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 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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 CHW AL 26 3B 9 8 78.0 22 10 11 1 1 .955 -1.7 -26.2 -1.7 -0.5 -1.3 0 2.42 2.33 .945 3.02 2.84
1963 CHW AL 26 2B 2 2 13.0 5 3 1 1 0 .800 -0.3 -27.7 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 2.77 2.00 .980 5.05 4.70
1964 CHW AL 27 2B 92 85 713.1 407 196 198 13 60 .968 -0.4 -0.7 -0.4 2.7 -3.1 0 4.97 4.28 .980 5.17 4.54
1964 CHW AL 27 3B 37 22 224.0 96 30 63 3 5 .969 4.2 22.5 4.2 -0.5 4.7 0 3.74 2.51 .954 3.03 2.76
1965 CHW AL 28 2B 139 128 1105.1 696 326 357 13 93 .981 13.5 14.7 12.5 5.6 6.9 1 5.56 4.91 .978 5.07 4.38 MVP-25
1965 CHW AL 28 3B 41 15 180.1 73 13 59 1 9 .986 6.5 43.3 5.5 1.7 3.8 1 3.59 1.76 .959 3.13 2.87 MVP-25
1966 CHW AL 29 3B 133 121 1096.2 425 98 301 26 24 .939 13.2 14.4 13.2 -2.1 15.3 0 3.27 3.00 .955 3.03 2.80
1966 CHW AL 29 2B 37 31 270.0 177 88 81 8 18 .955 -3.7 -16.4 -2.7 -2.8 0.1 -1 5.63 4.57 .976 5.09 4.38
1966 CHW AL 29 OF 11 6 59.2 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 10.1 0.5 -0.2 0.6 0 2.11 1.27 .979 2.10 1.82
1966 CHW AL 29 LF 8 4 39.2 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 27.2 0.9 0.0 0.8 0 2.27 1.25 .980 1.84 1.45
1966 CHW AL 29 RF 3 2 20.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -24.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 1.35 1.00 .967 1.93 1.70
1967 CHW AL 30 3B 121 94 918.0 364 95 250 19 16 .948 7.4 9.7 8.4 -1.6 10.0 -1 3.38 2.85 .955 3.13 2.72
1967 CHW AL 30 2B 51 39 328.0 209 102 99 8 30 .962 0.7 2.6 0.7 -0.1 0.8 0 5.52 3.94 .979 4.95 4.19
1967 CHW AL 30 LF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 1.93 1.40
1967 CHW AL 30 OF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.80
1968 BAL AL 31 OF 65 66 510.2 134 130 4 0 0 1.000 8.0 18.8 8.0 5.9 2.1 0 2.36 2.06 .981 2.08 1.80 MVP-15
1968 BAL AL 31 2B 58 37 369.1 224 109 107 8 22 .964 -4.7 -15.3 -4.7 -3.8 -1.0 0 5.26 3.72 .977 5.11 4.34 MVP-15
1968 BAL AL 31 CF 42 42 296.0 85 84 1 0 0 1.000 3.0 12.2 4.0 2.5 1.5 -1 2.58 2.02 .986 2.53 2.25 MVP-15
1968 BAL AL 31 LF 27 22 200.2 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 3.9 23.3 2.9 2.3 0.6 1 2.11 1.74 .977 1.85 1.45 MVP-15
1968 BAL AL 31 3B 2 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 0.00 0.00 3.04 2.65 MVP-15
1968 BAL AL 31 RF 2 2 14.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.1 94.3 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 3.86 3.00 .983 1.86 1.55 MVP-15
1969 BAL AL 32 LF 128 128 1121.2 236 225 7 4 1 .983 6.8 7.3 5.8 -0.7 6.5 1 1.86 1.81 .978 1.99 1.60
1969 BAL AL 32 OF 128 128 1121.2 239 228 7 4 1 .983 6.8 7.3 5.8 -0.7 6.5 1 1.89 1.84 .978 2.13 1.84
1969 BAL AL 32 2B 10 8 70.0 45 22 21 2 2 .956 2.3 39.4 2.3 -0.1 2.4 0 5.53 4.30 .976 5.21 4.58
1969 BAL AL 32 3B 6 3 33.0 15 5 10 0 2 1.000 1.4 50.9 1.4 0.7 0.7 0 4.09 2.50 .953 3.16 2.73
1970 BAL AL 33 OF 130 125 1117.2 237 221 13 3 3 .987 3.7 4.0 1.7 -3.1 4.9 2 1.88 1.80 .980 2.14 1.85 MVP-20
1970 BAL AL 33 LF 129 125 1117.2 232 220 10 2 2 .991 3.7 4.0 1.7 -3.1 4.9 2 1.85 1.78 .978 1.81 1.48 MVP-20
1970 BAL AL 33 2B 3 1 15.0 7 2 4 1 0 .857 0.2 16.0 0.2 0.8 -0.6 0 3.60 2.00 .986 5.34 4.63 MVP-20
