Buck Bokai Harmon Buck Gin Bokai , often simply referred to as " Buckaroo " Bokai or " Buck " Bokai , was a Human baseball player in the 21st century , considered by many to be one of the greats . Bokai was born on October 31 , 1998 in Marina del Rey , California . ( ) Playing for the London Kings , Bokai began his career in the Major Leagues at shortstop , his rookie year being 2015 . Some considered him the only asset of the Kings that year . ( ) In his first three years in the Major Leagues , Bokai , a switch hitter , hit twenty home run s a year right - handed . In his fourth year , Old Crow moved Bokai to second in the batting order and he never hit more than ten home runs a year batting right - handed . ( ) In 2019 , Bokai began his rookie year in the Planetary Baseball League for the Crenshaw Monarchs . The next year , he was the pivotal figure in a twelve - man trade with the Gotham City Bats , where he played two years . He played a season for and then two seasons with Seibu before signing with the London Kings in 2025 . That year , he was two games shy of beating Joe DiMaggio ' s consecutive game hitting streak . In early 2026 , Bokai was # 311 in the " Greatest Heroes of the Planetary Baseball League " baseball card set , printed by the Planetary Baseball League , Inc . ( ) Later in 2026 , while playing shortstop for the Kings , Bokai broke the record for most consecutive games with a hit in a single season , which had previously been set by Joe DiMaggio in 1941 . ( ) He broke the record with a " squeaker " that went just under Eddie Newsom ' s glove . ( ) In 2032 , while a third baseman , Bokai broke another of Joe DiMaggio ' s long - standing records in Game Five of the World Series . Despite this , the New York Yankees won the series in game six . ( ) Bokai remained with the Kings throughout his career , until 2042 , when the team made it to the final World Series . With the decline of the sport , only 300 spectators attended the last game of the series , which was won through a home run , hit by Bokai . Even though he thought he could have lasted five more years , Bokai retired from baseball soon after the series . ( ) Buck Bokai passed away in the early 22nd century . ( ) The image of Bokai was used by aliens who were on a mission of exploration and had followed a ship through the Bajoran wormhole to Deep Space 9 . His people wanted to learn more about humanoid s and became interested in the concept of imagination . The image was processed from Captain Benjamin Sisko ' s memories . ( ) Background information . According to the , " " The player who broke DiMaggio ' s record was mentioned in " The Big Goodbye " ( TNG ) , but he remained nameless until " If Wishes Were Horses " ( DS9 ) . " The Big Goodbye " establishes that Bokai broke DiMaggio ' s record in 2026 , but " One Small Step " puts the event on October 19 , 2032 , during game five of the World Series . We suspect that the graviton ellipse probably has something to do with the inconsistency . The character ' s name actually originated in a baseball card proposed by illustrator ( and baseball fan ) Ricardo Delgado as a decorative item for Ben Sisko ' s desk . Fellow baseball fan ( and executive producer ) Michael Piller suggested the card feature a 21st - century player , which would make it a valuable collectors ' item to the 24th - century Ben Sisko . " Star Trek " model maker Greg Jein ( yet another baseball fan ) got into the act at this point , providing photos of himself in a baseball jersey that were converted into a prop card . Greg also provided the fictional " history " of his character and the statistics that appeared on the card . Bokai , whose name was a vague allusion to Buckaroo Banzai , from the movie of the same name , was mentioned in " The Storyteller " ( DS9 ) , but not actually seen until " If Wishes Were Horses " , in which Bokai was played by actor Keone Young , who bore an uncanny resemblance to Jein . The prop baseball card , which was revised after the episode , has Young ' s photo on the front , but still shows Jein on the back . " " Much of this information was repeated in the " " ( p . 54 ) The front and back sides of the prop baseball card was seen in the . The Jein card and Sisko ' s Bokai baseball were later added as a display items to " " exhibition part of the Las Vegas " " attraction . In " If Wishes Were Horses " , Jadzia Dax stated that Buck Bokai died " two hundred years ago " , which would place his death around 2169 . That seemed unlikely , as he would have been 171 years old . Later in the episode , the alien impersonating Bokai stated he died two hundred years before Benjamin Sisko was born , which was around 2132 . He would have been 134 years old then .