Don Buford
Born: February 2, 1937, Linden, TXHeight: 5'7" Weight: 160 Bats: Both Throws: Right
College: Southern California
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1963 Chicago AL 26 12 42 9 12 17 1 2 0 5 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 7 1 .286 .405 .354 1964 Chicago AL 27 135 442 62 116 154 14 6 4 30 8 3 12 7 44 2 5 62 7 .262 .348 .337 1965 Chicago AL 28 155 586 93 166 228 22 5 10 47 6 5 17 7 63 4 4 76 6 .283 .389 .358 1966 Chicago AL 29 163 607 85 148 212 26 7 8 52 17 2 51 22 66 3 3 71 3 .244 .349 .323 1967 Chicago AL 30 156 535 61 129 169 10 9 4 32 4 4 34 21 62 3 1 51 3 .241 .316 .322 1968 Baltimore AL 31 130 426 65 120 186 13 4 15 46 1 6 27 12 52 5 4 46 1 .282 .437 .367 1969 Baltimore AL 32 144 554 99 161 231 31 3 11 64 3 5 19 18 89 7 5 62 5 .291 .417 .397 1970 Baltimore AL 33 144 504 99 137 207 15 2 17 66 3 5 16 8 101 8 8 55 1 .272 .411 .406 1971 Baltimore AL 34 122 449 99 130 214 19 4 19 54 2 2 15 7 74 15 7 62 2 .290 .477 .413 1972 Baltimore AL 35 125 408 46 84 109 6 2 5 22 3 1 8 3 59 10 4 83 5 .206 .267 .326 TOTALS 1286 4553 718 1203 1727 157 44 93 418 47 34 200 105 615 57 41 575 34 .264 .379 .362
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1963 Chicago AL 3B 78.0 8 1 0 9 10 11 1 1 .955 2.42 1963 Chicago AL 2B 13.0 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 .800 2.77 1964 Chicago AL 2B 713.1 85 7 39 92 196 198 13 60 .968 4.97 1964 Chicago AL 3B 224.0 22 15 0 37 30 63 3 5 .969 3.74 1965 Chicago AL 2B 1105.1 128 11 43 139 326 357 13 93 .981 5.56 1965 Chicago AL 3B 180.1 15 26 6 41 13 59 1 9 .986 3.59 1966 Chicago AL 3B 1096.2 121 12 15 133 98 301 26 24 .939 3.27 1966 Chicago AL 2B 270.0 31 6 8 37 88 81 8 18 .955 5.63 1966 Chicago AL LF 39.2 4 4 1 8 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.27 1966 Chicago AL RF 20.0 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 1967 Chicago AL 3B 918.0 94 28 16 122 95 250 19 16 .948 3.38 1967 Chicago AL 2B 328.0 39 12 19 51 102 99 8 30 .962 5.52 1967 Chicago AL LF 7.0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 1968 Baltimore AL 2B 369.1 37 20 5 57 109 107 8 22 .964 5.26 1968 Baltimore AL CF 296.0 42 0 31 42 84 1 0 0 1.000 2.58 1968 Baltimore AL LF 200.2 22 5 7 27 45 2 0 0 1.000 2.11 1968 Baltimore AL 3B 8.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1968 Baltimore AL RF 14.0 2 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 1969 Baltimore AL LF 1121.2 128 0 27 128 225 7 4 1 .983 1.86 1969 Baltimore AL 2B 70.0 8 3 3 11 22 21 2 2 .956 5.53 1969 Baltimore AL 3B 33.0 3 3 0 6 5 10 0 2 1.000 4.09 1970 Baltimore AL LF 1117.2 125 4 11 129 220 11 2 3 .991 1.86 1970 Baltimore AL 3B 25.0 2 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.08 1970 Baltimore AL 2B 15.0 1 3 1 4 2 4 1 0 .857 3.60 1971 Baltimore AL LF 988.2 113 2 13 115 215 5 3 0 .987 2.00 1972 Baltimore AL LF 903.1 101 4 4 105 173 7 2 1 .989 1.79
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (November, 1959).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bruce Howard and Roger Nelson to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder and John Matias (November 29, 1967).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (February 2, 1973).
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