James Francis Buccheri (born 12 November 1968) is a baseball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Buccheri played high school baseball at Vero Beach High School in Vero Beach, Florida and Cibola High School in New Mexico. He accepted a scholarship to play college baseball at the University of New Mexico but transferred to Golden West College. He was selected in the 24th round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft by the Oakland Athletics after hitting .444 and stealing 46 bases in a season of community college baseball. He had committed to continue his college baseball career at Cal State Fullerton but chose to sign with the Athletics after failing to make the United States national baseball team which played at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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He began his professional career with the Southern Oregon A's of the Northwest League and played in affiliated Minor League Baseball until 2000, reaching as high as Triple-A. He went on to play several seasons in the Italian Baseball League.

Jim Buccheri

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1968 births

Living people

American expatriate baseball players in Canada

American expatriate baseball players in Mexico

American people of Italian descent

Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Binghamton Mets players

Durham Bulls players

American expatriate baseball players in Italy

American expatriate baseball players in San Marino

Huntsville Stars players

Madison Muskies players

Modesto A's players

Norfolk Tides players

Olympic baseball players for Italy

Orlando Rays players

Ottawa Lynx players

Reno Silver Sox players

Southern Oregon A's players

Baseball players from Brooklyn

St. Petersburg Devil Rays players

Tacoma Tigers players

2006 World Baseball Classic players

Cibola High School alumni

Jim Buccheri