1970 BAL AL 33 3B 3 2 25.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -14.4 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0 1.08 1.00 .933 3.06 2.67 MVP-20
1971 BAL AL 34 LF 115 113 988.2 223 215 5 3 0 .987 2.5 3.0 1.5 2.3 -0.9 1 2.00 1.91 .981 1.93 1.60 AS,MVP-27
1971 BAL AL 34 OF 115 113 988.2 226 217 6 3 0 .987 2.5 3.0 1.5 2.3 -0.9 1 2.03 1.94 .982 2.24 1.96 AS,MVP-27
1972 BAL AL 35 LF 105 101 903.1 182 173 7 2 1 .989 1.7 2.3 1.7 2.6 -0.9 0 1.79 1.71 .980 1.89 1.53
1972 BAL AL 35 OF 105 101 903.1 181 173 6 2 1 .989 1.7 2.3 1.7 2.6 -0.9 0 1.78 1.70 .983 2.22 1.91
7 Seasons OF 555 540 4708.2 1032 983 37 12 5 .988 23.3 5.9 19.3 6.9 12.3 4 1.95 1.84 .980 2.17 1.88
7 Seasons LF 513 494 4378.2 931 888 32 11 4 .988 19.6 5.4 14.6 3.5 11.0 5 1.89 1.79 .979 1.90 1.54
8 Seasons 2B 392 331 2884.0 1770 848 868 54 225 .969 7.6 3.2 7.6 2.2 5.3 0 5.36 4.38 .978 5.09 4.40
8 Seasons 3B 352 266 2563.0 998 252 696 50 57 .950 30.2 14.1 30.2 -3.0 33.1 0 3.33 2.69 .955 3.07 2.77
1 Season CF 42 42 296.0 85 84 1 0 0 1.000 3.0 12.2 4.0 2.5 1.5 -1 2.58 2.02 .986 2.53 2.25
2 Seasons RF 5 4 34.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.7 24.7 0.7 0.9 -0.2 0 2.38 1.80 .978 1.91 1.64
10 Seasons TOT 1299 1137 10155.2 3800 2083 1601 116 287 .969 61.1 7.2 57.1 6.1 50.7 4 0 3.26 2.84 .942 3.23 2.88
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp 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
1963 CHW AL 26 12 10 12 12 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 CHW AL 27 135 107 135 135 0 0 0 92 37 0 0 0 0 0 13 8
1965 CHW AL 28 155 143 155 155 0 0 0 139 41 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
1966 CHW AL 29 163 158 163 163 0 0 0 37 133 0 8 0 3 11 1 1
1967 CHW AL 30 156 134 156 156 0 0 0 51 121 0 1 0 0 1 6 12
1968 BAL AL 31 130 104 130 130 0 0 0 58 2 0 27 42 2 65 24 0
1969 BAL AL 32 144 139 144 144 0 0 0 10 6 0 128 0 0 128 5 0
1970 BAL AL 33 144 128 144 144 0 0 0 3 3 0 129 0 0 130 14 0
1971 BAL AL 34 122 113 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 115 8 0
1972 BAL AL 35 125 101 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 105 24 0
10 Seasons 1286 1137 1286 1286 0 0 0 392 352 0 513 42 5 555 105 23
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 -- 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%
1966 CHW AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 175 61% 78% 22% 14 71%
1967 CHW AL 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 29 69% 72% 28% 1 100%
1968 BAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 10 10 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 20 14 70.0% 6 0 0.0% 2 840 58% 77% 26% 83 55%
1969 BAL AL 32 4 0 4 0 2 7 0 2 1 1 34 29 0 29 7 0 14 12 0 3 1 0 17 16 0 97 65 67.0% 32 0 0.0% 7 4683 65% 76% 28% 484 47%
1970 BAL AL 33 2 0 2 0 1 10 0 4 2 2 53 41 2 33 8 0 20 11 1 11 2 1 16 16 0 133 78 58.6% 51 4 3.0% 6 4766 65% 77% 27% 515 44%
1971 BAL AL 34 3 0 3 0 1 5 1 2 2 1 36 32 0 28 8 1 12 8 0 17 3 0 10 10 0 103 61 59.2% 40 1 1.0% 4 4203 61% 79% 28% 459 48%
1972 BAL AL 35 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 3 2 1 27 19 1 20 5 1 13 7 0 2 0 0 7 7 0 69 38 55.1% 29 2 2.9% 5 3676 67% 79% 28% 370 48%
