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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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Minors
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- 1956
- 1960
- 1958
- 1961
- 1959
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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
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

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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
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 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 Ink Batting - 7 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Greg Gagne (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rey Quinones (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Gomez (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Gomez (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Crosby (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 26, 1961: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Houston Colt .45's for Eddie Bressoud.

July 20, 1962: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Houston Colt .45's.

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Uniforms

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Gray Ink	Batting - 7 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50