Don Buddin
Donald Thomas Buddin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: May 5, 1934 in Turbeville, SC
High School: Olanta (Olanta, SC)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Final Game: September 25, 1962
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1956 22 BOS AL 114 454 377 49 90 24 0 5 37 2 0 65 62 .239 .352 .342 .694 75 129 14 4 2 6 1 *6
1958 24 BOS AL 136 594 497 74 118 25 2 12 43 0 4 82 106 .237 .349 .368 .717 93 183 13 4 9 2 1 *6
1959 25 BOS AL 151 589 485 75 117 24 1 10 53 6 1 92 99 .241 .366 .357 .723 97 173 7 5 5 2 0 *6
1960 26 BOS AL 124 500 428 62 105 21 5 6 36 4 2 62 59 .245 .338 .360 .698 87 154 14 1 3 6 5 *6
1961 27 BOS AL 115 420 339 58 89 22 3 6 42 2 1 72 45 .263 .394 .398 .792 111 135 7 2 6 1 7 *6
1962 28 TOT MLB 71 206 163 24 32 7 1 2 14 1 0 37 33 .196 .351 .288 .640 76 47 4 2 4 0 2 65/4
1962 28 HOU NL 40 100 80 10 13 4 1 2 10 0 0 17 17 .163 .316 .313 .629 75 25 4 1 2 0 2 6/5
1962 28 DET AL 31 106 83 14 19 3 0 0 4 1 0 20 16 .229 .385 .265 .650 77 22 0 1 2 0 0 6/45
6 Seasons 711 2763 2289 342 551 123 12 41 225 15 8 410 404 .241 .358 .359 .717 91 821 59 18 29 17 16
162 Game Avg. 162 630 522 78 126 28 3 9 51 3 2 93 92 .241 .358 .359 .717 91 187 13 4 7 4 4
BOS (5 yrs) 640 2557 2126 318 519 116 11 39 211 14 8 373 371 .244 .359 .364 .723 93 774 55 16 25 17 14
DET (1 yr) 31 106 83 14 19 3 0 0 4 1 0 20 16 .229 .385 .265 .650 77 22 0 1 2 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 40 100 80 10 13 4 1 2 10 0 0 17 17 .163 .316 .313 .629 75 25 4 1 2 0 2
AL (6 yrs) 671 2663 2209 332 538 119 11 39 215 15 8 393 387 .244 .360 .360 .720 92 796 55 17 27 17 14
NL (1 yr) 40 100 80 10 13 4 1 2 10 0 0 17 17 .163 .316 .313 .629 75 25 4 1 2 0 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1956 22 BOS AL 454 309 49 4.2 117 .269 .239 .282 .352 .366 .342 .430 .694 .797 75 .444 -11.8 -1.1 .664 .281 .103 2.9
1958 24 BOS AL 594 407 66 4.3 103 .278 .237 .268 .349 .338 .368 .408 .717 .746 93 .504 -2.3 -0.2 .669 .288 .131 .0
1959 25 BOS AL 589 383 72 5.0 102 .283 .241 .265 .366 .337 .357 .405 .723 .742 97 .563 1.8 0.2 .731 .315 .115 7.5
1960 26 BOS AL 500 348 53 4.1 104 .268 .245 .267 .338 .341 .360 .408 .698 .749 87 .458 -6.3 -0.6 .646 .264 .114 4.8
1961 27 BOS AL 420 265 58 5.8 106 .287 .263 .266 .394 .342 .398 .414 .792 .756 111 .603 9.2 0.9 .814 .351 .136 3.0
1962 28 TOT MLB 206 139 19 3.7 101 .234 .196 .264 .351 .334 .288 .406 .640 .740 76 .402 -3.6 -0.4 .644 .325 .092 1.3
1962 28 HOU NL 100 73 8 2.9 97 .180 .163 .261 .316 .328 .313 .397 .629 .724 75 .308 -2.1 -0.2 .606 .363 .150 .0
1962 28 DET AL 106 66 11 4.5 105 .284 .229 .267 .385 .339 .265 .415 .650 .755 77 .492 -1.5 -0.2 .688 .289 .036 .0
6 Seasons 2763 1851 317 4.6 105 .274 .241 .269 .358 .343 .359 .412 .717 .755 91 .508 -13.0 -1.3 .696 .300 .118 22.0
162 Game Avg. 630 422 72 4.6 105 .274 .241 .269 .358 .343 .359 .412 .717 .755 91 .508 -13.0 -1.3 .696 .300 .118 5
