Don Buford
Donald Alvin Buford
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 2, 1937 in Linden, TX
High School: Dorsey (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1963
Final Game: October 3, 1972
Relatives: Father of Damon Buford
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1963 26 CHW AL 12 48 42 9 12 1 2 0 5 1 0 5 7 .286 .354 .405 .759 115 17 1 0 0 1 0 /54
1964 27 CHW AL 135 504 442 62 116 14 6 4 30 12 7 46 62 .262 .337 .348 .685 94 154 7 5 8 3 2 45
1965 28 CHW AL 155 668 586 93 166 22 5 10 47 17 7 67 76 .283 .358 .389 .747 120 228 6 4 6 5 4 *45 MVP-25
1966 29 CHW AL 163 698 607 85 148 26 7 8 52 51 22 69 71 .244 .323 .349 .672 100 212 3 3 17 2 3 *54/79
1967 30 CHW AL 156 609 535 61 129 10 9 4 32 34 21 65 51 .241 .322 .316 .638 96 169 3 1 4 4 3 *54/7
1968 31 BAL AL 130 494 426 65 120 13 4 15 46 27 12 57 46 .282 .367 .437 .804 142 186 1 4 1 6 5 487/59 MVP-15
1969 32 BAL AL 144 663 554 99 161 31 3 11 64 19 18 96 62 .291 .397 .417 .814 128 231 5 5 3 5 7 *74/5
1970 33 BAL AL 144 629 504 99 137 15 2 17 66 16 8 109 55 .272 .406 .411 .816 126 207 1 8 3 5 8 *7/45 MVP-20
1971 34 BAL AL 122 549 449 99 130 19 4 19 54 15 7 89 62 .290 .413 .477 .890 153 214 2 7 2 2 15 *7 AS,MVP-27
1972 35 BAL AL 125 485 408 46 84 6 2 5 22 8 3 69 83 .206 .326 .267 .593 76 109 5 4 3 1 10 *7
10 Seasons 1286 5347 4553 718 1203 157 44 93 418 200 105 672 575 .264 .362 .379 .741 115 1727 34 41 47 34 57
162 Game Avg. 162 674 574 90 152 20 6 12 53 25 13 85 72 .264 .362 .379 .741 115 218 4 5 6 4 7
BAL (5 yrs) 665 2820 2341 408 632 84 15 67 252 85 48 420 308 .270 .385 .405 .789 126 947 14 28 12 19 45
CHW (5 yrs) 621 2527 2212 310 571 73 29 26 166 115 57 252 267 .258 .335 .353 .688 103 780 20 13 35 15 12

