Jay Buhner

Jay Buhner is my kind of ballplayer, the sort whose legend outgrows his stat line. "Bone" gave the Mariners a shaved head, a thick goatee, a smear of pine tar on his hip, and a personality you could spot from the cheap seats, all while winning a Gold Glove in right field. What I love is how completely he fused production with character; he was beloved not just for what he did but for who he was on the field. Decades on, Seattle fans still say his name, and to me that durability of affection is the truest measure of a popular athlete.

Name (English)

Jay Buhner

Name (Japanese)

ジェイ・ビューナー

Reading

じぇい・びゅーなー

Born

August 13, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dragon

Origin

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Clear Creek High School

University

McLennan Community College

Awards & achievements

• Rawlings Gold Glove Award

• Official sitehttps://www.JayBuhner.net
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Buhner
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3163219

Tags

• Kentucky
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-20

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.