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Damon Buford

Damon Jackson Buford

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 12, 1970 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Birmingham HS (Birmingham, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 10th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed July 12, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1993
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Cubs/RedSox/Orioles/Mets 1993-2001

Final Game: May 15, 2001
Relatives: Son of Don Buford
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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 Awards
1993 BAL AL 23 OF 30 22 19 209.2 64 61 2 1 1 .984 1 3 2.70 2.10 .983 2.41 2.39
1993 BAL AL 23 CF 24 19 17 177.2 58 55 2 1 1 .983 -1 -7 2.89 2.38 .986 2.76 2.73
1993 BAL AL 23 DH 17 0
1993 BAL AL 23 LF 5 2 2 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2 77 1.44 0.80 .985 2.23 2.20
1993 BAL AL 23 RF 1 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.57 2.00 .980 2.19 2.20
1994 BAL AL 24 DH 1 0
1994 BAL AL 24 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1994 BAL AL 24 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.40
1995 TOT MLB 25 OF 63 46 40 432.1 111 107 2 2 0 .982 2 6 2.27 1.73 .980 2.20 2.20
1995 TOT MLB 25 CF 31 22 19 204.0 54 53 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 2.38 1.74 .986 2.60 2.58
1995 BAL AL 25 OF 24 11 9 116.0 40 40 0 0 0 1.000 2 23 3.10 1.67 .983 2.33 2.31
1995 BAL AL 25 CF 15 11 9 97.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 2.78 2.00 .987 2.73 2.70
1995 BAL AL 25 RF 9 0 0 19.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2 114 4.26 1.00 .979 2.04 2.03
1995 NYM NL 25 OF 39 35 31 316.1 71 67 2 2 0 .972 0 0 1.96 1.77 .979 2.15 2.14
1995 NYM NL 25 LF 25 24 21 209.1 45 42 1 2 0 .956 0 2 1.85 1.72 .972 1.87 1.86
1995 NYM NL 25 CF 16 11 10 107.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 2.02 1.50 .984 2.48 2.47
1996 TEX AL 26 OF 80 34 26 380.1 96 93 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 2.27 1.20 .983 2.38 2.36
1996 TEX AL 26 RF 44 16 13 184.1 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -12 1.42 0.66 .979 2.17 2.16
1996 TEX AL 26 CF 25 13 10 137.1 49 47 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 3.21 1.96 .990 2.77 2.76
1996 TEX AL 26 LF 14 5 3 58.2 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2 45 2.76 1.29 .979 2.18 2.17
1996 TEX AL 26 DH 3 0
1997 TEX AL 27 CF 117 102 92 909.2 294 284 7 3 4 .990 9 12 2.88 2.49 .988 2.71 2.68
1997 TEX AL 27 OF 117 102 92 909.2 292 282 7 3 4 .990 9 12 2.86 2.47 .982 2.32 2.30
1997 TEX AL 27 DH 3 0
1998 BOS AL 28 CF 67 52 45 488.0 139 135 4 0 1 1.000 -3 -8 2.56 2.07 .987 2.69 2.66
1998 BOS AL 28 OF 67 52 45 488.0 138 134 4 0 1 1.000 -3 -8 2.55 2.06 .985 2.31 2.29
1998 BOS AL 28 DH 14 0
1998 BOS AL 28 2B 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80
1998 BOS AL 28 3B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -720 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1999 BOS AL 29 OF 84 76 70 683.0 198 189 6 3 2 .985 8 14 2.57 2.32 .984 2.30 2.27
1999 BOS AL 29 CF 82 71 68 644.0 189 182 4 3 2 .984 8 15 2.60 2.27 .985 2.72 2.68
1999 BOS AL 29 DH 5 0
1999 BOS AL 29 LF 5 5 2 39.0 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 2.31 2.00 .985 2.08 2.04
2000 CHC NL 30 OF 148 130 122 1189.1 345 336 4 5 1 .986 -1 -1 2.57 2.30 .981 2.24 2.22
2000 CHC NL 30 CF 140 124 116 1128.0 318 310 4 4 0 .987 -4 -4 2.51 2.24 .987 2.64 2.62
2000 CHC NL 30 RF 7 6 6 58.1 25 24 0 1 1 .960 2 45 3.70 3.43 .979 2.19 2.16
2000 CHC NL 30 LF 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 0.50 .980 1.80 1.90
2001 CHC NL 31 OF 34 23 16 208.1 53 53 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 2.29 1.56 .982 2.20 2.18
2001 CHC NL 31 CF 33 23 16 207.1 52 52 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.26 1.58 .986 2.59 2.56
2001 CHC NL 31 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.10
9 Seasons OF 624 485 430 4502.2 1297 1255 28 14 9 .989 14 4 2.56 2.06 .982 2.29 2.27
8 Seasons CF 519 426 383 3896.0 1153 1118 24 11 8 .990 8 2 2.64 2.20 .987 2.68 2.65
5 Seasons RF 62 23 19 269.2 66 64 1 1 1 .985 2 11 2.17 1.05 .979 2.16 2.14
6 Seasons LF 52 36 28 337.0 78 73 3 2 0 .974 4 14 2.03 1.46 .976 1.98 2.00
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -720 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
9 Seasons TOT 626 485 430 4503.2 1297 1255 28 14 9 .989 14 4 2.56 2.05 .982 2.29 2.28
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1993 BAL AL 23 CF -1 -7 -2 0 -2 1
1993 BAL AL 23 LF 2 77 1 1 0 1
1993 BAL AL 23 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BAL AL 24 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1995 BAL AL 25 CF 0 5 1 0 1 -1
1995 BAL AL 25 RF 2 114 2 0 2 0
1995 NYM NL 25 LF 0 2 1 3 -1 -1
1995 NYM NL 25 CF -0 -2 -0 0 -0 0
1996 TEX AL 26 RF -2 -12 -1 -1 0 -1
1996 TEX AL 26 CF -1 -12 -0 -2 1 -1
1996 TEX AL 26 LF 2 45 1 1 0 1
1997 TEX AL 27 CF 9 12 9 10 -1 0
1998 BOS AL 28 CF -3 -8 -4 -3 -1 1
1998 BOS AL 28 2B
1998 BOS AL 28 3B -0 -720 -0 -0 0
1999 BOS AL 29 CF 8 15 10 7 3 -2
1999 BOS AL 29 LF -0 -6 -1 0 -2 1
2000 CHC NL 30 CF -4 -4 0 3 -2 -4
2000 CHC NL 30 RF 2 45 2 0 2 0
2000 CHC NL 30 LF 0 40 0 0 0 0
2001 CHC NL 31 CF 0 0 1 1 -0 -1
