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Don Buford

Don Alvin Buford

Positions: Leftfielder, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: February 2, 1937 in Linden, TX
High School: Susan Miller Dorsey HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1963
Teams (by GP): Orioles/WhiteSox 1963-1972

Final Game: October 3, 1972
Relatives: Father of Damon Buford
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 1:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #533. Melvin Mora… #534. Bill Bradley… #535. Miller Huggins… #536. DON BUFORD… #537. Ken Caminiti… #538. Pinky Higgins… #539. Bob Bailey… 

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 95 169 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 .804 144 186 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 Yrs 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1963 26 CHW AL 12 48 2 0 0 -2 0 0 0.0 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.4 -0.2 4 $ /54
1964 27 CHW AL 135 504 0 4 0 4 3 11 1.0 14 25 2.4 .509 .508 2.2 0.6 21 $ 45
1965 28 CHW AL 155 668 16 2 2 20 4 44 4.9 19 63 6.8 .532 .531 4.5 2.8 43 $ *45 MVP-25
1966 29 CHW AL 163 698 2 5 2 10 3 22 2.2 20 42 4.1 .516 .516 3.3 1.3 32 $ *54/79
1967 30 CHW AL 156 609 -4 -0 1 8 4 9 0.9 17 26 2.5 .507 .507 1.8 1.3 18 $20,000 *54/7
1968 31 BAL AL 130 494 22 1 1 3 -0 26 3.0 14 40 4.4 .525 .520 4.3 0.2 37 $22,000 487/59 MVP-15
1969 32 BAL AL 144 663 22 -2 1 10 -6 25 2.7 18 44 4.5 .520 .517 3.4 0.4 33 $ *74/5
1970 33 BAL AL 144 629 23 1 1 4 -7 22 2.3 20 42 4.3 .517 .515 4.0 -0.4 39 $ *7/45 MVP-20
1971 34 BAL AL 122 549 30 1 2 2 -6 30 3.3 18 48 5.1 .528 .521 4.8 -0.4 46 $ *7 AS,MVP-27
1972 35 BAL AL 125 485 -11 -0 0 2 -5 -14 -1.9 16 2 -0.3 .486 .489 -0.4 -0.5 0 $60,000 *7
10 Seasons 1286 5347 102 11 11 61 -10 176 18.5 157 333 33.9 .516 .512 28.3 5.1 272 $102,000
BAL (5 yrs) 665 2820 86 2 5 21 -24 90 9.5 87 176 18.0 .515 .512 16.1 -0.7 155 $82,000
CHW (5 yrs) 621 2527 17 10 5 40 15 86 9.0 71 157 15.9 .516 .512 12.2 5.8 117 $20,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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

Standard Fielding

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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
1963 CHW AL 26 3B 9 8 8 78.0 22 10 11 1 1 .955 -2 -26 2.42 2.33 .947 3.02 3.02
1963 CHW AL 26 2B 2 2 0 13.0 5 3 1 1 0 .800 -0 -28 2.77 2.00 .980 5.05 5.10
1964 CHW AL 27 2B 92 85 46 713.1 407 196 198 13 60 .968 -0 -1 4.97 4.28 .980 5.17 5.16
1964 CHW AL 27 3B 37 22 22 224.0 96 30 63 3 5 .969 4 22 3.74 2.51 .955 3.03 3.02
1965 CHW AL 28 2B 139 128 85 1105.1 696 326 357 13 93 .981 14 15 5.56 4.91 .978 5.07 5.06 MVP-25
1965 CHW AL 28 3B 41 15 9 180.1 73 13 59 1 9 .986 6 43 3.59 1.76 .960 3.13 3.12 MVP-25
1966 CHW AL 29 3B 133 121 106 1096.2 425 98 301 26 24 .939 13 14 3.27 3.00 .954 3.03 3.03
1966 CHW AL 29 2B 37 31 23 270.0 177 88 81 8 18 .955 -4 -16 5.63 4.57 .975 5.09 5.09
1966 CHW AL 29 OF 11 6 5 59.2 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0 10 2.11 1.27 .982 2.10 2.10
1966 CHW AL 29 LF 8 4 3 39.2 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 1 27 2.27 1.25 .980 1.84 1.82
1966 CHW AL 29 RF 3 2 2 20.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 1.35 1.00 .980 1.93 1.93
1967 CHW AL 30 3B 121 94 78 918.0 364 95 250 19 16 .948 7 10 3.38 2.85 .955 3.13 3.14
1967 CHW AL 30 2B 51 39 20 328.0 209 102 99 8 30 .962 1 3 5.52 3.94 .979 4.95 4.96
1967 CHW AL 30 LF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.29 1.00 .980 1.93 1.90
1967 CHW AL 30 OF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.29 1.00 .980 2.06 2.10
1968 BAL AL 31 OF 65 66 26 510.2 134 130 4 0 0 1.000 8 19 2.36 2.06 .981 2.08 2.07 MVP-15
1968 BAL AL 31 2B 58 37 32 369.1 224 109 107 8 22 .964 -5 -15 5.26 3.72 .977 5.11 5.08 MVP-15
1968 BAL AL 31 CF 42 42 11 296.0 85 84 1 0 0 1.000 3 12 2.58 2.02 .986 2.53 2.52 MVP-15
1968 BAL AL 31 LF 27 22 15 200.2 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 4 23 2.11 1.74 .978 1.85 1.84 MVP-15
1968 BAL AL 31 3B 2 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -75 0.00 0.00 3.04 3.05 MVP-15
1968 BAL AL 31 RF 2 2 0 14.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1 94 3.86 3.00 .977 1.86 1.85 MVP-15
1969 BAL AL 32 LF 128 128 101 1121.2 236 225 7 4 1 .983 7 7 1.86 1.81 .978 1.99 1.99
1969 BAL AL 32 OF 128 128 101 1121.2 239 228 7 4 1 .983 7 7 1.89 1.84 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 BAL AL 32 2B 10 8 5 70.0 45 22 21 2 2 .956 2 39 5.53 4.30 .976 5.21 5.21
1969 BAL AL 32 3B 6 3 3 33.0 15 5 10 0 2 1.000 1 51 4.09 2.50 .955 3.16 3.15
1970 BAL AL 33 OF 130 125 114 1117.2 237 221 13 3 3 .987 4 4 1.88 1.80 .980 2.14 2.13 MVP-20
1970 BAL AL 33 LF 129 125 114 1117.2 233 220 11 2 3 .991 4 4 1.86 1.79 .978 1.81 1.80 MVP-20
1970 BAL AL 33 2B 3 1 0 15.0 7 2 4 1 0 .857 0 16 3.60 2.00 .979 5.34 5.33 MVP-20
1970 BAL AL 33 3B 3 2 2 25.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -14 1.08 1.00 .950 3.06 3.07 MVP-20
1971 BAL AL 34 LF 115 113 100 988.2 223 215 5 3 0 .987 2 3 2.00 1.91 .981 1.93 1.92 AS,MVP-27
1971 BAL AL 34 OF 115 113 100 988.2 226 217 6 3 0 .987 2 3 2.03 1.94 .982 2.24 2.22 AS,MVP-27
1972 BAL AL 35 LF 105 101 97 903.1 182 173 7 2 1 .989 2 2 1.79 1.71 .980 1.89 1.89
1972 BAL AL 35 OF 105 101 97 903.1 181 173 6 2 1 .989 2 2 1.78 1.70 .983 2.22 2.21
7 Seasons OF 555 540 443 4708.2 1032 983 37 12 5 .988 23 6 1.95 1.84 .981 2.17 2.16
7 Seasons LF 513 494 430 4378.2 932 888 33 11 5 .988 20 5 1.89 1.80 .979 1.90 1.90
8 Seasons 2B 392 331 211 2884.0 1770 848 868 54 225 .969 8 3 5.36 4.38 .978 5.09 5.08
8 Seasons 3B 352 266 228 2563.0 998 252 696 50 57 .950 30 14 3.33 2.69 .955 3.07 3.08
1 Season CF 42 42 11 296.0 85 84 1 0 0 1.000 3 12 2.58 2.02 .986 2.53 2.52
2 Seasons RF 5 4 2 34.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1 25 2.38 1.80 .978 1.91 1.90
10 Seasons TOT 1299 1137 882 10155.2 3800 2083 1601 116 287 .969 61 7 3.26 2.84 .973 3.23 3.29
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

