:Kevin Buckley

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1959)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Kevin Buckley

| image =

| position = Designated hitter

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|01|16}}

| birth_place= Quincy, Massachusetts

| death_date =

| death_place=

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = September 4

| debutyear = 1984

| debutteam = Texas Rangers

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 25

| finalyear = 1984

| finalteam = Texas Rangers

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .286

| stat2label = Hits

| stat2value = 2

| stat3label = Runs

| stat3value = 1

| teams =

• Texas Rangers ({{by|1984}})

}}

Kevin John Buckley (born January 16, 1959) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player who played for the Texas Rangers in 1984.

A native of Quincy, Massachusetts, Buckley attended Braintree High School prior to attending the University of Maine.{{cite web|title=University of Maine Baseball Players Who Made It to the Major Leagues |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_maine_baseball_players.shtml |work=Baseball-Almanac.com |accessdate=July 20, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602171440/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_maine_baseball_players.shtml |archivedate=June 2, 2004 |url-status=dead }} In 1978, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}} With Maine's baseball team, Buckley appeared in the 1981 College World Series. Drafted in the 17th round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft, Buckley made his major league debut with the Texas Rangers on September 4, 1984. Appearing in 5 career games as a designated hitter, Buckley went 2–7 with 4 strike outs.[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Kevin-Buckley.shtml Profile] The Baseball Cube