BOS (5 yrs) 2557 1712 298 4.7 106 .277 .244 .269 .359 .344 .364 .412 .723 .756 93 .516 -9.4 -0.9 .700 .298 .120 20.6
DET (1 yr) 106 66 11 4.5 105 .284 .229 .267 .385 .339 .265 .415 .650 .755 77 .492 -1.5 -0.2 .688 .289 .036 .0
HOU (1 yr) 100 73 8 2.9 97 .180 .163 .261 .316 .328 .313 .397 .629 .724 75 .308 -2.1 -0.2 .606 .363 .150 .0
AL (6 yrs) 2663 1778 309 4.7 106 .277 .244 .269 .360 .344 .360 .412 .720 .756 92 .515 -10.9 -1.1 .700 .298 .117 21.7
NL (1 yr) 100 73 8 2.9 97 .180 .163 .261 .316 .328 .313 .397 .629 .724 75 .308 -2.1 -0.2 .606 .363 .150 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1956 22 BOS AL 454 1.1% 13.7% 14.3% 6.4% 32% 0.95 6.1 75.4 10.2 0.79 70%
1958 24 BOS AL 594 2.0% 17.9% 13.8% 6.6% 33% 1.29 4.7 41.4 11.6 0.95 64%
1959 25 BOS AL 589 1.7% 16.8% 15.6% 5.9% 30% 1.08 4.9 48.5 9.2 0.82 64%
1960 26 BOS AL 500 1.2% 11.8% 12.4% 6.4% 31% 0.95 7.3 71.3 11.9 1.05 74%
1961 27 BOS AL 420 1.4% 10.7% 17.1% 7.4% 35% 0.63 7.5 56.5 8.1 1.07 69%
1962 28 TOT MLB 206 1.0% 16.0% 18.0% 4.9% 31% 0.89 4.9 81.5 11.6 0.84 62%
1962 28 HOU NL 100 2.0% 17.0% 17.0% 7.0% 54% 1.00 4.7 40.0 8.0 0.77 61%
1962 28 DET AL 106 0.0% 15.1% 18.9% 2.8% 16% 0.80 5.2 20.8 0.92 63%
6 Seasons 2763 1.5% 14.6% 14.8% 6.4% 32% 0.99 5.7 55.8 10.2 0.92 67%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1956 22 BOS AL 6 0 29% 209 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 8 51% 20 15 5 5 3 2 22 4 17
1958 24 BOS AL 4 0 32% 263 0 4 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 12 51% 32 20 9 5 3 2 24 4 20
1959 25 BOS AL 3 0 32% 276 6 1 86% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 21 50% 27 19 8 13 8 5 26 6 20
1960 26 BOS AL 8 0 35% 210 4 2 67% 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 6 40% 33 22 11 2 2 0 18 8 10
1961 27 BOS AL 9 0 33% 203 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 55% 26 18 8 4 0 3 23 3 18
1962 28 TOT MLB 2 0 32% 97 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 40% 12 9 3 1 0 1 7 2 4
1962 28 HOU NL 0 0 28% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38% 3 3 0 1 0 1 4 2 2
1962 28 DET AL 2 0 35% 61 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 42% 9 6 3 0 0 0 3 0 2
6 Seasons 32 0 32% 1258 15 8 65% 13 8 1 1 0 1 4 0 41 52 49% 150 103 44 30 16 13 120 27 89
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1956 22 BOS AL 453 24% 90 1 0 0 0 1.00 5 0 20 5 0 2 3 0 2 2 100% 85 14 16% 37 11 30% 288 32 11% 32 15 47% 21 7 33% 3
1958 24 BOS AL 580 16% 118 0 0 0 0 12 0 11 7 3 5 5 0 10 9 90% 78 13 17% 38 12 32% 295 32 11% 24 11 46% 23 7 30% 14
1959 25 BOS AL 583 18% 117 0 0 0 0 0.58 10 1 11 7 3 7 3 0 7 5 71% 79 7 9% 38 10 26% 285 44 15% 25 12 48% 25 5 20% 6
1960 26 BOS AL 497 24% 105 0 0 0 0 6 0 12 5 1 2 4 0 4 3 75% 81 14 17% 43 16 37% 285 32 11% 27 14 52% 28 10 36% 2
1961 27 BOS AL 420 33% 89 4 1 0 0 0.48 6 0 9 5 1 6 0 0 6 6 100% 91 7 8% 28 11 39% 288 38 13% 17 9 53% 21 6 29% 1
1962 28 TOT MLB 206 32% 32 12 3 0 1 1.19 2 1 8 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 100% 36 4 11% 15 5 33% 110 12 11% 7 2 29% 1 0 0% 0