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1963 26 CHW AL 48 32 6 5.1 93 .333 .286 .253 .354 .319 .405 .391 .759 .710 115 .584 0.9 0.1 .742 .262 .119 .0
1964 27 CHW AL 504 351 54 4.1 94 .296 .262 .252 .337 .320 .348 .392 .685 .712 94 .489 -2.5 -0.3 .618 .201 .086 6.0
1965 28 CHW AL 668 444 87 5.3 86 .309 .283 .243 .358 .311 .389 .372 .747 .683 120 .620 17.1 1.8 .714 .237 .106 12.6
1966 29 CHW AL 698 503 74 4.0 84 .264 .244 .240 .323 .306 .349 .371 .672 .676 100 .507 1.8 0.2 .647 .267 .105 13.8
1967 30 CHW AL 609 438 58 3.6 79 .258 .241 .235 .322 .303 .316 .353 .638 .656 96 .480 -1.4 -0.2 .577 .221 .075 7.2
1968 31 BAL AL 494 326 74 6.1 81 .283 .282 .239 .367 .308 .437 .354 .804 .662 142 .733 23.5 2.6 .821 .324 .155 19.3
1969 32 BAL AL 663 424 97 6.2 96 .309 .291 .255 .397 .332 .417 .385 .814 .718 128 .667 26.0 2.7 .800 .301 .126 13.9
1970 33 BAL AL 629 384 97 6.8 98 .275 .272 .259 .406 .334 .411 .395 .816 .729 126 .698 24.2 2.4 .883 .371 .139 16.5
1971 34 BAL AL 549 332 97 7.8 91 .300 .290 .254 .413 .326 .477 .377 .890 .702 153 .772 36.1 3.7 .970 .403 .187 16.8
1972 35 BAL AL 485 336 40 3.2 85 .246 .206 .250 .326 .319 .267 .361 .593 .680 76 .443 -9.9 -1.1 .563 .243 .061 6.2
10 Seasons 5347 3570 684 5.2 88 .283 .264 .247 .362 .318 .379 .374 .741 .691 115 .618 115.9 11.9 .727 .284 .115 127.0
162 Game Avg. 674 450 86 5.2 88 .283 .264 .247 .362 .318 .379 .374 .741 .691 115 .618 15 1 .727 .284 .115 16
BAL (5 yrs) 2820 1802 405 6.0 91 .285 .270 .252 .385 .325 .405 .376 .789 .701 126 .683 100.0 10.3 .809 .330 .135 74.9
CHW (5 yrs) 2527 1768 279 4.3 85 .282 .258 .242 .335 .310 .353 .371 .688 .681 103 .531 15.9 1.6 .642 .235 .094 42.4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 32 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 3 17 14 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 .286 .412 .357 .769 5 0 0 0 0 0
1969 32 BAL AL WS NYM L 5 22 20 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .100 .182 .300 .482 6 0 0 0 0 0
1970 33 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 2 10 7 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 .429 .500 .857 1.357 6 0 0 0 1 0
1970 33 BAL AL WS CIN W 4 18 15 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .267 .389 .467 .856 7 0 0 0 0 0
1971 34 BAL AL ALCS OAK W 2 9 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .429 .556 .714 1.270 5 0 0 0 0 0
1971 34 BAL AL WS PIT L 6 26 23 3 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 3 3 .261 .346 .565 .911 13 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (6 Series) 22 102 86 13 22 3 1 5 11 0 1 15 10 .256 .363 .488 .851 42 0 0 0 1 0
3 ALCS 7 36 28 6 10 1 1 1 4 0 1 7 1 .357 .472 .571 1.044 16 0 0 0 1 0
3 WS 15 66 58 7 12 2 0 4 7 0 0 8 9 .207 .303 .448 .751 26 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 BAL AL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1963 26 CHW AL 48 0.0% 14.6% 10.4% 6.3% 25% 1.40 6.0 8.4 1.88 75%
1964 27 CHW AL 504 0.8% 12.3% 9.1% 4.8% 21% 1.35 7.1 110.5 14.7 1.25 75%
1965 28 CHW AL 668 1.5% 11.4% 10.0% 5.5% 22% 1.13 7.7 58.6 12.5 0.98 76%
1966 29 CHW AL 698 1.2% 10.2% 9.9% 5.9% 28% 1.03 8.5 75.9 11.7 0.90 76%
1967 30 CHW AL 609 0.7% 8.4% 10.7% 3.8% 18% 0.78 10.5 133.8 16.7 0.92 79%
1968 31 BAL AL 494 3.0% 9.3% 11.5% 6.5% 27% 0.81 9.3 28.4 9.3 0.82 75%
1969 32 BAL AL 663 1.7% 9.4% 14.5% 6.8% 28% 0.65 8.9 50.4 8.7 1.11 73%
1970 33 BAL AL 629 2.7% 8.7% 17.3% 5.4% 25% 0.50 9.2 29.6 7.6 0.65 69%
1971 34 BAL AL 549 3.5% 11.3% 16.2% 7.7% 32% 0.70 7.2 23.6 8.3 0.71 67%
1972 35 BAL AL 485 1.0% 17.1% 14.2% 2.7% 16% 1.20 4.9 81.6 18.5 0.73 66%
10 Seasons 5347 1.7% 10.8% 12.6% 5.5% 24% 0.86 7.9 49.0 10.9 0.89 73%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1963 26 CHW AL 2 0 53% 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 40% 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 1
1964 27 CHW AL 9 0 36% 206 12 7 63% 9 7 2 0 1 0 2 0 7 35 56% 45 20 24 3 3 0 15 4 11
1965 28 CHW AL 9 0 37% 271 17 7 71% 15 7 0 1 2 0 2 0 14 24 53% 46 20 23 8 5 2 25 8 17
1966 29 CHW AL 9 0 36% 215 51 22 70% 45 16 4 3 2 3 4 0 12 27 66% 25 9 16 4 1 2 21 5 15
1967 30 CHW AL 5 0 30% 253 34 21 62% 33 18 0 4 1 1 2 0 8 11 61% 25 12 13 8 5 3 18 3 15
1968 31 BAL AL 7 0 30% 230 27 12 69% 23 11 4 0 0 1 3 1 5 13 43% 26 14 12 2 2 0 12 6 5
1969 32 BAL AL 7 0 35% 328 19 18 51% 19 17 0 0 0 1 8 3 6 21 53% 47 28 17 7 2 5 31 5 23
1970 33 BAL AL 9 0 35% 307 16 8 67% 14 8 0 0 1 0 4 1 8 23 42% 46 30 14 11 5 4 24 8 16
1971 34 BAL AL 4 0 39% 290 15 7 68% 15 5 0 2 0 0 5 3 4 15 52% 40 25 15 14 9 5 23 2 20
1972 35 BAL AL 6 0 27% 234 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 6 46% 25 19 6 8 4 4 19 4 14
10 Seasons 67 0 34% 2358 200 105 66% 182 92 10 10 7 6 33 9 71 178 52% 326 178 140 66 36 26 191 47 137
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1963 26 CHW AL 48 100% 12 1 0 0 0 1.56 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 5 2 40% 25 5 20% 3 3 100% 2 2 100% 0
1964 27 CHW AL 504 100% 116 10 1 0 0 1.00 4 0 11 4 0 2 2 0 9 8 89% 84 7 8% 47 17 36% 253 30 12% 22 12 55% 24 10 42% 0
1965 28 CHW AL 667 100% 166 7 1 0 0 1.63 10 0 8 9 1 5 5 0 7 6 86% 101 6 6% 57 18 32% 309 40 13% 29 16 55% 40 16 40% 1
1966 29 CHW AL 698 100% 148 1 0 0 0 1.72 8 0 6 6 2 2 6 1 18 17 94% 106 3 3% 60 22 37% 316 45 14% 25 9 36% 36 14 39% 0
1967 30 CHW AL 609 100% 129 4 1 0 0 0.92 4 1 13 4 0 1 3 0 4 4 100% 80 3 4% 60 23 38% 265 29 11% 20 12 60% 34 15 44% 0
1968 31 BAL AL 494 100% 120 20 6 2 3 1.67 15 1 6 13 2 6 9 0 2 1 50% 46 1 2% 23 8 35% 198 31 16% 21 14 67% 25 8 32% 0
1969 32 BAL AL 663 100% 161 5 1 0 0 1.45 11 0 18 10 1 3 8 0 5 3 60% 81 5 6% 30 15 50% 311 54 17% 34 20 59% 39 13 33% 0
1970 33 BAL AL 629 100% 137 10 2 0 0 1.73 17 1 19 15 2 10 7 0 4 3 75% 88 1 1% 32 9 28% 300 49 16% 25 13 52% 23 10 43% 0
1971 34 BAL AL 549 100% 130 8 2 0 0 1.87 19 0 7 17 2 9 10 0 2 2 100% 77 2 3% 27 7 26% 257 36 14% 21 10 48% 29 8 28% 0
1972 35 BAL AL 485 100% 84 19 2 1 1 2.21 5 0 11 3 2 3 2 0 5 3 60% 55 5 9% 27 6 22% 196 20 10% 18 5 28% 20 4 20% 0
10 Seasons 5346 100% 1203 85 16 3 4 1.68 93 3 100 81 12 41 52 1 56 47 84% 729 34 5% 368 127 35% 2430 339 14% 218 114 52% 272 100 37% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1963 26 12 48 42 9 12 1 2 0 5 1 0 5 7 .286 .354 .405 .759 115 17 1 0 0 1 0
1964 27 147 552 484 71 128 15 8 4 35 13 7 51 69 .264 .338 .353 .692 96 171 8 5 8 4 2
1965 28 302 1220 1070 164 294 37 13 14 82 30 14 118 145 .275 .349 .373 .722 109 399 14 9 14 9 6
1966 29 465 1918 1677 249 442 63 20 22 134 81 36 187 216 .264 .340 .364 .704 106 611 17 12 31 11 9
1967 30 621 2527 2212 310 571 73 29 26 166 115 57 252 267 .258 .335 .353 .688 103 780 20 13 35 15 12
1968 31 751 3021 2638 375 691 86 33 41 212 142 69 309 313 .262 .341 .366 .707 109 966 21 17 36 21 17
1969 32 895 3684 3192 474 852 117 36 52 276 161 87 405 375 .267 .351 .375 .726 113 1197 26 22 39 26 24
1970 33 1039 4313 3696 573 989 132 38 69 342 177 95 514 430 .268 .359 .380 .739 115 1404 27 30 42 31 32
1971 34 1161 4862 4145 672 1119 151 42 88 396 192 102 603 492 .270 .365 .390 .755 119 1618 29 37 44 33 47
1972 35 1286 5347 4553 718 1203 157 44 93 418 200 105 672 575 .264 .362 .379 .741 115 1727 34 41 47 34 57

