Bucky Dent

Bucky Dent is proof that baseball immortality can hinge on a single swing. A gritty shortstop out of Savannah by way of Hialeah, he wasn't a slugger, which makes his 1978 playoff home run against Boston all the more legendary. I love that the game remembers him for one impossible moment rather than gaudy career totals. He bounced through the White Sox, Yankees, Rangers, and Royals, then returned to manage in the Bronx. To me he embodies the unpredictable drama of the sport, where a defensive specialist can author the most famous home run of a season.

Name (English)

Bucky Dent

Name (Japanese)

バッキー・デント

Reading

ばっきー・でんと

Born

November 25, 1951 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rabbit

Origin

Savannah, Georgia, United States

Occupation

professional baseball player / shortstop / baseball manager

High school

Hialeah High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky%20Dent
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4983591

Tags

• Georgia
• professional baseball player
• shortstop
• baseball manager

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.