Don Buford

Positions: Leftfielder, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-7, 160lb (170cm, 72kg)

Born: February 2, 1937 in Linden, TX us

High School: Susan Miller Dorsey HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Schools: Los Angeles City College (Los Angeles, CA), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 14, 1963 (Age 26-224d, 12,165th in major league history)
vs. WSA 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1972 (Age 35-244d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Don Alvin Buford

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Relatives: Father of Damon Buford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.2

4553

1203

.264

718

RBI

418

200

OBP

.362

SLG

.379

OPS

.741

OPS+

115

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 15	CHW		WSA	L,1-3	CG	44	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 16 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 16 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,4-3	CG	60	16.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
6	6	Apr 18	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	3B
7	7	Apr 19	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 20	CHW	@	WSA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
9	9	Apr 21	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	42	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
10	10	Apr 22	CHW	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 23	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-5	GS	36	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	13 (1)	Apr 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	14	Apr 28	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
14	15	Apr 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	GS	28	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
15	16	Apr 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 3	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
17	18	May 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
18	19	May 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	7	1	8	0	3B
19	20	May 9	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
20	21	May 10	CHW	@	BAL	W,13-1	GS	21	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
21	22	May 12	CHW		CAL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
22	23	May 13	CHW		CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
23	24	May 14 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
24	25	May 14 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
25	26	May 16	CHW		MIN	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	7	1	11	0	3B
26	27	May 17	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
27	28	May 19	CHW	@	KCA	W,9-1	GS	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	29	May 20	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
29	30	May 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
30	31	May 22	CHW	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
31	32	May 23	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
32	33	May 24	CHW	@	MIN	W,14-1	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
33	34	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
34	35	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	GF	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
35	36	May 27	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
36	37	May 28	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-5	GS	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B 2B
37	38	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
38	39	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	40	May 31	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	41	Jun 2	CHW		KCA	L,4-6	CG	54	13.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
41	42	Jun 3	CHW		KCA	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
42	43	Jun 4 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
43	44	Jun 4 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 2B
44	45	Jun 6	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	GS	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B 3B
45	46	Jun 8 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
46	47	Jun 8 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	6	3	1	10	1	2B
47	49 (1)	Jun 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-0	GS	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 2B
48	50	Jun 11 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B 2B
49	51	Jun 11 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B 3B
50	52	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSA	L,5-6	GS	78	21.1	2	10	0	12	2	2B 3B
51	53	Jun 13	CHW	@	WSA	W,6-0	GS	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B 3B
52	54	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
53	55	Jun 14 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B 3B
54	56	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	42	10.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B 2B
55	57	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
56	58	Jun 18 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
57	59	Jun 18 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
58	60	Jun 20	CHW		WSA	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
59	61	Jun 21 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	62	Jun 21 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
61	63	Jun 23	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
62	64	Jun 24	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-2	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	65	Jun 25	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
64	66	Jun 26	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	67	Jun 27	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-0	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
66	68	Jun 28	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
67	69	Jun 29	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	70	Jun 30	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	71	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
70	72	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
71	73	Jul 3	CHW		BAL	L,0-1	GF	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 3B
72	74	Jul 4	CHW		BAL	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
73	75	Jul 5	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	1	8	0	9	1	3B
74	77 (1)	Jul 7	CHW		MIN	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
75	80 (2)	Jul 9 (2)	CHW		MIN	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
76	81	Jul 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	1	2B
77	82	Jul 13	CHW		CAL	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 3B
78	83	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		CAL	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
79	85 (1)	Jul 15	CHW		CAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
80	86	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
81	89 (2)	Jul 19	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
82	90	Jul 21	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
83	91	Jul 22	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
84	92	Jul 23 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
85	93	Jul 23 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	94	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
87	95	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	GS	65	16.0	6	9	0	15	1	3B 2B
88	96	Jul 28	CHW		DET	L,4-7	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
89	100 (3)	Jul 31	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	14	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	101	Aug 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
91	102	Aug 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
92	103	Aug 6 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
93	104	Aug 6 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
94	105	Aug 8 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	39	9.2	2	2	1	5	0	3B
95	106	Aug 8 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS	44	9.0	2	5	2	9	0	2B
96	107	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
97	108	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
98	109	Aug 11	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B 3B
99	110	Aug 12	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-6	GS	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B 2B
100	111	Aug 13	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B 2B
101	112	Aug 15 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
102	113	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
103	114	Aug 16	CHW		KCA	W,14-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
104	115	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
105	116	Aug 18 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	117	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
107	118	Aug 20 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
108	119	Aug 21	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	3B
109	120	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
110	121	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
111	122	Aug 23	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
112	123	Aug 24	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
113	124	Aug 25 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
114	125	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
115	126	Aug 26	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
116	127	Aug 27 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
117	128	Aug 27 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	GS	41	11.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B 2B
118	129	Aug 28	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
119	130	Aug 29	CHW	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	131	Aug 30	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-1	GS	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B 2B
121	132	Aug 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	133	Sep 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
123	134	Sep 2	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B 3B
124	135	Sep 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-0	GS	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B 3B
125	136	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	2	1	7	2	2B
126	137	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	37	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B 3B
127	138	Sep 5	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B 3B
128	139	Sep 6	CHW		CAL	W,3-2	GS	52	13.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B 3B
129	140	Sep 8	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	7	5	0	12	2	2B
130	141	Sep 9	CHW		DET	L,3-7	GS	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B 3B
131	142	Sep 10 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
132	143	Sep 10 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
133	144	Sep 11	CHW		BAL	L,1-6	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
134	145	Sep 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
135	147 (1)	Sep 13	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	62	17.0	6	3	0	9	3	2B
136	148	Sep 14	CHW		CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
137	149	Sep 15	CHW		MIN	W,7-3	GS	27	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
138	150	Sep 16	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	GS	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B 3B
139	151	Sep 17	CHW		MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
140	152	Sep 18	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	2B
141	153	Sep 19	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
142	154	Sep 20	CHW	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
143	155	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	49	12.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B 3B
144	156	Sep 23	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
145	157	Sep 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
146	158	Sep 27 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
147	159	Sep 27 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	5	1	6	0	2B
148	160	Sep 29	CHW		WSA	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	2B
149	161	Sep 30	CHW		WSA	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
150	162	Oct 1	CHW		WSA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
							173gm		1253.0	198	349	27	574	46