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1963 26 12 49 43 10 13 1 2 0 5 1 5 7 .302 .367 .419 .786 7 12
1964 27 134 512 452 69 128 15 7 4 34 13 51 62 .283 .361 .374 .735 61 135
1965 28 155 702 614 112 194 26 6 12 57 20 78 76 .316 .395 .436 .831 105 155
1966 29 164 728 639 105 177 31 8 10 64 61 83 71 .277 .363 .397 .760 92 163
1967 30 156 646 562 79 156 12 11 5 41 41 79 51 .278 .365 .365 .730 75 156
1968 31 130 534 453 83 147 16 5 18 59 33 70 46 .325 .416 .501 .917 95 130
1969 32 144 682 568 106 175 34 3 12 69 21 104 62 .308 .416 .442 .858 104 144
1970 33 144 659 522 104 155 17 2 19 69 18 123 55 .297 .436 .446 .882 101 144
1971 34 123 589 474 115 153 22 5 22 63 18 105 62 .323 .452 .530 .981 113 122
1972 35 131 544 448 59 109 8 3 6 28 10 90 87 .243 .375 .315 .690 52 125
10 Seasons 1293 5645 4775 842 1407 182 52 108 489 236 788 579 .295 .397 .422 .820 805 1286
162 Game Avg. 162 707 598 105 176 23 7 14 61 30 99 73 .295 .397 .422 .820 101 1286

