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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 17	BAL		NYY	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	3	Apr 18	BAL		DET	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
4	4	Apr 19	BAL		DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 20	BAL		DET	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	6	Apr 21	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
8	8	Apr 23	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	9	Apr 25	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 26	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	11	Apr 28	BAL		CAL	W,12-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	12	Apr 29	BAL		CAL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	Apr 30	BAL		CAL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	15	May 5	BAL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	17 (1)	May 7	BAL		KCR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	18	May 10	BAL		TEX	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	19	May 11	BAL		TEX	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	20	May 12	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	21	May 13	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
21	22	May 14	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
22	23	May 15	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	24	May 16	BAL	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	26 (1)	May 19	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	27	May 20	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	LF
26	28	May 21	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	29	May 23	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	30	May 24	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
29	31	May 25	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	38 (6)	Jun 2	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	39	Jun 3	BAL		OAK	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
32	40	Jun 4 (1)	BAL		OAK	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	42 (1)	Jun 5	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	44 (1)	Jun 7	BAL		MIN	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	45	Jun 9	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
36	46	Jun 10	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	48 (1)	Jun 12	BAL	@	OAK	W,1-0	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	49	Jun 13	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	50	Jun 14	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	51	Jun 16	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	52	Jun 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	53	Jun 18	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	55 (1)	Jun 20	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	56	Jun 21	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	58 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	BAL		DET	L,1-2	CG	47	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	59	Jun 25	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
47	60	Jun 26	BAL		MIL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	62 (1)	Jun 28	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	63	Jun 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	64	Jun 30	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	66 (1)	Jul 2	BAL	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	67	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	68	Jul 4	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	69	Jul 5	BAL	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	70	Jul 6	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
56	73 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	BAL		TEX	L,1-3	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	74	Jul 9	BAL		TEX	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
58	75	Jul 10	BAL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
59	76	Jul 11	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	77	Jul 12	BAL		KCR	L,4-11	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	78	Jul 14 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	80 (1)	Jul 15	BAL		CHW	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	81	Jul 16	BAL		CHW	W,6-1	CG	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	82	Jul 17	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	83	Jul 18	BAL	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	54	15.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
66	85 (1)	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCR	W,8-5	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	86	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCR	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	88 (1)	Jul 23	BAL	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	89	Jul 27	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	90	Jul 28	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	91	Jul 29	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	92	Jul 30	BAL		NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	93	Jul 31 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	94	Jul 31 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	95	Aug 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	96	Aug 2 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	97	Aug 2 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-6	GF	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
78	99 (1)	Aug 4	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
79	100	Aug 5	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	102 (1)	Aug 7	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	103	Aug 8	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	104	Aug 9	BAL	@	MIL	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
83	106 (1)	Aug 11	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
84	108 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	109	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	110	Aug 14	BAL		OAK	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
87	111	Aug 16	BAL		OAK	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
88	112	Aug 17	BAL		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	115 (2)	Aug 20	BAL		MIN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	119 (3)	Aug 25	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	120	Aug 26	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
92	122 (1)	Aug 28	BAL	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	123	Aug 29	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
94	124	Aug 30	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	127 (2)	Sep 3	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	133 (5)	Sep 8	BAL		DET	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
97	134	Sep 9 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	138 (3)	Sep 12	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
99	139	Sep 13	BAL	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
100	140	Sep 15	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
101	141	Sep 16	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
102	146 (4)	Sep 23	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
103	149 (2)	Sep 27	BAL		CLE	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
104	150	Sep 29	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
105	153 (2)	Oct 3 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
							105gm		903.1	173	7	2	182	1