 On July 12, 2013, Bucknor was injured and left an Oakland A's/Boston Red Sox game when he was hit in the facemask by a 92-mile per hour pitch thrown by Jarrod Parker after it grazed Daniel Nava.Bucknor moved to the United States in 1973.He attended State University of New York at Cortland, where he played center field, and received a B.S.