7 Seasons 11 0 11 0 5 32 1 14 7 5 161 131 3 115 29 2 59 38 1 35 6 1 53 52 0 423 256 60.5% 159 7 1.7% 25 18372 64% 78% 28% 1926 47%
MLB Averages 57.3% 2.6% 62% 77% 26% 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
1963 CHW AL 26 53 74% 77% 34% 1 100% 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHW AL 27 2924 64% 77% 28% 239 93% 1 201 61 97 43 198 161 31 1 3 13 0 9 4 10 60 17 9 13 6 54 21 31 5 3 2
1965 CHW AL 28 4703 64% 77% 29% 425 96% 0 325 100 157 68 360 295 56 2 3 13 0 12 1 10 94 32 12 29 5 86 37 46 5 2 3
1966 CHW AL 29 1206 66% 79% 29% 102 93% 0 85 29 38 18 78 63 14 0 2 8 1 5 2 5 18 6 3 6 0 17 8 9 0 0 0
1967 CHW AL 30 1364 66% 76% 29% 129 95% 0 101 38 39 24 99 83 14 0 0 8 1 6 1 5 30 9 2 9 1 26 11 13 3 2 1
1968 BAL AL 31 1581 56% 73% 23% 142 91% 0 107 39 51 17 108 93 13 0 2 8 1 7 0 4 23 8 8 4 2 23 6 17 0 0 0
1969 BAL AL 32 296 63% 75% 29% 28 93% 0 23 5 12 6 23 19 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1970 BAL AL 33 67 69% 79% 24% 8 88% 0 4 2 2 0 5 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 12194 63% 76% 28% 1074 94% 1 849 274 399 177 872 719 133 3 10 55 5 42 8 36 229 72 36 63 14 210 85 118 13 7 6
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

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%
1963 CHW AL 26 329 62% 75% 26% 23 70% 0 10 4 2 4 11 10 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1964 CHW AL 27 950 65% 75% 27% 96 91% 1 28 21 4 3 64 55 8 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 5 4 0 5 0 0 0 4 50%
1965 CHW AL 28 761 63% 79% 29% 75 89% 1 12 7 1 4 61 46 14 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 6 1 9 0 0 0 3 100%
1966 CHW AL 29 4558 65% 78% 31% 431 89% 2 96 72 11 13 305 254 46 1 6 26 2 21 3 23 23 15 2 20 2 1 1 9 100%
1967 CHW AL 30 3856 65% 77% 30% 372 88% 7 95 64 19 12 251 212 30 6 5 19 0 15 4 15 16 7 1 12 3 1 1 7 86%
1968 BAL AL 31 36 39% 72% 28% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 BAL AL 32 131 76% 79% 29% 15 93% 0 5 2 2 1 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1970 BAL AL 33 105 50% 77% 21% 5 100% 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 10726 65% 78% 30% 1017 88% 11 248 172 39 37 705 585 104 7 12 50 2 40 8 42 57 35 4 49 5 2 2 25 80%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 66%

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%
1968 BAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 4 0 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 28 12 42.9% 16 0 0.0% 1 1259 56% 75% 25% 141 60%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 4 0 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 28 12 42.9% 16 0 0.0% 1 1259 56% 75% 25% 141 60%
MLB Averages 41.0% 2.1% 62% 77% 26% 56%

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%
1966 CHW AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 87 68% 76% 26% 8 38%
1968 BAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 59 44% 78% 22% 7 71%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 146 58% 77% 25% 15 53%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.2% 62% 77% 26% 54%

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