through 2009)
Batting average	.257
Home runs	17
Runs batted in	69
Teams
	Oakland Athletics (2007–present);

Travis George Buck (born November 18, 1983, in Richland, Washington) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics. He was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 23rd round (700th overall) in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft.

He did not sign with the Mariners and elected to attend Arizona State University. He was later drafted by the Athletics as the 36th overall selection of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft.

[edit] College career

Buck played college baseball for Arizona State University (along with Dustin Pedroia) from 2003-2005. He is # 8 in the ASU all-time hits category with 272, and his 110 hits in 2005 are the ninth-most in Sun Devils history. In 2004 and 2005, he was selected as a Pac-10 Conference All-Star outfielder, and in 2004 he was a gold medal winner with the USA Baseball National Team.^[1]

[edit] Professional career

In 2006, Buck split time between High A (the Stockton Ports) and Double-A (the Midland RockHounds). He finished the year hitting .302 for Midland with four home runs in 212 at-bats. He was selected as an outfielder for the United States in the All-Star Futures Game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.^[2]

Prior to 2007, Buck was rated as the top prospect in the Oakland organization^[3] and the #50 prospect in Major League Baseball^[4] by Baseball America. He was in the Opening Day lineup for Oakland due to an injury to first baseman Dan Johnson, which prompted manager Bob Geren to shift Nick Swisher to first base and tab Buck as the starting right fielder.^[5] Buck went 1-3 in the game, with his first major league hit being a double off Mariners starting pitcher Félix Hernández.

Buck was the opening day right fielder for the Athletics in 2008, but struggled mightily. He spent much of the season at Triple-A Sacramento, before being recalled in September.

[edit] Statistics

Year	Ag	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GDP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2007	23	OAK	AL	82	285	41	82	22	5	7	34	135	39	2	66	2	4	4	9	4	1	.288	.377	.474	.851
2008	24	OAK	AL	38	155	16	35	9	1	7	25	67	11	0	38	0	2	4	2	1	0	.226	.291	.432	.723
Totals:				120	440	57	117	31	6	14	59	202	50	2	104	2	6	8	11	5	1	.266	.347	.459	.806
Roll over stat abbreviations for definitions. Italics: led AL. Bold italics: led MLB.

[edit] Miscellaneous facts

Travis comes out to the song The Game by Motörhead for his at bats at Athletics home games.
Travis appears on the back of Kellogg's Rice Krispies boxes in a 2008 Adidas ad campaign alongside U.S. Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix.

[edit] References

^ ""Player Bio: Travis Buck"". CSTV.com. http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/buck_travis00.html. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
^ ""2006 Futures Game Rosters"". Baseball America. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/futuresgame/rosters/261771.html. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
^ ""Top 10 Prospects: Oakland Athletics"". Baseball America. 2006-12-06. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/262970.html.
^ ""2007 Top 100 Prospects"". Baseball America. 2007-02-28. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/263445.html.
^ ""Four unexpected players make roster"". MLB.com. 2007-04-01. http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070401&content_id=1873923&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak.

[edit] External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

[0] ""Player Bio: Travis Buck"". CSTV.com. http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/buck_travis00.html. Retrieved 2007-08-14.

[1] ""2006 Futures Game Rosters"". Baseball America. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/futuresgame/rosters/261771.html. Retrieved 2007-08-14.

[2] ""Top 10 Prospects: Oakland Athletics"". Baseball America. 2006-12-06. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/262970.html.

[3] ""2007 Top 100 Prospects"". Baseball America. 2007-02-28. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/263445.html.

[4] ""Four unexpected players make roster"". MLB.com. 2007-04-01. http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070401&content_id=1873923&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak.

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