2001 CHC NL 31 RF 0 360 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons CF 8 2 15 17 -2 -7
5 Seasons RF 2 11 3 -0 4 -1
6 Seasons LF 4 14 2 5 -3 2
1 Season 2B
1 Season 3B -0 -720 -0 -0 0
9 Seasons TOT 14 4 20 21 -1 -6
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1993 BAL AL 23 53 22 53 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 24 1 30 17 3 23
1994 BAL AL 24 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
1995 NYM NL 25 44 35 44 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 16 0 41 0 4 1
1995 BAL AL 25 24 11 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 24 0 0 3
1996 TEX AL 26 90 34 90 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 25 44 83 3 13 16
1997 TEX AL 27 122 102 122 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 117 3 4 9
1998 BOS AL 28 86 52 86 68 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 67 0 67 14 18 11
1999 BOS AL 29 91 76 91 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 82 0 87 5 9 3
2000 CHC NL 30 150 130 150 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 140 7 149 0 8 2
2001 CHC NL 31 35 23 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1 34 0 1 0
9 Seasons 699 485 699 625 0 0 0 1 1 0 52 519 62 633 43 60 71
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 -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1993 BAL AL 23 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 5 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 15 8 53.3% 7 0 0.0% 2 744 63% 79% 42% 94 60%
1995 NYM NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 4 30.8% 8 1 7.7% 0 437 64% 80% 33% 49 49%
1995 BAL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 2 18.2% 9 0 0.0% 0 406 58% 73% 39% 49 61%
1996 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 11 4 0 9 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 26 6 23.1% 19 1 3.8% 1 604 56% 79% 43% 83 59%
1997 TEX AL 27 3 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 1 68 53 1 45 4 0 17 5 1 10 0 0 25 10 0 165 72 43.6% 91 2 1.2% 5 3981 56% 79% 43% 550 52%
1998 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 36 22 1 18 4 0 8 2 0 4 0 0 10 7 0 76 35 46.1% 38 1 1.3% 3 2092 55% 78% 42% 282 49%
1999 BOS AL 29 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 38 19 0 29 3 2 14 8 0 9 0 0 18 9 1 108 39 36.1% 66 3 2.8% 1 2764 54% 77% 40% 386 48%
2000 CHC NL 30 4 0 4 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 60 36 0 38 6 0 7 2 0 15 2 0 37 23 0 157 69 43.9% 88 0 0.0% 4 5031 62% 74% 38% 535 59%
2001 CHC NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 6 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 6 3 0 25 9 36.0% 16 0 0.0% 0 884 55% 69% 32% 90 58%
8 Seasons 11 0 11 0 4 24 0 7 5 4 238 146 3 154 19 3 53 18 1 46 3 0 105 58 1 596 244 40.9% 342 8 1.3% 16 16943 58% 76% 40% 2118 54%
MLB Averages 43.0% 2.1% 58% 77% 40% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1993 BAL AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 68% 78% 46% 3 67%
1995 BAL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 88 52% 80% 52% 16 56%
1996 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 3 0 8 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 28 10 35.7% 17 1 3.6% 0 823 56% 77% 41% 70 41%
2000 CHC NL 30 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 259 58% 73% 40% 35 69%
2001 CHC NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 33% 33% 1 100%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16 3 0 11 2 1 4 3 0 3 0 0 7 5 0 41 13 31.7% 27 1 2.4% 0 1210 57% 76% 42% 125 52%
MLB Averages 43.7% 2.5% 58% 77% 40% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1993 BAL AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 83.3% 1 0 0.0% 0 104 63% 79% 30% 14 29%
1994 BAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 71% 71% 57% 0
1995 NYM NL 25 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 11 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 26 17 65.4% 9 0 0.0% 1 868 52% 81% 39% 95 44%
1996 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 12 9 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 265 51% 74% 41% 33 55%
1999 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 3 1 14.3% 1 170 58% 81% 41% 25 40%
2000 CHC NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 60% 67% 40% 2 50%
6 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 24 19 0 15 4 1 3 2 0 2 2 0 7 7 0 51 34 66.7% 15 1 2.0% 2 1429 53% 79% 39% 169 44%
MLB Averages 61.6% 2.6% 58% 77% 40% 47%

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%
1998 BOS AL 28 2 0% 100% 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 2 0% 100% 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
MLB Averages 58% 77% 32% 87% 61%

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
1998 BOS AL 28 3 100% 67% 0% 0 0 0 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 3 100% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 77% 32% 92%

* 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

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1997 AL  2.88 (4th)
Career  2.64 (75th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  .990 (24th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1997 AL  2.86 (4th)
Career  2.56 (75th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
Career  .989 (56th)

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