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Don Buddin

Donald Thomas Buddin

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: May 5, 1934 in Turbeville, SC
High School: Olanta HS (Olanta, SC)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Colt.45's/Tigers 1956-1962

Final Game: September 25, 1962
Died: June 30, 2011 in Greenville, SC
Buried: Thomas Cemetery, Olanta, SC
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Standard Batting

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
1952	18	BOS-min	B	69	250	250		63	20	0	3						.252	.252	.368	.620		92							ROA · PIED
1953	19	BOS-min	B	140	543	543		163	37	7	25						.300	.300	.532	.832		289							GBO · CARL
1954	20	BOS-min	AAA	148	590	501	68	123	27	8	11	62	1		65	87	.246	.335	.397	.732		199	7	7	8	9			LOU · AA
1955	21	BOS-min	AAA	154	682	589	111	172	39	4	18	86	4		69	66	.292	.368	.463	.832		273	10	7	9	8			LOU · AA
1956	22	BOS	AL	114	456	377	49	90	24	0	5	37	2	0	65	62	.239	.352	.342	.694	76	129	14	4	2	6	1	*6
1957		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
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	499	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	421	339	58	89	22	3	6	42	2	1	72	45	.263	.394	.398	.792	112	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	76	22	0	1	2	0	0	6/45
1963	29	NYY-min	AAA	134	512	440	61	107	22	3	17	42	1	2	72	91	.243	.350	.423	.772		186							RMD · IL
1964	30	CHW-ATL-TEX/ATL-BAL-min	AAA	85	264	218	36	54	10	1	4	19	1	0	36	50	.248	.368	.358	.726		78		6	3	1			INA,DEN,TTO,ROC · PCL,IL
1965	31	CIN-min	AA	130	535	434	63	105	23	1	9	58	6	3	101	66	.242	.385	.362	.747		157							KNX · SOUL
6 Yrs				711	2765	2289	342	551	123	12	41	225	15	8	410	404	.241	.358	.359	.717	92	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	92	187	13	4	7	4	4

BOS (5 yrs)				640	2559	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	76	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	2665	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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1956	22	BOS	AL	114	456	-12	3	-2	-3	7	-7	-0.7	12	5	0.5	.493	.495	0.7	0.4	8	$	*6

1958	24	BOS	AL	136	594	-4	-2	-2	-4	8	-4	-0.5	16	13	1.1	.497	.498	1.5	0.4	16	$	*6
1959	25	BOS	AL	151	589	-2	2	-0	-10	8	-2	-0.4	16	14	1.2	.498	.499	2.4	-0.3	24	$	*6
1960	26	BOS	AL	124	499	-6	-1	-2	-12	7	-13	-1.6	14	0	-0.2	.489	.491	1.1	-0.6	12	$	*6
1961	27	BOS	AL	115	421	10	0	1	-5	6	12	1.1	12	24	2.2	.511	.508	2.9	0.1	29	$	*6
1962	28	HOU	NL	40	100	-4	0	-1	-1	2	-4	-0.4	3	-0	0.0	.490	.498	0.1	0.1	1	$	6/5
1962	28	DET	AL	31	106	-1	-1	1	-3	1	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.491	.498	0.3	-0.2	3	$	6/45
6 Seasons				711	2765	-19	1	-5	-37	39	-21	-2.8	76	55	4.8	.497	.498	9.0	-0.1	92	$

BOS (5 yrs)				640	2559	-14	2	-5	-33	36	-14	-2.1	70	55	4.8	.498	.498	8.6	0.0	88	$
DET (1 yr)				31	106	-1	-1	1	-3	1	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.491	.498	0.3	-0.2	3	$
HOU (1 yr)				40	100	-4	0	-1	-1	2	-4	-0.4	3	-0	0.0	.490	.498	0.1	0.1	1	$

