What is Bill Buckner?
[[File:Bill Buckner of the Boston Red Sox.jpg|thumb|210px|Buckner with the [[Boston Red Sox]]]] '''William Joseph Buckner''' (December 14, 1949 – May 27, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] professional [[baseball]] player. He played as a [[first baseman]] in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) between 1969 and 1990. During his career, he played for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], [[Chicago Cubs]], [[Boston Red Sox]], [[California Angels]] and [[Kansas City Royals]]. He won a batting title in 1980. He also represented the Cubs at the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] in 1981. Buckner famously made an error fielding a ground ball in the tenth inning when playing for the Red Sox that ended Game 6 of the 1986 [[World Series]] against the [[New York Mets]]. The moment has since become a very famous event in baseball history. Buckner was born in [[Vallejo, California]]. He was married to Jody and had three children. Buckner died of [[Lewy body dementia]] on May 27, 2019 in [[Boise, Idaho]]. He was 69.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com.au/mlb/story/_/id/26832836/bill-buckner-dies-69-battling-dementia|title=Bill Buckner dies at 69 after battling dementia|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=May 27, 2019|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} {{Baseballstats|mlb=111663|espn=371|br=b/bucknbi01|fangraphs=1001625|cube=9378|brm=buckne002wil}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckner, Bill}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Baseball players from California]] [[Category:Boston Red Sox players]] [[Category:California Angels players]] [[Category:Chicago Cubs players]] [[Category:Deaths from dementia with Lewy bodies]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Idaho]] [[Category:Kansas City Royals players]] [[Category:Los Angeles Dodgers players]] [[Category:National League All-Stars]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}