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1971 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1965-AL-25-1%
1968-AL-15-4%
1970-AL-20-4%
1971-AL-27-1%
0.10 Career Shares (893rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1965 AL--.283--9th
1968 AL--.282--7th**
1971 AL--.290--10th

On-Base% s c a p y
1965 AL--.358--10th
1968 AL--.367--7th**
1969 AL--.397--8th
1970 AL--.406--6th
1971 AL--.413--4th

Slugging % s c a p y
1971 AL--.477--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1968 AL--.804--8th**
1971 AL--.890--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1966 AL--163--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1965 AL--586--9th
1966 AL--607--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1965 AL--668--8th
1966 AL--698--2nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1965 AL--93--4th
1966 AL--85--9th
1969 AL--99--7th
1970 AL--99--6th
1971 AL--99--1st

Hits s c a p y
1965 AL--166--6th

Doubles s c a p y
1969 AL--31--6th

Triples s c a p y
1964 AL--6--9th
1966 AL--7--9th
1967 AL--9--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1966 AL--69--9th
1969 AL--96--8th
1970 AL--109--5th
1971 AL--89--6th
1972 AL--69--9th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1965 AL--17--7th
1966 AL--51--2nd
1967 AL--34--2nd
1968 AL--27--4th

Singles s c a p y
1965 AL--129--1st

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1971 AL--153--3rd

Runs Created s c a p y
1965 AL--87--10th
1971 AL--97--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1971 AL--36--4th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1971 AL--3.7--4th

Times On Base s c a p y
1965 AL--237--3rd
1969 AL--262--6th
1970 AL--254--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1970 AL--.698--7th
1971 AL--.772--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL--8--5th
1971 AL--7--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1964 AL--8--10th
1966 AL--17--1st

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 AL--6--5th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1971 AL--15--2nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1964 AL--7--3rd
1965 AL--7--8th
1966 AL--22--1st
1967 AL--21--1st
1968 AL--12--6th
1969 AL--18--1st
Career--105--95th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1966 AL--13.8--6th
1968 AL--19.3--1st
1970 AL--16.5--10th
1971 AL--16.8--5th
Career--127.0--246th

AB per SO s c a p y
1967 AL--10.490--5th

Outs Made s c a p y
1966 AL--503--2nd

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (374), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 44 (450), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1231), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (806), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Dan Gladden (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Don Hoak (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pat Kelly (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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