Advanced Batting

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	456	309	49	4.2	116	.269	.239	.281	.352	.365	.342	.429	.694	.794	76	.444	-11.3	-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	1.9	0.2	.731	.315	.115	7.5
1960	26	BOS	AL	499	348	53	4.1	104	.268	.245	.267	.338	.341	.360	.408	.698	.749	87	.458	-6.4	-0.6	.646	.264	.114	4.8
1961	27	BOS	AL	421	265	58	5.8	105	.287	.263	.265	.394	.340	.398	.413	.792	.753	112	.603	9.7	1.0	.814	.351	.136	3.0
1962	28	TOT	MLB	206	139	19	3.7	102	.234	.196	.265	.351	.334	.288	.407	.640	.742	76	.402	-3.7	-0.4	.644	.325	.092	1.3
1962	28	HOU	NL	100	73	8	2.9	97	.180	.163	.262	.316	.328	.313	.397	.629	.725	75	.308	-2.1	-0.2	.606	.363	.150	.0
1962	28	DET	AL	106	66	11	4.5	106	.284	.229	.268	.385	.341	.265	.417	.650	.758	76	.493	-1.6	-0.2	.688	.289	.036	.0
6 Yrs				2765	1851	317	4.6	105	.274	.241	.269	.358	.343	.359	.411	.717	.754	92	.508	-12.1	-1.2	.696	.300	.118	22.0
162 Game Avg.				630	422	72	4.6	105	.274	.241	.269	.358	.343	.359	.411	.717	.754	92	.508	-12.1	-1.2	.696	.300	.118	5

BOS (5 yrs)				2559	1712	298	4.7	106	.277	.244	.269	.359	.344	.364	.412	.723	.755	93	.516	-8.3	-0.8	.700	.298	.120	20.6
DET (1 yr)				106	66	11	4.5	106	.284	.229	.268	.385	.341	.265	.417	.650	.758	76	.492	-1.6	-0.2	.688	.289	.036	.0
HOU (1 yr)				100	73	8	2.9	97	.180	.163	.262	.316	.328	.313	.397	.629	.725	75	.309	-2.1	-0.2	.606	.363	.150	.0

AL (6 yrs)				2665	1778	309	4.7	106	.277	.244	.269	.360	.343	.360	.412	.720	.755	92	.515	-9.9	-1.0	.700	.298	.117	21.7
NL (1 yr)				100	73	8	2.9	97	.180	.163	.262	.316	.328	.313	.397	.629	.725	75	.309	-2.1	-0.2	.606	.363	.150	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	22	BOS	AL	456	1.1%	13.6%	14.3%	6.4%	32%	0.95	6.1	75.4	10.2	0.79	69%

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	499	1.2%	11.8%	12.4%	6.4%	31%	0.95	7.3	71.3	11.9	1.07	74%
1961	27	BOS	AL	421	1.4%	10.7%	17.1%	7.4%	35%	0.63	7.5	56.5	8.1	1.06	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 Yrs				2765	1.5%	14.6%	14.8%	6.4%	32%	0.99	5.7	55.8	10.2	0.92	67%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.2%	8.9%	6.7%	29%	1.49	6.7	37.3	8.3	1.02	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1956	22	BOS	AL	-11.7	-1.1	461	-1.8	6.0	-7.8	.93	-0.6	-1.3	-15.6	-1.4	0.94	-10.3	1.02	1

1958	24	BOS	AL	-2.3	-0.2	591	-1.2	8.5	-9.7	.92	-0.2	-1.1	-11.5	-1.1	0.93	-3.9		0
1959	25	BOS	AL	1.9	0.2	608	0.6	9.7	-9.1	.89	0.7	-0.0	9.4	0.9	0.92	9.2	0.55	0
1960	26	BOS	AL	-6.4	-0.6	510	-2.5	6.5	-9.0	.96	-0.9	-1.7	-13.5	-1.3	0.94	-9.1		0
1961	27	BOS	AL	9.2	0.9	425	1.1	7.7	-6.6	1.03	1.6	-0.6	17.2	1.7	0.99	20.8	0.44	4
1962	28	TOT	MLB	-3.6	-0.4	209	0.3	3.6	-3.3	1.02	-0.3	0.7	1.4	0.1	0.96	-2.5	1.13	12
1962	28	HOU	NL	-2.1	-0.2	101	-0.3	1.5	-1.8	.96	-0.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.94	-4.0	0.86	8
1962	28	DET	AL	-1.5	-0.2	108	0.6	2.1	-1.4	1.07	0.1	0.5	1.5	0.1	0.98	1.4	1.68	4
6 Yrs				-12.9	-1.3	2804	-3.4	42.1	-45.5	.95	0.3	-3.9	-12.8	-1.2	0.94	4.3	0.96	17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1956	22	BOS	AL	6	0	29%	210	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%	278	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 Yrs				32	0	32%	1261	15	8	65%	13	8	1	1	0	1	4	0	41	52	49%	150	103	44	30	16	13	120	27	89