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 (924th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1965 AL  6.8 (3rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1965 AL  6.8 (2nd)
1968 AL  4.4 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1965 AL  4.5 (4th)
1971 AL  4.8 (7th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1965 AL  2.8 (2nd)

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  .773 (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 (100th)

SB % s c a p y
1965 AL  70.83 (10th)
1966 AL  69.86 (8th)

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)

AB per SO s c a p y
1967 AL  10.5 (5th)

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

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1968 AL  29.40 (9th)
1970 AL  43.32 (6th)
1971 AL  40.17 (6th)
Career  204.37 (202nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1970 AL  5.5 (4th)
1971 AL  3.8 (6th)
Career  17.7 (209th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1968 AL  3.3 (9th)
1970 AL  3.6 (10th)
1971 AL  3.8 (7th)
Career  16.6 (231st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1968 AL  3.3 (9th)
1970 AL  4.3 (6th)
1971 AL  4.2 (5th)
Career  21.4 (188th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1966 AL  34 (3rd)
1967 AL  27 (4th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1965 AL  20 (1st)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1965 AL  139 (4th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1965 AL  326 (4th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1965 AL  357 (4th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1965 AL  13 (4th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1967 AL  121 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1966 AL  301 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1966 AL  26 (1st)
1967 AL  19 (3rd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 AL  128 (4th)
1970 AL  129 (5th)
1971 AL  115 (4th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1970 AL  220 (4th)
1971 AL  215 (4th)
1972 AL  173 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1970 AL  11 (2nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 AL  4 (5th)
1971 AL  3 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1970 AL  13 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1965 AL  14 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1965 AL  5.56 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1965 AL  4.91 (4th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1965 AL  .981 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1966 AL  13 (1st)
1967 AL  7 (3rd)
Career  30 (45th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1966 AL  3.27 (2nd)
1967 AL  3.38 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1966 AL  3.00 (4th)
1967 AL  2.85 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  20 (58th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1970 AL  1.86 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1970 AL  1.79 (3rd)
1971 AL  1.91 (4th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 AL  .983 (3rd)
1970 AL  .991 (2nd)
1972 AL  .989 (4th)
Career  .988 (17th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
Career  .988 (81st)

                                         
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.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (423), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 59 (428), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1183), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (881), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (40th), 33.9 career WAR/31.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.8 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 61.7 career WAR/39.7 7yr-peak WAR/50.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Pat Kelly (925)
  2. Jim Landis (922)
  3. Don Hoak (922)
  4. Dan Gladden (920)
  5. Bobby Tolan (918)
  6. Luis Salazar (913)
  7. Chad Curtis (912)
  8. Bill Tuttle (912)
  9. Lee Mazzilli (911)
  10. Grady Hatton (908)
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  1. Bama Rowell (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Chick Fewster (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lee Handley (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Don Hoak (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196730Chicago White Sox$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196831Baltimore Orioles$22,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197235Baltimore Orioles$60,0002/10/73 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$102,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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