# Buck Jordan

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1907–1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name       = Buck Jordan
| image      = BuckJordanGoudeycard.jpg
| caption    = 1934 [Goudey](/source/Goudey) baseball card
| position   = [First baseman](/source/First_baseman)
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1907|1|16}}
| birth_place = [Cooleemee, North Carolina](/source/Cooleemee%2C_North_Carolina), U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1993|3|18|1907|1|16}}
| death_place = [Salisbury, North Carolina](/source/Salisbury%2C_North_Carolina), U.S.
| bats       = Left
| throws     = Right
|debutleague = MLB
| debutdate  = September 15
| debutyear  = 1927
| debutteam  = New York Giants
|finalleague = MLB
| finaldate  = October 2
| finalyear  = 1938
| finalteam  = Philadelphia Phillies
|statleague = MLB
| stat1label = [Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
| stat1value = .299
| stat2label = [Home runs](/source/Home_runs)
| stat2value = 17
| stat3label = [Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
| stat3value = 281
| teams      = 
* [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(NL)) ({{mlby|1927}}, {{mlby|1929}})
* [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)) ({{mlby|1931}})
* [Boston Braves](/source/Boston_Braves_(baseball)) ({{mlby|1932}}–{{mlby|1937}})
* [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds) ({{Baseball year|1937}}–{{mlby|1938}})
* [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) ({{mlby|1938}})
}}
'''Baxter Byerly''' "'''Buck'''" '''Jordan''' (January 16, 1907 – March 18, 1993) was an American [first baseman](/source/first_baseman) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) who played for the [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(NL)) (1927–1929), [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)) (1931), [Boston Braves](/source/Boston_Braves_(baseball)) (1932–1937), [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds) (1937–1938) and [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) (1938). Jordan batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in [Cooleemee, North Carolina](/source/Cooleemee%2C_North_Carolina).

A solid defensive first baseman and basically a line-drive hitter, Jordan posted high [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball))s in the [minor leagues](/source/Minor_League_Baseball), but his lack of power made him nothing to be feared at the major league level. After playing in part of three seasons with the Giants and Senators, he became a regular with the Boston Braves in 1933 as he twice topped .300, with a career-high .323 in 1936. After that he averaged .290 in the next three seasons, that included stints with the Reds and Phillies. Twice he collected eight hits in a doubleheader, for the Braves in 1936 and with the Phillies in 1938.

In a ten-season career, Jordan was a .299 hitter with 17 [home run](/source/home_run)s and 281 [RBI](/source/run_batted_in) in 811 [games played](/source/games_played).

Jordan died in [Salisbury, North Carolina](/source/Salisbury%2C_North_Carolina), at age 86.

==External links==
{{Baseballstats | br=j/jordabu01 |brm=jordan001bax | fangraphs=1006605}}

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Category:Major League Baseball first basemen
Category:Baseball players from North Carolina
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