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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1956 BOS AL 22 SS 113 113 988.1 612 213 370 29 98 .953 -2.9 -3.5 -1.9 -4.4 2.4 -1 5.31 5.16 .960 4.98 4.10
1958 BOS AL 24 SS 136 136 1171.1 745 269 445 31 102 .958 -3.5 -3.6 -0.5 -9.3 8.8 -3 5.49 5.25 .964 4.96 4.17
1959 BOS AL 25 SS 150 145 1225.0 682 235 412 35 89 .949 -10.3 -10.1 -10.3 -4.1 -6.2 0 4.75 4.31 .959 4.87 3.97
1960 BOS AL 26 SS 124 121 1057.0 616 230 356 30 79 .951 -11.5 -13.1 -12.5 -14.1 1.7 1 4.99 4.73 .960 5.11 4.37
1961 BOS AL 27 SS 109 108 937.0 521 204 294 23 70 .956 -4.8 -6.1 -6.8 -8.4 1.6 2 4.78 4.57 .956 4.84 4.37
1962 TOT MLB 28 SS 46 40 352.0 196 78 111 7 26 .964 -2.9 -9.9 -3.9 -1.5 -2.3 1 4.83 4.11 .963 4.96 4.45
1962 TOT MLB 28 3B 11 3 43.0 20 6 11 3 1 .850 0.1 2.8 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 3.56 1.55 .955 2.95 2.60
1962 HOU NL 28 SS 27 22 193.2 105 38 62 5 13 .952 -1.2 -7.4 -2.2 1.9 -4.0 1 4.65 3.70 .964 5.05 4.43
1962 HOU NL 28 3B 9 3 41.0 20 6 11 3 1 .850 0.1 2.9 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 3.73 1.89 .955 2.94 2.56
1962 DET AL 28 SS 19 18 158.1 91 40 49 2 13 .978 -1.7 -12.9 -1.7 -3.4 1.7 0 5.06 4.68 .962 4.84 4.47
1962 DET AL 28 2B 5 5 39.0 14 8 6 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -36.9 -1.2 0.4 -1.5 0 3.23 2.80 .979 5.26 4.88
1962 DET AL 28 3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.80
6 Seasons SS 678 663 5730.2 3372 1229 1988 155 464 .954 -35.9 -7.5 -35.9 -41.8 6.0 0 5.05 4.74 .960 4.95 4.20
1 Season 3B 11 3 43.0 20 6 11 3 1 .850 0.1 2.8 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 3.56 1.55 .955 2.95 2.60
1 Season 2B 5 5 39.0 14 8 6 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -36.9 -1.2 0.4 -1.5 0 3.23 2.80 .979 5.26 4.88
6 Seasons TOT 694 671 5812.2 3406 1243 2005 158 466 .954 -37.0 -7.6 -37.0 -41.6 4.8 0 5.03 4.68 .914 4.94 4.18

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1956 BOS AL 22 114 113 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 BOS AL 24 136 136 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 25 151 146 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960 BOS AL 26 124 121 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 2
1961 BOS AL 27 115 108 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 6 1
1962 HOU NL 28 40 25 40 40 0 0 0 0 9 27 0 0 0 0 8 1
1962 DET AL 28 31 23 31 31 0 0 0 5 2 19 0 0 0 0 5 1
6 Seasons 711 672 711 711 0 0 0 5 11 678 0 0 0 0 21 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1956 BOS AL 22 4378 61% 78% 27% 438 88% 2 217 87 119 11 357 264 86 1 2 28 2 24 2 21 98 28 8 39 8 2 91 38 52 6 4 2
1958 BOS AL 24 5040 65% 79% 28% 569 89% 6 263 123 117 23 436 310 107 0 8 29 1 24 4 23 100 40 5 30 5 8 92 46 43 6 3 3
1959 BOS AL 25 5411 66% 78% 27% 544 90% 6 228 127 89 13 414 299 99 1 13 34 4 17 13 20 88 40 2 31 4 2 83 42 38 5 2 3
1960 BOS AL 26 4758 68% 78% 26% 486 91% 5 220 123 87 11 359 261 84 2 5 30 1 18 11 22 78 32 2 30 2 1 72 35 34 6 3 3
1961 BOS AL 27 4268 62% 76% 25% 404 89% 3 201 98 85 19 298 231 60 1 4 23 2 13 8 20 70 25 3 29 2 6 66 28 37 3 0 2
1962 HOU NL 28 840 59% 76% 30% 89 80% 1 39 16 19 4 64 47 12 0 2 5 0 3 2 5 16 7 2 4 0 1 16 9 5 0 0 0
1962 DET AL 28 704 61% 81% 21% 72 92% 0 38 26 10 2 47 29 16 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 13 5 0 4 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 0
6 Seasons 25399 64% 78% 27% 2602 89% 23 1206 600 526 83 1975 1441 464 5 34 151 10 101 40 113 463 177 22 167 22 20 430 203 214 27 12 13
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1962 HOU NL 28 185 58% 78% 28% 17 82% 0 5 3 2 0 9 7 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1962 DET AL 28 8 50% 88% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 193 58% 79% 29% 17 82% 0 5 3 2 0 9 7 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 89% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1959 BOS AL 25 38 84% 74% 21% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 DET AL 28 177 57% 75% 20% 10 90% 0 8 4 3 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 215 61% 75% 20% 12 92% 0 9 5 3 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 93%

* 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.

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