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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW		BAL	L,3-5	GS	24	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
2	2	Apr 16	CHW		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
3	3	Apr 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
6	6	Apr 22	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 24	CHW		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 25	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	3B
9	9	Apr 26	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 2	CHW		LAA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
11	11	May 3 (1)	CHW		LAA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
12	12	May 3 (2)	CHW		LAA	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
13	13	May 4	CHW		MIN	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
14	14	May 6 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	2	8	1	3B
15	15	May 6 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
16	16	May 8	CHW	@	LAA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
17	17	May 9	CHW	@	LAA	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
18	18	May 10	CHW	@	LAA	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
19	21 (2)	May 14	CHW	@	MIN	L,7-15	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	22	May 15	CHW	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
21	23	May 16	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
22	24	May 17	CHW	@	WSA	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
23	25	May 19	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
24	26	May 22	CHW		WSA	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
25	28 (1)	May 24 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
26	30 (1)	May 25	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
27	33 (2)	May 30	CHW	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
28	34	May 31 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	GS	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B 3B
29	35	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-3	GS	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	36	Jun 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
31	37	Jun 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
32	38	Jun 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
33	43 (4)	Jun 7 (2)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
34	45 (1)	Jun 10	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
35	46	Jun 11	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
36	49 (2)	Jun 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
37	51 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
38	52	Jun 15	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
39	53	Jun 16 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-0	GS	23	7.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
40	55 (1)	Jun 17	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
41	56	Jun 18	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
42	59 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	GF	32	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	PR 2B
43	60	Jun 22	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
44	61	Jun 23	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
45	62	Jun 24	CHW		BOS	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
46	63	Jun 26 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
47	64	Jun 26 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-4	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
48	65	Jun 27	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
49	66	Jun 28	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
50	67	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
51	68	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	69	Jul 1 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,8-7	GS	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
53	71 (1)	Jul 3	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	GS	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
54	72	Jul 4	CHW		CLE	W,4-0	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
55	74 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
56	75	Jul 9	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
57	77 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	LAA	W,6-1	GS	23	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
58	78	Jul 11	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
59	80 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	W,11-4	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
60	81	Jul 13 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-6	GS	18	5.0	2	2	0	4	3	2B
61	82	Jul 13 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,7-8	GS	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B 3B
62	83	Jul 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B 3B
63	84	Jul 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
64	85	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-3	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
65	86	Jul 17	CHW		KCA	W,6-1	GS	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
66	87	Jul 19 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,3-2	GS	48	13.0	5	0	0	5	1	2B 3B
67	88	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	89	Jul 20	CHW		LAA	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	5	3	1	9	2	2B
69	90	Jul 21 (1)	CHW		LAA	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
70	91	Jul 21 (2)	CHW		LAA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
71	92	Jul 22	CHW		LAA	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
72	93	Jul 23	CHW		LAA	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
73	94	Jul 24	CHW		MIN	L,3-6	GS	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
74	95	Jul 25	CHW		MIN	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
75	96	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	CG	52	12.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
76	98 (1)	Jul 28	CHW	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	7	1	13	2	2B
77	99	Jul 29	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
78	100	Jul 30	CHW	@	DET	W,2-0	GS	24	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
79	101	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSA	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	102	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSA	W,9-8	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
81	104 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	W,3-1	GS	21	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
82	105	Aug 4	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
83	106	Aug 5	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	47	13.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
84	109 (2)	Aug 8	CHW		BOS	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
85	110	Aug 9 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
86	111	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
87	112	Aug 11 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
88	113	Aug 11 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
89	114	Aug 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	2B
90	116 (1)	Aug 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
91	117	Aug 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
92	119 (1)	Aug 17	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
93	121 (1)	Aug 19	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
94	123 (1)	Aug 21	CHW		BAL	L,2-4	GS	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
95	125 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
96	127 (1)	Aug 24	CHW		MIN	L,3-4	GF	18	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
97	128	Aug 25	CHW		MIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
98	129	Aug 26	CHW		MIN	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
99	130	Aug 27	CHW		MIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
100	131	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B 3B
101	132	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
102	133	Aug 29	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	136 (2)	Sep 2	CHW		DET	W,7-0	GS	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
104	137	Sep 4	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
105	138	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
106	140 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	GS	41	11.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
107	141	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
108	143 (1)	Sep 9	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
109	146 (2)	Sep 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,10-11	GF	31	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
110	147	Sep 13	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
111	148	Sep 15	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	5	3	1	9	0	2B
112	149	Sep 16	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
113	150	Sep 18	CHW		WSA	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	PR 2B
114	152 (1)	Sep 20	CHW		WSA	W,4-3	GS	36	8.1	3	3	0	6	1	2B
115	153	Sep 22	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
116	154	Sep 23	CHW	@	LAA	W,2-1	GF	15	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
117	155	Sep 25	CHW	@	KCA	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
118	156	Sep 26	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	4	2B
119	157	Sep 27	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
120	158	Sep 29	CHW		LAA	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
121	159	Oct 2 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
122	160	Oct 2 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
123	162 (1)	Oct 4	CHW		KCA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
							129gm		937.1	226	261	16	503	65