Jim Buccheri

Jim Buccheri
Buccheri in 2013
Outfielder / Second baseman
Born: (1968-11-12) 12 November 1968 (age 56)
Brooklyn, New York
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

James Francis Buccheri (born 12 November 1968) is a baseball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]

Buccheri played high school baseball at Vero Beach High School in Vero Beach, Florida and Cibola High School in New Mexico. He accepted a scholarship to play college baseball at the University of New Mexico but transferred to Golden West College.[2] He was selected in the 24th round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft by the Oakland Athletics after hitting .444 and stealing 46 bases in a season of community college baseball. He had committed to continue his college baseball career at Cal State Fullerton but chose to sign with the Athletics after failing to make the United States national baseball team which played at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]

He began his professional career with the Southern Oregon A's of the Northwest League and played in affiliated Minor League Baseball until 2000, reaching as high as Triple-A. He went on to play several seasons in the Italian Baseball League, ending his career there in 2013.[4]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jim Buccheri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. ^ "THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES : He's Golden West's Man of Steal : It Takes a Thief Like James Buccheri to Run This Kind of Show". Los Angeles Times. March 26, 1988. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Buccheri Signs With the Athletics". Los Angeles Times. June 18, 1988. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Jim Buccheri Minor & Mexican Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved 18 May 2021.


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