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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
Schools: 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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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

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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
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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 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--93rd

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--241st

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

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

                           
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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (436), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 59 (415), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1228), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (789), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Don Hoak (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 29, 1967: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Bruce Howard and Roger Nelson to the Baltimore Orioles for Luis Aparicio, John Matias and Russ Snyder.

February 2, 1973: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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