Damon Buford
Damon Jackson Buford
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 12, 1970 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Birmingham (Birmingham, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 10th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed July 12, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1993
Final Game: May 15, 2001
Relatives: Son of Don Buford
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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 Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1993 BAL AL 23 OF 30 22 209.2 64 61 2 1 1 .984 0.6 3.4 -1.4 -2.0 0.6 2 2.70 2.10 .983 2.41 2.09
1993 BAL AL 23 CF 24 19 177.2 58 55 2 1 1 .983 -1.0 -6.8 -2.0 -2.0 0.0 1 2.89 2.38 .986 2.76 2.45
1993 BAL AL 23 DH 17
1993 BAL AL 23 LF 5 2 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 76.8 0.6 0.0 0.6 1 1.44 0.80 .975 2.23 1.84
1993 BAL AL 23 RF 1 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 1.000 2.19 1.80
1994 BAL AL 24 DH 1
1994 BAL AL 24 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1994 BAL AL 24 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1995 TOT MLB 25 OF 63 46 432.1 111 107 2 2 0 .982 2.3 6.4 4.3 1.0 3.3 -2 2.27 1.73 .980 2.20 1.89
1995 TOT MLB 25 CF 31 22 204.0 54 53 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 1.2 1.2 0.7 0.5 -1 2.38 1.74 .985 2.60 2.27
1995 BAL AL 25 OF 24 11 116.0 40 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.2 22.8 3.2 2.6 0.6 -1 3.10 1.67 .982 2.33 1.99
1995 BAL AL 25 CF 15 11 97.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 4.9 1.4 1.0 0.4 -1 2.78 2.00 .987 2.73 2.38
1995 BAL AL 25 RF 9 0 19.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.8 113.7 1.8 1.6 0.2 0 4.26 1.00 .978 2.04 1.63
1995 NYM NL 25 OF 39 35 316.1 71 67 2 2 0 .972 0.1 0.4 1.1 -1.6 2.7 -1 1.96 1.77 .979 2.15 1.82
1995 NYM NL 25 LF 25 24 209.1 45 42 1 2 0 .956 0.3 1.7 1.3 -1.3 2.6 -1 1.85 1.72 .973 1.87 1.43
1995 NYM NL 25 CF 16 11 107.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -2.2 -0.2 -0.3 0.1 0 2.02 1.50 .983 2.48 2.16
1996 TEX AL 26 OF 80 34 380.1 96 93 3 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -3.5 -0.1 1.1 -1.2 -1 2.27 1.20 .982 2.37 2.02
1996 TEX AL 26 RF 44 16 184.1 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -12.4 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 -1 1.42 0.66 .979 2.17 1.72
1996 TEX AL 26 CF 25 13 137.1 49 47 2 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -12.2 -0.4 1.1 -1.5 -1 3.21 1.96 .990 2.78 2.35
1996 TEX AL 26 LF 14 5 58.2 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.2 45.0 1.2 0.0 1.2 1 2.76 1.29 .978 2.18 1.75
1997 TEX AL 27 CF 117 102 909.2 292 282 7 3 5 .990 9.0 11.9 9.0 -0.8 9.8 0 2.86 2.47 .988 2.71 2.31
1997 TEX AL 27 OF 117 102 909.2 294 284 7 3 4 .990 9.0 11.9 9.0 -0.8 9.8 0 2.88 2.49 .982 2.32 2.02
1997 TEX AL 27 DH 3
1998 BOS AL 28 CF 67 52 488.0 137 133 4 0 1 1.000 -3.3 -8.1 -4.3 -0.9 -3.4 1 2.53 2.04 .987 2.69 2.36
1998 BOS AL 28 OF 67 52 488.0 139 135 4 0 1 1.000 -3.3 -8.1 -4.3 -0.9 -3.4 1 2.56 2.07 .985 2.31 2.02
1998 BOS AL 28 DH 15
1998 BOS AL 28 2B 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.10
1998 BOS AL 28 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -720.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1999 BOS AL 29 OF 84 76 683.0 199 190 6 3 2 .985 7.7 13.5 8.7 1.2 7.5 -1 2.58 2.33 .984 2.30 2.03
1999 BOS AL 29 CF 82 71 644.0 188 181 4 3 2 .984 7.9 14.7 9.9 2.7 7.2 -2 2.59 2.26 .985 2.72 2.36
1999 BOS AL 29 DH 5
1999 BOS AL 29 LF 5 5 39.0 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -6.2 -1.2 -1.5 0.3 1 2.31 2.00 .980 2.08 1.72
2000 CHC NL 30 OF 148 130 1189.1 344 335 4 5 1 .985 -1.3 -1.3 2.7 -0.4 3.2 -4 2.57 2.29 .981 2.25 1.86
2000 CHC NL 30 CF 140 124 1128.0 319 311 4 4 0 .987 -3.6 -3.8 0.4 -2.4 2.8 -4 2.51 2.25 .987 2.64 2.24
2000 CHC NL 30 RF 7 6 58.1 25 24 0 1 1 .960 2.2 45.3 2.2 1.9 0.4 0 3.70 3.43 .980 2.18 1.74
2000 CHC NL 30 LF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.40
2001 CHC NL 31 OF 34 23 208.1 53 53 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 1.7 1.3 -0.2 1.4 -1 2.29 1.56 .981 2.20 1.86
2001 CHC NL 31 CF 33 23 207.1 52 52 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.0 -0.5 1.4 -1 2.26 1.58 .987 2.59 2.18
2001 CHC NL 31 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.70