Situational Hitting*

						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	456	24%	90			1	0	0	0	1.02	5	0	20	5	0	2	3	0	2	2	100%	85	14	16%	37	11	30%	288	32	11%	32	15	47%	12	6	50%	0

1958	24	BOS	AL	594	16%	118			0	0	0	0		12	0	11	7	3	5	7	0	10	9	90%	78	13	17%	38	12	32%	295	32	11%	24	11	46%	10	7	70%	0
1959	25	BOS	AL	589	18%	117			0	0	0	0	0.55	10	1	11	7	3	7	3	0	7	5	71%	79	7	9%	38	10	26%	285	44	15%	25	12	48%	13	5	38%	0
1960	26	BOS	AL	499	24%	105			0	0	0	0		6	0	12	5	1	2	4	0	4	3	75%	81	14	17%	43	16	37%	287	32	11%	27	14	52%	20	10	50%	0
1961	27	BOS	AL	421	33%	89			4	1	0	0	0.44	6	0	10	5	1	6	0	0	6	6	100%	91	7	8%	28	11	39%	292	38	13%	17	9	53%	13	10	77%	0
1962	28	TOT	MLB	206	32%	32			12	3	0	1	1.13	2	1	8	2	0	1	1	0	4	4	100%	36	4	11%	15	5	33%	110	12	11%	7	2	29%	0	0		0
1962	28	HOU	NL	100	22%	13			8	2	0	1	0.86	2	1	3	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	100%	19	4	21%	8	2	25%	56	8	14%	4	1	25%	0	0		0
1962	28	DET	AL	106	42%	19			4	1	0	0	1.68	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 Yrs				2765	23%	551			17	4	0	1	0.96	41	2	72	31	8	23	18	0	33	29	88%	450	59	13%	199	65	33%	1557	190	12%	132	63	48%	68	38	56%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

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	456	377	49	90	24	0	5	37	2	0	65	62	.239	.352	.342	.694	76	129	14	4	2	6	1
1957	23	114	456	377	49	90	24	0	5	37	2	0	65	62	.239	.352	.342	.694	76	129	14	4	2	6	1
1958	24	250	1050	874	123	208	49	2	17	80	2	4	147	168	.238	.350	.357	.707	86	312	27	8	11	8	2
1959	25	401	1639	1359	198	325	73	3	27	133	8	5	239	267	.239	.356	.357	.713	90	485	34	13	16	10	2
1960	26	525	2138	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	2559	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	2765	2289	342	551	123	12	41	225	15	8	410	404	.241	.358	.359	.717	92	821	59	18	29	17	16

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1956	22	119	458	385	43	85	23	0	5	32	2	61	65	.221	.329	.319	.648	40	114

1958	24	142	619	519	77	123	26	2	13	45	0	85	111	.237	.348	.370	.717	66	136
1959	25	158	611	505	76	120	25	1	10	54	6	94	103	.238	.361	.350	.712	64	151
1960	26	130	523	449	63	109	22	5	6	37	4	64	62	.243	.335	.354	.689	54	124
1961	27	115	416	337	56	87	22	3	6	41	2	70	45	.258	.388	.395	.782	51	115
1962	28	71	206	163	24	32	7	1	2	14	1	37	33	.196	.351	.288	.640	16	71
6 Yrs		735	2833	2358	339	556	125	12	42	223	15	411	419	.236	.351	.352	.704	291	711
162 Game Avg.		162	624	520	75	123	28	3	9	49	3	91	92	.236	.351	.352	.704	64	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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 7 (1627), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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