1962 28 HOU NL 100 22% 13 8 2 0 1 0.92 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 19 4 21% 8 2 25% 56 8 14% 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 0
1962 28 DET AL 106 42% 19 4 1 0 0 1.72 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 17 0 0% 7 3 43% 54 4 7% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2739 23% 551 17 4 0 1 1.01 41 2 71 31 8 23 16 0 33 29 88% 450 59 13% 199 65 33% 1551 190 12% 132 63 48% 119 35 29% 26
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 22 114 454 377 49 90 24 0 5 37 2 0 65 62 .239 .352 .342 .694 75 129 14 4 2 6 1
1957 23 114 454 377 49 90 24 0 5 37 2 0 65 62 .239 .352 .342 .694 75 129 14 4 2 6 1
1958 24 250 1048 874 123 208 49 2 17 80 2 4 147 168 .238 .350 .357 .707 85 312 27 8 11 8 2
1959 25 401 1637 1359 198 325 73 3 27 133 8 5 239 267 .239 .356 .357 .713 89 485 34 13 16 10 2
1960 26 525 2137 1787 260 430 94 8 33 169 12 7 301 326 .241 .352 .358 .709 89 639 48 14 19 16 7
1961 27 640 2557 2126 318 519 116 11 39 211 14 8 373 371 .244 .359 .364 .723 93 774 55 16 25 17 14
1962 28 711 2763 2289 342 551 123 12 41 225 15 8 410 404 .241 .358 .359 .717 91 821 59 18 29 17 16

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1956 22 119 463 389 43 89 24 0 5 33 2 64 65 .229 .339 .329 .668 43 114
1958 24 142 617 523 77 127 27 2 13 45 0 88 111 .243 .355 .377 .732 69 136
1959 25 158 627 516 77 131 27 1 11 54 7 103 103 .254 .383 .374 .757 73 151
1960 26 130 522 450 63 110 22 5 6 37 4 65 62 .244 .337 .356 .693 55 124
1961 27 115 419 342 56 92 23 3 6 41 2 74 45 .269 .401 .406 .807 56 115
1962 28 71 208 166 24 35 8 1 2 14 1 40 33 .211 .370 .307 .677 19 71
6 Seasons 735 2856 2386 340 584 131 12 43 224 16 434 419 .245 .363 .364 .727 315 711
162 Game Avg. 162 629 526 75 129 29 3 9 49 4 96 92 .245 .363 .364 .727 69 711

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1959 AL--151--6th

Doubles s c a p y
1958 AL--25--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL--82--6th
1959 AL--92--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1958 AL--106--3rd
1959 AL--99--4th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1958 AL--9--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 AL--6--8th
1960 AL--6--9th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL--7--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 7 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Bobby Crosby (937)
  7. Angel Berroa (936)
  8. Kevin Stocker (933)
  9. Bob Allen (931)
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  1. Greg Gagne (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rey Quinones (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chris Gomez (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chris Gomez (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bobby Crosby (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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