9 Seasons OF 624 485 4502.2 1300 1258 28 14 9 .989 14.2 3.8 20.2 -1.0 21.2 -6 2.57 2.06 .982 2.29 1.96
8 Seasons CF 519 426 3896.0 1149 1114 24 11 9 .990 7.8 2.4 14.8 -2.1 16.8 -7 2.63 2.19 .987 2.68 2.30
5 Seasons RF 62 23 269.2 66 64 1 1 1 .985 2.4 10.7 3.4 3.8 -0.3 -1 2.17 1.05 .980 2.16 1.71
6 Seasons LF 52 36 337.0 78 73 3 2 0 .974 4.0 14.2 2.0 -2.7 4.7 2 2.03 1.46 .976 1.98 1.59
5 Seasons DH 41
1 Season 2B 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.10
1 Season 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -720.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
9 Seasons TOT 635 485 4503.2 1293 1251 28 14 10 .989 14.0 3.7 20.0 -1.0 21.0 -6 2.56 2.01 .975 2.59 2.18
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1993 BAL AL 23 53 22 53 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 24 1 30 0 3 23
1994 BAL AL 24 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
1995 NYM NL 25 44 35 44 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 16 0 39 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 80 0 13 16
1997 TEX AL 27 122 102 122 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 117 0 4 9
1998 BOS AL 28 86 52 86 68 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 67 0 67 0 18 11
1999 BOS AL 29 91 76 91 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 82 0 84 0 9 3
2000 CHC NL 30 150 130 150 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 140 7 148 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 62 624 0 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 6 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 2 765 61% 77% 41% 94 60%
1995 NYM NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 1 457 61% 76% 32% 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% 0 421 56% 70% 38% 49 61%
1996 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 9 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 18 2 11.1% 15 1 5.6% 1 619 55% 77% 42% 83 59%
1997 TEX AL 27 3 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 1 40 31 0 45 4 0 17 5 1 10 0 0 23 10 0 135 50 37.0% 84 1 0.7% 6 4093 55% 77% 41% 550 52%
1998 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 27 18 1 18 4 0 8 2 0 4 0 0 9 6 0 66 30 45.5% 33 1 1.5% 3 2167 53% 75% 41% 282 49%
1999 BOS AL 29 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 27 10 0 29 3 2 14 8 0 9 0 0 15 7 1 94 28 29.8% 63 3 3.2% 1 2877 52% 74% 38% 386 48%
2000 CHC NL 30 4 0 4 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 44 28 0 38 6 0 7 2 0 15 2 0 30 19 0 134 57 42.5% 77 0 0.0% 4 5181 60% 72% 37% 535 59%
2001 CHC NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 6 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 3 1 0 21 7 33.3% 14 0 0.0% 0 911 54% 67% 31% 90 58%
8 Seasons 11 0 11 0 4 24 0 7 5 4 162 98 1 154 19 3 53 18 1 46 3 0 86 47 1 501 185 36.9% 308 6 1.2% 18 17491 56% 74% 39% 2118 54%
MLB Averages 41.4% 1.9% 56% 75% 38% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 90 51% 78% 51% 16 56%
1996 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 3 0 8 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 25 10 40.0% 14 1 4.0% 0 840 55% 75% 40% 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 2 2 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 267 56% 70% 39% 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 12 3 0 11 2 1 4 3 0 3 0 0 6 5 0 36 13 36.1% 22 1 2.8% 0 1237 55% 75% 41% 125 52%
MLB Averages 45.3% 2.4% 56% 75% 38% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 107 62% 77% 29% 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 13 10 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 23 16 69.6% 7 0 0.0% 1 895 50% 78% 38% 95 44%
1996 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 11 8 72.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 268 50% 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% 1 183 54% 75% 38% 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 19 16 0 15 4 1 3 2 0 2 2 0 7 7 0 46 31 67.4% 13 1 2.2% 2 1475 52% 77% 38% 169 44%
MLB Averages 60.4% 2.4% 56% 75% 38% 47%

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
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 56% 75% 31% 92%

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%
1998 BOS AL 28 3 0% 67% 33% 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 0% 67% 33% 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 56% 75% 31% 87% 61%

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