Terry Charles "Bud" Bulling (December 15, 1952 – March 8, 2014) was a
Major League Baseball
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catcher
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for the
Minnesota Twins
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() and
Seattle Mariners
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(–).
In 1974, while playing for the
Wisconsin Rapids Twins
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, Bulling was accidentally shot in the abdomen by a teammate. The bullet lodged in his
pelvic bone
The hip bone (os coxae, innominate bone, pelvic bone or coxal bone) is a large flat bone, constricted in the center and expanded above and below. In some vertebrates (including humans before puberty) it is composed of three parts: the ilium, ischi ...
and he spent three days in
intensive care
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.
In , Bulling caught
Gaylord Perry
Gaylord Jackson Perry (September 15, 1938 – December 1, 2022) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher for eight different teams from 1962 to 1983. During a 22-year baseb ...
's 300th
win.
Bulling died on March 8, 2014.
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1952 births
2014 deaths
Baseball players from California
Major League Baseball catchers
Minnesota Twins players
Orlando Twins players
People from Lynwood, California
Salt Lake City Gulls players
Seattle Mariners players
Spokane Indians players
Wisconsin Rapids Twins players
Anchorage Glacier Pilots players
Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles baseball players
American shooting survivors
Golden West Rustlers baseball players