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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1956	BOS	AL	22	SS	113	113	103	988.1	612	213	370	29	98	.953	-3	-4	5.31	5.16	.960	4.98	4.94
1958	BOS	AL	24	SS	136	136	120	1171.1	745	269	445	31	102	.958	-4	-4	5.49	5.25	.964	4.96	4.91
1959	BOS	AL	25	SS	150	145	117	1225.0	682	235	412	35	89	.949	-10	-10	4.75	4.31	.959	4.87	4.84
1960	BOS	AL	26	SS	124	121	113	1057.0	616	230	356	30	79	.951	-12	-13	4.99	4.73	.960	5.11	5.10
1961	BOS	AL	27	SS	109	108	97	937.0	521	204	294	23	70	.956	-5	-6	4.78	4.57	.956	4.84	4.78
1962	TOT	MLB	28	SS	46	40	31	352.0	196	78	111	7	26	.964	-3	-10	4.83	4.11	.963	4.96	4.94
1962	TOT	MLB	28	3B	11	3	0	43.0	20	6	11	3	1	.850	0	3	3.56	1.55	.949	2.95	2.95
1962	HOU	NL	28	SS	27	22	16	193.2	105	38	62	5	13	.952	-1	-7	4.65	3.70	.963	5.05	5.01
1962	HOU	NL	28	3B	9	3	0	41.0	20	6	11	3	1	.850	0	3	3.73	1.89	.949	2.94	2.92
1962	DET	AL	28	SS	19	18	15	158.1	91	40	49	2	13	.978	-2	-13	5.06	4.68	.962	4.84	4.83
1962	DET	AL	28	2B	5	5	3	39.0	14	8	6	0	1	1.000	-1	-37	3.23	2.80	.980	5.26	5.24
1962	DET	AL	28	3B	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		3.15	3.05
	6 Seasons			SS	678	663	581	5730.2	3372	1229	1988	155	464	.954	-36	-8	5.05	4.74	.960	4.95	4.92
	1 Season			3B	11	3	0	43.0	20	6	11	3	1	.850	0	3	3.56	1.55	.949	2.95	2.95
	1 Season			2B	5	5	3	39.0	14	8	6	0	1	1.000	-1	-37	3.23	2.80	.980	5.26	5.24
	6 Seasons			TOT	694	671	584	5812.2	3406	1243	2005	158	466	.954	-37	-8	5.03	4.68	.960	4.94	4.89

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1956	BOS	AL	22	SS	-3	-4	-2	2	-4	-1
1958	BOS	AL	24	SS	-4	-4	-0	9	-9	-3
1959	BOS	AL	25	SS	-10	-10	-10	-6	-4	0
1960	BOS	AL	26	SS	-12	-13	-12	2	-14	1
1961	BOS	AL	27	SS	-5	-6	-7	2	-8	2
1962	HOU	NL	28	SS	-1	-7	-2	-4	2	1
1962	HOU	NL	28	3B	0	3	0	0	-0	0
1962	DET	AL	28	SS	-2	-13	-2	2	-3	0
1962	DET	AL	28	2B	-1	-37	-1	-2	0	0
1962	DET	AL	28	3B	0	0	0	0	0
	6 Seasons			SS	-36	-8	-36	6	-42	0
	1 Season			3B	0	3	0	0	-0	0
	1 Season			2B	-1	-37	-1	-2	0	0
	6 Seasons			TOT	-37	-8	-37	5	-42	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1956	BOS	AL	22	114	113	114	113	0	0	113	1	0
1958	BOS	AL	24	136	136	136	136	0	0	136	0	0
1959	BOS	AL	25	151	146	151	150	1	0	149	1	0
1960	BOS	AL	26	124	121	124	124	0	0	124	0	2
1961	BOS	AL	27	115	108	115	109	0	0	109	6	1
1962	HOU	NL	28	40	25	40	36	0	9	27	8	1
1962	DET	AL	28	31	23	31	26	5	2	19	5	1
	6 Seasons			711	672	711	694	6	11	677	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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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	4288	63%	80%	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	4930	67%	80%	29%	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	5307	67%	79%	28%	545	90%	6	228	127	89	13	415	300	99	1	13	34	4	17	13	20	88	40	2	31	4	2	83	42	38	5	2	3
1960	BOS	AL	26	4650	69%	80%	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	4181	63%	78%	25%	407	89%	3	203	98	87	19	300	233	60	1	4	23	2	13	8	20	70	25	3	29	2	6	66	28	37	3	0	2
1962	HOU	NL	28	808	62%	79%	32%	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	691	62%	83%	22%	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			24855	66%	79%	27%	2606	89%	23	1208	600	528	83	1978	1444	464	5	34	151	10	101	40	113	463	177	22	167	22	20	430	203	214	27	12	13
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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	180	60%	81%	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			188	60%	81%	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				63%	80%	27%		89%																								59%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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	174	57%	76%	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			212	62%	76%	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				63%	80%	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 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

Assists† s c a p y 1958 AL 445 (3rd) 1959 AL 412 (3rd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1956 AL 29 (3rd) 1958 AL 31 (1st) 1959 AL 35 (1st) 1960 AL 30 (2nd)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1958 AL 136 (3rd) 1959 AL 150 (2nd)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1956 AL 213 (5th) 1958 AL 269 (2nd) 1959 AL 235 (2nd) 1960 AL 230 (3rd)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1956 AL 370 (5th) 1958 AL 445 (3rd) 1959 AL 412 (2nd) 1960 AL 356 (5th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1956 AL 29 (2nd) 1958 AL 31 (1st) 1959 AL 35 (1st) 1960 AL 30 (2nd)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1956 AL 5.31 (2nd) 1958 AL 5.49 (1st) 1959 AL 4.75 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1956 AL 5.16 (1st) 1958 AL 5.25 (1st) 1959 AL 4.31 (4th) 1960 AL 4.73 (5th)

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