finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue image_size position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1990 left vallejo , california , u.s. 1969 may 30 .289 2,715 174 1,208 225px first baseman boston red sox batting average hits home runs runs batted in september 21 14 december 1949 bill buckner of the boston red sox.jpg bill buckner
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bill buckner

william joseph `` bill '' buckner -lrb- born december 14 , 1949 -rrb- is a former major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- first baseman .
he appeared in mlb from 1969 through 1990 .
during his career , he played for the los angeles dodgers , chicago cubs , boston red sox , california angels , and kansas city royals .
buckner accumulated over 2,700 hits in his twenty-year career , won a batting title in , and represented the cubs at the all-star game the following season .
despite his successes , buckner is best remembered for a fielding error during game 6 of the 1986 world series against the new york mets , a play that has since become prominently entrenched in new england sports lore .
